Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-05-25
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stopped wearing bustles.
Fresh Strawberries, pine apples, cab
bage and peas ordered for Friday and
saturday, at Trusselrs.
Bishop Peterkin preached in the
Episcopal Church of Shepherdstown
on Wednesday morning.
All kinds of evaporated and dried
fruits, canned fruits, fish and vegeta-
bles, at Trusselrs Grocery.
The authorities of Hagerstown have
forbidden the sale of cigars, soda
water, ice cream, etc, on Sundays.
DIR. L. Stotler, resident dentist, de-
sires us to say that he will be out of
Shepherdstown all of next week.
There will be mass in the Catholic
Chapel on Monday morning, May
2Sth, instead of May Goth, as last an
nounced.
a mischievous boy cut clear to the
ground handsome ivy vine on the
house of Mrs. Hunter, in the eastern
end of town.
The 18th Annual Council of the Dio-
cese of West Virginia will meet in
Trinity Church, Huntington, Wednes-
day. June 9th.
Bishop Peterkin preached in Zion
p. f. Church at Charlestown last Sun
dav morning and confirmed thirty
four candidates.
Children's Day services in the NJ. f.
Church South at Shepherdstown on
Sunday at 1890 am. and at Marvin
Chapel at 3.3Op.m.
An interesting missionary service
was held at Kearneysville last Thurs
day evening by the Church Aid and
Missionary Society.
Dry salted and picked Potomac
herring and shad expected in to-day,
which | will sell cheap by barrel or
dozen. j. n. Trussell.
Decoration Day at Charlestown on
June 9th will be an enjoyable occasion.
Fine speakers, fine music and parade
will be the features of the day.
You will find at Trusselrs grocery
ounce, cherry, peach, pear, raspber-
ry and strawberry preserves, also APP
pie butter and jelly of all flavors.
Mr. James Snyder, of Sharpsburg,
received the contract for the repairs
at Antietam National Cemetery, and
he is pushing the work right along.
There has been lots of cloudy wealth
err this week, but up to the hour of go
ing to press very little rain had fallen.
A good soaking rain is badly needed.
The Baltimore american intends to
put in a new press that will print
1900 newspapers an hour. 1t will be
one of the finest presses in the world.
The shipments of coal from Cumber-
land by the canal last week were 7,419
tons, and for the year SO, 40 tons,
decrease of 922 tons as compared with
last year.
Wanted-Twenty thousand pounds
of wool, for which the highest cash
price will be paid. Two cents per
pound extra in trade for goods. q.
II. Hodges.
1t is said that Mr. Henry st. John
Shepherd has gotten syndicate OF
Baltimore capitalists interested i'll his
anthracite coal, recently discovered in
Berkeley county.
The postofIice at Shepherdstown
will be closed on Wednesday next, the
30th of May, from II a. Ill. to 6 p. III.
This is national Decoration Day, and
is legal holiday.
Mr. Thomas Clipp, worthy and
well-knOwn citizen of this county, died
at his home near Ripon, last Friday
night, after a brief illness of pneumo-
MIA, aged Sc years.
A new carrier boy delivers the REG
IsTER to its town patrons now. He Is
liable TO make mistakes at first, so If
YOU miss your paper let us know 1t
and we will attend to it.
Col George Schley, the oldest MEM
Der of the Hagerstown bar and presi-
dent of the First National Bank, was
stricken with paralysis last week.
There is little hope of his recovery.
Mr.. j. w. Dayhoff, the Hagerstown
florist, received the contract for the
floral establishment of Mr.. Henry
Shepherds Wild Goose Farm, and
completed the work on Wednesday.
Col. Henry Kyd Douglas will deliver
his lecture on The Southern Nolun-
teer" in Charlestown on the evening
OF June 9th. the proceeds to be for the
benefit of the Lee Memorial Associa-
ton.
President Cleveland has written a
letter 10 Col II. II. Thomas, secretary
Of the Changers interstate picnic,
which lis held at Williams Grove,
Pa, informing him that he will attend
the picnic in August next.
j. +. Welshans desires us to state TO
the public that he is daily opening
new millinery and dry goods. He has
"a more handsome lot of goods this
year than ever before. Pay visit TO
his store and see for yourself.
Mr.. Kelley, well-knownresident of
the Manor, near Point of Rocks, re
ports that he has discovered a cave
in that section which promises to be
a big thing He refuses 10 tell
where the cave is situated and says
he intends to fully explore it before