Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-08-02
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FRIDAY, AUGUST ., 1899.
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ward the eoi'"'
Nr R. r. Staley has our thanks for
, oa{yers from Benton, Mo.
The farmers are beginning to break
rround for wheat planting.
Lee & Dauridge are selling the Cy-
clone wheat fans by the carload.
There is interesting reading on
every page this week. Don't skip
any of it.
There will be another excursion to
Atlantic City via the b. & o. on Au-
gust 10TH
The Sarah Zane Fire Company of
Winchester has its picnic at Island
Park to-day.
Company b will have its annual
soup on Saturday, August 10th, at
the Big Spring.
The Lutheran Sunday School will
have its picnic at Lemen's Grove on
Thursday, August 10Th.
Joseph Seibert, a prominent citizen
and at one time commissioner for
Washington county, is dead.
Mr.. Frank Landers has sold his
farm q miles west of Martinsburg to
Mr.. George Sperow for S6,750.
Mr.. Charles b. Rouss has launched
a steam pleasure yacht on the Shenan-
doah river near Shannon Park"
The Harper's Ferry authorities have
expended $1,000 since the flood in
cleaning up the streets of that town.
The Morgan's Grove Exhibition
will be splendid one this year. The
dates are September Sd, 4th, 9Th and
9th.
Rev. j. G. Bowman will preach in
the Reformed Church of Shepherds
town on Sunday at half-past 10
o'clock.
Mr.. +. II. Darby is about to build
big steam Touring mill at Williams
port, Md. The contracts have all
been let.
Mrs Sarah +. Smith, widow of the
late Paul Smith, died in Charlestown
on Sunday of paralysis. She was 80
years old.
The public schools of this district
will not be opened until September
gth-after the Morgan's Grove Exhibi-
ton Is over.
Mr.. Harrison Butt, of Harper's
Ferry, has been appointed to IA posi-
ton in the Treasury Department at
Washington.
1t is not improbable Col. w. p.
Craighill may be assigned as Superin-
tendent at West Point Military Acad-
emy.-Free Press.
There will be meeting of the
Ladies' Auxiliary to the Y. M. G. a.
next Thursday evening at o'clock in
the Association room.
Mrs. Mary Chew, wife of Mr.. j.
Aldridge Chew, living four miles
south of Charlestown, died last Satur-
day night of heart disease.
Among other attractions at the
Shepherd College grounds OH Satur-
day evening we learn there is TO be d
magnificent display of fireworks.
The residence of Mr.. John NJ.
Smurr, at Independence, Mo-, was
burglarized by tramp last week,
and small amount of money stolen.
The Ladies' Missionary Society of
the Lutheran Church will have its
regular meeting at the church Satur-
day afternoon at half-past s o'clock.
Rev. Joseph France, ID. d., who
has been member of the Baltimore
Conference of the NJ. +. Church since
1S43, died in Hagerstown last Satur-
day.
The picnic of the Evangelical Sun
day Schoolof Hagerstown TO Morgan's
Grove was postponed from Wednes-
day to this Friday on account OF the
rain.
The owners of some very fine live
stock from other counties have an
nounced their intention of exhibiting
at Morgan's Grove Exhibition this
year.
The Slavery Company intends to
build cut-stone dam across the 70
tomac river at Harper's Ferry TO fur
nish the water for its mills along that
river
\ fresh supply of family groceries,
sugar, coffee, tea, molasses, &c.'
cigars, tobacco, also mics lot OF
sewing machines and furniture, at ).
5. Jennings.
A good, soaking rain on Tuesday
and Wednesday of this week has been
of inestilnable benefit to the growing
corn. The prospects for a line crop
are excellent.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
appointed Charles Hedges, of Texas,
to be chief of division in the sixth
auditors office, at Washington, III
place of c. L. Mitchell, of Charles
town.
Josanh Fine lost n pocket-book con-
tanning fifteen dollars and some vaiu-
able papers the other day on the
Charlestown pike. Harry SNOW
found the pocketbook and returned IL
to its owner.
We are indebted TO Secretary
Hollis for a copy of the premium iist
of the Shenandoah Vally Agricultural
Society whose twentieth annual eX-