Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-07-11
m, 1854
BRIEFS.

heard in Shepherdstown on the Ath'
IA small canebrake," exclaimed the
dude when he broke his walking-stick.
Butter has been selling In Shepherds
town this week at ten cents pound. And
good butter. too.
A.E. Miller Successor to w. W. OAR
neln will open his gallery in Harper's
Ferry July 10TH and remain three months.
A new pavement has been laid III front
of the Entler Hotel, much to the comfort
OF the numerous pedestrians who use 1t.
In Sharpsburg. on Sunday last, Rev. u.
f. Cronise married George F. Cramer to
Mary L. Brown, colored, both Of this
county.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com
pany Is erecting a handsome new brick
depot building at Summit Point, this
county. ''.'
The Uannis Distillery at Martinsourg
has SUSPENDED operations for the summer
months. Repairs will be made during
the shutdown.
There was \ large pic ME at Island Park
on the 18th of July from Washington and
other places. a number Of persons from
this place were down.
A new counterfeit silver dollar and
twenty dollar Treasury note are in circu-
lation. The Treasury note is said to be
an excellent counterfeit.
Fleming & Snyder real estate agents,
have sold house and lot belonging 10
Mr.. w. Scibcrt Myers, near Scrabble, to
Mr.. George w. Rush, for 800.
4 self-Binding harvesting machine,
while la operation in field near Freder-
EEK, Nd, on Tuesday last, took fire from
friction and was entirely consumed.
The annual pic ne of the Catholics OF
Martinsburg will be held at Island Park
on Saturday, July 10Th. Preparations arc
being made to have it unusually success
ful.
The wife of Rev. Jno. NJ. Wolff OF the
N. f. Church South, died in Bladensburg,
Md, on Sunday week. Her remains were
Inferred in Greenhill Cemetery, Martins
burg.
MIR. G.. Z. Hodges shipped three car
loads of balel hay from this place to Bal
timore in one day this week. lie has done
large business in this line during the
past season.
Leetown and Woodlawn Lodges of Good
Templars will unite in holding their an
nual PIC mic near Leetown on Saturday,
July 18th. \ cordial invitation is given
everybody to be present.
The eleventh annual interstate exhibi-
ton OF the Patrons of Hushandry OF Penn
sylvania, Maryland, West Virginia, New
Jersey and Delaware, will begin at Viii
liams' Grove August 25th.
Mr.. G.. T. l.icklider has engaged tent
at Wesley Grove camp ground, near Bal
timore. and will spend some time there
with his family during camp meeting,
which will he held in August.
While working in wheat field ut the
old Buckles farm, near llarper's Ferry,
the farm hands found wild turkeys nest
with sixteen eggs in it. The old bird
came from the mountain across the river.
There will be mass meeting Of the
Republicans OF this county at Charles
town on Tuesday next, July 18th, for the
purpose of clecting delegates to the State
Convention at Parkersburg on July 30t3.
The stable, hoG-pen, fowls, fencing,
tools and shops, and Il lot OF valuable lum-
Der, 20 the value of about 5000, belonging
TO Mr.. j. w. Kercheval, blacksmith at
Kabletown, were carried off by the recent
food.
The Waynesboro, Pa, Gazette says that
l2l carloads of machinery have gone out
from the Ceiscr station this season, all the
products OF that vast establishment. The
machinery was sent to fifteen different
States.
The Martinsburg Statesmen came to us
last week enlarged and very much im-
proved. Under the management OF the
clever Captain ColstOn the Stdtssma" has
grown to be one OF our best State ex-
changes.
Mr.. Oliver Poe, a well-known farmer
of Washington county, Md, while
harvesting last week was thrown into a
reaper by the horses running away, and
received injuries which will probably
prove fatal.
An order has been issued by the Cum
berlsnd Valley Railroad forbidding the
employees of the road to smoke while
upon duty. The travelling pablic would
like to sec the same rule enforced with the
locomotives.
Rev. Charles Ghiselin, OF this place,
will exchange pulpits with Rev. NJ. B.
Lambdiu, OF Hancock, Nd, on Sunday.
Mr. Lambdin will preach at Shepherds
town in the morning and at Kearncys-
Vile in the afternoon.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Canal au-
thorities have large force ut work, and
have announced that the necessary repairs
will be completed to that thoroughfare by
the 10Th of July, at which time it is hoped
that business will be RESUMED.
Considerable excitement was created on
the streets of Berryville, Va, on Tuesday
by Capt. J. n. Carpenter shooting Mr.. II.
7. Deahl. The bullet took effect in the
arm. cansin@ but q Slight wound. The