Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-06-30
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diets that within less than three weeks !
will be selling at from $3.50 10 $500 PEI
hundred.
A SwINDLER.-An old man named
Smiihla very uncommon name. VAS arreS'
ted in Savannah on Tuesday last for swim
ding The Rev. Mr.. Crumhv'S and others.
Smith had been attending Mr.. Crumby's
church, edifying the members both by his
prayers and exhortations--lhus, as his
more recent practices prove, put ing on
the livery of heaven to serve the devil IN.
lie halls from Fairfax county, Virginia.
Great Cry and Lille UOoi.--The
Cleveland Express says "a National
Know Something Convention has been
held in this crty,the present week. After
all the blowing and lelegraphlng, II was a
slim affair Not more than fifty delegates
from abroad were in attendance, and they
were all nobodys. A National Conven-
lion forsooth!--why, ii hardly amounted
to a respectable town caucus"
The Trustees Of Selden, Withers &
Co., request, by public advertisement,the
holders of the Bank Notes Of the Ex-
change Bank of Seldom, Wthers & Co.,
TO present them at the lale Banking House
in Washington of said firm. for redemP-
zion.
The Baltimore and Ohio Rail Road
Company has agreed to loan to the North
western ,Va.) Road, the $4,000 of the
bonds of the latter Company now owned
by the Baltimore Road-Ihe bonds to be
paid for at the par rate al the end OF three
years.
Some weeks ago, family named Ilof,
consisting of man and wife a his four Sis
lers, left Maryland for Iowa. While pro-
ceedng up the Mississippi river, 'he choI-
era broke out among them, and before The
steamer arrived al It's place OF desuAahon'
every one perishcd.
.Slrerc Loss by q Haiisiorm The
Alexandria Sentinel states that crop OF
wheat belonging to Wellington Gordon,
Esq, of Fauquier county, Va, and winch
promised yield of 800 bushels, was
destroyed by hail storm on the l7Ih INST
WHEAT HARvEsr.--A lcttar from Nash
vile CTenn. Yin the Louisville Times says.
the wheat from the kentucky line 10 that
place has been harvested, and the yield
is unparalleled, the same number of acres
reaped doubled that Of any former year.
All saved without the slightest blemlsh.
PATTERN FEMALE.-A lady Of Plain
field, Mass, aged 50 years, has the past
winter made, with her own hands, II
quilts, consisting Of 1909 pieces cut by
pattern, worked 976 scollops, cut and
made dresses, knit 3 pairs Of stripe nit
tens, made butter from two COWS, besides
the general housework for family. She
has also written over nearly qulre OF pa
per.
ABovEBoAED.-The Know Nothing
Council at Phlladel phia, declared the Prln-
cipIes of the Order henceioFIh openly
avowed; and each member is at liberty TO
make known the existence of the Order
and his membership and recommends,
that in future, there be no conceaInent OF
the places of the meeting Of subordinate
councils.
A FAMILY SUDDENLY DEAD.--Last
week, German gentleman lost by death,
his daughter one day, his wife the next,
and his Affections operated SO heavily upon
his mind, that on the third day he jumped
into the street from third story window
Of his residence snd killed himself.
The PREs1DENcY.--The Chicago Cour-
Ter of the 10Th inst, comes out with long
article recommending Fernando Wood,
chief magistrate of New York, for the
Presidency in 1856.
Philosophers say that shutting the eyes
makes the sense of hearing more acute.
A wag suggests that this accounts for the
many closed eyes that are seen in our
churches every Sunday.
That portion of the Franklin Rail Road
passing through Washington County,
Nd, is to be sold next month-the Pur-
chaser required to relay the Road with
heavy rail, and to be completed within
eighteen months after the date Of the ratI-
fication Of the sale.
There are trees in Wisconsin that II
takes two men and boy to look to the top
of them. One looks till lie gets tired, and
another commences where he left off.
The Mayor of city in Ohio got drunk
not long since when sobered, he "eEI
before a Squire, informed or himself PAD
his fine, and resigned his Office.
Bishop Waugh, OF the Methodist Fps,
copaI Church, is recovering from MS '1.'
dangerous attack of chiIlS, fever anu q!
sipeIas. .,
VIM. Henry Baker, son OF the Ia's
Isaac Baker, of Winchester, Va dIeu III
Paris on the l9;h nit.