Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-08-30
BRIEFS.


this vicinity during the present week.
There will be three good entertain
ments in Shepherd College Hall next
week. The town hall fund ought to
have big lift.
All the members of the M. E. Church
South are requested to meet at their
church this Friday evening att o'clock.
There is some special business to be
transacted
Two Washington county men, John
Cook and Jefferson Nesbitt, were fish
ing at Dam No. 8 on Tuesday. They
got to wrestling in the boat, which
upset, and Cook was drowned.
The population of Shepherdstown
and its surroundings has been increas-
ing very rapidly during the past few
weeks. The censls of 1890 will show
a heavy gain if tie ratio keeps up.its
present standard.
During the four days of Morgan
Grove fair the hours of business at
jefferson Savings Bank will be from
s to 10 a. III. and from to 3 p. III. The
customers of the hnk will please re-
member this notice
f. E. Snyder, of Lexington, sec ured
patent on shooting machine-an
electric battery Of Sme sort-that is
intended to cure tie heart disease.
We suppose if peron takes hard
enough shock he vii never die of the
heart disease.
An Associated Pres dispatch from
Martinsburg on TUESDAY of this week
said: Mrs. Emma Lee Downing,
wife of one of the most prominent
citizens, and connectd with the Lee
and Washington families, cut her
throat with a razor pday. She will
die"
Prof Asa b. Bush Principal of
Shepherd College, and Miss Kate
Richmond, of Lou.sian, Mo-, will be
married in the PRESBYTERIAN Church
of that place on Wednesday next,
September 4th, at 2 o'clock in the
afternoon They will come to Shep-
herdstown at once.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad is
removing the weatherbarded struct-
ures which are built arond the water
tanks along the line Of the road.
! The damp air between the tank and
the outer covering caued the wood
work to rot, SO hereafter the tanks
will stand out in the opn air.
Mr.. Jesse A. Engle, Tho for five
years was with Mr.. n. 5 j. Strider at
Uvilla, but who for MOE than year
past has been with Gilbert Bros, in
Baltimore, has returned home, and
on the first of Septembr will be ad-
mitted as partner with Mr.. Strider
the new firm will be a popular and
able one.
Mr.. w. ii. Allen, lear Summit
Point, plowed up fourteen small eggs
last Saturday week, and put them in
his coat pocket. At mon when he
went to look at them oe of the eggs
had Matched and livef 81 inch black
snake had appeared il its place.
Charlestoicn Spirit Mr.. LANES, please
accept the cake.
Senator Faulkner, of Vest Virginia,
! is slowly recovering from his recent
mishap. His physicians state that
his knee is considerable worse than
if sprained. The liganents of the
lower part of the knee-c'p have been
pulled away, and it will equire three
or four weeks before hewill fully re-
cover. He is still contine(to his house
and unable to get about
On Wednesday last Ms. Margaret
MYERS, relict of Nathaniel Myers,
died at the residence her son-in-
law, Mr.. G. Welsh, in tie 18th year
of her age. The deceased was born
in Harpers Ferry in 1871, but has
lived in this place continually since
1917 and had been consistent mem
Der of the Presbyterian Church for
60 wears. CkarleStOWn Democrat
The Newtown correspondent of the
Martinsburg Independent avs: Mr..
Towner Schley, who is representing
the Chesapeake Guano Co., was i'll
the neighborhood last week, calling
on friends and soliciting orlers for his
fertilizer, which is used by nearly all
the farmers in this neighboroOd. He
contemplates a sale of ov.r 700 tons
this season, outside of whit he sold
last spring"
Mr.. Mitchell Slower, the ldgemont
peach grower, reports the most flat
tering prospects for the seaon's out
come. He says that half OF his late
crop has been sold at from 81 to -
per bushel. AS Mr.. Stover's 'rop will
amount to nearly $4,000 Bushels, 1t
will be seen that he has god cause
for being in good spirits. so it is
with all the other South Mountain
growers.--HagerStocn Globe.
On Monday evening last while
| Mrs. Eliza Williamson was erdeavor-
| ing to walk over the rock-pie called
a pavement in front of the Episcopal
! Church one of the numerous project
! ing stones caused her to make a mis-
step. The result was that she sus-
tanned a very painful sprair of the
ankle, and had to be taken hone in a
carriage. If u new pavementis need
ed any where in town, the above
named point is the place.
The north bound Shenandoah Val