Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-01-18

If you want the news, take the
REGISTER.
Tomorrow is the birthday ofGeneral
Robert f. Lee.
ii. C. Getzendanner has A No.
fresh COW for sale.
Butter is selling at Is cents pound
and eggs at 10 cents dozen.
Winter Boots must be closed out
regardless Of cost at Fl. G. G.'s-
Mr. H. NJ. Loyns killed hog last
week that weighed 37S pounds.
Festival at Kearneysville January
18th. 10Th and goth. All invited
Prot Little, the optician, January
23d and cath, at the Entlrr Hotel.
There has not been much money
spent for shoveling snow this winter
Benjamin F. Dent, of Harper's Fer
nv. was granted a pension on Tues
day.
The grocery firm of d. NJ. Deck &
Co, Martiusburg, has made anassign-
meut.
The new Masonic hall at Charles
town was dedicated last Friday night
with appropriate ceremonies.
The REGISTER ought to be in every
family in this community. You can
keep il there a year tor $3.50.
The First National Bank Of jefferson,
at Charlestown. has declared a semi
annual dividend of 6 per cent.
The West Virginia State Grange is
i'll session at Fairmont this week.
Hon. c. II. Knott, Master, is in at
tendance.
The Democrats OF Berkeley county
have issued a call for a meeting Fri
day night to endorse MIR. Wilson and
tariff reform.
The n & w. Railroad will sell cheap
excursion tickets TO New Orleans from
January 3Oth to February 9th, good
for fifteen days.
If you haven't letter heads, en-
velopes, billheads, &c, call at the
REGISTER Office, see samples aud
leave us your order.
The weather continues mild and
pleasant Yesterday was balmy and
bright and the blue birds were whist
ling. Hicks is not in it.
1t looks as though there will be
very few public sales in Jefferson
county this spring. The low price Of
stock is probably the cause.
The store of Samuel A. Rowe at
Harper's Ferry was robbed one night
last week The thieves carried away
tobacco and other articles.
Mr. James II. Coflinbargsr d one
Of his feet very painfully injured last
Monday. One of the wheels Of a
heavy wagon passed over it.
Fire almost totally destroyed w.
H. Fuukhouser's grocery store in Ha-
gerstown last Sunday morning, caus-
Ing probable loss OF $1,000
Mrs. Mary +. Licklider, Of Uyilla,
has eaten fifty one birthday dinners
with her mother, MIS-. Fannie Flana-
gan. This is a somewhat remarkable
record.
Mr. Henry Eyler, of Funkstown,
Md, stuffed without a break sausage
casing which measured IS feet and 8
inches in length. 1t weighed %
pounds.
Several of our State exchanges
have printed some quite remarkable
ghost stories during the past few
weeks. The spOoks seem to be on
the move.
The b. & o. Railroad is cutting
down the force OF men in its repair
shops as amatter of economy. Thirty
five workmen were. discharged AT
Martiusours Monday.
Do what YOU can to increase the
circulation of the REGISTER 10y get
ting your neighbors who are not sub
scribers TO take it. The more sub
scrIbers the better paper.
Van ). Brashears, auctioneer,
offered at public sale on Saturday
last the Shay House property i'll
Sharpsburg, was bid up TO Sl,9lO,
when the sale which was withdrawn.
In the case OF John b. Wilson, cash
Ter Of the Citizens Bank, tor shooting
al Marcus Ruthenberg, agent of the
Western Electric Company, the grand
jury OF Berkeley county returned no
indictments.
The ladies Of Grace Reformed
Church at kearneysviIle will hold
one of their old-Iime festivals in the
Y NJ c. A hall on Thursday, Friday
and Saturday evenings of this week.
Supper, oysters, ice-cream, etc, will
be served. The public patronage is
asked and good time is promised
all VINO will attend.
y portion of the scatfoldins under
the b. & .. bridge at Harper's Ferry
fell last "Wednesday aud three men
who were on it at the time were pre-
cipitated TO the river below. One of
them was struck in the back by
piece of timber aud slightly injured
The other two escaped unhurt But
for the fact that they fell into the
water all three, probably, would have
been killed saws rho Sentinel
MIR. Chas. A johnson, mailing
clerk i'll the Charlestown postotiice,
is an applicant for reappointment,
and haS tho and or..,na,,t 81 - I,r...I,.