Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-05-27
BRIEFS.

IN Friday, June l'th'
rho spring chicken and the straw
,ry are in joyful juxtaposition.
.5ia., -. 90 shoes are now offered
.WP Licklider's for Sl.4O.
hrsak in the canal near Seneca
,I,,.d boats several days last week.
n..orstion day in Shepherdstown
...nr5ov. June 4th, in the morning at
O'Clock.
Rear in mind the fine dinner that
can get at the town hall on deco
rstion day
The small boy is rejoicing in his
,..sdom from the exactions Of his
.lool duties.
special job lot ladies fine shoes that
All for S1.75, now offered for 80 cents,
NV. P. Lieklider's.
The bicycle factory at Martinsburg
will probably leave that place and To-
cate III IiaSSl SNS"'
The rain falls upon the just, but
,5r upon the unjust, who has stolen
N, umbrella of the former.
saturday is memorial day in Charles
Gown. The exercises will begin at
go o'clock in the afternoon.
Wbitewash brushes, dried peaches,
oprlss 4 cents, jowls cents, milk
nor. &C., at w. =. Lickliders.
Most any family ought to be able
70 spare a dollar for the REGISTER
from now until January, 1898.
There will be a meeting OF the la
lie. of the Town Hall Association at
the home Of Mrs. Reynolds this Fri
lsy evening at s o'clock.
The Kearpeysville public school,
taught by Miss Florence shy der and
Ms. Meta Shirley, closed last Thurs
daywith very enjoyable picnic given
10 the scholars;
Arthur Hawks as the master in the
.Derstrick Skule" will be worth COM
ur miles to see. Performance after
noon and evening of decoration day
in Shepherdstown, June 4th.
ME-. V. Crittenden, who a short
time ago so creditably passed civil
service examination, has been notified
Of his appointment to position in the
Treasury Department. Advocate.
From a census bulletin, just issued,
it appears that the per capita of COM
bined debt in West Virginia in 1890
was lower than in any other State or
Territory in the union, being 1892.
John W. Avirett, editor of the Cum
berlaud NerS, and Joseph J. Robin
son. editor of the Homecoming Star,
were each sentenced on Tuesday TO
pay 500 fine and 80 days imprison-
ment in the county jail for libel.
The Martinsburg World says that s
man namedJ. p. Cleveland attempted
to assault two little girls named DietZ,
aged respectively and ~ years, near
Harper's Ferry, last Friday. He was
not arrested and went TO Maryland.
There is q great deal OF dissatisfac-
ton on account OF the late hour at
which our morning mail is now re
ceived. It's very sgsravsting to
know that the mail is lying at Ha-
gerstown three or four hours when it
ought to be flying southwark.
In accordance with the militia law
Of the State the West Virginia Ma
tioual Guard will encamp by brigade
for drill and instruction, at Parkers-
burg, Wood county, for six successive
days, beginning July %, under the
immediate orders of Brigade Com
mander General r. d. Spillmau.
The first annual conN ention of the
Sabbath Schools of Jefferson county
will meet in the Union Church in
Middleway on the I'd day Of June al
10 a III. All Sabbath Schools in the
county are invited to send two dele
gates 10 the convention to take part
in the exercises to be held on that oc
cosion.
The other day journal, hitherto
without spot on its character, in
qnired with well-feigned innocence
How can five persons divide five egg
70 that each man will receive one and
still one remain in the dish?" After
several hundred people went two
thirds distracted in the mazes of thi:
proposition the journal meanly says
"One takes the dish with the egg"
The ladies will serve one Of theil
best dinners in the new town hall il
Shepherdstown on decoration day
June 4th-also strawberries, ice cream
and cake, not forgetting plentiful
supply OF good coffee. Dinner from
y to 100 o'clock, at which time the
hall will be closed for one hour t
make arrangements for the ''DeestricF
Skule.' Prices of dinner, 80 cents
children under - years, 20 cents.
We understand that George Roland
who a few years ago was notorious il
this and adjoining counties, and wh'
emigrated to Illinois TO escape pun
hhment, and WAS there sent to Joliet
Tor horss-stealing in his newly-adopt
ed home, was recently set free, hav
lng served out his term, and in les
Than a month was rs-arrested ant
sent back to State prison for the com
mltment OF similar offense since hi
recent Observation-Disclosures.
The people of Smoketown, Wash