Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-04-24
BRIEFS.


Cumberland.
A charter has been issued to the
Harper's Ferry and Bolivar Building
Association No @ The stockholders
are ]. G.. Hurst, n G.. Bracket, S. W.
Lightner, Geo. H. Childs, e. H. Long
erbeam and T. w. Geary.
Samuel Dixon, worthy young
colored man who was born and raised
here, but who have lived in Phila-
| delphia and other cities for several
years past, died last week. He was
brought here to be buried.
The contract for the construction
of the water works at Berryyille,
Clarke county, has been let to a Phil
adelphia firm. The cost is estimated
at $50, 900, and the works will be con-
structed on the gravity system.
\ photographer took picture OF
the students and teachers of Shepherd
College Wednesday morning as they
were grouped on the portico. 1t will
be lovely picture, we are sure, if
the photographer does his part well.
There will be meeting OF the
Ladies' Town Hall Association on
Saturday evening at half-past
o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Reynolds,
TO make arrangements for an enter
tainment on decoration day. All the
members are asked TO attend.
Mr.. d. Edward Keefauver, IL we'll
known farmer in the Middletown
Valley, found b note lying on one of
his windows few days ago which
warned him to turn his stock out Of
his large new barn every night, as the
/ building was to be burned shortly.
The engineering corps which the
Martinsburg Mining, Manufacturing
and Improvement Company employed
TO law of their land in streets finished
Saturday. The survey makes about
5000 new lots and forty-two new
streets, besides portions devoted to
manufacturing plants.
\ youth named Arthur Zepp, said
| to be from Baltimore, was arraiSned
at Martinsburg last week on the
| charge of breaking into a store III
Vanclevesville, Berkeley county. He
confessed the charge, and was sen
fenced by Judge Duckwall to two
years in the penitentiary.
There has been big jump in wheat
/ since our last report. The latter part
| of last week Chicago sent prices boom
ing, and they have held up well ever
since. Wheat was quoted in Balti-
more OH Tuesday at S123 and SL2S
/ for longberry. Corn is away up in
price, too, and was quoted at Sc and
| 81.
Messrs. Flock 4 Moser, of Keedys-
Vile. have contracted with Mr..
| Charles NJ. Sutton, at Winebrenner's
Cross Roads. near Vanclevesville, for
/ the erection of building at thai
place, aud the operation of machine
for separating cream from milk. The
cream will be shipped to their cream
cry at Keedysville.
Messrs. William, Albert and Ed.
/ Hill, who live a short distance below
| town, are getting up II reputation as
! hunters. IN two nights recently they
CAPTURED eight 'possums and coon.
| They have dog that killed $50 rats
on one occasion, and has score of %
| skunks. The next thing, we reckon,
/ they'll be hunting appropriateness.
When You look around this neigh
borhood and see the green fields, the
bursting buds, the pyramids of bios
! SONS that fairly hide the trees, and
smell the sweet fragrance of the early
flowers, and drink in the pure. fresh
air balm laden from the South-Oh,
then YOU feel like thanking God for
| lust being permitted to live in such a
| country
Mrs. Jarley, who is so well remem-
bered in Shepherdstown, will give
another entertainment College Hall
on Friday evening, May LIST. 1t will
| be all interesting affair, in which Mr..
| Arthur Hawks will combinly the pa
| thetic. the humorous, the romantic
and the startling. Those who wish
| treat ought to attend. The perfor-
nance is to benefit the town hall fund.
Aunt Louisa Norris, colored, sent
to the REGISTER Office the other day
a little chicken that had been Matched
by ore of her hens, which had three
perfectly formed legs and feet. Tn
fortunately the little peep died, but il
Aunt Louisa had only succeeded in
cultivatiug this breed her fortune
would have been made. Just think
Of chickens with three drumsticis
| each
Mr.. and Mrs George Hill gave u
very pleasant little party on Friday
Of last week in honor of the first an
niversary of the birth of their pretty
little daughter, Belle Campbell y
number of baby cousins, adult rela-
tives and juvenile friends of the tiny
hostess were present and tie occasion
was a most happy one for ALTAR
per'S Ferry Sentinel
During a recent visit to Chester, Pa,
tbe editor was the recipient of the hos
pitality of the family of Mr.. John
Shaw. one of the solid men OF that
thriving place and a large WOODEN
manufacturer. To the clever ana
agreeable members of Mr.. Shaw's fam
~ ,d+o his Son-in-law. Mr. Milton