Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-06-10
BRIEFS.

shepherd College '0'
next week ., c,.,,
1.y morning at 1890 o'clock.
" Turner, executor, will sell the
n lime lot ID Shepherdstown on
saturday
~. an Of the box this year Just as it
formerly DID,
-. Harvey Stewart Mcknight was
,itted to the bar ofJefferson coun-
=. ar on Thursday morning.
M, commissioners of Washington
nty Md, have fixed the tax rate
20 70 cents on the hundred dollars.
rna Nartinsburg Odd Fellows, with
nmber of visiting brethren, will
-, memorial service i'll that city
on saturday,
q,. iicocate says that it is the best
r in the county. We bespeak
.roud-best for the REGISTER, if we
.,a not too late.
Thars will be meeting of st. An
,..u,. Brotherhood in Trinity Epis-
NAL chapel next Tuesday evening
.,soelock. \ full attendance is de-
.,-rd.
Won are invited TO attend the con-
art 10 be given by the pupils of the
.,o.i, department of Shepherd Col
- in the town hall, on Saturday
evening.
4, is said that large checks are to be
s..bionable this year. We'd be
mighty thankful if small checks
.hould be fashionable among our de-
Epouent DISORDERS.
Mr. John Wagaman, principal OF
the Sharpsburg grammar school, and
Miss Prudie Frey, his assistant, were
married Wednesday morning by Rev.
Canadian, at Keedysville.
Mrs. Mary Webster, widow, OF
Sbepherdstown, aged about so years,
was married in Boonsboro last week
10 Mr.. Jacob yesterday, who has at
tanned the ripe old age of 81 years.
The ladies realized about SO from
their entertainments and dinner in
the town hall last Saturday. The
"Deestrick Skule" was enjoyed by
large audiences at both performances.
The ladies Of Duffields will hold a
festival at that place on Friday and
Saturday evenings, July Sth and 9th,
for the purpose of raising funds for
enclosing the Episcopal Chapel there.
Just as fishing season opens,
machine Is announced that makes
thirty thousand corkscrews day.
All that is wanted now is a contri-
vance that will keep the bottle full OF
bait.
Leonard, Mr.. j. Frank Wsller's lit
tie boy, who, with his younger broth
err, was scalded at the foundry week
before last, died on Saturday from
his injuries. He was nine years Old
Free Press.
Rev. c. Clever, d. D., of Baltimore,
will deliver u lecture in Grace Re
formed Church at 'Kearneysville on
Thursday, June 23d, on the subject,
THE Coming Man" The admission
will be % cents.
The seventh annual reunion of the
Lutherans of Maryland Pennsylvania,
West Virginia and the District Of
Columbia will be held at Pen Mar on
August 4 The committee is now at
work on the programme.
The friends OF Mr.. II. j. Hoffman,
the popular miller and manager OF
Eakle's Mills, Md, say that he is wear
ing an unusually bright smile upon
his countenance this week. It's boy
and weighs ten pounds.
The local and editorial departments
IF the REGISTER, are not, we.confess,
what they should be this week. But
Is the editor has been away the best
part of every day this week it was the
best that could be done.
Last Friday night thiey es broke in
20 the shop of Constable Dunn at
Junction and stole his
revolver. Sunday night the cellar of
Mr.. Brantner's residence was also en-
tered and robbed OF various articles.
A narrow escape was made by Mr..
Frank Logic and his sister last Mon
day evening while driving up Main
street in road cart. The horse ran
upon a pile Of beaten rock in front of
MIR. Gerard d. Moore's, falling and
up his head and cutting his
knees badly. Mr.. Logic and his sis
Ter were both thrown out, and sus-
.ained a considerable shaking up, to-
sether with some cuts and bruises
Adrocate.
Susan Barber, daughter of John H.
Barber, of Williamsport, Md, went
boating in a small boat on the canal
in company with three other
Young ladies and a small boy. When
near the Cumberland Valley Railroad
bridge, below Williamsport, the boat
illed with water and sank. All hands
were thrown into the water. The
boy helped two of the ladies out, but
Miss Barber drowned before she could
be gotten out. She was about sigh-
teen years old
The heavy rains of May are re-
ported by those able to give an opin-
on on the subject to have replenish
I'd all the sources of supply for