Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-07-16
BRIEFS.

Go and treat yourself and your sweet
heart to some of the good ice-cream and
cake at the Bands lawn festival Friday
and Saturday evening.
At the lawn party held by the Band
you can get soup that will be rs good as
the famous Company BIS soup. 1t will
be as good as it is possible for chicken
soup to be.
We call attention to the Mayors proc
lamation in another column. Our peo-
pie should at once heed its suggestions,
and help preserve the health of the
community.
Sunday afternoon an immense cloud
of grasshoppers settled on wheat field
in the vicinity OF San5orn, OAK, and in
a very short time cleared of fifty acres
of every vestige of greenness.
Rev. c. o. Cook, former pastor, is
expected to preach in the Methodist
Episcopal Church next Sunday night
at S o'clock. The public is cordially
invited to come and hear him.
The Methodist and Presbyterian Sun
day Schools of Charlestown will picnic
at Island Park on Tuesday, August 81.
Neighboring Sunday Schools and the
public generally are cordially invited to
join them.
The Supreme Court of Appeals closed
its term in Wheeling last Wednesday,
and adjourned until the first day OF
next term, (the first Wednesday in
September), when it will meet in
Charlestown.
Mr.. G. NJ. Shirley was taken sick at
the Virginia Hotel in Iaunton several
weeks ago, and was Drought home to
his mothers, near Middleway, in this
county, where he has since been lying
dangerously i'll of typhoid fever.
Last Saturday Mr.. Edward Arthur
found bowie knife in Mr.. G. Il. But
ler's woods that had evidently lain there
since the battle about twenty one years
ago. The knife was almost eaten up
with rust from its long exposure.
The proprietor of the Great Western
Poultry Yard, M. James Z. Goodkey,
st. Louis, Mo-, is enthusiastic in his
praise OF Red Star Cough Cure, which
cured him after all other remedies failed.
He says it neither constipates the bowels
nor causes sick headache.
Mr.. John Criswell has just bought
fine new ten horse. power "Eclipse"
traction engine from Mr.. Jas. w. Bane,
agent. Mr.. Criswell is determined to
keep up with the times, and will be fully
prepared To meet all competition III
threshing wheat this season.
We are informed that Mr.. j. NJ. Har-
man, of Duffields, cut from seven acres
of ground ~ tons of hay. The work
was done in Il single day with an Adrl-
ance mower that has been in use four
wears. This is tremendous yield OF
grass, and if any one can beat it let
them step forward.
The REGISTER has been turning QUO
some very fine job work recently. If
you want cards, posters, dodgers, letter.
heads, bill-heads, envelopes, invitations,
circulars, pamphlets catalogues, briefs,
or anything in the printing line, give
us a call. We will do such work neatly,
cheaply and promptly.
As reported to the Town Council, the
assessment of property in Charlestown
shows the yalne of real estate to be
s43l, 775 anu persOnal'property $46S, 526.
There are 322 white and 2lS colored tax
able males. The levy for this year was
fixed ut the same rate rs last year, rs
fellows: Thirty cents on each one hun
dred dollars al tax ,blc property, capita
ton tax 81 80, dogs 81 90, AMI gips sou.
The Emmner Telephone Company has
placed thirty-three telephones IN
Charlestown, and expect to rapidly in-
crease that number. The company pro-
poses TO extend its lines to all points OF
the county, and rs soon as practicable
to connect with general system of tel
ephone communication, embracing
within its ramiications Shepherdstown,
Winchester, Berryville, llagerstown,
Frederick City, Baltimore and Wash
ington.
The S. V. r. X. will run an excursion
to Pen-Mar and High Rock on Thurs
day, July 22d, 1886, at the following
very low rates. From Berryville, Sl.l5;
GAYLORD, $l.O5; Wheatland, sl.OO;
Charlestown, 90c.; Shen. Junction, SO
cts; Shepherdstown, 20 cts. Trains
will leave Berryville at 4. M, pass
Charlestown at 727, and Shepherds
town at 7.53. Returning, leave Pen
Mar at 80 o'clock, arriving ut Berry
vile az s p. m.
The Postmaster General has, in COM
pliance with petitions signed by large
numbers of business men In numerous
cities, amended the postal laws and reg
ulations so as to permit the transmission
through the mails within the United
States and Territories of liquids not liza
bic to explosion or spontaneous COM
l. .n-
not inflammable, soft soap, pastes or con-
fections, ointments, salves and articles
of similar consistency, under certain
conditions insuring safety to other mail
matter in transmission.
Senator j. n. Camden stopped in Mar
tinsburg OH Monday evening on his way
to Washington. He was called on by
unite a number of our citizens in his