Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1856-11-22
NEWS 1SB&9o


Monday night, for the purposes OF Tue
Minister'S Aid Society, and sl,soo oo'
tanned.
The steamer Superior was lost IN me
yale If the 29lh on Lake Superior. one
Struck UPON rock in the lake and went
to pieces. Thrr,y-fve lives were lost
and sixteen saved.
Mr.. John Delany, foreman OF Inc
Franklin Paper Mill, at Richmond was
choked TO death by the lodgmen' Ill Ills
throat of a piece Of beef which be was
attempting 10 swallow,
Ladies who wear hoops are kindly al
vised by the Bellows Falls Argus "'o
look to their rigging" A few days ago
the editor observed lady sweeping along
with the air of queen with about TWO
feet of whalebone sticking out behind !
The Iarges, vessel ever built since the
time of Noah is to be launched in Eng
land in April next. The first trip Will be
10 Portland, Maine, where wharves Tor
her accommodation are now being buili.
A vessel Of 80, 900 tons is novelty IN tie
maritime world.
WHAT IS A GENTLEMAN.--Ihere have
been many definitions OF gentleman, but
the preltiest and The most poetic is that
given by lady in New York IA gen
tIeman," said she, ais a human oelns
combining a woman's tenderness win a
mau's courage
A PRETTY RIDDLE.--'I will consent TO
all YOU DESIRE said young lady TO her
lover, .on condition that you Will give
what YOU have not, what you never can
have, and yet what you can give me. 80
What did she ask for A husband.
DR.. II. G. Dobyns. Mayor Of the city
of MaysviIIe, Kentucky died on Sunday
the ID instant. lie had been three times
elected by an almost unanimous vote |"
the office which he held at the time OF his
dea,h, and one Of his last wishes was, that
if he lived until the 4lh instant, that lie
might be carried TO the polls 10 vote for
Mr.. Fillmore. lie was buried that day.
A man in Rochester has sued the Cen.
trail Railroad Company for damages re-
sulling from the dripping Of water from
some OF the shop roofs upon land owned
by him. The jury awarded verdict OF
$500.
At meeting Of the Stockholders OF
the BerryviIIe and Wildwood Turnpike
Company, held in BerryviIe, on last Sat
urday week, II. +. Wheat, Esq, was
elected President. and d. W. Sewers and
DR.. Robert Randolph, Directors. State
Directors, WIN. Taylor and Lewis +.
Glass.
Mayors PRocLAMATioN.-Mr. Swami
has issued proclamation, offering re-
ward of two hundred dollars for the ar
resi- and conviction of the person who
fired into the dwelling of Hon. Reverdy
Johnson, of Balumore,on Tuesday night.
A young lady by the name of Ilum-
ph,y was fined So in Albany, on Friday.
for splitting in another lady's face. Nice
business for lady.
HoneyviIIe, Page county, claims 10 be
the banner precinct OF lhe Tenth Legion.
Her vote stood: Buchanan, 235, Fill
more, 0.
A tract Of Berkeley land, containing
one hundred and seventy two acres, adj
verlised by Benz. G. Speck, admir- OF Pc
Ter Speck, deed, was purchased by Mr..
S. at the high prizes of S7l,75 per acre.
The vote cast for Fremont in Virgin
ia is put al about 300---being confined
principally to Wood and Ohio counties.
1t. Chas. w. Ably. Second lieutenant
of the sloop. of-war Saratoga, who died
at the port of Aspinwail. n. g., on the
10Th uIt, after a severe illness. of Cha
gres fever, was ha,ve of Frederick, Va,
and entered the navy in 1910.
The Popular Vote for President Of the
United States, will probably stand. for
Fillmore SO5,OOO 4; for Buchanan 1854,
OOC; Tor Fremont |, l26,000.
Rev. Mr.. Barr. Of Abingdon, in atien-
dance on the Methodist Conference in
Lynchburg. received Geographic dis
patch informing him that lis house, to-
gelher with all his furniture, had been
destroyed by fire. Mr.. Barr is one of
the editors and proprielors Of the Abing-
don Virginian.
John G. Mcdonald is appointed post
master at 9aPon Bridge, Hampshire coun.
ly, vice E. p. Cooper. resigned {; and b.
E. Tyson at Glengary, Berkeley. vice J.
ID. Barney, resigned.
Richard NJ. Heath, formerly assistant
editor Of the American Organ and son OF
The late Commissioner OF Pensions, was
found dead in bed the other morning after
a brief illness. He was formerly resi-.
dent of Richmond.