Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-01-27
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things of Interest that are Happening In
Our Nelghborhood and Elsewhere.

The REGISTER will be sent to any
address for one year from this date
for one dollar. Don't you want to try
it year,
Congressman A. G. Dayton says
that his quota of the garden and flower
seeds for 1898 are now ready for dis
tribution, and will be sent to any one
who will drop him postal card.
Mr.. John c. Hoffman, of this place,
has silver-laced Wyandottes and
brown Leghorns on exhibition at the
HagerstOwn poultry show. Mr.. HOff-
man won prizes on both varieties OF
his fowls.
A big black and white dog impaled
himself upon picket while attempt
ing to Jump over fence between the
Entler and Snyder properties Tuesday
night. He was shot to put an end to
his suffering.
Before you give out your sale bill
printing call at the REGISTER office
and learn our prices. Don't take it
for granted that others will do your
work cheaper. Call upon us and find
out for yourself.
Mr.. Albert T. Moler, Of Bakerton,
who has been attending Turner
Business College at Martinsburg, has
sent us some specimens of his hand
writing that shows he has pretty thor
oughly mastered the art ofpenmanship.
Miss Mollie Shepherd has sold to
Mr.. John Byers of Louisville, KY,
tie fifty acres of land a half mile
west of town, along the Martinsburg
road, just opposite Mr.. VIM. H. By
ers's summer home. The price paid
was $4,000.
Next Wednesday, February I'd, is
grounding day. The old prOverb
says that if Candlemas day be fair
and bright, winter will have another
flight; if on Candlemas day it be show
er and rain, winter is gone, and will
not come again.
Where there is so much smoke,
there must be some fire." This is not
always so, for our Patent Hickory
jackson liquid smoke" does away with
fire. Put it on with an old paint
brush and you have your meat cured.
Just try it, at Remnants Pharmacy.
Mr.. c. D. Engle, formerly Of this
county, but now of Washington, D. c.,
who has been for the past two years a
conductor on the lexington and Sol
diers' Home Railroad, has received a
position as motorman on the Metro
politan road, one Of the finest street
railway systems in the world.
The ladies of the Lutheran Church
will hold sociable at the home Of
Mrs. Kruger, on Main street, Satur-
day night Lunch and refreshments
will be served at moderate prices and
an interesting programme will be
rendered. The public is invited to
attend this social, as it is intended to
make it an affair of great enjoyment
to all.
Mr.. J. D. Derr has been appointed
postmaster at Uvilla, this county, in
place of Mr.. n. S. J. Strider, removed.
Mr.. Strider has held the office for many
years, through all administrations, but
this time he has had to fall before parti-
san politics. He has the satisfaction
of knowing that he has always con-
Quoted the office satisfactorily to the
people.
The entire floor of the new Luther
an Church at Uvilla is to be carpeted,
the ladies aid society having deter
mined to have it done at their expense.
Mr.. NJ. B. Baker, Of Shspherdstown,
has the contract to furnish the carpet,
24O yards being required. The design
selected is warm, rich pattern in red
that will add greatly to the beauty OF
the new church.
The "oldest inhabitent" scarcely re-
members winter when there has been
so little cold weather as during this
one. The prospect for crop of ice is
getting simmer each day, and not more
than one or two of the ice-houses in
town have been filled. Still, we have
seen the river frozen over at Shep-
herdstown the middle of March, and il
may be that plenty of cold weather is
vet in store.
Postmaster General Gary has issued
an order changing the color of the
one-cent stamp from blue to green. In
about two weeks he will follow this by
another order changing the brown five,