Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-03-02
Thursday,
BRIEFS.


al Remnants.
A few brooms left at the low price of
&c at Remnants.
Fresh shipment OF candy to arrive Fri
day at Remnants.
Lettuce, tomatoes, satisfy and kale at
Rtinhan'S-all fresh.
For good Jersey cattle 60 10 D. Frank
HilrS sale March oath.
Butter is . cents pound and eggs are
- cents dozen today.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Ernest Darby. of
Hagerstown, tine daughter.
Born 10 Mr.. and Mrs. Leighton r.
Nremer, OF Hagerstown, daughter.
Next Wednesday, March Stli, will be
Ash Wednesday-the beginning of Lent.
The Jefferson County Court will meet
next Monday, when registrars are to be
appointed
March came in like lamb-yeSterday
was mild, bright, pleasant day-but the
next day II showed.
Theodore NJ. Conner was last Friday
confirmed by the United States Senate as
postmaster at Harper's Ferry.
Remnants for all kinds OF canned fish
during the approaching Lenten season.
Good salt mackerel 3 for 25c.
For Sale-The large corncrib on the
home lot Of the late Alex. b. Freeman.
Inquire OF Geo. M. Betzhoover.
For trees, shrubs, roses, vines, grapes
and SHARKS Delicious" apple trees,
see Robert Gibson, representative.
The ladies' OF The Reformed Church will
hold an exchange Saturday in Miss Ellen
WelshanS' store-room on King street.
For Sale-An antique mahogany side
board one hundred years old. Price fifty
dollars. Inquire OF the Register office.
1t is said that peach buds throughout
this section have been considerably dam
aged by the changeable weather this
winter.
Next Tuesday will be Shrove Tuesday.
his is pancake day-and you all know
what will happen If you fail to observe it
properly.
The young ladies OF the Sigma Delta
Sorority will hold cake and candy sale
al Owens q Miller's drug store on Satur-
day, March llth.
The Village improvement Society will
meet at the home OF Mrs. II. c. Marten
on March 4th at 3 O'Clock p. m. A full
attendance is desired.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. D. c. Dolly, at
Leetown, on February 10Th, fine daugh-
ter Mrs. Dolly was formerly Miss Mar
garet OSbourn, OF this place.
William Rau, OF Harper's Ferry, was
operated upon last week for appendicitis
10 a hospital in Frederick, Md. He is
said 10 be getting along all right
Mr.. Andrew o. Rhodes and Miss Agnes
Y. Barrett, both of Martinsburg, eloped
10 hagerStown last week and were mar
rIed at the Catholic Iectory by Rev. ). 5.
Hurlbut.
The old iron bridge OF the Cumberland
Valley Railroad across the Potomac river
near WilllamSpot is being torn down.
1t has been replaced by fine new con-
crete bridge.
There will be sold at w. Lee Banks'S
sale on Saturday. March 4th, three fresh
COWS, two tat steers weighing from 9OO
10 1000 pounds, and three lat cattle
weighing about 600 pounds. .-------a.--
The Equal Suffrage Society OF Shep-
herdStown cordially invites you and your
friends 10 a tea and social evening in the
old college hall Tuesday, March 7th, at
100 p. m. Please respond.
Friday OF this week, March Sd, is the
day for Vim. A. Fulk's big sale OF live
stock, etc, near Kearneysville. If is ex-
pected that great crowd will be present,
as he has unusually fine stock to sell.
Someone calls our attention TO the pc
culiar fact that PRACTICALLY all of the auto
mobile accidents on Maryland roads oc-
cur while the cars are returning from the
wet toWnS-never on the way to them
]. w. Kaste, Jr., OF MartinSburg, has
rented the store room OF the Masonic
Temple, Tor the week beginning March
18th, and will have full line OF samples
OF mems clothes. See his advertisement
in this weeks paper.
The famous Boston College GIrl Basket
Ball Team will play the fiIemen,s team
IN their hall on Saturday night at o'clock
in ShepherdStown. Admission 2o cents.
This promises TO be good game and
good turnout is requested.
The young people ofthe Uvilla Lutheran
Church will present play, entitled "Dl-
almonds and Hearts" in the Uvilla hall
on Saturday night, March 4th, at o clock.
The proceeds are for church improve
ments. Special music will be provided.
Admission 10 and p cents. Everybody
invited TO attend.
John Brown, the negro who was held
for The murder OF Mrs. Susan Dixon near
ITego, Washington county, Maryland,
was found guilty OF murder in the flrst
degree IN the circuit court at Hagerstown
on tuesday. The jury was two hours
and live minutes reaching a decision. he
will be sentenced later.
Our old friend Josiah KitZmiller writes
us from Auburn, Nebraska, telling us OF
the hard winter they have been expert
enClng IN that section. He says that the
ground has been covered with snow since
before Christmas, and the thermometer
has been down to 20 below zero. There
have been few clear days this winter, and
grip has been lamentably prevalent. He
remarks that bluebirds and robins and
OeSS INDY OSHyIlS doout ohSPhSi eolo""i
but there is none in Nebraska so lar.
MIR. S. Judson Dunaway. ofNew York,
spent Monday and Tuesday with home
folks at "The Cottage" near Leetown.
Sunday evening, while making the trip
from Martinsburg by automobile, ne made
narrow escape with his life. AT Whit
tngton's shop a dog ran in front OF the
machine, which was running at high speed,
causing II to turn turtle, throwing him and
his suit case twelve feet away. The chauf-
fer, lom Dixon, colored and another ne
gro were pinned under the car, but man
aged in some way to crawl out uninjured,
save turning white" Mr.. Dunaway sus-
tanned only few bruises, even his eye
i glasses were not broken. The machine