Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-07-05
Briefs.

=, g Keefer Thomas, prominent
.o" If Frederick county, Md, is
1sfrerson Savings Bank has de
semi-annual dividend of p
Iva pples are now plentiful-con-
lily the small boy has the stom-
f,5.ache frequently
Collector A. B. White has appoin-
dior John T. Reilly as Stamp
||Deputy at Martinsburg'
cornerstone laying, big dinner,
fastival-these ought to draw a
,od crowd on Saturday.
ZION Reformed Church, Hagers-
IN has just bought a new $4,000
o,san. built in Reading Pa.
Tho wooden fence around the Epis-
aoI Church yard is for sale. Apply
Geo w. Hall or j. S. Bragonier
nop't forget the lawn festival on
s.,nrdav evening. Go and enjoy
rour,elf and help the town hall fund.
1.t everybody and all their cousins
.,,a 70 the cornerstone laying on
. s.,nrdav. And patronize the dinner,
too
Won can get a most excellent dinner
sfty cents on Saturday and at the
,ns time help along the town hall
fund.
1,sny of our farmer friends want to
Ind in some corn on subscription we
,ril take il in during the mex, compile
ofweeks.
The hay crop is very heavy one
mi. wear, but the rainy weather is in
,.-fering very much with the proper
curing of it.
Mr. VIII McChan had the first fin
,.r Of his right hand cut off the other
J,y while working at Mr.. Robert
Lemens binder.
We hope all the country people
will come TO town on Saturday and
b4lp swell the crowd-and also the
town hall fund.
This is a bad year for grapes. In a
GREAT many cases the crop will be a
total failure, probably on account of
the wet weather.
Mr.. Cecil Hurst Baker, son of
Sheriff Baker of this county, received
the degree of Bachelor of Arts from
Richmond College.
\ marriage license has been granted
in Washington City TO VIM. Haugh-
ton. Of Philadelphia, and Minnie Reed,
Of Harper's Ferry.
Any person desiring to have linen
laundried by a steam laundry can have
it done nicely and cheaply by apply
ing to Edward ~ Line.
Large lots of watermelons are pass
ing through Shepherdstown daily
from the south for the Philadelphia
and New York markets.
The Supreme Court of West Virginia,
in recent session at Wheeling, has
adjourned TO meet in Charleston the
first Wednesday in September
Femers, insure your wheat with
.. s Fleming. 1t will only cost you
small sum TO thus protect it. Mr..
Fleming represents reliable compa-
MES
The houses in town that have been
recently painted certainly improve
the looks of the place. But there 5
lots more paint needed in this com
munity.
The green postage stamp must go.
Bids for a new series of stamps have
been advertised for, and the two-cent
stamp will either be carmine or me-
tallic red.
The proprietors of the pulp mill at
Dam No. say that they have not the
faiutest intention of moving the mill
from its present location, as was stated
in the newspapers.
\ colored desperate named Joseph
Hays, wanted in Maryland on several
charges, was arrested here by b. ~
0. detective and taken to Hagers-
town. CharleStoion Spirit.
The gubernatorial contest commit
lee at Grafton threw out seven votes
for Fleming from Jefferson county
that had been contested by Gotf.
Jennings net gain is now 81.
Vim. F. Unger, of the Cavetown
district of Washington county, Nd,
sold this season 5000 boxes of straw
'VIlltS at all average VI ~ SCh'S ="
box, thus aggregating 5000.
The ladies will furnish Il really
iirst-clasS dinner on Saturday-pro-
viding everything that is needful for
the comfort of the inner man.
The price will be only 80 cents.
The annual Harvest Home of the
Mt. Wesley Methodist congregation
will be held as usual some time In
August. The exact date will be given
In subsequent issue of this paper.
Nearly all the farmers of this vicinity
have finished harvesting. As nearly
as can be told before the grain Is
threshed, the crop will be a right fair
one, though nothing like what was
promised in the early spring.
Drs VIM. H. Cannon and Jos. Tear
hey, of Harper's Ferry, and Charles
+, Russell, of Sharpsburg, have been
appointed medical examiners under
the Pension Office. The board meet
lngS will be held at Harper's Ferry.
Mr. - V Dayis naar town beats