Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-09-26
BRIEFS.

cent.
Cider is ripe, and apple-butter billings"
are in order.
The farmers have had good weather to
cut of their corn.
Colored linen collars and cuffs for ladies
are becoming fashionable.
The smell of the fertilizer is the most
conspicuous odor that now prevails.
Everybody is invited to attend the pub
lie speaking Saturday afternoon at four
o'clock.
. G.. T.Hodges has just received a prime
lot of new Timothy Seed, which he is
selling cheap.
A Sharpsburg girl sleeps with her feet
out of the window, because she has read
that cold contracts.
Mr.. VIM. II. Biilmyer has been in the
Eastern cities this week laying in his
stock of fall and winter goods.
Mr.. L. C. Greenwood is fitting up the
room under his store OH Main street, and
will open an eating saloon in it.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad Com
pany last week received six large locomO-
tives from the Baldwin Locomotive Works
of Philadelphia.
Mr.. Bellman, of Hagerstown, has re-
Gently put new heating appar atus in the
courthouse at Charlostown. Future jury
men will rejoice at this.
Geo. NJ. Beltzhoover, Esq, of this place,
accepted an Invitation TO address the
Cleveland and Hendricks Club of Charles
town yesterday evening.
The Frederick (Md.) Cornet Band was
awarded the prize of 800 ut the Martins
burg Fair last week for being the best
musical organization present.
Rev. j. +. Armstrong has been holding
a protracted meeting at Uniomville during
the past two weeks. The meetings have
been unusually well attended.
Mr.. John Ruse, Jr., of this county,
raised 2ll bushels of wheat on 1l2 acres
ground, and on four of the acres no phos-
phate was used. Pretty good yield.
Capt. IL. f. Barnhart is laying first
class brick pavement in front of his prop
crtv OH New street Would that his ex-
ample were very generally followed.
Mr.. j. w. B. Frazier has purchased the
Magruder lot, on New street, for the sum
OF $3.50. 1t is the intention of Mr.. Frazier
to erect dwelling-house upon the lot.
A Cleveland and Hendricks pole was
raised by the Democrats OF Middleway
last Saturday, and speeches were made BY
Messr,. i. ID. Gibson and L. w. Bed
niger.
The prohibitionistS Of Washington coun-
~, Md, are making very vigorous cam
paign, and the Indications are that they
will carry the county by u considerable
majority.
\ straw stack belonging to John G.
Cockrcll, Esq, near Ialltown, was burn
cd, with about $50 worth of clover seed,
last Sasurday-the result of carclessncss
of some boys.
The Government authorities ut WASH
ington have just completed vault that
will hold sc, 900 900 silver dollars. Most
editors Use a matchbox in which TO store
their silver dollars.
The pastor of the colored Baptist Church
of this place, Rev. Is. F. Fox, will i'm
merse one or more candidates in the Po-
tomac river at Shepherdstown on Sunday
afternoon at two o'clock.
The District Conference for Winchester
District, NJ. L. Church South, will be held
at Woodstock, Va, next week, Rev. L.
III. Whisner Presiding Elder. Rev. j. L.
Armstrong, of Shepherdstown, will be in
attendance.
The stable of Mr.. o. +. Eiwood, near
kearneysville, was destroyed by fire,
communicated from Baltimore and Ohio
locomotive, on Sunday evening last. In
sured i'm the Peabody, Washington 81 AL
eXander, agents, for 500.
The transcript is the name of new
paper just started in WilliamspOrt, Nd,
and Harry +. Richard is editor and pro-
prietor. The town now has two newspa-
pers, and we suppose it win be question
of the survival of the fttest.
We have received from the publishers,
y. w. Aver & Son, Advertising Agents,
Philadelphia, a copy of the American
Newspaper Annual for 1884. The book Is
a very valuable one, and reflects much
credit on the enterprise of the publishers.
The New York SIN says: "A wealthy
gentleman of Baltimore has sent $40. 900
to New York to bet ut odds that West Fir-
ginia will 60 Democratic, and that Ohio
will 90 Democratic in October. The
money is ready ut is West Twenty-fifth
street."
DR.. /. :. Tanner, of this vicinity, took
the premium at the Martinsburg Fair for
having the best herd of Durham cattle,
and also for the best heifer one year old
and best bull calf. DR.. A. 5. Reynolds
horse Fairlight took the first premium for
best draught horse.
At Halltown, this county, Wednesday
of last week, Robert Johnson, colored, an
employee of the Virginia Paper Mills,
was blinded by escaping steam from a
steam gauge, and in fleeing from that
jumped into large tub of boiling water.
lie lived but few hours.
A barn, together with two ricks of hay
and about thirty bushels of clover seed,
belonging to Colonel Frank Silvers, near