Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-03-07

: % cents pound this week.
Bears are reported to be prowling
,r,nnd Pen-Mar and Edgemont.
D l. Rentch has just received a nice
lime Of Sunday school reward cards.
c. McGaw is thinking of build
;rg a big brewery at Harper's Ferry.
Cabbage, spinach, onions, celery,
.,,sitv, beets and parsnips, at Trus-
sells.
number of new hands were taken
an a+ the B. & o. shops in Martinsburg
Monday.
The public sale of VIM. ]. Foutz's
rer.aaal property will be held today,
near Shepherdstown,
The wheat fields are said to be
showing up very we'll after their long
sleep under the snow.
Last Friday March came in like a
lamb If the old proverb holds good
il will 90 out like lion.
Mr. John Fitz, the plow manufac-
-arsr and machinist, will move from
Nagtiusburg to Hanover, Pa.
Remember that l will sell my queens
ware and glassware at cost, some Of 1t
Of less than cost. ]. N. Trussell.
The pav-car of the Norfolk & West
OPP, Railroad was here last Monday.
The ,uow-shovelers got their pay.
someone suggests that We trade off
orr beautiful fre-bell tower for pat
en-. fire extinguisher Good idea.
Sweet potatoes, oranges, lemons, APP
rles. bananas, cocoanuts, figs and dates
received this week. J. n, Trussell.
Vote for the best men for town Off
GERS next Monday. Let public good,
not personal prejudice, influence you.
The Baltimore mail again failed to
reach Shepherdstown this morning.
This occurrence is becoming too COM
mon.
There have been some wild ducks
on the river this week. They are so
extremely shy that it is hard to get a
shot at them.
We cannot print anonymous COM
munications. That's why a letter
from Shenandoah Junction is not pub
hshed this week.
There is a rumor that one train each
way is to be taken off this division OF
the Norfolk & Western Railroad.
Hope it is not true.
Congress adjourned without making
an appropriation for war claims in
which so many persons in Washington
county are interested.
Canned French peas, early June
peas, lima beans, succotash, Boston
baked beans, string beans, tomatoes
and corn, at Trussell's.
A Sharpsburg youth called on g
Young lady of that place the Other
evening, when the girls mother chased
him away with a broom.
Potomac Permanent Building Asso'
cation will meet at the Office of the
secretary on Monday next at 7 p. m
for redemption of shares.
Tie Christian Endeavor Society o
the Lutheran Church held very en-
joyable sociable at the home Of Miss
Sallie Miller last Friday night.
Geo. w. Heckert exhibited a patent
fire eztinguisher in the public square
last Thursday afternoon. A big blaz'
from store-boxes was quickly put out
Ata meeting of the directors o
Morgan's Grove Fair Association las
night the date for the next fair wa
fixed for September 3, 4, 5 and 6
1895.
Alburtus Spencer, Harper's Ferry
has been feeding the goats that inhabi
Maryland Heights the past winter
also the rabbits, partridges and othe.
birds.
Philip Vanmeter, formerly of thu
y.clmty, had his hand mashed at WIN
u.peg Junction, Mimi, recently, while
coupling cars. Several fingers wer
broken.
It's announced that the Chesapeake
"Ohio canal will be opened for navi
cation on the 18th of March. Waite
may be turned in next week as far a
WlHamsport.
The little Myers boy, near Van
cIeyesyille, who was accidentally sho
by his brother, did not die, as was a
first reported. On the contrary he i
rapidly recovering.