Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-11-28
BRiEFS

Get your ice-houses ready for the
first freeze.
This is a good time to trim your
grape vines.
II Won want big Christmas trade,
advertise literally.
Read our thanksgiving story this
week on the first page.
New buckwheat, mincemeat, hom-
inv. etc. at r. NJ. Billmyer's.
The West Virginia Press Association
met at Huntington on Tuesday.
Ladies newport and peasant gossa-
mprs. at Humrickhouse Il Sons.
The first snow of the season fell last
week. 1t was only little squall
Full line of boys undershirts and
drawers, at Humrickhouse & Sons.
All of the Sunday Schools are fill
ins up NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. is coming.
\ white partridge was shot by a
Washington county sportsman the
other day.
There is a very plausible counter
felt silver dollar floating about. Be
on your guard.
Extra nice line of suspenders and
celebrated V. s. b. braces, at Hum
r.ckhouse & Sons.
There are 70 cases on the criminal
docket at the session of court now be-
ins held in Hagerstown.
The dwelling-house Of James
Queen, colored, was destroyed by fire
last week in Martinsburg.
DR.. Stotler, the dentist, has gotten
in one of those machines for the ad-
ministering of laughing gas.
\ sleek stranger stole a valuable
watch from Milton Kohler's jewelry
store in Hagerstown the other day.
The REGISTER goes to press earlier
than usual this week so that our
force may enjoy Thanksgiving Day.
Mr.. G. II. Hodges has recently
bought a fine new hay baler 1t
squeezes the hay in a first-class style.
The Free Press says that a harness
factory, to employ 10 men and so wo-
men, is to be located in Charlestown.
This week has witnessed the death
OF a great many fat porkers. Send
in your heavy weights for publica-
ton.
There is talk of forming a syndi-
cate in Hagerstnwn to erect a cement
mill at the quarries at Chaney's lock,
below Williamsport.
Mr.. Thomas r. Line set some snares
Monday evening. Tuesday morning
he found in one Of them an owl and
in another a skunk
Mr.. II. J. G. Williams, formerly
with the Hagerstown Mai, has entered
on his duties as business manager OF
the Washington Critic.
On Wednesday the Baltimore Suns
again failed to reach subscribers here.
This is becoming very frequent oc-
currence, from some cause.
Mr. NJ. E. Young has been appoint
ed town sergeant of Charlestown to
fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death Of Mr.. Thos. b. Young.
Ifvou want the best local paper in
thi, section, subscribe for the REGIS
TER. 1t will be sent from now until
January /, 1891. for two dollars.
Rasins, currants, citron, spices, eX-
tracts, nuts, the best roller flour, at X.
NJ. Billmyer's. Buy your goods from
him if YOU want the best cakes.
Mr.. Oscar Barr intends rebuilding
his Touring mill at Brucetown, which
was recently destroyed by fire, and
will convert it into wooden mill.
This is the time OF year when you
want good stout boots. K. Nj. Bill
myers is the place to buy them.
Boots and shoes and rubber goods all
sizes and prices.
Mr. Samuel Loudon sent to the
REGISTER three immense heads of
cabbage the other day. 1t is said Mr.
Loudon has the finest cabbage patch
In the neighborhOod.
The Order OF Christian Brothers
have purchased the Straub farm,
south Of Hagerstown, where they will
at once begin the erection of several
buildings for school purposes.
There will be meeting Of the Dem
ocratic Club in Firemen's Hall Sat
nrday evening at $50 o'clock for the
purpose of transacting important
business. A full attendance is re-
quested
w. p. Licklider received five hogs
heads full of Christmas goods this
week, and he invites all, both old and
young. to come and see what he has
NHTIstinas presents lor Nerypouy ~
be found at Licklider's.
The b. & O. engine house in Win
chester, together with the passenger
engine used to run the Winchester &C
commodation train, were burned on
Sunday night-supposed incendiary
origin. Loss about 1000.
Mrs. Ann Cross sent to the REGIS
TRR office on Tuesday a bottle of
wine that was very hard so beat. 1t
was made in some way from straw
berries after recipe that Mrs. Gross
follows 1t was certainly good.
Sweet potatoes, apples, cranberries,
grapes, n. o. molasses, raisins, citron,
currants, nuts of all kinds, powdered