Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-11-28
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things Of interest that are HapoenInp In
Our Neighborhood and Elsewhere.

All members OF Caledonia Lodge
No. A, |. 0. 0. F., are requested to be
present at their hall on this Thursday
night. Business of Importance will
be brought before the lodge.
Miss Nancy McGarry, of Shenan-
doah Junction, passed her ninetieth
milestone recently. The event was
duly celebrated with family dinner
at Mr.. John McGarry'
The ladies of the Presbyterian church
will give an oyster supper at Duffields
on Saturday afternoon and night of
this week. The proceeds are for the
benefit of the church and liberal pa
tronage is asked for.
The bids for the sale of the State s
interest in the Chesapeake and Ohio
canal, which have been before the
board of the public works of Maryland
since October 9, have all been rejected.
Further proposals will be asked for.
The crop of Florida oranges this
winter will only be from $4,000 to
100000 boxes. These have already
been bought by New York dealers at
fancy prices Our dealers here are
selling Jamaica oranges of good quail
ty.
Attention is called to the advertise
ment of the Wheeling Register in an
other column. Itisa live, wide-awake
newspaper, and gives the news of West
Virginia in an interesting and read
able style. It's indispensable to those
who wish to keep posted on State af-
fairs.
Hon. Charles H. Knott, who recent
ly attended the sessions of the National
Grange at Worcester, Mass, was ap-
pointed chairman of the committee on
finance and was also made member
of the committee on agricultural and
foreign relations.
Don't you want to send the REGISTER
to relative or friend? 1t will cost
you but Is cents for years subscrip-
ton. This is as cheap as you can send
an old copy yourself, for the postage
alone will cost you SO cents, to say moth
ing of the wrapperS-and the bother.
G. w. Brown, the Charlestown jew
eler, has a splendid lot of silverware,
jewelry and novelties of every sort
suitable for the holiday trade, and
prices are all right. He invites the
people of this end of the county to
call and see his nice line of goods.
Orders by mail promptly attended to.
See new advertisement.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry NJ. Turner gave
dinner party to few Of their friends
on Monday evening in celebration Of
the fifteenth anniversary of their mar
riage. About twenty persons partook
of the elegant dinner and spent most
enjoyable evening at that hospitable
home. Mr.. and Mrs. Turner received
some very handsome presents in glass,
The funeral service of the late W.
S. Wagner was held in the Reformed
church last Saturday, and was attend
ed by very large throng of friends
and relatives. Rev. G. G. Everhart,
pastor of the church, and Rev. B. K.
Carnahan, of Keedysville, conducted
the service. Cliff City Lodge, the Shield
of Honor, to which Mr.. Wagner be-
longed, observed the rites of their
order at the grave.
DR.. A. S. Reynolds, of this place,
recently received letter from DR.,
Woodward, health officer of the Dis
trict of Columbia, asking for informa-
ton concerning any pollution of the
Potomac river in this section. The
recent epidemic of typhoid fever In
Washington has caused the authorities
to hunt up all sources of pollution of
the Potomac, from which the water
supply of that city is drawn.
The enterprising firm of Millard &
Engle has new advertisement in this
weeks REGISTER. Their store at
Bakerton is crammed full of seasonable
goods of every description, and the
hustling proprietOrs will not be UNDER
sold by anybody. In dry goods, no.
tons, shoes, boots, chinaware, groce-
ries, provisions, etc., their stock is com
plete and prices right. You can be
assured of square dealing every time
with them.
John Wolf, of Williamsport, and
John Westbrook, two canal boatmen,
were arrested and placed in jail In
Washington few days ago for Wei.
ously assaulting an old man named
Charles Calhoun. Wolf had been
robbed of $1S while he slept in Cal
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