Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-03-11
BRiEFS.

Richie Gosef"'
The blue birds have come, Is
spring at hand :
v,te for the best interests OF the
.oun next Monday.
The mother OF Mrs. Joseph Snyder
Nod in Plymouth, Pa, last week.
Vote TO keep the town dry next
Monday. It's u great deal better so.
We hope our newsy correspondent
,.,m Rabbitsburg will favor us often
er
Tru.sell expects to have fresh fish
and some vegetables the last OF this
week.
TIN. measles are said to be prevalent
among the children throughout the
county.
The grip is the only thing that can
make some people feel meaner than
they are.
Uslfa dozen more new subscribers
this week-the REGISTERS subscrip-
tion list is growing.
Lookout for that partial eclipse Of
the moon this Friday evening. The
moon will rise eclipsed.
Apair of eyeglasses found upon the
street the other day have been left at
tbis Office for the owner.
The sale of the Maddox property
VA. postponed from last Saturday I'M
iii tomorrow, March 18th.
Shepherdstown sent a big delega-
ron on the b. & 0. excursion to Bal
tmore and Washington Thursday.
Mr.. Joseph L. Walper has rented
the Morrow farm at Shenandoah
Junction and will move there next
week
Mr.. Samuel Hoffmaster, aged SO
wears, died at his home near Sharps-
burg. Md, last Sunday, of cancer Of
the eye.
The Adrocate says that Mr.. w. II.
T. Lewis has been confined to his bed
for the past few weeks, by a badly
,prained ankle.
Do not scratch your ticket because
it does not suit you exactly. You can
not have things to please you alto
gether in this world.
The marriage of Mr. Clint Grove,
OF Hagerstown, and Miss Stella
Hedges, of Jefferson, Md, is an
nounced TO take place shortly.
The Shepherd Fire Department will
meet in its hall next Tuesday night
at o'clock for the election of officers.
All members are asked to be present.
Mayor Lemen has appointed q. L
Hodges, g. L. Licklider and Jos. l.
COOkus a. commissioners of election
for next Monday, and Geo. w. Chase
as clerk
Col. +. V. White has sold his farm
Of two hundred acres, situated about
five miles north OF Leesburg, to Dr.
Fox, Of Bucks county, Pa. The price
obtained was $4,000
The seventy-foot long barn Of
Joshua ltnyre, at the west end OF
Boousboro, collapsed with frightful
crash under the immense weight of
snow upon the roof last week.
The Legato,' an association Of
Charestown musical talent, of which
Mr.. l.. X. Dinkle is manager, is re-
hearsing "Pinafore," which they
want to play in Shepherdstown soon
after Easter
Mr.. y. J. Ridgeway has sold his
Bushnan farm, containing about $50
acres, To Mr.. John Wilson, OF Jeffer-
son county, for the sum Of %, 1852. so,
Mr. Ridgway at the same time pur-
chasing a small tract of land from Mr.
W i4SOb' - IhNOOu, Ut ClUO
per acre. Statesman.
The Hagerstown Globe celebrated
It's thirteenth birthday last Thursday
by printing u double sheet filled with
good reading. The Globe is one. of the
brightest and best papers that comes
to this Office. 1t is newsy without be
Ing sensational and interesting with
out being untruthful.
The Sbepherdstown Shining Stars
Juvenile Missionary Society of the NJ.
t. Church South will give an enter
ta'nnent, consisting OF dialogues, rec
ltatIons and selections in the lecture
room Of the church next Thursday
night, March 18th, at o'clock. The
public is cordially invited.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment in another column Of j. G. Hoff-
man y Sons, OF Hagerstown. They
viii be very glad to see any of their
numerous Jefferson friends at their
store, and promise clever treatment
aud goods at the lowest prices. The
senior of the firm is Jefferson man.
When d hen lays an egg she cackles
When a man gets in a new stock of
goods it is human for him TO crow over
II. When hen cackles people know
that she has laid in some stock and
feels rather proud Of it. When the
merchant opens his new styles and
blows his trumpet in the newspapers,
people know that he has something
on hand worth advertising and pat
ronize him accordingly.
Williamsport last Monday elected
James f. Hawken burgess, l.. r.
Spangler assistant burgess, and Chris
tian Mentzer, George Thompson, NJ.