Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-02-25
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BRIEFS.

Go to the town hall Friday night Of
this week and hear DR.. Bristol lecture.
For sale-Good locust posts. Apply
to ". A. Fulk, Kearneysvllle. W. Va.
. We have a new and attractive steel
range st moderate price. c. D. Wy
song.
Hodges will ship hogs and calves
next Monday. Arrange for their sale
at once.
10. Burkholder, shoemaker of
MaItinsburg, died lest Sunday, aged
81 years.
The REGISTER adds a considerable
number of new subscribers to its rolls
this week.
Our range is an ornament to any
kitchen. Get our prices before you
buy. c. D. Wysong.
1t is said that there are to be sever
a. weddings in Shepherdstown during
the next month or two
". Lene1 & Son have Just re-
ceived a carload Of bran and
middlings at their elevator.
The Balch heirs have sold their res.
idence property at Leetown to Mrs.
Fannie L. Dunawsy for $1,000.
The Republican executive committee
for Jefferson county is called to meet
in Charles Town on the 9Th Of March.
Corporation election Monday, March
l4th. No one will be permitted to
vote whose poll tax is not paid BY
March lst.
Wheat has taken a big jump the
past week, and our local dealers Of
fer $I05 a bushel today. Corn is
quoted at so cents.
The weekly visit ofthe REGISTER is
like call from an old friend, and We
gladly welcome tn. a. Heller
stay, Roanoke, Va.
J.F. Thompson & Bro, the Mar
tinsburg clothiers, have something to
say to the people this week. Read
their new advertisement.
The house and lot Of the late Geo.
". Hawn il Shepherdstown will be
offered at public sale on Saturday.
This is in many respects 8 desirable
property.
Town Sergeant Shipley asks US to
say that corporation taxes must be
promptly paid Unless payment Is
made by the lst Of March he will
levy upon property and sellit for taxes.
1t is announced that the efforts to
make peace between Gould and Cas-
satt, representing the Wabash and the
Pennsylvania Railroads, have been
unsuccessful, and the war will still 60
on.
We had a touch Of spring this week,
when the sun shone warm and the
breeze from the south was balmy-a
welcome relief from the uninterrupted
cold that has prevailed since last No
vember.
The Presbyterian congregation at
Berkeley Springs has extended call
to Rev. S. N. Engle to become their
pastor. Rev. Mr. Engle is a native
o! Jefferson county, son Of the late
James W. Engle.
A meeting of the Shepherdstown
Business Mems Association is called
for next Monday evening in the coun-
ell room at 7 o'clock. All members
are urged to attend, and citizens gen
orally will be welcome.
Geo. T. Trundle, Of Bakerton, has
concluded to withdraw from the race
for assessor in this district and leave
the other fellows TO fight it out. Mr..
Trundle asks US to return his thanks
10 his friends who had promised him
their support.
The three prisoners sentenced at
the recent term of Circuit Court to
the penitentiary, Clamplett, Dorsey
and Morrison, were taken to Mounds
Vile Monday night. Deputy Sheriff
Burns and Guards ChambliD, Rodefer
and Bnnker escorted them to the pen.
We call attention to the advertise
uent of Vim. r. Miller this week.
Re has full line Of wall papers Of
new and handsome designs for 1904,
and is ready to paper and paint or
decorate in good style. Large or
small order. promptly attended to
Furniture renovated and buggies
painted.
The House Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads agreed to tn.
report Of subcommittee raising the
salaries Of rural free delivery carriers
10 maximum Of S720 per annum in
stead of 5000 as at present. The re-
port agreed to take away from such
carriers the express and news agency
privileges which they have now.
The third department Of the Shop
herdstown Epworth League, NJ. E
Church South, will give az interesting
and profitable entertainment in the
N. Z. Church South on this Thursday
evening at Up m, entitled, IAN eve
ring in Methodism, or back TO Oxford.
The public are most cordially invited.
No admission fee, no collection.
The P. T. holland Lumber Co., of
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