Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1854-02-11
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A cotton rope factory has gone into oPe;
ration at Galveston. A cast iron factory
is doing well at Houston.
Henry Sloan was found dead in his
bed. in Norfolk, on Sunday morning anu
is supposed to have died in a IT.
Hon. Horace Greedy was TO have Iec'
lured in Wheeling on February md
Subject "Relorm and Reiormers'
Augustus H. Sidell has been appointed
District Attorney in Brooklyn.
Under proposed law now before the
Louisiana Legislature, New Orleans Is
entitled to only five Senators. Her pop
ula,ion is set down at 1873 600.
A ladv and gentleman while crossing
the river on the ice at St. Louis on Sun
day the 29Jh uIt., fell in, and after very
handsome immersion were rescued by tie
bystanders.
The insurance companies in New York
ask l3 times as much for insurlng thea
ire as a private house.
SiIverstein, the man arrested for his sup
posed participation in the recent burgIarIeS
in Albany, y. Y, has been discharged.
Gov. Crosby the present incumbent has
been elected Governor Of Maine by the
State Senate,
A woman gave a clerk of clothing
store on Water street. Louisville, Ken
lucky, cowhding, Feb. I'd, for insulting
her,
Lent begins, this year, on the lst Of
March. Good Friday will be on the 18th
of April; Easter Sunday, the 10Th.
Six hundred and ninety individuals
have been appointed Justices Of the peace
in the city of Boston,
A pine tree was cut lately on tae farm
of Samuel Emerson, at Black River, New
Haven, which measured If feet in cir
cumlerence at the butt, and - feet IN
length. 1t was probably over 1000 years
old.
We learn that Mr.. James G. Walker,
of Tennessee, a second class ,@l,2OO per
annum.) clerk in the Post Office Depart
mcnt, has been removed.
Lorenzo Buucrheid, abont - years old,
was found frozen to death at Concord on
Sunday in a shed A flask containing
rum was found by his side.
The Tribune says vessel has cleared
from New York for Conslant!nopIe, hav-
ing as a part Of her cargo G75 barrels of
rum.
The Bucks county subscription to the
stock of the DoyIestown branch Of the
North Pennsylvania Railroad las reached
100000.
Reports from Madrid vic Paris are, that
the Marquis de Turgol has had his leg
amputated, and is in dangerous condI-
ton.
PENNSYLVANIA numbers 9,G99 public
schools, at cost of little more than one
million OF dollars year.
New Orleans papers speak in high
terms of Mile Louise, the "wondeFul
barebackcd equiesuienne." Funny.
The sum subscribed towards the cree
ton Oft proposed monument TO Pilgrims
at Plymouth, already exceeds $4,000.
We ought not to isolate ourselves, for
we cannot remain in a state of isolation.
Social intercourse makes us the more able
to bear with ourselves and with others.
The last question preached in a debating
society is whether the advance in the
price Of sugar will have corresponding
effect on kisses.
A train of cars started from Philadelphia
on Friday, on the opening Of the Bel'I'
dere Railroad to Easton.
Gen. Houston has arrived in Baltimore
city, and is to lecture on Temperance.
lie then proceeds to Lowell, Portland
&c.
Never be afraid of catching cold from a
shower of curlS.
Farmers who feed their poultry well,
always insure full crops.
The second shad of the season has
been caught III NOTl CaIoIIhd.
Gov. Bigler has sigoed the ConsoIlGa-
ton Bill.
The Fourteenth.street Presbyterian
Church, \. Y, has contributed for be-
neyolent purposes, during the past year.
upwards Of $4,000.
Mr.. Thomas Kerr, has given IS tons OF
coal, and the Cumberland Coal and Iron
Company 100 tons of coal to the poor Of
Cumberland, Md.
Hay is $50 per ton in Boston. II Is
contemplated putting green goggles upon
the horses and feeding them with shaVngs.
r. Johnson. Esq, Auditor Of Public
Accounts for Virginia, has rendered his
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