Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-02-01

Tomorrow is grounding day.
FEBRUARY 18th il. Valentine day.
jefferson Circuit Court meets Feb
ruary 18th.
The wages OF sin haven't been cut
down any these hard times.
Mr.. r. w. Greer, Martinsburg
merchant, has made an assignment.
It's curious, but the closer money
gets the harder it is to get bold OF 1t.
The b. & o. will run another OF its
popular excursions to Washington
next Thursday.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment OF Fultz & Dsle's marble and
granite works this week.
Richard H. Barton, OF Kabletoun,
this county, bought a house In hs-
ssrstown last week for $500.
Ifs town or al individual expect a
Newspaper to stand up for them they
ought TO stand up for the newspaper.
Inst received a brand new job lot
of children S shoes, which will be sold
at extremely low prices. &. L. Hodges.
Mr.. John Turner, the veteran mail
carrier between Shepherdstown and
Snyder's Mills, is laid up with spell
Of sickness.
The entertainment announced for
the town hall by the ladies OF the
Episcopal Church has been postponed
for the present.
A great deal of our space is taken
up this week by the publication OF
the county statement. Well do bet
ter on news next week.
Colby blows the winds Of winter.
Darkening clouds bstoken snow,
Pay the printer, pay the printer.
Pay the little bill you owe.
Miss Boydie Faulkner. daughter Of
Senator Faulkner, made her debut IN
Washington society on Tuesday at an
afternoon tea at her fathers home.
Four young men were arrested last
week for riding through toll-gatt
on the Sharpsburg turnpike without
paying the toll, and were fined So 10
each.
The long-looked-for rain came last
Monday, and at night turned into
snow. A couple of inches OF snow
fell, most Of which was melted by the
bright sun yesterday.
California apricots, peaches. prunes.
Boston baked beans, sweet potatoes,
dried beef, string beans, peas, apple
butter, mincemeat, pickles, ketchup.
sauce, cheese, mustard, buckwheat,
bologna, etc, at ]. A. Staley's.
The barn Of Mr.. g. A. I. Snoutfer,
in Frederick county, Md, was totally
destroyed by fire last Sunday night,
together with its contents OF hay,
straw, grain. a wagon and one horse.
The loss is about $4,000, covered by
insurance.
Messrs Blackford Bros. have COM
pleted their new building at Shenan
dosh Junction, to take the place of
the one destroyed by fire a few months
ago. 1t is larger by twelve feet in
length than the old building, and
contains four offices on the lower floor,
one Of which is occupied by the firm
and another by Dr. Marshall, with q
large ball above.
Col. w. NJ. Clements, OF Summit
Point. has been the loser OF four val
liable horses very recently. He has a
large silo and has been feeding his
horses and cattle ensilage. 1t is sup
posed by some that this class Of food
has been the cause, although we un-
derstand the Colonel is skeptical as
TO this assigned caused. Be that as
it may, the death OF the horses is q
certainty which cannot be disputed.
Advocate.
Lizzie Gill, young colored woman
from Summit Point, w. Va, stopped
at one of the quarters on the Ginning
ton farm one night last week, and the
next morning dead infant was found
in her bundle OF clothing. The cir
cumstances pointed to the taking OF
the life of the babe by its mother,
and the matter being brought before
q justice of the peace, after a hearing
she was committed TO Jail to await
the action Of the grand jury.-Ctarkc
Courier.
The Postoffice Department an
nounces that it ha. in preparation
and will soon issue new style postal
card. In size it will De 3tI53 inches,
a medium between the large and me.
dunn sized postals now in use, and OF
the same dimensions as the reply
card OF the present series 1t will
have three-quarter vignette oil
hOlu&S OChcISOh Oi NAS ASSOf ~
address side, the same as on the postal
Of 1885. These cards will be issued
singly, or msy be obtained in perfo-
rated sheets OF 32-S one way, and
the other.
The marriage of Mr.. William Hill
Brown, of Culpeper county, Va, and
Miss Daisie Beckham Hooff was sol
emnized at O'Clock Wednesday even
ing III Zion Episcopal Church, Charles
town. The wedding was fashion
able one and brilliant social event.
The ceremony was performed by the
rector, Rev. w. l.. Gravatt. The
bride is the daughter Of the late Major
James Lawrence Hooff, of Jefferson
county, and q. grand daughter of the
late Fontaine Beckham, who met his
dsatb in Rrn-p'S roiI Har