Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-11-13
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figures up to near $4,000.
The Masonic Grand Lodge of this
State has been in session at Martins
burg this week, and its sessions have
been attended by many of the Masons
of Shepherdstown and vicinity.
Mr.. Frank Wissler, of Winchester,
has purchased the "Strathmore"
estate of Gen. Gilbert s. Meem, eleven
hundred acres, near Mount Jackson,
Shenandoah county. Consideration,
100000.
The price of wheat in Baltimore
has made an advance of 3 cents per
bushel within the past eight or ten
days, and No is quoted at 1868 cents.
Higher quotations in foreign marbe cts
caused the advance.
The ladies of the Episcopal Church
at Duffields will have an oyster and
meat supper at that place next Fri
day and Saturday night, November
Goth and 2lst, to which the public is
invited. Proceeds for a fence around
the church and other necessary i'm
provements.
Next Wednesday, the 18th, is the
date of Mr.. Jas. w. McGarry's lot sale
at Shenandoah Junction. The indi-
cations are that there will be quite a
crowd of bidders there, but there is
no intention to try and obtain fan
cy price for the lots. This is bust
ness enterprise of Mr.. McGarry's, and
! it is no speculation to buy at reasona-
bic figures property at place like
Shenandoah Junction.
Here's very pleasant compliment
| from the Brunswick Herald, which we
appreciate muchly The Shepherds
town REGISTER, published at Shop
herdstown, w. Va, recently cele-
brated its eth birthday. The REGIS
TER ranks first among the papers of
j afferson county, and in fact is one of
the best papers in the State for the
chronicling of home news. The Her
aid wishes Brother Snyder many more
years of prosperity
Mr.. r. T. Wilson, a New York mil
lionaire, and largely interested in
Southern enterprises, spent several
days in Southwestern Virginia last
| week He has been on two weeks
tour OF the South. having travelled
largely through Louisiana and Texas.
He speaks in glowing terms of the
! general condition of the South, being
fully satisfied that an era of abundant
prosperity has now commenced.
! A subscriber to the REGISTER in
Warrenton, Va, in remitting his sub
scription, says: Send along the good
| old REGISTER. | am always glad TO
see tit is like love-letter from my
best girl, and watch and wait for >
! Another subscriber i'll the western
end of the State says that there's a
dispute every Saturday between his
wife, the children and himself, as TO
who shall have the paper first. Still
another in Pennsylvania cheers the
editor by sending kind words and a
| five-dollar bill.
We give prompt attention to mail
orders, and will be pleased to hear
from any one. For shoes, state size,
width, shape, cOmmon-sense or mar
row toe, kind of leather, tipped or
plain toe price. Postoffice order or
check. All kinds of clothing, hats,
! gloves, underwear, etc. The follow
ing specialties just received Stocking
protectors for ladies, gents and chill
dren, at Is cents pair. You will save
one dollars worth of hose. Overgait-
ers for gents and ladies. Hagley's
Temple of Fashion, Charlestown.
At its recent annual meeting the
State Agricultural Society of Georgia,
in formal resolution unanimously
adopted, recommended and urged
upon every farmer of that State the
setting aside of from five to ten acres
of land around the homestead, said
acreage to be known as The Wife S
Farm to be devoted exclusively to
the culture, on the intensive plan, of
grain, grasses, vegetables, poultry
pigs. &c, and that an hour or two
each morning shall be devoted by the
farmer and his force to cultivating
| this farm The idea of the society
was to make each farmer self-sustain-
ing and independent
State farmers institutes will be held
at Martinsburg on Tuesday and Wed
nesday of next week and at Charles
town on Thursday and Friday, No
| yember 10th and Goth. Prof. II. c..
Atkeson, DR.. J. A. Myers, Prof. A. ID.
! Hopkins. Col. ID. ID. johnson and DR..
| G. +. Millspaugh will lecture and
open subjects for discussion upon
purely agricultural topics, in which
discussions the farmers of each locali-
ty are cordially requested to take part.
At evening sessions calcium light
will be used to illustrate by photo
graphy agricultural subjects of inter
est. The meetings are free and the
public is invited.
The County Court last week granted
| license to George Longerbeam to re-
tail spirituous liquors in the Burleigh
building in Harper's Ferry. DIR. Geo.
A. Davis was appointed Physician to
the Poor in Kabletown district, vice
! DIR. j. Z. Wilson, decd, and Dr. ID.
p. Fry in Middleway, vice DR.. Davis,
removed from district. The Court
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