Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-04-24
BRIEFS.

The swallows have arrived-s good
sign for spring.
CT. Hodges has choice lime specially
picked for white-washing.
When steam fire engine is needed
at all it is needed mighty bad.
!. The season is approaching when snake
stories and big lies about fish will be In
order.
We have recently been adding num-
Der of new subscribers to our list. This
is good time to Subscribe.
Business on the Chesapeake and Ohio
Canal is tolerably fair. Last week lO,sls
tons of coal were shipped from Cum
berland.
The annual meeting of the siockhold-
ers of the Shenandoah Valley Railroad
COMPANY will be held in Roanoke, Va,
on May 9Th.
Extensive forest fires have been rag
ING in the Blue Ridge Mountains in the
n-ichborhood of Pen Mar and the Blue
Mountain House.
Mr.. William Ii. Byers, living on the
Kearneysville pike, lost valuable mare
this week from pinkeye. Mr.. j. Fox
Koontz also had good mare to die.
TIE warm weather has caused the
fish to begin their "run' in the Poto-
mac river, and bass are biting now.
Some nice catches have teen made this
week.
Satisfactory arrangements having
been made with the Sheriff, the public
sale for taxes of property Of Van Al.
styne & Ryan has been indefinitely
postponed.
Nearly every person in the eommu-
nity has been busily engaged this week
in making garden. The warm sunshine
brought the ground into excellent or
der, aud by this time nearly all the
early vegetables have been planted.
Mr.. rs. j. StrideI. the live merchant
of Uuionville, is getting in his stock of
spring and summer goods. He has one
of the best general stores in Jefferson
county, aud he sells just as cheap as
any of them. We know this TO be n
fact.
A sensible man in Maine last week,
willed 81 900 TO each OF his county pa
pers. If there Is any mar in this neigh
borhood arranging matters for happy
exit from this world, we call his atten-
ton To This Names mans commenda-
bic action.
The Georges Greek coal miners have
sent circulars to the companies asking
an increase of ten cents per ton for mln-
ing coal. The companies refuse 10 con-
slider the proposition, and say that they
are now paying as high prices as they
can possibly afford.
"Our Little Ones aud the Nursery, u"
the brightest, sweetest and best child's
magazine published, has been received
from the Russell Publishing Co., Bos-
ton. The engravings of this, the May
number, are simply beautiful, and pa
rents should get il for their children.
A Missionary Convention OF the PO-
,omac Division of Virginia Chassis Of
the Reformed Church is being held at
Winchester this week. Rev. b. F. Raus-
mann is announced for discussion of
the subject, 1.-The necessity OF organlza-
ton, system and greater activity in the
mission work"
Five thousand chickens and num-
Der of turkeys and ducks constituted
consignment of live stock which passed
over the Shenandoah Valley and Cum
berland Valley Railroads Ell route to
New York, last week. They came from
the south, and the shipment was the
largest of the kind ever made from this
direction.
William f. Sheiss, who was charged
with the murder of Mrs. Miner, at Lei
tersburg, Md, last fall, by striking her
during n controversy about some hogs
that had trespassed upon Mrs. Miner S
land, and who fied the county after Civ
ing bail for his appearance, returned
on Saturday last TO Haserstowr aud
gave himself up.
The Martinsburg. Herald of last Sat-
urday contains the following para
graph. Some of the gentlemen named
We are acquainted with: Lee IL.
Moser, Of ShepherdstOwn, is mentioned
in connection with the L. ). Marshall
ship; ii. ). Melvin. rs Postmaster al
Duffields; john NJ. Daniel, Shenandoah
junction, Clerkship; A. {. rawbaugh,
Jefferson, as Auditor of the Treasury"
The report has been circulated that
Mr.. VIM. Nj. Clements, late general SUI
perintendent of the main stem division
oil the Baltimore anu ONO, VIII Prooa-
bly, re-enter the service of that COM
pany. Officials say there is no PROBABLE
ity of this coming to pass. Mr.. Glenn
ents is taking quiet rest on his farm
In Jefferson county, and it is understood
thar he will in July again go at railroad
ing as transportation manager west OF
the Ohio river.
Several men recently noticed that the
water flowing from spring near Sandy
Hook, Nd, had a greasy appearance
aud looking for the cause they discOv-
cred something oozing from the ground,
near the middle OF the road. Ii had the
characteristics of Kerosene. and they