Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-08-21
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FRIDAY. AUGUST 81, 1891.
BRIEFS.

Morgan VroNe eAhioi'ioh - now
at hand.
Roots. shoes and rubbers at w. p.
Lickliders.
Try our tea, coffee and bacon. w.
p. Lcklider.
Williams Grove exhibition will be
held next week.
w p. Licklider is receiving a large
stock of goods for the fair.
Fruit jars, stoneware, tumblers, tin
cans. sealing wax, cheap sugar, at w.
p. Licklider's.
II YOU wish to supply your table
with pretty china and glassware, call
ON w. P. Licklider.
G. T. Hodges is ready for the fer
tilizer trade. See his advertisement
in another column.
Grand balloon race at the Indian
village Saturday night, by two mon
ster 60-ft. hot-air balloons.
The residence of Mr.. Will Humrick-
house on High street is being hand
somely painted by Mr.. Terrell.
The corporation is having new mac
adam placed upon the Main street
between Church and Duke streets.
Governor Fleming has appointed
Mr.. b. d. Gibson, OF this county, an
MD OH his staff with the rank OF col
onel
Mrs. George Myers, who lived over
in Washington county, died last week
from lockjaw. She had run a nail in
her foot
\ tremendous corn crop in this sec
ton il an assured fact now-unless
there's cataclysm or something of
that sort.
There are some unpleasant odors
about the town. Sprinkle aIr-Slacked
lime with a liberal hand and also keep
YOUR premises clean.
Fruit is more plentiful this year than
il has been for long time. Peaches,
pears, grapes, apples, etc, of excel
lent quality, are abundant.
Mrs. J. S. Pierce gave a pleasant
dance last Saturday evening toa NUM-
Der of young people at "Ayrlie," her
lovely home Just east of town.
Very few persons went from this
place TO Pen Mar on the excursion last
week. Even SO simple thing as rails
ing the fare fifteen cents more has its
effect
\ Maryland woman owns a goose
that was given her on her twenty-first
birthday. Lots Of Shepherdstown
women still have the geese they got
on their wedding day.
Charles Broadway Rouss, the mil
lionaire dry goods merchant Of New
York, has sent his check to the presi-
dent Of the Shenandoah Valley Agri-
cultural Fair for 1000.
To-day is the Lutheran reunion at
Mar. There would have been a
great crowd from this place if the n.
& w. Railroad had provided any
means for getting there.
The Kickapoo Indian Company gave
a prize last Saturday night to the
homeliest man on the grounds. 1t is
perhaps needless to say that Thomas
W. Leggett carried it off.
The Spirit says that the school trus-
tees OF Charlestown met last Satur-
day and appointed the same teachers
as last year, viz: Miss Ora Tomlin-
son. Miss Bette Beller, Mrs. Maggie
Henson and Miss Ella Cramer.
Jefferson county, we venture to as
sert, can challenge any other county
in the State for clean and legible cir
cult and county court records. Our
clerks do good work, and we are
pleased to note it to their credit
Spirit
Red Eagle will introduce his won
derful pyramid act, balancing on II
chairs in mid air, and his remarkable
flying rings, the most astonishing
thing you ever witnessed, Saturday
evening, August 22d, at the Indian
Village.
In Frederick, Md, Saturday morn
ing, very pretty young girl, appar-
emily about seventeen years OF age,
was arrested in male attire. She wore
rough suit OF blue overalls, neat
looking pair of shoes, and an old cap,
which was drawn down over her face.
When taken before the mayor she re-
fused to give any name, but was rec
ognized a. May Eberts, of Jockeys
Vile. The girl is Of respectable pa
rentage, and those who know her are
at loss to account for her strange
actions. She was sent home.
The census office has just issued
bulletin giving the populartion OF the
State OF West Virginia in detail by
counties, magisterial districts, cities
wards of cities, towns and villages,
according to the official count of the
returns made under the eleventh cen
sus, taken as Of June l, 1890 The
population Of the State in 1880 was
6ls, 4j7. During the decade an in-
crease Of 1874, S37, or 1884 per cent, is
shown. The population OF the State
under the present census is 62'7s4
OF the 81 counties in the State all
show increases ranging from 2 or
per cent. to 1877 per cent. Mcdowell,
Mercer and Tucker counties show in
craaSaS ~ mora than 100 per cent.