Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-06-27
BRIEFS.
,ov for picnics,

nrop a dollar in the siot anu Se' the
n'.sI.rER for six months.
,y,,,on's Grove Exhibition Sep
,,ber "a, Sd, 4th and 9Th.
stote Farmers Alliance is to be
orsaniled at Hinton July 4th'
now lot of very nice black lawn
r.csiyed at Miss Ellen Wei
.hans. ,.oa 300 ,n..,,
for politics, and not a candidate has
heen in town,
,,,nt the only pear trees that have
49,, fruit on them this year are those
,1,bs Seckel variety.
Tho mother of Mayor Gustav Brown
,rbarlestown died at her home in
g.r..ia on June 10th.
raInable heifer belonging to Mr..
,-.,,;sm Link died from eating
Lover few days ago.
Tho supreme Court adjourned on
Wednesday at Wheeling to meet Sep
,.mber 81 in Charlestown.
There will be a special meeting of
L, shepherd Fire Department this
r.;3sv evening at 40 o'clock.
Nv Charles Parker, at one time u
.;lsnt Of Charlestown, died in Win
hester last week, aged 81 years.
Mr. William Hoke, an aged citizen
.tvarrinsburg, dropped dead at the
,..akfa,t table last Friday morning.
Nearly 900 bushels of new wheat
r.. sold in Baltimore on Tuesday.
The highest price obtained was 81
cents
Attention is called to the advertise
mont of the Baltimore American in ar
thor column. The american is one
oftbe newsiest papers in the South.
samuel Downin, of Washington
,,rnrv. evidently believes in matri-
wouv. He has just married his fourth
Wife He is the brides third husband.
The Rock Spring farm, containing
ninety acres, near Leesburg, in Lou
DOM county, has been sold to Mr.. f.
Garrett and J. b. McCabe for $4,000.
There will be Il fine game of base
hall in Hagerstown on the 4th of July
between the club of that place and
the Mt. Washington club of Balti-
more.
4 long handled, silver-headed black
SID .hade was left at Firemen's Hall
il Shepherd>town on Decoration Day.
TIL. owner may obtain it by calling
a, this Office.
Mr.. Laura Littleton, wife Of Mr..
Jane, q. Littleton, died at her home
in thi, county last week, after a lin
.,ring illness. She leaves husband
aid >ix children.
The fremen of Frederick will have
biz time on the Fourth of July.
The Shepherd Fire Department of
ibis place will attend if it can muster
enough members.
Representative Wilson has present
edapetitien TO Congress on behalf OF
Bolivar, this county, for payment OF
claim for damages to school proper
" during the war.
1t i said that Mr. Charles Broad
way Rouss. the millionaire New York
merchant. recently refused ali o1er
q -. Co., 600 for his business from an
EugIish syndicate.
4 burglar was discovered i'll the
dwelling Of Mr.. Geo. w. Show in Ha-
.erstown Sunday night, but was
frightened away before he could get
Dis hands OH anything.
Tie Shenandoah Valley Academy
property. at Winchester, which sold
Two years ago for $4,000, has been
purchased by the Equity Improve
ment Company for $4,000
Last Sunday evening several storms
passed over and around this section,
though very little rain fell. The air
was full of electricity, and the light
Liuc flashed almost necessarily.
one morning last week a white
male child, only a day or two old,
va, found in bag in the run at the
-dsr Of Martinsburg. 1t had been
drowned by some heartless mother.
Nr j. Is. Miller, one of the best
lo'e. clerks extant. has accepted a
position a. chief clerk at the Berke-
-y Springs Hotel, which has just
been opened to the public. - Gambler
.m1 Courier.
Mr.. John Burns, of Funkstown,
I'd, attempted to start a fire with
Goa, oil the other morning. The OIL
exploded and flew all over her, caus-
~. burns that resulted in her death
aiay or two afterward
Mr. David Hill lost his ear trumpet
between the residence of Mrs. Hattie
I'LL and the river at ShepherdStown
aoou, two week ago. The finder will
confer a great favor by leaving 1t
either with Mr.. Hill or at this office.
Mr. Israel ReiT, well-known
'srm-r and distiler of Washington
county, Nd, was killed in runaway
accident Tuesday while driving home
nom Hagerstown. His companion,
AT Isaac Ankeny, was very badly
"'ri at the same time.
Mr. Geo. W. Hartt, an artist from
'sW York, was here last week sketch
~I some of the beautiful scenery
''hs the Potomac in the vicinity OF