Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-04-30
BRIEFS.
Potato bugs are numerous already,
and are going for the new potato plants

mand for bricks at present. Ii would
probably pay some one to burn kiln of
good ones.
Water was turned in the canal at
Dam No. 4 on Monday. The canal is
now navigable from Dam No. to
Georgetown.
A cavern has been discovered in
Tucker county, West Virginia, which
is said to compare favorably with the
Luray caverns.
Potomac Building Association No. 2
will offer for sale several shares of stock
next Monday evening in Mr.. Beltz-
hoover's office at o'clock.
The English sparrows are eating up
the new vegetables in some of the gar
dens i'm town. There is nothing too
mean for an English sparrow to do.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad
Company has placed an insurance Of
$4,000, 900 on its property and rolling
stock along its line, in the American
Fire Insurance Company, of Philadel-
phia.
An election will be held in Hagers-
town on Monday, May 3, to pass upon
the amendment to the city charter, pro-
viding for the issuing of bonds amount
ing to $40, 900, to be used for drainage
purposes.
Instead of the regular service at the
Lutheran church next Sunday evening,
there will be Sunday School mission
airy meeting. The public is invited to
be present, as the meeting will be very
interesting one.
A strike in some of the largest sugar
refineries i'm the Eastern cities has
caused an advance in the price Of
sugar. Our Shepherdstown dealers,
however, will sell it as cheap as it can
be bought any place else.
The men who are putting in the
hedge fence sold by Mr.. r. d. Lamar,
agent, are busily engaged at their work
in this vicinity. a large quantity of
the fence will be placed in this county,
and the agents are still taking orders.
Lippincott's Magazine for May has
been received, and is a most charming
number. The serial stories continue
bright and interesting, while the short
stories, the miscellany and poetry are
of very high order. Lippincott's is a
literary treat.
There are 2S3 prisoners in the peni-
Tertiary at the present time, of whom
27l are males and II females. OF the
males about one-third are colOred.
About 20 are on the sick list. The
broom factory turns out 40 dozen a day,
and about 20 dozen whips are made per
day in the whip factory.
The conductor Of the way freight
train last Saturday allowed several bar
rels of fresh fish to be carried past
! Shepherdstown, and when they were
returned in the evening the dealers to
whom they were consigned refused to
receive them. The railroad agent had
to sell them for what he could get.
At the First Reformed Church, on
| Calvert street, near Read street, last
| night, forty-two persons were received
into communion with the church
thirty-eight by the pastor, Rev. j. L.
Rossiter, and -four by certificate. This
is the largest class confirmed in the his
tory OF the church. Baltimore Amer
! lean.
Mr.. E. Il. Licklider is the agent at
this place for the Osborne Steel Frame
Self Binder, and persons contemplate
ing purchase are requested to look at
this machine before buying. The Os-
borne is the leading harvester, and is
sold entirely on its merits. Call for
further information on Mr.. Licklider,
who is agent for Mr.. C. l.. Shoemaker,
| Charlestown.
If you want to choose your spring
millinery from one of the largest and
handsomest stock of goods ever seen in
| Shepherdstown go TO Welshans' Store.
You will be surprised and pleased at
the pretty things. All the other de-
partments of the store are filled with
new and seasonable goods, which you
can re adj about i'm the advertisement on
the second page this week.
1t is understood that bids have been
opened for the building of new dam
for the canal to supply the place of the
one recently washed away ut dam No. q
by the spring freshets. A gentleman
from Williamsport is understood to have
offered to erect the dam for $4,000,
payable in repair bonds, and Messrs.
Mertens' Sons, of Cumberland, for
sec, 900, payable in the same way.
The Directors of the Jefferson Coun-
ty Mutual Fire Insurance Company
met nj Charlestown on the Goth and re-
elected the following officers, viz: K.
p. Chew, President; ii. B. Davenport,
Treasurer; and r. A. Alexander, Sec
rotary. The report of the committee
appointed at the last meeting of the
Board was received and the Directors
expressed satisfaction at the condition
OF the company.
We notice from our exchanges that
the bands in various places are making
arrangements 10 have open-air concerts
during the summer. If the Shepherds
town band would do the same thing it
would be highly appreciated. The
Saturday evening concerts which they
gave in the college yard several years
ago were greatly enjoyed, and the pub