Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-05-16
BRIEFS.

WIN Poie vi the SSo,UVV apprOprla-
ton not yet used
Mrs. Georgiana Moss Hurst, form
erly of this county, died in Richmond
Monday Of last week. She was the
widow of Thomas g. Hurst, a soldier
of the Stonewall brigade, who was
killed in the first battle of Manassas.
If you owe anything on your sub
scription you had better be paying
up, for an effort is to be made to get
Superintendent Porter to add this
the list of census questions; How
much do you owe on your local pa
per?
The Martinsburg Independent came
to us last week with q new makeup.
1t is now folio instead of quarto-
a vast change for the better. There
his been much Improvement in the
Martinsburg papers in the last year
or two.
A charter has been granted to the
Charlestown Mining, Manufacturing
and Improvement Company. Incor
porators r. p. Chew, F. w. Brown,
Frank Beckwith, W. F. Lippitt, T. c..
Green, b. G. Washington and A. w.
Mcdonald.
b. E. Beavers has been appointed
Road Surveyor of Precinct No. in
Charlestown District, vice j. Aldridge
Chew, resigned; and G. NJ. Folk Road
Surveyor of Precinct No. 1 in Shop
herdstown District, vice w. T. Nc
Quilkin, failed to qualify.
An interesting game of ball took
place between the Shepherd College
and Morgan's Grove clubs last Fri
day-McDaniel and Licklider battery
for the former and Fayman and Glib
son for the latter. The score was ~
to 10, in favor Of Morgan's Grove.
The editor of the Berryville Courier
seems to be laboring under slight dis
advantages at present. According to
his own statement he is editor, fore
man, devil" secretary, correspond
ing secretary, reporter, nurse, gar
dener, boss of farm, poultry-keeper
manager Of eight children.
Captain Briggs, Of Bolivar, while
returning home on western train on
Saturday last, attempted to get off
| IL De- Il oh hn
distance to his home ; the train gave
jerk, throwing Mr.. Briggs violently
on the road, breaking two of his
fingers and rendering him uncon-
scious for some time.-Spirh.
A certain Shepherdstown house
wife recently baked a number of
mince and cherry pies. In order to
distinguish them she printed on the
crust Of the mince pies Il NJ, which
T NJ, which stood for faint mince.
Then she put them in the oven, proud
in the consciousness of having done
smart thing.
Col. William A. Morgan will put up
dwelling house on the corner of
his field where the Ridge road joins
the Kearneysville pike, and when
finished it will be occupied by Mr..
Thomas W. Leggett and the toll-gate
removed to that point. Mr.. James
| Maddox has contracted to build the
house, which will be frame one two
stories high.
The show of VIM. Main & Co. ex-
| hibited at Shepherdstown on Tues
day, and those who saw it were fully
satisfied that it was worth quarter,
the price of admission. Several
showers on the outside, which be-
came a settled rain on the inside,
caused some discomfort to the audi
ence. The small boy enjoyed the
| day very much.
Wednesday morning Mr.. NJ. p.
| Crowl found on the main street OF
Shepherdstown blue silk bag con-
tanning a purse in which there was
a small amount Of money, and various
other articles, such as hairpins, keys,
gloves. etc, denOting Enthusiastically
| that it belonged to a lady. The
owner can recover the bag and con-
tents by calling at this Office.
A big lot of new stationery and
paper of all kinds just received at the
REGISTER office. Give us call if you
want printing of any character-en
velopes. note heads, bill-heads, cards,
tags, posters, bills, circulars, blanks,
briefs, pamphlets, books, invitations,
etc. We can do the work neatly and
promptly and at prices as low as you
can find anywhere in this section.
At a regular meeting of the Lee
town Lodge, No. AZ. l, o. G. T., held
April 2Sth, the following officers were
elected for the ensuing term j. w.
, Strider, G.. T. Annie Baker, V. l.. :;
| Cecil Baker, r. Sec'y; Geo. Watson,
f. Sec'y Thos. H. Buck, Treas. ;
Harry Strider, NJ. {; George Bowers,
Sen. Rebecca Strider, l. q. Jennie
Wiltshire, Asst Sec'y; Geo. ID. John
son, Janitor.
The County Court has granted liq-
uor license to Messrs NJ j. Kahn, Geo.
w. Thomas, Geo. A. Mock, F. b.
Souders, Jno. S. yesterday and James
rrl,o,nos in Che rlestOwn JOhn w.
Doll, T. NJ. Conner, Thos. J. Burleigh,
Chas. J. Drew and Jas. Conway, in
Harper's Ferry; and Jno. ID. Hart,
at Summit Point. License to sell
malt liquor to Annie Coulleran, in
Bolivar. and J. c.. McGraw, in Har-