Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-01-30
BRIEFS.

Do not borrow the REGISTER
subscribe for it yourself.
The REGISTER sale bills please the
public-they're bound to do it.
1t is said that a ton Of gold is worth
soos, 7s9. 90. Wish we had ton.
The Circuit Court for Jefferson
county begins on February 10th.
Alcohol will darken the eye-lashes.
1t will also blacken the character.
The more people that go into the
boom the bigger the boom will be.
A farmers institute will be held in
Martinsburg February 9Th and eth.
The publication of the Frederick
daily Examiner has been commenced.
Still the new subscribers are com
ing Inland aren't they just welcome?
The river has been swslled some
this week, but not enough to do any
harm.
Mr.. w. l.. Arthrr's infant daughter,
about a month old, died Wednesday
night.
Those of our people who went to
Washington last week report a very
enjoyable trip.
The stone crusher is grinding up
big lot OF stone, Notwithstanding the
wintry weather.
Mr. John Ruse, of Duffields, this
county, WAS granted a pension by the
government last week.
Wheat is little better in price
this week, and longberry is quoted
here at 9S and SO cents.
Some yellow sucker. and catfish
have been caught in the Potomac
during the past month or two.
Russell b. Harrison, son Of the Pres
ident, has purchased five building lots
in Corbett's addition to Hagerstown
for 81, $50.
Potatoes are way up in price this
year. They are selling at so cents a
bushel, and are not very good quality
even at this price.
Twenty-three colored men and wo-
men were arraigned before the cir
cult court in Martinsburg recently for
unlawfully living together.
If the town had collected fifty cents
for every SNOWFALL that was thrown
this week, we'd be able to put in
waterworks and electric lights.
News is somewhat scarce this week,
but it must be remembered that all
OF the REGISTERS private wires were
disarranged by last Sundays storm.
Congressman Wilson and his wife
were present at a dinner given by
President Harrison Tuesday night in
honor of the Supreme Court Judges.
The old Snyder farm, near Beding-
ton, in Berkeley county, has been
purchased by Mr.. Jasper Emerson for
81 900. The farm contains 100 acres.
Mr.. j. Frank Legge is one of the di-
rectors of the Moundsville Mining and
Manufacturing Company, an organi-
zation that proposes to boom Mounds
vile, this State.
Mr. William Blair, for over forty
he ,,nI,1ichnr nf tha
boro pa Record, died last Monday,
aged 81 years. He was the father OF
sixteen children.
Mrs. NJ. l.. Harrington has had two
very handsome signs placed on either
side of her dry goods store. Mr..
Thomas II. Miller did the painting
most artistically.
And now an oatmeal trust has been
formsd-so our trust" oatmeal must
be sweetened by trust" sugar. What
shall we eat, or wherswithal shall we
be clothed, and not be victims Of
trust?
The Norfolk & Western pay car
passed through Shepherdstown on
Tuesday, dispensing cash and glad
ness TO the railroad men here, includ
ing the workmen at the crusher.
Our Uvilla correspondent seems to
think there are some pretty good
soup-eaters in that neighborhood.
He ought to see Berkeleycountys rep
resentative, from near Vanclevssville.
eat soup once.
\ careful, conservative estimate
made by a prominent peach grower
of the number of growing peach trees
in the different peach districts sur
rounding Hager.town places the num-
Der at 900, 900. Should the coming
season prove a favorable one, the
output will, Of course, be enormous.
John Summers. a well-known farm
er OF Leitersburg district, Washing
ton county, was arrested upon the
charge of setting fire TO Levi Hartle's
barn, which was burned near Letters
burg several weeks ago. He was
taken before Justice Middlekauff, in
Hagerstown. The Justice held him in
$4,000 bail for his appearance.
The Charlestown NJ, NJ. & /. Co.
has decided TO erect on their lands
$4,000 Office building. 1t is to be
three stories in height-the first story
of stone and the other two stories of
brick-of handsome design and fin
ish, and divided so as to furnish =
large amount of Office room to real
estate agents and other parties. Spirit.
Scribner's Magazine for February
contains great quantity of interest
ing and valuable reading. A hand
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