Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-02-13

One freeze a winter is about all we
get of late years.
Every Saturday in this year has
been a rainy one.
The grounding allowed a couple
of fair days this week.
Hagerstown is TO have a big biscuit
and cracker mandatory.
1t is no longer go West, young
man" Now it is go South"
All kinds of job work at the REGIS
TER Office at reasonable prices.
There's interesting reading on ev-
cry page of the REGISTER this week.
The men who shine are generally
the men who have had the hardest
rubs
We are indebted to Auditor Patrick
T. Duffy for a copy of his last bien-
NAL report.
Handsome Damask napkins, doy-
lies and towels just in, at Mrs. NJ. l..
Herrington's.
An energetic effort is being made
to have railroad built between
Berryville and Winchester,
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Gano, of
Berkeley county, celebrated their
golden wedding last week.
Charles Herbert, the hotel man,
will not go 10 Winchester, after all,
but will probably locate at Roanoke.
The Fifth Maryland Regiment
passed through this place on special
train last Friday evening, bound for
New Orleans.
The Martinsburg Mining, Manu-
featuring and Improvement Com
pany expect to have sale of lots
about April 1st.
The 5. V. Agricultural Society
Board at Winchester have fixed the
date of next fair-for September Sth
TO 1lth inclusive.
The b. & O. excursion to Washing
ton and Baltimore on Thursday again
carried quite number OF persons
from this vicinity.
\ Carlisle man serves green corn on
his table all winter, much to the as
constituent of his guests. He pre-
serves it in pickle.
Mrs. Hawking, of Leesburg, Va,
who is visiting her daughter, Mrs. r.
L. Wysong, at Duffields, was para
lived a few days ago.
y Maryland sage says: when the
trees are borne down by snow in the
winter, you can always look for a
great fruit year to follow
Mr.. g. w. Thompson, who was
hurt while coupling train in the b.
& O. yard at Martinsburg some time
ago, has died from his injuries
The Charlestown Spirit thinks that
when the weather becomes fine and
the boom gets lively even the horses
and cows will look more sleek.
Shepherd College has been named
by Congress as one OF the schools to
which copies of the reports of the T..
s. geological survey shall be sent.
White goods in latest styles. Chan
tilly stripes, satin stripes, lace effects,
&c Hamburgs and lace edges in all
varieties, at Mrs. NJ. l.. Harrington
Mr. Will Moore Entler, a native Of
hepherdstown, has become editor Of
the Athens, Ohio, Journal He recent
ly moved from Huntington, Indiana.
Mr.. Balm Starry, or Charlestown,
died suddenly last Friday night at
the Insane Asylum at Weston, where
he has been an inmate for some
years past.
Mr.. Cleon Moore has since the LIST
of January been serving as the local
counsel of the n. q w. Il. r., for
which Hon. w. II. Travers is general
eounsel.-Spirit
The sundry civil appropriation bill,
reported TO the House last week, con
tains an item of S45, 900 for the con
struction of the courthouse and post
Office at Martiusburg.
An article on the fourth page Of the
REGISTER says that hawks and owls
should be mercilessly dealt with.
They are inveterste enemies to the
interests of the farmers.
If Shepherdstown is to have a
boom, one Of the necessities for the
coming year is an enterprising, pub
ic-spirited Town Council. We think
the present body will fill the bill.
Keep your eye on those mystic fig
ures opposite your name on this pa
per, and if it tells you that you are in
arrears, why then you ought TO settle
uy. 1t takes money to run paper,
you know.
\ sale bill circulated in Shepherds
town, besides many other startling
features, adyertises a "ten-year-old
colt for sale. 1t is needless TO say
that the REGISTER is not responsible
for the job.
The Shepherd Fire Company will
celebrate Washington's birthday on
Saturday week by having an out
door practice in the afternoon at 3
o'clock and a torchlight procession
and drill at night.
Mrs Florence Hebb, wife of Mr..
Richard Hebb, living three miles
south Of Hagerstown, died last Mon
Jay night of pneumonia, aged 81
years She was sick but few days.
The remains were buried at Sharps-