Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-09-21
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at S102.50
A ministers and deacons' meeting
of the Shenandoah Baptist Associa-
ton will be held at Leetown Septem-
Der 27th to 30th.
The long winter nights are coming
on, and We rise to remark that no fam
lily should be without the REGISTER.
Come in and subscribe.
DR.. l. S. Tanner, of Shepherdstown,
is writing series of papers for the
Baltimore weekly Sun on the subject
of stock raising The Doctor is good
authority on this matter.
Hon. Louis E. McComas has accepted
the challenge ofCo Henry Kyd Doug
las to meet him in joint debate, and
they will speak in the principal towns
of the district some time in October.
In the proceedings Of the Supreme
Court at Charlestown we notice the
following: Beck V. Thompson, from
Jefferson county; opinion by Johnson,
Judgment of Circuit Court affirmed.
Hon. E. Boyd Faulkner will speak
on the issues of the present campaign
on Saturday evening at o'clock.
The public is invited to be present.
and hear a fair and eloquent discus
sion.
Times are prosperous at Roanoke,
| Va, Just now. There are now in course
of erection at that place $50 new
houses, and an immense new rolling
mill will be in operation within sixty
days.
Rev. G. G.. Baker, Presiding Elder
of the NJ. E. Church in this district,
has consented to deliver a lecture in
favor of the Prohibition Amendment
on October 9th. Mr.. Baker will I'M
doubtedly make fine address.
A subscription was taken up this
week for the purpose of raising funds
to send Mrs. Elizabeth Wintermoyer
to Baltimore. She is blind, and her
friends hope that skillful treatment
may enable her to recover her eye
sight.
| All the wooden trestles on the Shen-
andoah Valley Railroad south of
Waynesboro have been replaced by
| iron structures As fast as means are
obtained, we understand the trestles
at this end of the line will be replaced
by iron.
Woodward & Lothrop show a cut of
their new building this week in their
| advertisement. Their mail order de-
partment is now ready, and they will
send copy of their Fall Catalogue to
every reader of the REGISTER who
wants il.
1t might have been avoided-but
why should the people of Jefferson
and adjoining counties be deprived OF
selecting handsome article from c..
w. Browns assortment, such as are
now on display at his jewelry store in
Charlestown.
Mr.. James l.. Randolph, the veteran
J consulting engineer of the b. u. o..
~ died last Monday. He
"uiid the B. & O. road from
Ferry to the West. His wife,
who survives him, is a sister of the
late Gen. d. II. Strother.
Owing to the rainy weather last Sun
day the Children's Day Service of the
Reformed Church was postponed un-
til next Sunday at 1870 a. III. a SINH
lar service will be held for the Re-
formed Sunday School at kearneys-
vile on Sunday evening at p. III.
Hon. WIN. l.. Wilson and General
Nathan Golf will hold ten political
| Joint discussions i'll this State during
the present campaign. Five of the
places for debate are to be named by
each party, and the dates are to be
made TO suit the convenience of the
diSputants.
Rain fell nearly all day last Sunday,
and on Monday it fell from morning
until night. Tuesday the weather
| cleared. and the indications are now
for fair weather. The great amount
of rain that has fallen during the past
month has delayed the farmers in get
ting their ground ready for seeding.
Ephraim Orcott, of Rohrersville,
! Md. a workman on the foundation of
the new pulp mill at Harper's Ferry
was badly injured last week. a loaded
truck car fell upon him, breaking one
of his legs in three places, and other
wise injuring him. The unfortunate
man has large family depending
upon him.
If you want anything in the way OF
stoves, call on Henry G. Marten, Shep-
herdstowns stove and hardware man
He has gotten in many different pat
terms, and he will sell them cheaper
than YOU can buy them in the city.
1t will pay you we'll to learn his prices
before you buy. He has also a full
stock of hardware, tinware, etc.
Yesterday the boats Hassett and OK
ford cleared this port for Dam No. .,
loaded with pulp wood for the Poto'
mac Pulp Company, at Harper's Fer
~, Tbare will he three boats weekly
after this for Dam No. 5. The wood
is to be floated down to the mills,
which occupy the site of the old gov
eminent arsenal Cumberland Times.
One of the singularities of the pres
ent season is the absence of the tent
caterpillars on the orchards and on
the shade trees. Last year they were
very plentiful and it was feared they