Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-03-29
BRIEFS.

wise all fools day.
The new Town Council will meet
next Monday evening.
New STYLES in tea sets, glassware,
crockery and china. Come. W. P
Licklider.
The voice of the turtle dove is heard
in the.land and the wild geese north
ward fly.
Mr. John Nicodemus, a well-known
farmer, died near Boonsboro, Md,
last week.
Seed potatoes, onion sets, garden
seed. of all kinds, garden tools, at w.
P Licklider's.
The several applicants for the post
office at Shepherdstown are beginning
10 hustle around.
If YOU want names, traces, shovels,
hoes. rakes or forks, call and get them
of w. p. Licklider.
The Martinsburg folks are already
making PREPARATION for a big Fourth,
of-July celebration.
w. p. Licklider, will receive his
stock of spring shoes this week. Also
fresh groceries, &c.
w. p. Licklider is the first to get
spring goods. You are invited to call
and see what he has.
Thenew Catholic Church at Charles
town has been completed and will be
dedicated next month.
\ great many fish were caught in
the canal after the break last Monday
They were mostly catfish and suckers.
Remember that it is against the law
10 kill robins. Any person shooting
one of these birds is subject to heavy
fine.
b. S. Pendleton has been selling
wire fence by the ton this week. He
handles very good and popular ar
ticle
Mr. John H. Show is having small
dwelling house erected on a vacant
piece of ground at the foot of New
street.
The house and lot half mile west
of town, belonging to the kloth es-
tate was sold last week to Mrs. Hattie
Hill for $3.50.
Rev. Charles Ghiselin will preach
in ShepherdStown on Sunday at II
o'clock and at Kearneysville in the
evening at 7.3O.
Rev. ThoS. J. Wilson will say mass
at the Catholic Chapel next Sunday
at II o'clock and the following morn
ing at o'clock.
The genial publisher of the Hagers-
town Herald and TOrchligM is the most
successful Sunday fisherman i'll all
this neighborhOod.
r. NJ. Billmyer is receiving nearly
every day fresh shad and herring.
Also full supply of groceries, canned
goods, provisions, &c.
Mr Samuel MOtter, editor and pub
Usher of the Emmittsburg( Md ChrOn-
icls. died last week. He was gentle
man of fine character and was greatly
liked
An exchange remarks women live
longer than men" The reason is, We
presume, they keep their age secret,
and Death don't know when to call on
them.
Mr.. George F. Walker, of this coun-
". had seven sheep killed by dogs one
night last week. The flock of Mr.. G.
H. Turner was also raided again on
Friday night.
Subscribers to the REGISTER who
contemplate changing their residence
on the 1st of April will please notify
Us, so we may forward their papers to
them correctly.
Bishop Peterkin confirmed class
of eleven persons in the Episcopal
Church of Shepherdstown last Sun
day evening. He also preached an
eloquent sermon.
Mr.. f. ID. Davis, son of Sheriff Da-
Wis, graduated recently in Dental Sur
merry at the Maryland College of Ply
sicians and Surgeons, and received
honorable mention.
Two Democrats and one Republican
were elected as councilmen in Hagers-
town on Monday. This is a Demo
cratic gain, and the council will show
one majority for this party.
There will be meeting of stock
holders of Potomac Building Associa-
ton No. 2 in the REGISTER office on
Thursday evening next at 7.3O O'Clock
or the purpose of electing directors.
j. ID. Billmyer announces some as
tonishingly low prices in another col
umn. The only advice we can give is
read them for yourself. Mr.. Billmyer
will get in full line of spring hats
this week.
Cards are out announcing the mar
rage of Rev. J. 0. Knott, formerly of
this vicinity, and Miss Rosa NJ. Sim,
OF Frederick, Md. The ceremony
will take place next Tuesday at 4
o'clock in the afternoon.
The kilns at the Antietam Cement
Works, on the Maryland side of the
Potomac just below town, have been
hred up, and grinding will be com
menced this week. The mill is IN
hrst-class shape for work.
j. 5. Fleming has taken the agency
Tor the best carpet sweeper out. IL
takes up dirt by suction, and there il
h.