Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-02-19
BRIEFS.

Choice Michigan Glover seed i0F saie
nr VIM. H. Billmyer'
u YOU have had trouble with your coal
80 to Hodges for the next
r. Hodges has prime lot OF
lave, w seed and seed oats in stock.
81, said that there will be a change
80 On the Shenandoah Valley Rail-
road on Sunday
The Hagerstown folks have become
.Io,rbe skating rink, and it Is adj
vertised for sale.
:. Is said that large force Of hands
-, he nut at work on the Chesapeake
ionic Canal to make repairs.
Valentines seer, to be going out OF
n.hion. Very few were sent through
n. Office here on Saturday and Monday
last.
Tho Women's Missionary Society Of
,hoM.E E. Church South will meet at the
n,rsOusge on Thursday, 25th inst, at 4
pm.
VEGA. Potterfield is closing out
=. drug stock at Harper's Ferry, and
Gill shortly move TO Charleston, in
this State.
T. ;s said that big mouths are the
..rls now. Some of the Shepherdstown
folks are quite up with the fashion in
this respect.
ca 10 Hodges for fencing wire. bar
icon drill steel, and hardware Of all
t;nd. You will be astonished at the
low prices.
wnlet & Libbey, lumber dealers, have
.oue new and attractive prices this
wssk Read their advertisement on the
second page.
The ladies and gentlemen Of the y.
NCA. of Kearneysville will give sew
oral concerts in the near future, due
notice of which will be given.
The regular February prophecies OF
the total destruction of the peach crop
are in circulation. We shall hear of the
ruined apple crop little later.
The boss hog of the county for this
.aoson WAS killed on Saturday last by
Mr.. Philip Gordon, residing near
Cbarlestown-its weight was $40 lbs.
The Ladies' Town Hall and Library
Association wish to thank the Juvenile
Dramatic Club for their handsome con-
ribution to the fund for Town Hall.
Read the new advertisement Of Wash
ington & Alexander, insurance agents,
Mr.J. S. Fleming, Of this place, Is agent
for al! the companies the above firm
represents.
In Pennsylvania, it is said, they have
,ociables where you can kiss all the
girls you want at five cents apiece
Pennsylvania is a mighty good State for
spoor man.
Another incendiary attempt to burn
she livery stable of Mr.. S. ii. Brewer,
Hagerstown, was made last week. The
fire was discovered before it had made
much Roadway.
The adjourned meeting Of the Quar-
terly Conference of the NJ. Z. Church
South for Shepherdstown circuit will
be held at the parsonage Saturday, goth
instant, at p. IN.
The ice passed of Of the Potomac
river last Saturday, and although the
river was very high we have not heard
Of any damage being done. The river
was piled full of ice, and the spectacle
was most interesting one.
Mrs. Mary Virginia Quinn, wife OF
the late 7. Hamilton Quinn, of Wash
ington, died at her residence in that
city on the 9Th instant. She was
laughter of the late Rev. John Keller,
Who resided here many years ago.
There are at present eighteen thou
sand barrels of whiskey stored away In
the Huntsville Distillery, At Martins
burg. How some citizens Of Shepherds
town would like to be Hannisville dis,
iillery, if but for one brief moment.
Mr.. Nelson Beall, Of Frostburg, one
Of the wealthiest men in Allegheny
county, Nd. and an uncle of Messrs
Horace and Olin Beall of Charlestown,
died Saturday night in Florida, where
be went last November for his health.
The property of the late Jas. II. Rod
rick, on Main street, Chaflestown, was
sold on Friday last, by Messrs. Franz
Beckwilh, Forrest w. Brown and Geo
Baylor, Special Commissioners. 10 the
widow OF Mr.. Rodrick. for $780,
Spirit.
party of Frederick capitalists pro-
pose erecting q fine hotel at White
Rock, five miles west Of the city, TO OF
used as a summer resort. This rock IL
situated on the apex of Catoctin noun
lam, commands fine view of the val
ley, and is a site that will rival, IL il
does not excel, that of Pen-Mar.
A gentleman who registered at thu
central House, Hagerstown, OH Satur'
day asa A. Winston, Westminster, Md.
was taken sick on the street Sunday af-
'ernoon, and being carried into house
near by, died in a few moments from
apoplexy. He was aged about 60 years
and is said to have wife living il
'hambersburg, Pa. His occupation
Was that of civil engineer and inven'
tor.
Mr.. J. w. Barringer, who has beer
III charge Of the telegraph office at thu
nerryville depot for several years, and