Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-15
Briefs.

SUNDAY, lue i'th' IL w Hit Suhuay'
Circuit Court meets next Tuesday,
May 10th.
The sale of the Grove land has been
postponed until the 10th of May.
Saturday, June 3Oth, will be south
ern memorial day in Charlestown.
Mr. William Hout, an aged resident
OF Martinsburg, is dead, in his 73d
year.
Mr. George NJ. Duke is having his
property near Bakerton handsomely
painted.
The water will probably be let into
the canal at Cumberland the last of
this week.
Mr.. Samuel j. Baker, well-known
resident of Hagerstown, died on
Wednesday.
Last Fridays Berkeley Springs Netcs
reported the wife of Judged. 5. Duck
wall critically ill.
Wanted Two loads of good, bright
hav. Also, some country bacon and
lard. j. n. Trussell.
The spring schedule Of the Norfolk
& Western Railroad and its cOnnec-
ton. will probably go into effect May
cath.
Mr.. d. S. Rentch, Of this place, has
been made general agent of the Gov
enant Building and Loan Associa-
ton Of Knoxville, Tennessee.
A man named George Engle, 81
years old, said to have been from
ChaIestown, was found drowned i'll
the river at Wheeling last week.
Mr.. d. s. Eichelberger, well-known
Martinsburg printer, has gone to
Clifton Forge, Va, where he has Sc
cered a place on the Valley Vug,nidn.
Saturday, June 9th, has been de-
signated as memorial day in Shep-
herdstown. The memorial associa-
ton is arranging u suitable pro
gramme.
A two and half story brick dwell
ing house on Shenandoah street in
Harpers Ferry, sold by Cleon Moore,
Special Commissioner, was purchased
by Mrs. Ellen Kelley at S1,02O.-Senti-
mel
Mr.. Trussell's little sorrel horse was
very badly cut by wire fence We'd
nesday night, and Mr.. Jacob Winter
mover had the same bad luck befall
one of his colts on Wednesday morn
ing.
Contractor Holmes, of Cherlestown,
gave up the job of erecting twenty
five houses at Brunswick for the Bal
timore Improvement Company, and
the work will be done by Baltimore
firm.
The election at Berkeley Springs
last week resulted in an overwhelming
victory for the wet ticket, and the
Ners man is highly elated. The Mer-
curry editor is correspondingly de-
pressed.
One of the Italians working on the
canal at Dam No was buried on a
bank Of falling earth few days ago.
He Was gotten out alive, but one of
his legs was broken and had to be
amputated.
The REGISTERS suggestions on the
subject of whitewashing have not
been in vain. From one end of town
to the other the whitewashers have
been at work, and the Improvement
is surprising. And yet what lot OF
this work remains to be dole. Why
not pitch in and do it?
The REGISTER Office has had gen
uine boom the past month. Among
the numerous jobs of work turned out
are 29-page pamphlet of the pro
ceeding of the State Grange and a
23-page catalogue of the public schools
OF Shepherdstown district. We can
DO any sort of job work in the most
satisfactory manner.
The Leesburg Mirror states that
Mr. j. Brad Beverly, OF Winchester,
has sold his fine farm Selma" about
five miles north of Leesburg, to Mr..
Thomas Swami, a grandson OF the
late Governor Swami. of Maryland,
for $4,000 Selma" contains about
LOCO acres of land, and is generally re-
garded as one of the finest estates in
Loudoun.
The distribution of lots to stock
holders by the Improvement Compa-
ny drew an immense crowd of per
sons 10 Charlestown on Wednesday,
from almost every section of the coun-
try. We understand that some of the
Shepherdsiown investors were quite
lucky in drawing lots. The sale of
lots announced for Thursday and Fri
day will doubtless prove most sue
cessful.
\ correspondent asks if we ever
saw bald headed woman. mo, we
never did. Why should We? Nor We
never saw one Waiting around town
III her shirt sleeves, with cigar be-
tween her teeth, slipping into every
saloon she saw. We never saw one
60 fishing in the mountains with
bottle in each pocket, sit on the
damp ground all day, and go home
drunk at night Neither have we