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

Hon. Frank f. Beltzhoover. of
Carlisle, Pa, has been nominated for
Congress by the Democrats of his
district. He is brother of Mr..
George NJ. Beltzhoover, of this place.
A man pretending to be pension
agent was in the vicinity of Shep-
herdstown last week, representing
himself as a nephew of Secretary
Window. Several persons were
foolish enough to give him small
sums of money, in the belief that he
could help along their pension
claims. The fellow was undoubtedly
swindler, and a very foolish one at
that.
a great many of the farmers of this
vicinity are through harvesting, and
by Saturday night nearly all will
have finished. Reports to the REGIS
TER indicate that generally the yield
is very good one, and the quality of
the grain is excellent. In some local
ties the wheat was affected by the
scrab, but not enough to be serious.
The wheat all stood up well and was
easy to cut.
y number of persons near keedys-
Vile, Nd, thought they were smart
when couple of week ago they
bought bills of groceries from
travelling sharper at wholesale
prices" When they had finally set
tied for the goods, however, and paid
the freight, they found that their
groceries cost them nearly twice as
much as the home merchants sold
them for Served them right, too.
The apportionment of the general
school fund for the present year has
been decided upon. The total is
$500, ALL %, of which Berkeley county
gets $4,54S2S, Jefferson $6166.95,
Morgan 80, 7312 %, Hampshire $4,134.-
60 and Mineral "a, 1886. Kanawha
county gets a larger sum than any
other, the share being Sl4, 627.71.
Wheeling city gets $11,S5259 and
Charleston 80, 1886.
1 Tuesday morning while Mr.. a. ).
Dandridge was driving across Main
Street pretty rapidly the front wheels
of the buggy broke loose from the
rear end and threw Mr.. cambridge
out on his face. He was pretty badly
bruised, and his nose was skinned
most unbecomingly. But the cheer
fulness of genial Stoves happy coun-
tenance could not be altered by such
little thing as that.
A correspondent of the Chicago
Drovers Journal says that West
Virginia farmers are quitting raising
cattle and are raising colts instead
This is true TO great extent, and
West Virginia horses bring good
prices at all times. In Jefferson
county the improvement i'll horse
flesh in the past seven or eight years
has been very great, and horses from
IillS StCllOH nave SolA'u o. Ah4N 'NI
utation in the city markets.
We are glad to learn that there is
probability that Mr.. Charles Broad
wav Rouss of New York will be pres
ent at the Morgan's Grove Exhibition
this fall. Mr.. Rouss has been elected
one of the vice presidents of the As
ISOLATION. and in "a letter to Mr. Town
er Schley on Wednesday he said he
thought he could be. here one day.
We hope he may come, and assure
him of a warm welcome among his
old and new friends here.
The Office of the County Clerk IN
Jefferson county must be very lu-
crative one. There are three candi-
dates now in the field and the canvas
already waxeth warm. The candl-
dates are the present incumbent,
Gerard ID. Moore, George II. tlagg
and VIM. Butler, all excellent gentle
men. Mr.. Flagg has been postmas-
ter and Mr. Moore Deputy Clerk for
a long time, and if rotation In Office
is right, Mr.. Butler has the advantage
-.NartinSb,Vg Statesman.