Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-06-26

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Saturday of next week is the glori-
Gus Fourth.
Lemons, bana mas and cheap sugar,
AT W. p Licklider's.
Mr. Vim. \. Adams has had new
steps placed in front of his store
W p. Licklider's groceries are al
ways fresh and prices always low.
The weeds about the streets ought
to be cut down and cast into the fire.
W p. Licklider has the largest and
cheapest stock of china and crockery.
1t is said now that the canal will be
opened for navigation by the first of
August.
The way to keep clean town is for
each property owner to keep clean
premises.
The heavy rains raised the river
some this week and made it muddy
as duckpond.
Berkeley Springs will celebrate the
4th Of July by having an old-tine OK
roast and barbecue.
The photographer is doing rush
ins business. But he can't make an
ugly person look pretty.
About 30 Italians have been trans
frrred from WilliamSport to the Noun
tain Lock to work on the canal.
Cashier Harrison, of the Jefferson
Savings Bank, says that counterfeit
gold coins are in circulation Watch
ont for them.
The county commissioners for
Berkeley county have increased the
levy from A. to so cents on the hun
bred dollars.
All members of Cliff City Lodge No.
>, Shield of Honor, are requested to
be present on the 3Oth inst r. 5. NJ.
Hoffman. Sec'y.
r. NJ. Billmyer has sailed fish Of all
kinds Also Harrisburg bacon, DO
logna. Riverton roller flour, fine can
ned,goodS, etc.
Il. NJ. Billmyer receives daily fresh
vegetables, including beans, cucum-
bers, tomatoes, beets, etc, besides
fruits, fancy groceries, provisions, etc.
The Charlestown people, to avoid the
many mistakes of confOunding their
place with Charleston, are beginning
TO write the name of their city "a
Charles Town.
An Irishman who gave his name "a
Patrick O'Mahon Smith, was arrested
i'll Hagerstown last Friday on the
charge of making and passing coun-
terfeit silver money.
Attention is called TO the new ad-
vertiSement OF that reliable Wash
ington lumber firm, Libbey, Bittinger
4 Miller They are Offering some re-
markably low prices.
Robert Beatty, of Pittsburg, who
was bound for Queenstown, Ireland,
fell from b. Il o. passenger train at
No - water station one day last week
and was instantly killed.
Mr.. William Butler has resigned as
school commissioner for Shepherds
town district, and the County Super
mtendent has appointed Mr.. Charles
W. Folk to fill the vacancy.
An article on the first page OF the
REGISTER this week will be particu-
larry interesting to our older citizens
who can recall the years when the
cholera spread such havoc through
this section.
Get your pictures taken at the tent
on High Street.-The gems for one
dime. Secondhand photo outfits
bought and sold. Negatives devel-
oped for amateurs. No dime work at
the picture tent July 4th.
We understand that the engineers
are TO lay off the proposed new trans
fer station at the junction OF the Nor
folk X Western Railroad and the
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal, opposite
Shepherdstown, next week.
Very heavy storms have passed
around Shepherdstown during the
past week, both to the north and to
the south, but we have escaped dam
age in this immediate vicinity. Last
Sunday afternoon there was an eX-
tremely heavy rainfall.
The apportionment OF the general
school fund has been made TO the
several counties of this State, the
total amount distributed being 1891,
$3.50. OF this amount Jefferson
county gets S7,35S H. Berkeley S5,574.-
% and Morgan S3,32S.Ol
The stone bridge on the road from
Sharpsburg to Keedysville spanning
the Antietam creek fell down into Il
complete ruin last Friday. The bridge
has been totte:ing for some time and
the high waters of the last few days
carried away its lingering strength.
General Manager Winship, of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, has APP
pointed q. l.. NicolSon superintend-
ent and engineer, to have charge of
the maintenance of the waterway.
The section bosses and their Subordi-
nate will be under his immediate con
troll
Davy Taylor and Samuel Mitchell,
two colored hands in the employment
of Mr. y. H. Willis, one day last week
sheared 11j sheep, an average OF 36s
sheen each and were not Shearing by