Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-09-17
BRIEFS.

:. .nd excursion season is
1nrins to close, mad. ii. .
.. anr in shepherdstO~n'
,,e,on's advertisement will prooa'
~ Ff interest you this week Read it.
O9 .ot Of paint is being put on the
'front.' d of Of the LH'hera" church. 1t was
needed Cit, G Hin
lives below town, for a basket OF
fine peaches
merchants report trade generally
V", -. GOOD. The exhibition made
;, increase in business.
rs, lawn party at Scrabble last satur-
,,y night was quite success SO Kew
T ,I: NcLarcn informs us.
IN. bows and girls had holiday from
three days last week. but they
have settled down to hard work now
,hsnberd College has fifty-one pupils
,br list. and the Graded School starts
"a "a with l34. Very good attendance for
both.
c,o1p,tor j. Graham Mcclellan, OF
shenandoah Valley Railroad, was
-. in Altoona, Pa, last week to
Mi" >chenck'
The Burgess and Commissioners of
sb,rpsbnrg have made levy of twenty
IAN the hundred dollars for NUM-
eipaI purposes.
we.tphalia brand Canvassed Hams,
,.nllsrs and Breakfast Bacon, Side
NJ, and Uncanvassed Shoulders, at
Blmyer Bros.
cd Vim. A. Morgan's admirable ar
.:ra IN the battle of Gettysburg will be
5upl on the first page this week. 1t
i.yery interesting.
Mr.. Harry Coleman, a young married
m,p of Washington county, Md, had
ono n hi, hands torn off in threshing
machine few days ago.
To-day is the twenty-fourth anniver-
Of the battle Of Antietam. The dread
mi incidents of that day are well-re-
membefed by many of our people.
The colored Baptists of this place are
holding a lawn festival this week in a
field At the edge of town. They want
10 raise money to build church.
Mr.. Grant Pitzer, of the Martinsburg
h5,pendsat, made the effort of his life
when he wrote up the Press Association.
To read it was almost as good as being
there.
People talk about summer ending on
the lst Of September, which isan error
according to the almanac makers, ii
doe. not end until the 22d of September,
when autumn begins.
jefferson county has fifty-One PEN
,iOners, and they receive monthly from
the government $54l.25. Berkeley
county has sixty.five pensioners, and
they receive monthly 1892.
The vacancy that has existed in tile
posiofice at Sharpsburg ever since the
decease of the postmaster, Morgan
Miller, has been filled by the appoint
ment of Henry VI. Johnson.
A. local option election in Winches-
ter, Va, last Monday, The drys," or
temperance people, won by 1863 majority
No liquor, consequently, can be sold
for tvo years from May l, 1887.
We are indebted to Secretary r. ii.
Lacey for a complimentary ticket to the
fair Of the Shenandoah County Agricul.
tural Society, which will be held at
Woodstock, Va, October 9Th, 9th, 9Th
sud Sth.
We notice by the Richmond Dispatch
that The Young Mems Christian Associ.
alton Of Lynchburg, Va, of which Mr.
c. A. Licklider is Secretary, is about tC
move into a handsome new building re-
Gently acquired ut a cost of about
$4,000.
Our esteemed friend, Mr.. Elisha s.
snyder, had OH exhibition at Morgan''
Grove last week one of his recent inven.
Iions-a new harvesting machine
Those who examined it say it is Il most
noteworthy Improvement. We predict
that Mr. Snyder will astonish the world
some Of these days.
Twenty or more letters have been re,
ceiYed Al the Geological Survey, Wash
ington, from different parts OF the coun'
ITy, making suggestions and Offering
advice with regard TO the prevention OF
earthquakes. One of the latest proposes
that holes be bored through the earth:
crust to give the destructive gases Al
outlet, This genius is as yet unknown
10 fame.
Mr.. Robert W. Grove is attempting
10 organize a joint stock company, fol
NE purpose of converting his property
on The southwest corner of the public
square. in Sharpsbnrg, into hotel. Al
enterprise of this description would
doubtless prove profitable investment
!" Sharpsburg, for various reasons
Oilers special inducem MIS- to visitors
particularly those desiring Il SUMMER
residence in the country.
\ boy by the name of Charles Stew
"'t met with fatal accident on Thurs
""y morning at the Baltimore & Obi,
"eF" IN Martinsbnrg. lie was thrown
won freight train by sudden jar
anu falling under the wheels had his les
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