Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
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wanted during the summer months.
Rev. Charles Ghiselin delivered a
sermon to the Stephenson Female
Seminary of Charlestown last Sun
day night. The Commencement ex-
ercises of the Seminary were held on
Monday and Tuesday evenings.
The drug store of Mr.. G.. w. Ais
quith was broken into few nights
ago, entrance being effected through
a rear window, and about twenty-five
dollars in change and goods stolen
therefrom.- CharlestO,on Spirit.
We send out to our readers this
week a supplement containing in full
the speech on the tariff recently de-
livered in Congress by Hon. VIM. l..
Wilson. We hope it will be carefully
read by every one who gets copy.
Our esteemed friend, Mr. g. K. Hol-
Ida, says that the jefferson farmers
are not the only ones that have big
wheat this year. Up in his part of
Berkeley county they are willing to
back their wheat against any in the
State.
The extremely dry weather of the
past month has been hard on grass,
and the hay crop will not be a very
large one. The young corn does not
seem to be suffering!very much yet,
but u good soaking rain would help it
amazingly
You are cordially invited TO attend
| the \. NJ. G. a. services in the lecture
room of the NJ E. Church South on
Sunday afternoon at half past 3
o'clock. The West Virginia State
Lecturer will be present and conduct
the exercises.
The Quarterly Meeting for Shep-
herdstown Circuit will be held in the
NJ. +. Church on Saturday, July 3Oth,
and Sunday, July LIST. Preaching by
Rev. John Edwards Saturday night
at o'clock, and on Sunday at 1870 a.
Ill. and s p. Ill.
The eth annual b. Il 0. Employees
Excursion TO Island Park will take
place June Goth, 1888. Rev. \. c.
Dixon. ID. D., of Baltimore will deliv-
or the address. Several other promi-
nent speakers will be present and also
deliver addresses.
The Fourth Annual Free Exhibition
OF agricultural products, live stock
and machinery will be held at Nor
gan's Grove, near Shepherdstown,
jefferson county, w. Va, OH Septem-
Der, 9th, eth and Sth-Thursday, Fri
day and Saturday.
Miss Agnes Gibson's school had its
closing exercises last Monday evening.
Orations, dialogues, singing, &c, in
terspersed with music, made up very
pleasant programme, which was EN-
joyed by an appreciative audience of
friends of the school.
One of the items in the sundry civil
appropriation bill, which has passed
the United States House of Represent
atives, is that of SO, 900 for macada-
mized road from Antietam station on
the Shenandoah Valley Railroad to
the National Cemetery at Sharpsburg.
The Frederick (Md.) Times states
that seven persons residing in Middle
town, Frederick county, recently drew
100000 in lottery. The party it
adds, consisted of G. II. Doub. VIM.
Ruby, Emory Bowlus, G. a. Heagy,
George Chamberlain. o. =. Coblentz
and l. j. Toms.
Winchester is making preparations
for big time on the Glorious Fourth.
A firemans parade as long as the
moral law, military, brass bands, fire
works at night and lots of fun gener
ally are TO be the features of the occa-
sion Charles Broadway Rouss, of
Newly ork, is TO be there.
Our friend Jay Gould, the New
York railroad and telegraph king,
passed through Shepherdstown last
Friday in his special train over the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad, None
of his friends here had a chance 10
pass the time of day with him, for he
went at forty miles an hour
Nearly 200 men are now employed
by the Pulp Company on the Poto-
mac works The dam between the
Armory Yard and the island is com
pleted and workmen are drilling the
stone in the river bed preparatory 70
deepening the channel with dyna-
mite.-Harper's Ferry Sntiael.
If you have little folks from five to
nine years old you can give them
more pleasure for ten cents by getting
a copy of July Our Little Men and
Women" than in any way we know
of. The July number is full of pictures
of all sizes, short stories and pretty
verses You can get it at the news
dealers, or of ID. Lothrop Company,
Boston. Sl00 by the year.
A conditional contract has been
made by the recently organized Poto-
mae Bridge Company, of which Mr..
Joseph ID. Baker, of Frederick, is Pres
ident, with the Smith Bridge Compa-
nv of Toledo, Ohio, for the construc-
ton of all iron bridge across the Poto-
mac river at Point of Rocks, at cost
of S45, 900. The structure will be about
400 feet long and Is feet wide.
The next eclipse of the moon will
occur on the night of July @2d and
will be more interesting than the one
of January 18th. The diameter OF the
earth's shadow will be much larger at
that time in proportion TO the diane