Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-02-16
BRIEFS.

IL Is SalU tDat the Nuedt 10 iooN'hS
after its long imprisonment under the
snow aud ice.
That pavement near the post-othce Is
sill there. 1t eaunOt be seen, however,
for the mud and water on top OF H.
Let every one who can attend the tenn
n.ronce lecture next Tuesday and lend
their moral support 10 good cause.
4 debating society has been organized
At Bolivar, and meetings are held every
wednesday evening at the schooi-house.
There is girl on exhibition in Chicago
who has tea fingers on each hand.
Wouldn't she be the boss girl to pick
berries?
Mr.. A. 4. Clapp, of Hagerstown, Will
distribute five hundred l0aves OF bread to
the worthy poor of that town on tie 22d
OF February.
The small boy has begun the playing of
marbles, and mothers will not be able 20
Srind the dit out Of their hands until the
season is over.
There were recorded in the County
Clerks Office of this county last year 463
deeds and 70 wills, AID l06 marriage
licenses issued.
As Frederick and Hagerstown arc both
going to have the best carmivals on the
22d, our citizens can pay their money and
take their choice.
We extend our thanks to Mr.. Chipley
"A. Wysong, of Chicago, for some very III
teresting newspaper reading. Glad to
hear from you, Chip.
Potomac Building Association No.
will offer to redeem several shares OF stock
on Monday evening next at O'Clock at
the Office OF Mr.. Geo. NJ. Bcltzhoover.
We learn that several estates" have al
ready been set up for the county offices,
but as ''doubtful things are very uneer-
tail" it is hard to tell which will win.
Mr.. VIM. L. Reinhart has sold the new
house built by him last summer, together
with ten acres of land. near Moler's \
Roads. to Mr.. Geo. w. Moler, for 81 500.
Mr.. ID. C.. Moler has for sale about eight
bushels of good ciover seed. which he VIII
Jispose of to any one who desires 20 buy.
1t can be bought by applying to Trussell
a Hess.
The usual annual election OF corpora
lion officers for hephcrdstown-Mayor,
Recorder and five Councilmen-wiil be
held the second Monday in March, the
10th prOximo.
Mr.. Charles f. Trail, county assessor,
was in town this week finding out how
much the people here wanted to be taxed
for. lie is a very sociable gentieman-he
Sights no one.
The tons az ears that passed through
here from Maryland on Monday were
white with SNOW. There was also consid-
cradle snow at Harrisburg and other points
i'm Pennsylvania.
Mr.. Warburton, of the Philadelphia
Erening Telegraph, has presented an organ
to the Protestant Episcopal Church at
Lurav, Va. Tie gilt is in the memory OF
his son. recently dead.
DIR. Allen Cuttings, assistant superin-
tendent of the lunatic asylum at Weston,
W. Va, was found dead in his bed Mon
dav morning. He is supposed to have
died from heart disease.
The county roads are in their usual
condition for this time of year. On the
"dirt'' roads there seems 10 de no ootto"
70 the mud, and none but necessary trav-
cling is done over them.
Owing to land-slideS, washoutS, &C.,
trains on the Shenandoah Valley RalIroad
have been seriously delayed during the
mast two weeks. The Norfolk and Western
was the cause Of much of the delay.
The lease of the White sulphur Springs
prcperty in Virginia was disposed of at
ouct,on I'm Richmond last Thursday. Mr..
w. A, Stuart, one of the principal owners
of the property, secured the lease by bid
of $40, 800.
Our mails now reach us with astonish-
ing irregularity. 1t is Il great pleasure TO
read the daily papers when they are sew
eral days old, and to receive letters week
cid recurring immediate answers. Give
It's 6tar-routc.
The postal notes are proving popular.
The fears of counterfeiting have not been
justified. Before long the notes VIII APP
pear printed in a more satisfactory color.
As an experiment they may be voted
great success.
Rev. VIM. F. Baker, for twcnty-Si8
wears pastor of the First Presbyterian
Church in Staunton, has given notice
that he will apply to Lexington PresOy-
tcry for n dissolution of his relations with
the said church.
Leap year has reapcd i'll the yonnG
maidens of Baltimore, or rather the young
maidems have reaped in leap year. Six
elopements have already taken place in
the Monumental City, and "Still there's
more to follow"
The weather for the past two weeks has
been all that the grounding could wish
for. 4 reporter of The REGISTER saw him
on Wednesday, and, rs he gave the re-
porter a wink, he remarked, 81 told you
So" The z. h. knows his business.
The inquiry is being made "when does
Lent begin?" We give few dates: Ash
Wednesday falls on February 27th; the
first Sunday in Lent falls on March Cd;
Palm Sunday falls on April 9Th; Good
Friday falls on April llth Easter Sunday