Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-04-03
BRIEFS.

A rabbit that lays colored Easter eggs
is worth its weight in gold now.
Several flocks of wild geese passed
over town on Monday, going north.
The only hearts that do not throb with
ioy at this weeks ethereal mildness are
the coal dealers.
ANY one In need of nice baby car
riage will do well to call at the store Of
ID. L. Rentch. He has some nice ones.
The county roads are said to be In
very bad condition. Wonder If the time
will ever come when they won't be at
this season Of the year.
Fish are beginning to run In the Po-
tomac Some hns suckers have been
caught, in nets, but as yet the wary
bass has not put In appearance.
1t really seems as If Spring has ar
rived at last. This week has been balmy
and mild, and, feeling poetlcal, we
would remark that garden-making time
is coming.
Trussell & Hess have received this
week fresh Oranges, Cocoanuts, Bana-
mas, Crackers, Apple Butter, Pickles,
Cheese and Mackerel. All of best quail
ity and cheap.
Farmers who are in need of plows,
hay rakes or corn-plamters will do we'll
TO read the advertisement in another
column of the Shepherdstown Manufac-
turing Company.
1t Is said that in the year 1882 dogs
killed in West Virginia 2, lS9 sheep, val
ued at ss,56s, and in the United States
the noble canine slew l43, l20 head of
sheep, valued ut s42s, 1923.
Lizzie Monkey, white girl about 20
years of age, was found dead in bed at
her residence in Hagerstown few days
ago from an overdose of morphia, which
she was in the habit of using.
People were pretty generally sur
prised last Sunday morning to find
whsn they awoke that two inches Of
snow covered the ground. Under the
warm rays OF the sun, though, it soon
disappeared.
1t is said the Cumberland Valley
Railroad Company will lay an increased
amount of siding this spring and sum-
mer, with the purpose in view of ulti-
mately making Il double track the entire
length Of their road.
Dir. j. ii. Myers, the energetic cloth
Ter of Harper's Ferry, is having Git
tie inauguration of his own" and per-
sons who want to buy cheap clothing
will fluid it TO their advantage to attend
it. Read his advertisement.
Messrs. Lowenstein Bros, Clothiers,
of HagerstOwD, have their spring an
nouncement in another column, and it
will be profitable to read it. They have
added new department this spring,
and now keep the leading styles Of hats.
One of the greatest remedies of mod
ern times is that which is advertised on
our fourth page this week in a double
column advertisement. Warmers SAFE
Cure is a great medicine-as the sale of
70, $50, 506 bottles of it must surely prove.
Rev. j. +. Armstrong will deliver a
lecture under the auspices OF the Young
Mems Christian Association OH Friday
evening, April 10th, in Billmyer's Hall,
AT half-past seven o'clock. The public
as earnestly invited to attend. Admis-
sion free.
Mr.. David l.. Eubanks was in town
on Wednesday with his fine horse, Nor
folk Hero, Jr., which took the first pre-
MUM as n general purpose horse at the
Martinsburg fair last year. He is a
beautiful horse, and may be seen next
week at the Lee Central Stables.
Citizens Of Shepherdstown and vicin-
ity who visit Charlestown are kindly
invited to call ut the Temple Of Fashion
and examine the stock of goods on hand
for spring and summer.
Respectfully,
&. Il. HAdLEY, Proprietor.
A new Democratic weekly paper has
been started at Berkeley Springs, w.
Va, called the Neos. Z. Ii. Hawver-
male & Co. are editors aud proprietors.
One paper is little more than that
town can support, and how two will
make living there, no man knoweth.
We call attention 10 the advertisement
al another column III the Messrs. Up
degratfs, Hagerstuwn, who keep posi-
lively everything that men and boys
wear and u great many other things be-
sides. Their immense establishment is
full up of seasonable goods which their
advertisements describes.
The Spirit, in response to our request
10 speak out" OH the subject of tele-
phones, says: The valley Telephone
Company is resting quietly just now,
Brothers Snyder, MS is the case with
some other joint stock companies; not,
however, without some hope OF being
heard from bye-and-bye.
Nj. \. Yingling, of Hagerstown, who
has just opened Il new carpet store, an
nounces that fact to the readers Of the
REGISTER this week. We have been in
his establishment, and will say his ac-
vertisement does not do justice to the
stock he carries, and he is selling car
pets, &C., at the very bottom prices.
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