Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-12
BRIEFS.

ans nav better than wheat.
The skating rink at Charlestown is to
he converted into two store rooms
Almost every one forgot to look for
the eclipse of the sun last Friday
p,rpee's Justly celebrated garden
..sds for sale by Trussell & Hess.
las, Tuesday was Shrove Tuesday, or
porcske pay. 1t was duly celebrated
IN this neighborhood.
LAST Sunday was a bright and beauti
nj day, and many persons were out to
enjoy the fine weather.
The reign of the ground hog will
and next Tuesday. Probably the rain
Of spring will then begin.
Two men with bear were in town
=, Tuesday and afforded great amuse-
mont for numerous Juveniles.
lot of Maryland country butter
oxnected in to-day friday.
Trussell Il Hess.
shade forks, garden rakes, hoes,
,D.des sbovels, &C.. expected this week.
1'russell & Hess.
Some one says parents should not be
,oo ambitious about Furnishing their
children. They should begin Mt the
bottom.
We made mistake in the advertise
mont of 5. P. HumrickhOuse 81 Son last
week. They are selling their SIG over
coats at IS.
Lent began on Wednesday, and APP
nropriate services were held in the
Episcopal and Reformed churches in
Shepherdstown.
The Baptist ministers of Baltimore
oppo.e their church members taking
mart in balls and theatricals under the
guse of charity.
Luke C. Strider, of Washington, is
Amounted Justice of the peace there.
He i. son of our countyman, John ii.
Slrider.-Free Press.
Postmaster COlston, of Martinsburg,
has installed AS his assistants Messrs.
J. L. Young, NJ. Mccormick, A. j..
Crswell and Frank Eichelberger.
FOR RENP.-Brick Dwelling House
on New Street. occupied by Geo. w.
Boswell. Possession April LIST, 1886.
For terms apply to Ii. w. PerTs.
Profs. Turner and Staley will deliv-
er their lecture tonight before the Lib
erty Grove Debating Society. They
will doubtless have large audience.
Those of our subscribers who purpose
changing, their places Of residence this
Spring will please inform us of it, so that
we can have their papers properly sent.
Ii is reported that a Catholic Chapel is
to be erected in Sharpsburg during the
approaching summer. Mrs. Dahlgren
is said to be the promoter of the UNDER
taking.
The annual meeting of the stockhOld.
ers of the Jefferson County Mutual Fire
Insurance Company will be held in
Charlestown next Monday, March 18th,
at 10 80 a. m.
Rev. Mr.. Roberts, OF Culpeper, Va,
preached two very excellent sermons
10 the Episcopal church of this place
last Sunday. They were highly spoken
Of by all who heard them.
Mr.. d. w. Barr, former resident of
the Hagerstown neighborhood, was
killed recently in Havana, ILL.,, by
mat named Houston. There had been
an old grudge between the men.
Mr. John l.. Thomas, State Lecturer
for the Good Templars, has recently or
ganized large number of new lodges,
and reports quite an interest in temper
ance work throughout the State.
The United Brethren Conference at
Berkeley Springs adjourned on Monday
Rev. A. NJ. Evers was made presiding.
elder for this district. Rev. j X. Ri
depOur was stationed at Martinsburg.
Riyerton Lime for sale by the bar.
rel, bushel or peck. This n consider
ed the best in the country for white
washing. Will also have full line OF
white wash brushes. Trussell d Hess.
We are Informed the public sales in
this country have been generally well
attended, and the prices realized have
been quite good. In Maryland the
prices are said to be Interestingly low.
Mr.. George Andrews caught an i'm
mense chicken hawk in trap a few
days ago. 1t measured feet and Ii
inches from tip to tip of its wings. The
old fellow will never catch any more
chickens.
The Hagerstown daily Globe has en-
tered on its eighth year. The Globe is
vi hCathOoSJ III S'HN'S o'N
other qualities desirable in country
daily. We hope it may live long and
prosper.
On Friday and Saturday evenings,
Isth and Gosh instant, the cantata OF
Jephthah and his Daughter" will be
rendered i'll the town hall at SharpSburg
lot The benefit of the Lutheran church
OF that place.
Ihe colored damsels Of this town have
mac number of fights during the past
week Nearly every night there has
0een hair-pulliug and scratching
match between them. They have been
making night hideous.
Read all of the REGISTER this week.
on The first page is poem by Mrs.
Dandridge, the speech of Mr.. Wilson,