Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-11-30
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Shut the door,

Turkeys have been selling at . cents
pound.
Christmas is only three weeks from
next Tuesday.
There is still lots OF corn in the
fields unhusked.
One of the College girls says kiss
Is conjunction.
Read b. s. Pendleton's new adver-
tisement this week.
Wheat is still dropping in price,
slowly but steadily.
Did you remember the poor on
Thanksgiving Day?
The roads are said to be in a pretty
bad condition just now.
The boating season on the G. & ..
Canal will soon be over.
The weather hasn't been anything
to brag of since Sunday.
The hog butchering season is at
hand, and the squeal, &c, &c.
There is already some talk in regard
to the next corporation election.
The first sleigh of the season was
seen on the streets last Monday.
Efforts are being made to organize
a cornet band at Harper's Ferry.
Fresh cocoanuts, figs, grapes, nuts
of all kinds, oranges and lemons, at d.
l.. Rentch's.
Some valuable property is to be Of
fered at public sale in Shepherdstown
on Saturday.
Eggs are selling at 90 cents dozen
in Shepherdstown and butter at 20
cents pound.
New subscribers can get the REGIS
TER from now until January l, 1879 0,
for two dollars.
Betwixt the gunners and the snares
and the traps the rabbits are having
a hard time of it.
A great deal of poultry is being
shipped TO the cities by the Shep-
herd.town dealers
Mr.. Jacob Wintermoyer killed FIVE
nice little pigs last week. They
weighed 1921 pounds.
The Shepherdstown merchants are
laying in nice supply Of Christmas
goods of every variety
1t is reported that a new schedule
will go into effect ON the Shenandoah
Valley Railroad on Sunday.
Our Carrier Boy will call on you for
advertisements for his annual address
pretty soon. Give him lift.
Freight business on the Shenan-
doah Valley Railroad has been greater
this fall than it has ever been.
Mr.. Jonas Smith, one Of Hagers-
towns oldest citizens, died on Mon
day. He was in his seth year.
The Sunday Schools are rapidly fill
ing up with the little ones who antici-
pate a good time at Christmas.
Weddings in this vicinity are be
coming numerous There are to be
couple more next week, it is said.
DON'T forget that w. P. Licklider
has large stock Of boots, shoes and
rubber goods to select from, at bot
tom prices.
The public sale advertised by J. NJ.
Kephart, Trustee, at Dufhelds, next
Tuesday, will be held at o'clock in
the afternoon.
Mrs. David Renner, of Washington
county, Md, received fatal injuries on
Sunday last by being thrown from
runaway team.
The ladies are going right ahead
with their preparations for the Bazaar
to be held at Christmas for the bene-
fit of the Town Hall.
ID. l.. Rentch has his Xmas goods
ready for inspection. Call and see
him. Noold goods. Everything pref
ty for old and young.
The November report Of the Agri-
cultural Department says that the
corn crop i'll West Virginia is about
ali average one this year.
Hodges is offering some big bargains
i'll mems and boys leather boots. he
has an immense stock and must re-
duce them regardless OF cost.
An old colored citizen, who evident
ly is little mixed in political affairs,
suggests that Mr.. Harrison take some
of the surplus and pay Mr.. Mills bill.
The earnings of the Valley Branch
OF the b. l. o.. Railroad for the last
year were 1881, decrease of Sl5,-
537 as compared with the previous
year.
some OF our subscribers Seem to
have forgotten that printers occa-
$ionally need Something more than
promises to live upon. Do you See
the point?
Mr.. J. Fred Keplinger desires US to
state that he has for sale hog cholera
medicine that is warranted to cure
1t will cost nothing to try it, for II 1t
don't cure you needn't pay.
We understand that hog cholera has
been prevailing in the neighborhood
of Oak Grove and Moler's Cross Roads,
this county, and that the farmers have
lost some very fine fat hogs by tbs
disease
w. p. Licklider will receive this
week cranberries, citron, raisins, cur
rants, oranges, lemons, mountain
buckwheat, sweet potatoes, hominy,