Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-02-14
BRIEFS.

smoke and rim factory is to be es
,.blished at Winchester.
poiIdins Association No, 10 has just
.ommenced operations in Charles
town
pM Billmyer expects to have fol
=, trssh shad and herring Saturday
morning
senator c. II. Knott has placed us
OBLIGATIONS for renewed docu-
mrntory favors from Charleston
The workmen are busy placing the
r roller process machinery in the
~ I'M Of Mr.. d. F. Billmyer west OF
town.
Tho sale bills gotten out by the REG
IN office are the handsomest in
49,. section. and the prices are just
as low
H., W II. II. Flick has been ap-
,oipted postmaster at Martinsburg'
~. State. TO succeed Capt. w. b.
Col>ton.
The Key>er Tribune came out in a
,,, dress of type last week. 1t is a
no,able Improvement to that excel
lent paper
The postponed sale of the Ruse
,,-,n in Charlestown on Tuesday did
NOT take place, but the property was
again withdrawn.
Try The elastic starch for sale by r.
n Billmyer. 1t saves time, money,
Isbor and worry, and does its work
hotter than any other.
Potomac Building Association No.
will offer for sale several shares of
stock next Monday evening at 100
o'clock at the REGISTER Office.
A. r. VI. Billmyer's you will find
oranges. lemons, apples, dried fruits,
canned goods, groceries, provisions,
miller flour, etc-all of the best.
Ash Wednesday and the beginning
client dates from the 10th of Febru-
s-vthis wear, and Easter Sunday, the
close of Lent, falls on April 9th.
wreck on the south end of the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad Tues
dsy night delayed the north-bound
MESSENGER train over nine hours.
4 pension has been granted by the
government 10 Chas. HI. Whiting. of
townsville, Md, formerly of the neigh
borhood of Snyder's Mills, this State.
The growing wheat is looking unus-
usllv we'll for this season of the year,
and a. far as can be judged now the
Indications are favorable for a large
yield
For Rent-The room now occupied
bvF T. Grove, suitable for store
room orofiice. Possession given April
l,t, 1890. Apply to Miss Martha Ma
gruder.
\ syndicate of capitalists at Freder-
lex. Nd. propose TO tear down the old
CITY Hotel and build in its place a
modern hotel building at a cost OF
$4,000.
The ballast hands of the Shenan-
doah Valley Railroad have been get
ting out rock for ballast just at the
edge of town, and have shot off some
pretty heavy blasts.
Mr. George Myers, a brother of Mr..
Wesley Myers, of this vicinity, died
al his home near Funkstown, Md,
last Monday. He was born and raised
near ShepherdstOwn.
\ friend of the REGISTER writes
from Melville, enclosing his subscrip-
ton and saving please continue the
REGISTER. 1t is such u valuable
paper we cannot do without it. "
Many thanks.
Representatives of agricultural i'm
plement firms met in Harrisburg, Pa,
Monday and decided to hold picnic
al Mount Gretna next summer TO be
autagOniStic to the Grange picnic at
Williams Grove.
Mr.. Robert f. Delaney, proprietor
Of the Antietam House, at Sharps-
burg, Is having that well-known hotel
remodeled and reprinted, and i'm
proved in every respect. He invites
the public patronage.
The ladies of DufIields will. have all
oyster supper at that place on Fri
day evening, February 18th, for the
purpose Of raising funds for the COM
pIiion of the Episcopal Chapel. The
public is cordially invited to attend.
' N'uHS pSOplC VI C'ii@ "'
hold an entertainment in the hall at
That place on the evenings of Febru-
AIRY 2l>t and 22d, consisting of some
Interesting dramatic plays. Music
viii be- furnished by w. II. Hursts
string band Allare invited to attend.
Performance begins at : o'clock.
Mrs Harrington has new supply
" latest white goods, embroideries,
'''Sertnss, etc; dress andapron goods,
Lew spring prints and ginghams.
hatS almost given away. Embroidery
No'S and silks, muslins of the best, at
lowest prices.
!he Postmaster General has prom
i>el Twelve gold medals to the postal
''erk' who shall during this year
make the best records for efficient
"orK. We hardly think any of the
metals will be given in this section,
,OF The way our mails are butchered
j. something frightful. Scarcely a
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