Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-12-05
BRIEFS.

week. We wish him great happiness.
The supper and festival at Union
vile last week for the benefit of the
Episcopal Chapel at Dufflelds was
great success. Besides being most
enjoyable TO those who participated,
over eighty dollars was taken in.
There will be meeting at the resi-
denee OF Mrs. Reynolds Saturday even
ing at o'clock for the purpose Of con-
sidering plans for the town hall bazaar
to be held during the approaching
Holidays. All the ladies are request
ed to be promptly on hand at the
hour named.
Mr.. Barton Moore, tenant on Mr..
George NJ. Dukes farm, below town,
must be awarded the prize for big
turnips. He sent two more to the
REGISTER office the other day, one OF
which weighed pounds and 7 ounc es
and the other only few ounces less.
They beat the record.
Charles Stouffer and Charles Bow
ers couldn't catch fish fast enough
last summer in the usual way, so they
killed them wholesale with dynamite
n Antietam creek. They paid for
their violation of the law on Monday.
when they were fined $50 and costs
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county.
Secretary OF State Ohley has
granted charter to the Limestone
Company Of Harper's Ferry, which
has a capital stock Of $4,000 1t has
the privilege Of buying land, build
ing furnaces, mills, etc. Its stock
which may be increased to $4,000, is
held by New York and Washington
capitalists.
The Myers farm, near Sharpsburg,
1872 acres, was sold Tuesday to Mrs.
H. H. Myers for S3O.75 per acre The
Miller farm, Of the Myers estate, 107
acres, was sold to George Nitodemus
at S32 so per acre. The Myers farm,
at Antietaln Station, on the 5. V.
Railroad, $50 acres, was sold to Mrs.
H. H. Myers at S62 80 per acre.
Miss Mamie V. Daniels, who lives
near Bakerton, knows how to make
delicious pies, that's certain. Aware
Of the fact that the printers have a
sweet tooth, she sent them a lemon
custard on Tuesday that was fit for a
he had a neck like u giraffe, so the
pie would taste good long way down
Mr.. F. G. Thomas, superintendent
of the Standard Lime and Stone
Company's works at Martinsburg,
died at that place last Saturday even
ing. Mr.. Thomas was from Buckeys-
town, Md. He had been sick and
confined to his bed for some three
weeks. He WAS the brothe r-in-law
of Mr.. WIN. Baker, Of Buckeystown,
Md.
Union Thanksgiving services were
held in the Reformed Church last
Thursday and We're participated In
by all the ministers in the town.
The exercises were conducted by
Rev. Mr.. Everhart. and the sermon
was preached by Rev. J. r. Van
Horne. Revs. d. NJ. Moser, P. G.
| Edwards and Edward l.. Folk also
assisted. A collection for the poor
was lifted.
1t is said that set Of patent slat
fence swindlers are working their
way up in this direction from Vir-
ginia. They operated in Pennsylva-
MIA about six months ago. You sign
their contract and in y few weeks
some note shaver presents you note
signed by you for $12s. They induce
YOU to act as agent and promise big
commissions until they get you to
sign their agreement, a note for Sl2o
| Don't sign. Don't bite and you won't
be bitten.
Mr.. b. L. Harrison and MIR. William
Graham went down to Mr.. }. 3. Mo-
ler's place last Thursday, and togeth-
er with Mr.. Moler opened up the In
dian mound, or, more properly, cairn.
1t contained nothing but the skele-
tons of two Indians, that had been
buried due east and west with their
heads to the rising sun. They were
both in the same grave, with nat
stones set up on edge arranged as
sort of coffin. There was not relic
of any sort in the grave, not even an
arrow head. Mr.. j. ID. Billmyer and
Mr.. Graham opened similar cairn
up the river a few days ago, but the
only thing they found was skeleton
of an Indian.
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