Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-01-08
BRIEFS.

T.rrsnce Agent j. S. Fleming has
ar thanks for some handsome calendars
for 1856.
,,.,,ing & Snyder, Real Estate
.a,. have a desirable building lot
A ~, sale. See advertisement.
Walter Pierce was severely hurt DUR
,hs holidays by being struck on the
l"s nth 4 stone thrown by colored
boy. ,
T,s cold wave that arrived on Mon
49, night will make ice on the ponds,
Sat the river is too high and swift to be
frozen over
Mr. W. Price Little, well-known
.,,;,an of this county, died at his
.;Ience near Bloomery Mill, on Sun
day night last
Va . passenger train on the Shenan-
1oah Valley Railroad was about twenty
hours late on Tuesday, caused by wash
oprs down in Virginia.
Tvo thousand six hundred live tur-
,.rs were distributed by President
Robert Garrett of the B. & o. as Christ
mas gifts to the railroad employees.
Mr. Jacob wintermoyer is selling all
,s,rv.weight goods at cost in order to
make room for spring goods. He still
Ia. 4 few ladies' Newmarkets for sale
cheap.
Mr.. A. II. Herr, the well-known
GEORGETOWN mill owner, formerly of
Hsrper's Ferry, has suffered a stroke of
r,rslvsis. and it is thought he will not
recover.
senator Camden has introduced in the
senate bill to pay Catherine +. Lutz,
n West Virginia, s6,2lG for property
DESTROYED by fire while occupied by the
United States army.
About the handsomest calendar re-
ceiyed at this office is the one sent by
the proprietors of Hoods Sarsaparilla.
Il is beautiful and convenient. You
can get it of druggists.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad is
.,ringing TWO more telegraph wires up
The Valley of Virginia, which, when
completed, will be used exclusively for
commercial business.
We are sorry we cannot give more
reading matter this week, but a rush OF
advertisements took US unawares, and
We ask the forbearance of our readers
for another week or two.
Our Carrier Boy, Harry Chapline,
asks US to return his thanks for the very
liberal manner in which he was treated
by the patrons of the REGISTER. His
receipts amounted to nearly thirty dol
lars.
The probabilities are that there will
be numerous changes of residence III
Shepherdstown the coming spring.
There is a demand Tor houses in town,
and the probability is that the supply
will not be sufficient.
Mr.. G. Newton ByerS, of GAINESVILLE,
Tennessee, will please accept our
thanks for copies of holiday issues of
newspapers from that place, showing in
pleasing style the business interests
Of that thriving city.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad
Company has had Il large ite-house built
on IL property near the railroad bridge,
in this place. Ii will be filled with ice
from the Potomac river-prOvided there
is freeze" this winter.
Upon invitation of the Massachusetts,
Military Historical Society, Col. ii. Kyd
Douglas Will deliver lecture at Lowell
Institute, Boston, OH the 2nd OF March.
Col. Douglas will take for his subject
"Ihe Southern Volunteer"
The advertisement of The Baltimore
Sun, that reliable old newspaper, will
be found in another column. The Sun
has hold on the affections of the peo-
peof this neighbOrhood, as is evidenced
by il, large circulation here.
\ few days ago there passed through
ShepherdstOwu, over the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad, the carcasses of three
bears, killed in Arkansas, and on their
way TO Philadelphia. Their weights
were 305, 100 and l25 pounds.
Messrs. C. IL. & K. l.. Spangler, dry
goods merchants, of Hagerstown, have
dissolved partnership. Mr.. X. l.. Span
g!er will continue the business at the
old stand. lie is a gentleman of excel
lent qualities, and will do a large trade.
The Canal Company has given notice
through its officers that all labor will be
dispensed with for the present. The
Bosses and lOck-keepers along the canal
have been notified that their wages will
Dc reduced one-half until further no.
lice.
The Baltimore american. having treat
el itself to magnificent new Hoe press
mat prints 10000 copies an hour, and a
new dress of type, now comes TO Us as
well printed as il is well edited. The
american is mighty good paper, and
Is uil OF enterprise.
We call attention 20 the advertisement
VI The Philadelphia Weekly Times in
'ni' Issue. 1t is undoubtedly the best of
Tue city weeklies that come TO this
pace, the war stories being most pop
u'ar feature. 1t has already large cir
.ula'lon III this vicinity, which will
uouOlless be increased steadily.
Inc January number OF Lippincott' s
-4o''nIy Magazine appears in an en-
"eIy new dress. \ handsome cover
uIs Deem la-i,rp.l -. q, A.,