Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-24
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FRIDAY. JULY "a, 1891.
BRIEFS.

year?
BY the way, what has become of the
hustle?
Go TO w. p. Licklider's for gro
cerieS.
Go TO w. p. Licklider's for china
and glass.
There's no doubt about 1.-THE corn
is growing.
Apples, peaches and pears in abun-
dance make life worth living
Special bargains in summer shoes
and slippers at w. p. Licklider's.
The construction of Martinsburg'
street railway has been commenced.
The town clock is about fifteen min
utcs too fast Why not have it right?
DIR. Dan. Morgan broke one of his
fingers the other day while playing
baseball.
As the days go by, do not forget
that the printer needs a little money
occasionally.
| will be at Shenandoah Junction
July 2Sth. Office at j. b. Furtney's.
r G. Stotler, Dentist.
Mr.. John w. Tinsley, of Petersburg,
Va. has been elected principal of the
-barIaStovn academV
DIR. VIM. Neill has been appointed
assistant surgeon of the Second Regi-
mrnt of West. Virginia National Guard.
We are told that rabbitsare so thick
in the Scrabble neighborhOod that
some of the roads are almost impassa-
bic.
Patronize the children's yard party
Friday and Saturday evening in the
vard of the Southern Methodist par
sonage.
Burglars are cracking the safes in
the depots and stores of the towns
through the Valley. Sleep with one
eye open.
John Bowley, a colored man of this
place, was overcome by the heat
while working at the stone crusher
Oh Tuesday.
Walter Hipsley and William Welty,
two youths, escaped from the Mar
tinsburg jail last week, but were sub
seuuently Iecaptured.
The canal is opened for navigation
between Cumberland and Williams
mort. and boats are now running be
tween those two places.
We are indebted to our friend Ha-
cen Lemen for bag full OF splendid
early apples, and we have just been
reveling in apple sass
Bicvcles are becoming numerous
among the boys in Shepherdsto"n n.
The boy who has one is the object oil
envy TO all the other fellows.
Potomac Building Association No.
3will offer for sale several shares OF
stock next Monday evening at $50
o'clock at the REGISTER office.
The authorship Of the war song,
''Stonewall Jackson's Way" has been
settled by DIR. John w. Palmer, who
tells when and how he wrote ii.
Expecting a large crop of fruit of
all kind, have laid in also. a large
stock of sugar, stone and glass Jars,
cans. spices, sc. w. p. Licklider.
Mr.. II. NJ. Loyns would like to have
about seventeen more bosses to help
superintend his new building. APP
plicants should present themselves AT
once.
Mr. Martin Brannon, well-known
and highly respected citizen OF Har-
pers Ferry, died at his residence III
that place July 18th, aged about 81
years.
\ gold band ring, carved, was lost
Tuesday morning on the streets of
Sh.uherdstown. \ suitable reward
will be paid if the ring is left at this
Office
The stonework of the culvert at the
Mountain Lock was completed on
Tuesday. and by today it is thought
all th.. work at that point will be fin
ishrd.
Mr. p. 4. Wilmer has severed his
connection with the Hagerstown Ne~S'
and that paper is now owned by
Me,srs. Adams Il Blake, who will con
duet it in the future.
The board of education OF Middle
way district will build new school
house this summer Contractors Will
find advertisements for proposals III
another column of this paper.
We are again under obligations 10
our good friends at Ellnwood Farm
Mrs. John w. Hill and Miss Jennie Nj.
Hill. for basket of fresh vegetables
and something good for snake bites.
Miss Ida Lemen lost black coat
last Friday somewhere on the road
between her home and the residence
Of Mr.. John Keplinger. The finder
will confer great favor by returning
II 10 her.
The corporation authorities and
property owners ought to make a
Joint assault on the weeds that dis
figure some of the side streets. And
it ought to be done before the weeds
20 TO seed.
The farmers over III Pennsylvania
are complaining Of peculiar condi-
ton of wheat on some farms. The
grain is dry and shrunken, and all the