Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-05-18
BRIEFS.

other back pay to laborers.
Most of the towns and cities Of the
United States are adopting high Ii
cense as a relief from the liquor
plague, but Hagerstown has just gone
contrariwise and reduced the license
of the liquor dealers.
Hon. Louis E. McComas says that
work will be resumed on the fishways
at the Great Falls of the Potomac as
soon as the water gets low enough.
Lovers of the piscatorial sport sim
cerely hope that the fishways may
soon be completed.
The Independent Junior Fire Com
pany of Hagerstown will have an ex-
cursion to Roanoke on Tuesday, the
10Th of June, when tickets to the gen
eral public will be sold at reduced
rates The occasion is a big celebra-
ton of the Roanoke firemen.
DR.. Howard Pinkney, prominent
| New York surgeon, died suddenly on
a railroad train in England few days
ago. DIR. Pinkney was brother-in-
law of Col. John E. Schley, of this
vicinity, having married Miss Clara
Schley He spent several summers
here
What couple of wise young ladies
| thought to be a dreadful fire on the
mountains southeast of here last Sun
day afternoon turned out to be par
| ticularly brilliant rainbow. They
were excused for their mistake, how
ever, upon giving a satisfactory ex-
PLANTATION.
The officers and stockholders of the
Standard Lime and Stone Company
gave an excursion to Martinsburg
Engle's Switch and other points along
the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad on
Tuesday. The party occupied five
palace cars, and had a pretty enjoya-
BILE junket.
The annual proclamation of the
Mayor will be found in another col
unn. The citizens should unite with
the town authorities in giving the
town a thorough cleaning up before
the warm weather sets in. a little at
tention now will improve the place
wonderfully.
Bishop Peterkin will visit the Epis-
copal churches of this county as fol
lows: On Sunday, May Goth, at
Charlestown. Manning's School House
and ST. Phillips; Monday, May 21st, at
Ripon; Tuesday, May 22d, at Shep-
herdstown; and Wednesday, May Odd,
at Harper's Ferry.
So many letters go wrong and so
much confusion is caused by having a
Charleston and a Charlestown i'll the
same State that the people Of the lat
ter place are thinking about changing
its name to Charles City. That would
be very nice, and we should enjoy liv-
ing so near to city.
A young man who has evidently dis
covered that this is leap year writes
us as follows: "A young lady has
made a proposal to Inc and l have
promised TO be her husband Should
allow her to kiss me before we are
married?' Ask your mother, young
man; ask your mother.
Attention is called to the new adver-
tisement of Mr.. NJ. s. Hiteshew this
week, and also to that Of Mrs. NJ. l..
Harrington, who occupy the old stand
of j. l.. Richard & Son. They respect
fully solicit share of the public pa
tronage, and we hope it may be ex-
tended to them. All their goods are
new and fresh.
The Harper's Ferry Sentmelis young
but it is progressing witness the
following paragraph: I'VE have it
from good authority that branded
Texas mare lately foaled colt in
Loudoun county, Va, and that the
brand which had been burnt on the
mother, is plainly visible on the colt
Bring on your snake stories, broth
ers"
At the annual election of officers of
Mountain View Cemetery, Sharpsburg,
the following named gentlemen were
reelected managers: Henry Schamel,
Chas. w. Adams, Jacob Snyder, John
p. Smith, Samuel H. Miller, Moses
Cox and Jacob A. Myers. The board
organized by re-electing Henry W.
Schamel, president; John p. Smith
secretary; and Jacob Snyder treasurer
A new schedule went into effect on
the Shenandoah Valley Railroad last
Monday. Passenger train No. l, that
passed south at 80 p. H., now leaves
here at g. so D. IN, leaving Hagerstown
ut 6. 10. No. 4 from the south arrives
little earlier, being changed from
9.33 to 9.1S p. Ill. The other passen-
ger trains were not changed. The
corrected schedule will appear in our
next issue.
AT a recent meeting of the Leetown
Lodge, No. AZ, l. o. &. T., the follow
ing officers were elected for the en-
suing term: Eugene Baker, c. T.:
Rebeccah Strider, V. T.; James Stri-
der, r. Sec'y.; Geo. T. Watson, F.
Secy.; DR. T. II. Buck, Treas; Rev.
r. NJ. Strickler, Chap; Charles NJ.
Baker, NJ; Joseph Wageley, l. g.;
Geo. w. Johnson, o. g.; Charles
Jones, p. C. T.; and Geo. II. Rams
burg, l.. ID.
A press excursion, composed of
newspaper men from Baltimore, Phil
adelphia and Washington, passed
through Shepherdstown last Monday