Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-02-14
BRIEFS.
BRIEFS.
Lent began yesterday.
Today is valentine day.

LtHl USSah ySstSiudy.
Today is valentine day.
Today the sun rises at 6 So and sets at
80
f. NJ. Moler, OF The Bakerton neigh
borhood, will have public sale on March
l6lh.
The Jefferson Circuit Court will con-
veHt next tuesday, February 18th. The
petit jury Is called Tor February 10Th.
The Spirit says that about twent,
Young colored men left there on Mon
day TO work in the ship yards at New
port News, Va.
Jacob A. Hledwohl will have sale OF
personal property north OF Shepherds
town ON thursday, February 2SIn. Ad-
yeIllSement next week.
la The Circuit court at Martiusburs
Mss Cdrne GrandSlaIi has brought sui
against John Lease Tor $4,000 dam
ages iOrOfeach OF promise.
Charles I. Nichols, who had expected
10 give up farming and have sale IN
MiIn, ndS concluded 10 remain on the
Cal LlCkIldeG tarm near Uvilla tor another
year, dnd SO viii not have sale.
Handy l000-pound cattle are good sale
10 June. rieshy cattle bought now and
tSd one iced a Gay OF unhuSked corn fod-
der dnd put on good grass IN the spring
Viii Make Dig gains. Z. +. Wall.
Inc family OF Joseph Ramsburg, OF the
\lnc.eveSvlile neighoorhood, have been
auAt,ed win an epidemic OF dlptherla
IUe past couple OF weeks. One son,
a oSH, l. years, died from the disease.
A CNlI service examination will be helo
10 CadTleS Town on March 9Th, when
candidates Tor the office OF postmaster al
Slcaand0An Junction Will De examined
Ills ONCE pAiJ salary vi $3.50 last year
Listen. Don't forget to let Owens
Miller have your subscription to the
daily Sun and American, also any 9TH
eT paper or magazine. Owens & Mil
Ter, sun headquarters.
Ms. SARAH L. Stdley, OF Belalr, Md,
90 ituc"IHS ner subscription Ior anoIneT
year writes us that she enjoys the weekly
HISi1S VI lhe Register, especially the lei
lrIS VI The junior. Fen nm, she says,
~ continue them, Tor lney are very
interesting"
Again his week we add q number OF
new ndmeS ~ our SUBSCRIPTION list, anu
Nc appreciate very much these favorS
ION our friends. We hope that there
NAY o. mJre Oh them who may want 10
receive The Register regularly. Ii viii
Ur sent 10 any address one year for 81 30
Or SIX months Tor 10 GEMS.
A lantern slide and lecture will be given
10 Inc opera house Febru-ry 22i al 3
v CLOCK IN Inc afternoon Oy Inc u. A. L.
leclS, George Washington, the Man."
and his Country OF Ours" There viii
oe "a SLIDES IN all. Admission 10 cents,
cnIlufen under ten years III cents.
Our venerable friend Francis M. Miller,
oil Berkeley county, IN renewing his SUP
SCHpuon 10 The Register writes us: | ne
Register Is Inc paper we all look for on
FnIdy when Inc mail man comes around.
We could not gel along without II, and
We ENJOY the SndrpSourg news especially.
nad intended 10 gel IN 10 see you, but
the weather was TOO Dad"
The ice broke up on the Potomac river
al pneGdSIOwn yesterday, being forced
iOJoe y the rising waters and the pres,
sure Ol great Masses IRON up stream.
Inc nyeG IS very nigh today, and the Ice
Is still coming down. Last night great
Hoes OF Ice crashed against the bridge
piers win terrlnc force, out they he'd
Hlm and no damage was done.
Inc Shepherd College basketball team
Won lis sixth consecutive game last SAtur-
u4j uIgnt by defeating the hagerSlo"n
tI,l school Qulht. II was not a very
tanning game, the score being 20 10 3.
luc nsuTeS were Is 10 3 IN the inst ndl
all SXdCuy Inc same IN The second. tx
Ii,.,OIs lacked team work and never ht-
O. ICJk-ln. Inc game Was rather rouS"
Oae, ,HOush ooIn SUES playSG tar enough.
PuceS al public sales that are Oelus
he'd Ia lnS SeCllon are very satisfactory
~ iuOSe VINO have been oiSpoolIs VI
lalM property. Even horses, winch wetr
OH IA pnce, are selling al satisfactory
figures, while Cattle and hogs are very
m-u. sheep have sold IN Berkeley
county and IN Washington county, Md,
Nc are informed, as high as $2o each -
a. unprecedented pTlce Tor these animals.
.ueiarmefs' school al Shepherd College
ms week Is being largely attended b.
tle people from Town and country, and
the SESSIONS have been OF more than USUAL
interest. ihe instructors and Lecturers
sell Us Uy Inc Extension Department vi
tu- CEVcISuy have been most acceptable
along llelr various lines, and nave done
iyai good. Almost every section OF the
county has been represented by Interested
laIutIS and others. On Friday The 1aTm-
er, club Will meet, when delegates from
every ClsuICt Will be present. Prof.. j.
k. .rOller, OF the Uaiverslty, Will Dc
here.
he county roads winch had been
0.C,aued b. snow drifts all OF last week
lose nov been fairly well opened up,
Oh uayel ldS oeen resumed. In MANY
Instances The roads were lllled level win
,.y cuCeS, and 1t was necessary TO ShoVel
lfJ.II DRIFTS from three 10 1--WE leet high.
j, Nrs not possible Tor vehicles 10 pass
il ,G- narrow roadway that was SnoVeleo
though the drifts, SO passing places hdu
~ yc dug out al intervals fof tnlS puf
pose ID has cost lhe county good oed
u money 10 open up lne roads, as "oiK
rea rad 10 Oe paid al the rate oil y cents
on Igur
iUs Wst German spy was observed o"
iHy railroad bridge al ohepherosioWn ldSl
tu-aJ uight. IL. was seen lying on Inc
tu--e .ypdrcuhy, and tailed 10 answer
TIE -H eG-,S o. The GUARDS who were
Cd. ... !Gcy lhereupon Tired upon
t ..,i a l1IS time freight tram
l-.e cong AID rin over him. Inc
<. rs vent Cut ~ collect the mutlialeo
D.. Jos, Sre t1ey found that the IN
t..-. IS re4ly q Germ 1n-the little
Ca-.saund, Joe, ,that acknowledges Dan
SIMPLIFY as master. Joe was unhuft by
lae shots or the train, am calmly tTotled