Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-08-08
BRIEFS.

m Scarlet, of Martinsburg,
WIN" I'M Granted government pen
sion .+ uooerstown
MI died on Tuesday. aged II
years oss;h,v o.n sbouId
h', oyhibit at Morgan's Grove
this year.
o.acress has passed a special act
ming a pension to Mrs. Olive Pad
.stt. Of Harper's Ferry
~, order for the suspension of
= Of the Winchester paper mills
S,, been countermanded'
~. iron work for the new bridge
=" the Potomac at this place is be-
ming to be received daily
x.w tea sets, new styles in chamber
nsw china and glass, gilt edge
ing, at w. p. Licklider's.
p,.iness has been good at w. P,
,..,li3er's. but he wants to make 1t
liter and invites you to call.
senator Faulkner will not speak in
y,,,insburg on the 9th, as adver-
..J He spoke on the I'd inst.
CHARLES Stouffer has been arrested
.,l held for court, charged with kill
'a.s.b with dynamite in Antietam
creek.
r.t everybody come to the Nor
In. Grove soup, August 10Th, and
T-ir,rakes. shovels, hatchets &c, with
them.
The premiums for Morgan's Grove
looming in. Let every one get ready
., ,iys their neighbors light hustle
ttr them.
Melons twice week. Stoneware,
.a.. lars, cheap. Sugar, pickles,
ehss.e. cakes and crackers, at w. p.
Licklider's.
Mr. John Davis desires us to inform
,b- public that he has for sale in any
,,antitv the best of celery plants at
low prices.
Rev. r.. NJ. Strickler will preach at
College Hall, Shepherdstown, on Sun
5ayat 10 80 a. H., and at Unionville
at14j p. III.
W Licklider has just gotten in
more new goods in all departments.
Calland see what he has and how
cheap YOU can buy from him.
The first lady in the county to Sc
cure bicycle is Miss Bessie Sublette,
Of Charlestown, and the Free Press
saws she rides it well, too.
Some of the cutters of the town
need cleaning very badly. They are
so full of sand and dirt they cannot
carry of the water when it rains.
Mr. Jas. w. Coyle, of the Summit
Point neghborhood, whose crop was
struck by the hail storm, only got 100
bushels Of wheat from GO acres.
Mrs. Mary B. Lanier, wife of the
late Sidney Lanier, the poet, and her
son are both quite i'll with typhoid fe-
Yer AT their home in Baltimore.
The REGISTERS job presses have
been running busily the past couple
of weeks. We can do all sorts of
printing in good style at short notice.
Company b will hold its annual
soup tomorrow, Saturday, at the Big
Spring, its usual rendezvous. We
hope the old boys will have a pleas
ant time.
Mrs. Helena Lyeth, wife of Col
Lyeth. L. S. n, formerly of Martins
burg, was thrown from a buggy at
Denver, Col, one day last week and
instantly killed.
A number of men are at work at
the other end of the Shepherd pike
getting out stone for the completion
Of the road between Wild Goose and
the Lower Farm.
Any one desiring space at Morgans
Grove for booths, amusements, ma
chiucry &c, can get same by writing
to or calling on II. l.. Hout, assistant
secretary.
This is the time to watch the
metyors, as they are more frequent
now than at any other time OF the
year Last Sunday night hundreds
Of them were seen.
The REGISTER office has just print
ed the minutes OF the Chassis OF Nlr-
GINA Reformed Church, the last
meeting Of which was recently held
al Woodstock, Va.
Mr.. NJ. NJ. Skinner has bought a
new and complete threshing outfit
Peerless engine and thresher-and
Is prepared to thresh wheat for all
who may need his services.
The Bible Depository at Lloyd
Lickliders has now in stock nice
line Of family, pulpit and pocket ref
erence Bibles. Call and see them
they are sold at cost prices.
The Republicans of this county
have called convention to meet in
Charlestown on August 10th, to select
delegates to the State convention at
Martinsburg on the Goth inst.
Typhoid fever is all over the State.
50 plenty of disinfectants and keep
everything about your premises
scrupulously clean, and prevent a
visitation of the disease to this place.
Mrs. Mary \. Clements, the veneer
able mother of our well-known coun-
lyman Col Vim NJ Clements died