Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-01-27
Dcfcrrc0 Glatter.

year 1883 in the following States, viz:
Massachusetts, about Barnstable and
adjacent towns. This IS very small
district, but the locusts will be very nu.
!merous IN the groves. They will not,
however. bend down nor even break by
their weigh, The limbs Of the trees" as
DR.. Harris remarks they Go.
/ MARYLAND, the whole of the Eastern
Shore.
Maryland, on the Old Liberty and
Windsor Mill roads, commencing about
miles from Baltimore and extending to
Carlisle, Pa. They will also appear all
over the State in very small numbers.
Virginia, in Kanawha County. This
is very small District, unless II is con.
necled with the next District, in Ken
tucky, &c.
Kentucky, about Lexington, Frankfort,
Fiemmingsburg, and extending TO Meigs
and Gallia County, Ohio.
As you will perceive, this will be ve'
ry interesting year TO those who pay al,
tention 10 such matters, as II VIII AFFORD
an opportunity for many observations.
THE object Of giving this early notice 10
! 10 enable persons TO look for them now.
| They can be found in all The above places
wherever trees, shrubbery or forests grew
| in 1898. by digging down one or two
feet. They will be found IN their cells.
inside Of Jumps Of earth Of the size of tho
fist or larger; and when these are b!oken
I bv the spade or otherwise, the cells viii
be exposed and the locust grubs in them,
one in each cell.
PRoGREss OF CIVILIZATION IN CALI
'roENIA.-We received the following uniqo
announcement, enwrapped in one of our
exchanges published in Calveras county.
! California:
A grand Bull Fight, and Fight be-
tween a Bear and a Jackass, will take
place on Sunday next, December 10, at
Mokelumne Hill. The proprietors re-
gret that the exhibition last Sunday was
not satisfactory 10 the public, but they
pledge themselves that on the coming
occasion they will give entire satisfaction.
The performance will commence with a
fight between two bulls; next, a woman
Will be introduced, who will fight with
and kill one Of the widest bulls that can
be obtained from the Posada Ranch. The
whole to conclude with a fight between
bear and jackass. Doors open a, IL,
and performance 10 commence at2 o'clock,
p. NJ. Tickets, $l5O.
Cheerful signs Of progression, these
Women's rights, it seems, are acknow-
ledged in California, for the "woman"
above alluded to must have been not only
strong minded, but strong handed.
ANOTHER GpsEy Sw1YpLE.-A band
Of giPsies having been sojourning near
Freehold, n. j., have succeeded in swim
ding farmer out Of about $500.
The chief actor was female fortune
teller, who, on prctence Of being able TO
reveal 10 the farmer where large amount
of gold was concealed on his farm, indu-
ced him 10 raise the sum above stated by
selling and borrowing, telling him that II
was only 10 be used for few days in per-
iecling the charm necessary to the reyela-
ton. After much hocus pocuS she folded
uP the money or what he supposed to be
1t, locked II up in box, gave him the key
and told him TO open it zen days afler, at
midnight, when the locality OF the gold
would be revealed 10 him. At the time
appointed, the farmer collected all his
family and relatives, opened The box, and
found that the bundle put in the box did
not contain his money at all. Mean
while the gypsies had left with the plum
der. Perhaps such ridiculous credulnY
deserves no better fate.
EcLPsEs IN THE YEAR ls55.--Tbero
will he lhis ear tour Eehpses, two OF tie
Sun and TWO OF the Moon.
The FIRST "A total Eclipse Of the
Moon, May Isl, al 10 oc.vck, SO min-
ules ia tie evening, visible.
The Second--A panial ErlipRe OF The
Sun, May l9. al y q clock, - minutes ia
the ereuing--layisiblg here--only v,sihlo
towards HE NORTH Pole. Greenlaad. aud
The North part OF Norlh America, latitude
80 and 9l
The Ihird--A total Eclipse Of Tie
Moon. October 2jlb, 81 % o'rlock, 30 MN.
uies 10 tie ipnfHiug. VISIBLE.
The l"nunn--A parial Eclipse If The
san, November 81. sI2 o'rloes. 80 min
UIcs in its slteIuVVn. invisible here, aud
oniy VlsIble at Ibs Sou.h Pole.
AxEwsIHo - Under this head sn ex-
charge hills dIe following A cat be-
longing 10 widow lady 10 OhIo. lately
sst aP"n half dozen Of ducks eggs, and
continued her attentions unih the eggs
were hal@hed; and ulere is now a line
bond Of s,S young ones, half duck and
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