Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-20
BRIEFS.

hard.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad is
now doing a large business in the ship
ment of cotton from the South to the
city of Baltimore. The cotton is chiefly
for export.
The United Brethren Church, at
Greensburg, in Berkeley county, is just
now the scene of most intensely inter-
esting revival. Up to the present time
there have been over sixty conversions,
and at last accounts there was no abate-
ment of interest.
Pendleton & Licklider have just got
ten in some of the best New Orleans
syrup ever brought to town. 1t came
from the headquarters of good syrup,
and is pure and fresh. We return
thanks for a sample. Go and get some
before it is all gone.
1t is well to be on the lookout for
thieves at this time. Hunger is begin
ming 10 pinch the persons who were too
lazy to work during the summer, and
they will 60 to stealing to keep alive
during the winter. We have already
heard of several small robberies.
There are plenty of turkeys this year,
and the ruling price for them is from
seven to eight cents per pound, gross.
We are informed that Mr.. Charles l..
Barnhart, of Duffields, shipped about
six hundred to Washington this week,
to be used for Thanksgiving purposes.
The young ladies are all as busy as
busv can be making Christmas gifts for
their friends. The single young gen.
tlemen may look out for an avalanche
of pin-cushions, slippers, pulse-warm-
ers, smoking sets, hat-bands an6 similar
fancies of feminine fingers.
The Court made the following APP
pointments of Commissioners Of Ac-
counts in the County Court, at the No
vember term, 1885, viz: j. s. Dragon
Ter, of Shepherdstown; S. w. Washing
and Cleon Moore, Of Charlcstown; and
John II. Smith, Of Middleway District.
Mr.. William II. Billmyer has received
his stock of fall and winter goods, and
it is selected with the usual good taste
and regard to the wants of the public.
In dry goods, notions, boots, shoes,
hats, &C., he cannot be excelled, while
the grocery department is always kept
we'll filled.
At the convocation Of the Grand Chap
ter of the Royal Arch Masons held in
Wheeling last week Hon. John w.
Grantham, of Middleway, was elected
Grand Chaplain, DR.. Chas. E. Pratt, of
Charlestown, Grand Master of the Third
Veil, and Mr.. VIM. II. Riggs, of Mar
tinsburg, Grand secretary.
We have recently received, with the
compliments of ii. II. Warner q Co., OF
Rochester, n. Y, very handsome lith-
ograph of eleven of the leading patent
medicines proprietors of the United
States. They arc all fine-looking ard
intelligent men, and have the appear
auce of being solid and substantial citi-
zenS.
Rev. w. j. Barnett will hold grand
exhibition of scioptcon views in the
colored Baptist church of Shepherds
town this Friday evening. The scenery
is intensely interesting, and the exhibit
ton is said TO be very good one. The
| entertainment is for the benefit Of the
| church here. There will be reserved
seats for white persons, who are invited
to attend.
The annual meeting of the stock
holders Of the Valley Railroad, in which
the city of Baltimore and the Baltim ore
and Ohio Railroad are largely interested,
was held at Staunton, Va, Monday.
The annual report, which was pre-
scented by Mr.. Samuel Spencer, presi-
dent, shows slight increase in both
gross and net earnings compared with
the previous year.
Mr.. l.. c. Heskitt, of Greenwood Fur
mace. Huntingdon county, Pa, has sent
! the REGISTER a tive-dollar bill, which
paws for his subscription away up to
1887. Mr.. Heskitt thinks he can pro-
cure us a rooster very cheaply from
some of the Democratic editors in Penn
sylvania who had purchased with the
hope of using them to crow over Days
election as State Treasurer.
All the fruits that grow with pit, a
core or with seeds, can be made to grow
without them, when it is understood
saws the Lire Stock Record. 1t is accom-
plished by reversing the scion--rooting
the top end of the plant. To do this
YOU bend the scion to sprout down, and
| cover with dirt. After roofing cut 1t
| loose and let the root end be up. APP
pies are grown without cores, peaches,
without seed, and grapes and other
vines also, by simply reversing the plant.
| III IS true, anu cdl ue uoio W WI 'o'hey =
Mr.. Daniel Saylor, well-known
stonemason, died at Hagerstown few
days ago, under very distressing cir
cumstances. One day last week Mr..
Saylor injured himself In lifting heavy
stone and was compelled to go to bed.
! He became delirious, and Saturday
night, during the temporary absence OF
his attendant, escaped from the house
| i'm nude condition. Search was made
for him, and he was discovered next
morning lying in an insensible condi-
ton OH the sidewalk short distance
from his home. He was carried to his
residence, where he expired shortly af-
| forwards.