Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-10-02
BRIEFS.

Fresh supply of cakes and crackers OF
best quality. lfusseii " He'''
Farmers are hard at work cutting on
On excellent crop of corn.
Lot glass uit-jars, porcelain lined,
just in. iruSseh I" MSS.
Miss Sallie S. Hill has our thanks for
basket of very fine apples which she
sent us last week.
Mr.. J. Q. A. Metcalf, of Palmyra,
Mo. will please accept our thanks for
comics of Denver papers received.
The best assortment of bacon, and at
,ower prices than have been known
.,rce the war. Trussell & Hess.
The private residence of the late John
NJ Mentzer, in Hagerstown, was sold
nH.H. Keedy Tuesday last for s3,237.
Messrs. Harry and Lewis Getzendan-
ner will erect skating rink in Charles
town. In size it will be 40 by 100 feet.
Nine of the twelve prisoners in the
Cumberland Jail escaped from prison
last week by overpowering the jailor.
One was recaptured.
The Virginia State Fair will be held
Of Richmond October 2lst, 22d and 23d.
We under obligation to the manage
meut for complimentary tickets.
Pure cider vinegar, guaranteed to Keep
rckles; spices of all kinds for making
nickles, fruit buffers, sc.
Trussell 81 Hess.
MFR. Dave McCurdy, of Frederick,
Nd. recently caught seven-pound
black bass in the Potomac at Dam No.
G. The fish was sent to President Cleve-
land.
Red hair is coming into fashion again.
This will give some of the best girls in
the world chance to become popular,
and there will be u great rush for hith-
erto unlucky red-headed bachelors.
Three strangers were arrested in
Frederick last week for alleged swim
ding. Several persons were induced to
sign plain receipts which afterward
turned out to be notes for large sums.
Morgan Hook, Il well-known colored
man, of this place, who has lately been
working at Steelton, Pa, died at his
home in Shepherdstown last Tuesday,
of consumption. He was about 40 years
old.
Mrs. John Keplinger has placed us
under obligations to her for basket of
delicious grapes. They were hard to
beat, but not hard to be eaten. Mrs.
Kepliuger's remembrances OF the editor
are always appreciated.
Isador August, of Cumberland, Md,
died on a passenger train Of the Balti-
more aud Ohio Railroad, near Martins
burg, few days ago. He had had an
attack of paralysis in Baltimore, and
was OIL his way home when he died.
The October number of "Our Little
Ones and the Nursery" has been re-
ceived of the Russell Publishing Co., of
Boston. 1t is model magazine for the
little folks, and should be in every fam
ily if possible. Send for sample copy.
The sixteenth annual fair of the Shen-
andoah Valley Agricultural Society
will be held at Winchester, Va, Octo-
Der 18th to 10th. We return thanks for
complimentary ticket. For list OF
attractions see the advertisement in this
issue.
The clothing house OF Lowenstein
Brothers, of Hagerstown, which was
managed by the late Isaac Lowenstein,
will be continued. Mr.. ID. Lowenstein,
the surviving partner, has made ar
rangements for the future management
of the house.
Mr.. Eb Shaner will have to do little
better in the pumpkin business II he
wants Shepherdstown to keep aheal.
Mr.. j. ii. Shaw, of Martinsburg, has
come TO the front with pumpkin OF the
Jersey variety that measures 20 inches
In circumference and weighs 80 pounds.
There are some dreadful smells waited
over this town from hog-pens and other
nuisances at present. Not TO speak OF
the extremely disagrceable effect upon
the olfaetories, these things are danger
GUS to health. We hope our Nuisance
Committee will make tour and take
their noses with them.
We call the attention Of our readers
to the advertisement OF the Hagerstown
fair i'm this issue. AS our people well
know, this fair is always good one,
and this year will prove no exception
to the rule. There is large list OF at
fractions, not the least of which will be
some very fine stock.
An eleven-year-old son of Rev. Alex
ander Allison, pastor of the Presbyte-
rian Church Of Hagerstown, in attempt
ing 10 jump on car that was being
shifted TO a side track At the Baltimore
md Ohio depot Oh Saturday, fell OH the
rails, the car passing over his right foot,
crushing it in such manner as to make
Amputation necessary.
Another regular postal car has been
placed on the Baltimore aud Ohio Rail-
road between Baltimore and WincheS-
ter, thus atfording additional mail facii-
tiles. The mails on the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad are little worse than
usual, however. The Baltimore mail
lays in Hagerstown over three hours
before il is started South.
Mr.. John j. Funk has located in Shep-
herdstown and opened leather store III
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