Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-05-15
BRIEFS.

Western preacher calls rollor skating.
The fire company turned out last FRI
dry evening for practice with the steam
engine.
Reall Bros. & Phillips have lawn
mowers for sale at their branch-bouse
+ in Shepherdstown.
Since the Lursy Caverns werS opened
to the public in 1881 they have been
visited by 81, 900 persons.
The St. Johns Lutheran Church, OF
a H,gerstown has increased the salary OF
i il. pas,or, Rev. S. w. Owen, from 81 800
to 81 500 a year.
May 10th is the next day set by Adj
yentists for the world to dissolve. All
who are indebted to this Office should
pay up before that time.
Read the sanitary notice in another
column. A house to house inspection
is 10 be made by the board Of health.
Let us all be prepared for 1t.
L.C. Little, of the Central Grocery
81 Store. has returned from the city with
new stock of groceries, fruits, &c. Read
his advertisement and see what he has
3 for sale.
The freight agents of the various
roads which compete for freight deliv-
cred and transferred at Hagerstown met
last week in that place and agreed on
uniform rates.
A plan has at last been invented to
relieve bald-headed men from annoy
anee by spiders in summer time. 1t is
to paint a large spider in the center Of
\ the bald place.
Recently the population of Sharpsburg
has been increased by the addition of
four pairs of twins, besides number OF
4 single arrivals. Sharpsburg evidently
4 has great future before it.
Tie West Virginia Sunday School
i Convention will be held in PArkersburg
this year. 1t will commence its sessions
on the 9th Of this month, and continue
for two days. Eminent workers in the
cause from other States will be present
GOdcy's Lady's Book for May has
been received from the publishers. The
features that 60 TO make this magazine
the leader of its class are well repre-
scented this month, making it a chsrm-
ing number. Every household should
have Cooley in it.
We are under obligations to Mr.. Tay-
lor Hill, of California, for some speci-
mems of wheat, oats, &c, which he has
sent Us. Mr.. Hill likes his home out
there very well, and thinks 1t is great
country. Cherries are ripe out there,
and other fruit is coming in season.
We are under obligations to Nsnz &
Neuner, Florists, Louisville, KY, for a
number of choice flowers plants. The
roses, especially, sent out by this hrm
are the best we have ever seen, and we
cheerfully recommend them rs a per-
4 fsctly reliable house and one that will
4 give satisfaction 10 its customers.
The .moke-house connected with the
WAND House, Keedysyille, Md, caught
fire last Saturday morning, and the
flame. communicated with the hotel,
which, after considerable effort OH the
4 part Of the citizens, was saved from de-
s;ructiUn. The ire at one time threat
ened the entire town. The loss was
about $500.
We are under obligations to Mr.. W.
:. BOmbergsr, of the firm of ). NJ. Bloom
IL Co., Hagerstown, for a package OF
excellent roasted coffee put up by them.
This firm has erected Il building and put
in machinery capable of roasting 500
pounds of coffee per hour. The atten-
ton of retail dealers is called TO the fact
that they can buy to advantage Of this
firm.
We call attention to the new adver-
tiscmcnt of Mr.. j. ). MelyinS OF Dur
fields. lie has gotten i'll his new stock
OF summer goods, and is prepared to
furnish his customers with bargains in
the line of dry goods, notions, carpets,
furniture, groceries, ready-made cloth
ing, hardware, wOodenware, &c. Call
and see the large stock of goods he has.
and learn the low prices At which he is
selling them.
A gentleman familiar with She busi-
ness OF the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal,
says that the canal only transported
400, 900 tons of coal last year, aud will
hardly bring half that quantity 10 mar
kst this year, and that if the court in
Baltimore will decide thst the repair
bonds can be sold, they will be bought
BY the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
which will close the canal and build a
railroad along its bed from the Point OF
Rocks to Observation-Disclosures Ga
zefte.
at - meeting of the Leetown Lodge,
No. AZ, /. o. Of G. T., held April p,
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing quarter: g. ID. johnson,
~ c. r.; Lucy Dunaway, W. V. T.;
Geo. II. Ramsburg, W. K. s.; George
Watson, w. F. S.; Thos. ii. Buck, W..
r.; +. {. Watson, W. c.; Chas. Jones,
W. NJ; Emily Balch, w. |. g.; ). IL.
Watson, w. o. e.; y. r. Roberts, w.
4. -; Gussie Campbell, w. ID. NJ;
Katie Balch, w. K. ii. s.; Rebccca
S;rider, w. l.. II. ).
Dr.. john Schley Goldsborough died
ON Saturday at his residence in Frcder-
lex, Md, Of consumption, aged fifty