Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-20
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price as burr, at u "o'
New corn is only worth 50 cents a
nn.bel. Dealers pay SIS per ton for
hay.
, new story has just been published,
lied "The Editors Wallet" There is
nothing in it.
A,2ev. J. II. Moore was installed pastor
Of the Presbyterian Church in Berry
vile on Saturday last.
Pesd the advertisement OF Mr.. n. S.
S,rider. Of Uvilla. He has returned
,-om the city with "a big lot of goods.
We hope our friends won't forget to
send us any items of news they may get
hold of. If you don't know any, why,
make some.
The turkey that will grace nineteen
,uontieths of the tables of West Vir-
r;ris editors on Thanksgiving Day is
spelt b.a-c-o-n.
Mr.. Philip NJ. 1ohn, for NUMBER OF
wears proprietor of the Franklin Hotel,
Of Hagerstown, died last Sunday, in his
18th year, of Bright's disease.
The Grand Lodge of Good Templars
q, MARYLAND met in Sharpsburg this
wsek Some of the Good Templars from
this place attended the meeting.
The coal trade at Piedmont is getting
81 brisk that it is difficult for railroad
comnauies to furnish sufficient num-
hor Of ears to carry coal TO market.
Potomac Building Association, No. 2,
wilI offer for sale several shares of stock
next Monday evening in the room I'M
der the REGISTER office, ut Z O'Clock.
You can trade your corn for boots
shoes, dry goods, coal, salt or anything
NJ merchandise to the best advantage,
q, G. 4. Hodges.
A complete line of gum boots and
,hoes for both ladies and gentlemen at
from twenty-fiv to thirty per cent. dis
count On old prices at G. I. Hodges.
An effort is being made by the citi-
zeps of Martinsburg to establish man
ufacturing establishment there. There
is no good reason why it should not sue
coed.
Mr.. PresSgrOye, brakeman on the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad, had the
misfortune to have his arm crushed
while coupling freight cars at Benton
vile.
A very large number of fruit trees
have been delivered to the people of this
vicinity during the past month. Fruit
culture is worthy of good share of any
one attention.
Mr.. Joseph Smooth showed us some
potatoes this weeS, raised by Mr.. Bane,
near Charlestown, which were the lsrg-
est we have yet seen. They beat Wash
ington county.
Mr.. A. ). Goulden has given up the
newspaper business and has returned to
Martinsburg, where he has associated
himself in the grocery business with
Mr.. A. l.. Martin.
While you are buying goods, don't
forget that the Central Grocery, kept by
Mr.. L. c. Little, is still up with the
times, and has u nice stock of grocer
les and provisions.
Rev. W. w. Downey, of Martinsburg,
who has been preaching in the Presby-
terrain Church at Havre-de-Grace, Nd,
for several weeks past, was last week
elected pastor of the church.
Capt. j. 5. Melvin, of Dutfields, has
gotten in his fall stock Of goods, and is
selling them cheaply. Read his adver-
ti,emcnt in another column. 1t will be
to your advantage 20 deal with him.
Services In com memoration Of the one
hunlredth anniversary of the bells be-
longing TO the German Reformed
Church of Hagerstown were held last
Sunday. They were cast in Rotterdam
in 1855.
\ new dodge is being worked by New
York swindlers. They send out circu-
lars Offering good organ for four dol
lars. The victim sends the money and
receives In return the organ-but it is
amouth organ.
A friend told IL, few days since that
when IL Numbered in the fall 1t was
sure sign the winter was to be either a
severe or open one, we forget which.
People will prepare themselves accord
lngly IS il has Numbered.
Last Sunday the annual lovc-feast and
ceremony of feet-washing was held by
the Dunkards in their church at the
Cross Roads, between this place and
AarIinsburg. A large crowd of persons
witnessed the peculiar ceremony.
1t is said that natural gas has been
discovered on the farm of Colonel j. K.
Wood, near Oakland, Garrett county,
Nj. 1t has been tested where it emerges
from the ground, and is said to burn
freely. The extent is not yet known.
The magnificent new NJ. Z. Church
on Potomac street, Hagerstown, will be
dedicated with imposing ceremonies on
Sunday next. Bishop Andrews, of
Washington, and number of other
prominent clergymen will be present.
Many of the members Of the Young
Mems Christian Association of Shep-
herdstown have attended the Y. N. G..
convention being held at Martins
,"g this week. The convention has
been very well attended and highly in
teresting.
The November moon fulls on the Dad.