Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-11-17
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things Of Interest that are Hann.n,no n,
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for fifty cents. If any person wants
to try it for three months, send us Is
cents in stamps or cash.
Monday and Tuesday nights of this
week was the time set for display of
meteors, but the shower didn't amount
to much. Close watchers in observa-
tories only saw few each night.
For your thanksgiving dinner cram
berries, pickles, celery, prunes, april
cots, peaches, olives, peas, corn, toma-
toes, Lima beans, sweet potatoes, mince
meat, &C., call at W. P. Licklider's.
An alarm Of fire last Sunday after
noon caused crowd to quickly gath
er on Main street. The chimney of
the house occupied by Lottie Dreamer,
colored, was afre. No damage was
done.
The Second West Virginia Regi-
ment, of which Company NJ OF Shep-
herdstOwn is part, left Camp Meade,
Pa, last Sunday, They will be To-
Gated near Augusta, Ga.
The usual union thanksgiving Ger
vice will DO held in Shepherdstown
Thursday of next week at II o'clock,
in the Presbyterian Church. The min
listers of the town will participate, and
Rev. C. w. Hollis, of Parsons, w. Va,
has accepted an invitation to preach
the sermon.
Mr.. J. R. Grove, postmaster at
Harper's Ferry and also publisher of
the Sentinel at that place. met with
painful accident last Wednesday
night He fell through the railroad
trestle along the Shenandoah, break
ing his collarbone and otherwise in
juring himself.
In the County Court last week
John E. yesterday qualified as deputy
to County Clerk W. F. Alexander.
The Gordon Telephone Company was
granted permission to erect telephone
poles along the county roads, and the
usual routine business was transacted.
Rev. G. H. Hockey delivered an
able and interesting address last Sun
day night on Savonarola, the Italian
reformer, in the Lutheran church of
Shepherdstown. Rev. Hockey will
deliver several more addresses on the
famous reformers of the middle ages.
The new barn on Mr.. John W.
Hendricks farm near Shenandoah
Junction was successfully raised last
Friday. The structure occupies the
site of the one destroyed by Lightning
last summer, and is of the same size
and character, making it one of the
largest and best in the county.
Prof. S. T. Ford, the elocutionist,
gave a delightful entertainment IN the
town hall last Thursday night. The
evening was stormy and his audience
was not as large as it should have
been. We think Prof. Ford's super
Tor as an entertainer and elocutionist
has not been seen in Shephsrdstown.
The Charcoal Club of Baltimore,
whose members spent a month IN
Shepherdstown last summer sketchlng,
have the result Of their work now on
exhibition in Baltimore. The sketches
are choice bits of scenery along the
Potomac and picturesque views OF
some of our Anticipated old buildings.
We have arranged with leading
firm of bookbinders to have work in
their line attended to at very moder-
ate prices. Magazines bound and old
books rebound. We will send away
an order on Saturday of this week, and
will be glad to include any work that
is placed with us before that time.
Call and learn the prices.
The ladies of the Reformed Church
will serve a dinner and oyster supper
in the town hall on Thanksgiving day.
The proceeds are to be for the repairs
now being made on the steeple OF the
church-ons of the old landmarks OF
the town. The patronage OF the pub
lie is cordially solicited. Dinner served
at 25 cents, or sent to outside homes
for 35 cents.
The warehouse and elevator OF Mr.
w. N. Lemen at this place was broken
into last night by some malicious per-
son or persons, who cut the main driv-
ing belt into pieces, broke the injector
from the engine, and caused other
domaoe II is said that there were
twenty-five tramps hanging around
that end of town last night, and it
NAV have been the work of some OF
this gang.
We are in receipt Of a letter from
arr ooo1 friend Mr.. G.. Mason Conk-