Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-05-18
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the REGISTER office call.
Mr.. John Chapman died recently
at Middleway in the Goth year of his
age.
The farmers say that the cut-worms
are playing havoc with the young
corn.
DR.. Thomas H. Buck, of Leetown,
has been granted pension by the
government.
DeFord & Co. have decided to in
crease the capacity of their large tan
merry at Luray.
The Changers picnic at Williams
Grove will commence on August eth
and continue a week.
L. L. Mentzer, bookbinder and man
ufacturer of paper boxes, Hagers-
town, has made an assignment.
Lucy NJ. Giddy, of Harper's Ferry,
and Robert Toney, of Charlestown,
were granted pensions this week.
The General Assembly of the Pres
byterian Church in the United States
convened in Baltimore Thursday.
Mrs Charles Meter dropped dead
in Hagerstown on Tuesday. She
leaves husband and seven children.
BY the new railroad schedule the
New York papers are received in
Shepherdstown on the day of publica-
ton.
Mr. H A McComas will hereafter
get salary of $500 year as Secre-
tary of the Hagerstown Fair Associa-
ton.
The Pen-Mar excursion season will
open "Wednesday, May the 3Oth, with
excursions from Washington and Bal
more.
Washington Bros, of Charlestown,
have secured location and will erect
creamery of large capacity at that
place.
At meeting of the stockholders of
Jefferson Savings Bank on Tuesday
the old board of directors was re-
elected.
The gas companies OF Baltimore
have consolidated, and Baltimoreans
will no longer get the benefits of COM
petition.
We call attention to the advertise
ment of Mr.. Jos s. Owner. Hagers-
town, this week. He will be glad to
have you call at his store.
A large assortment of sewing ma
chimes of different makes, styles and
prices at j. s. Fleming's Call soon
or you may miss a bargain.
Messrs. Lee & cambridge, general
agents for the Cyclone Tanning Mill,
are doing a very lively business The
Cyclone seems to fill a long-felt want.
The Blue Mountain House, near
Pen-Mar, had a pretty close call from
destruction by fire last week, when the
mountains all around it were ablaze.
The unwilling of the monument to
Stonewall Jackson, which was to have
taken place at Charlottesville on
May 10th, has been postponed to June
18th.
The property of the Shepherdstown
Manufacturing Company will be sold
at public sale on June 18th. The adj
vertisement appears in another col
umn.
The Circuit Court began in Charles
town on Tuesday, and on "Wednesday
the Getzendanner case was begun. 1t
will probably occupy the balance OF
the week.
Wanted-Twenty thousand pounds
of wool. for which the highest cash
price will be paid. Two cents per
pound extra in trade for goods. G
T. Hodges.
The price of wheat is advancing
little, and longberry is quoted at 93
cents bushel. Reports of short
crop in the West have tendency to
make prices better.
b. T. Harrison, agent for the Fire
and Marine Insurance Company of
Wheeling, has promptly had repaired
the damage done by the recent fire
to the house of Jesse G.. Dixon.
The REGISTER printed and delivered
few days ago the catalogues for the
schools of Shepherdstown district. 1t
is spoken of as a good piece of work
but the best thing is that it was done
at home.
Some sort of bug is giving serious
trouble to the peach growers along
the South Mountain. The insect feeds
upon the leaves and buds of the peach
trees, and every tree that it attacks is
sure TO die.
The weather has been extremely
cool the past week, and there have
been several showers of rain. The
wheat and corn and vegetation gener-
ally would be benefited by good
soaking rain.
a lot of miserable dogs got among
flock of sheep belonging to Mr., ID. NJ.
Deck, near Vanclevesville, one night
last week, and killed eight and Grip
pied seven of the animals. Mr.. Deck
would like to get among those ours
very much.
The New York Herald charges for
its lowest priced column of advertis-
ing one year S36, 2O3, while its highest
priced column pays it sS4s, 900 a year
IL we could get such figues as these
we'd only ask for one column for one
year-then we'd retire.