Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-07-04


Don't Glue The New Cent to the b.
6y.-A fine little girl, the daughter OF
James Crsgies of the Seventh ward, swal-
lowed one of the new cents on Monday,
10 the great dismay Of the parents. SUIT
able remedies facilitated the passage Of the
dirty liule coin, which saw daylight just
fourteen hours afterwards. The same
physician who put this Gag e through has
a child under his care in Williamsburg
who swallowed one of the new cents a
bout a week since. All emelics and pur-
gatives have thus far proved useless. The
patient suffers Immensely from gddiness
and nervous irritabiIly. The new cent is
a bad plaything for childTen.-N. York
Times.
Decided against GOuernmmt,-The
case of The Uniled States against the City
Bank of Colum bus, Ohio, involving the
sum of 100000, which it was claimed
The bank agreed TO transmit from New
York TO New Orleans for Government,
while Hon. Thomas Corwin was Secreta-
~ of the treasury, but which was alleged
10 have been used by the Columbus In
surance Company,was tried in the United
States Court at Cincinnati, last week, and
resulted in verdict in favor of the bank
against The Government. This was the
third trial Of the case, the JurIes on The
two former trials having disagreed.
East Pennsylvania Railroad.-Ground
was broken OIL Thursday, The 18th uIt. for
the construction of the East PennsyIva.
MIA Railroad about six miles east of Read
ing, from which place westward the Le-
banon Valley Railroad-which will be
finished in about four months-will give
| this road connection with the Pennsylva-
MIA Central, the Northern Central-which
connects with the Sunbury and Erie Rail-
road and with Baliimore-and with the
Cumberland valley Railroad, which it is
proposed TO connect with the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad at Martinsburg, Va.
The Cumberland Coal and Iron Com
pany recently purchased one hundred ca
nal boats Of the Erie Canal Company, in
tended TO be put on the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal, for the use of tho Cumber-
land Company in The transportation Of
coal 10 Alexandra. Forly-seven of these
boats were brought around 10 Alexandra,
when il was discovered that they were all
too wide by three inches TO pass the
lock gates.
FIVE MURDERERs ExECUTED.-ST
LoUs, June 20.-John Lapoini, for the
murder of Robert Wheaton, Israel Shoultz
for shooting John Imam, and Jacob Woes
lin, for killing his wife, were executed in
HE Jail yard in this city yesterday, and at
Edwardsvlle, ILL.,, George w. Sharpe
and John Johnson were hung for the
murder of Barth.
a Wholesale Business in Lost ia.
bies.--Sunday last being warm anu
pleasant day the babies were all OUT sun
ming in New York, nearly 100 OF them
straved away from their mammas apron
string and got lost. But all were iounu
and restored to their homes before night
bv the police and its telegraph, extending
from station TO station.
1feet;ne.-The Virginia Republican
savs that a very interesting meeting is 60
inc on in the Methodist Episcopal Church
in Martinsburg. under the pastoral charge
of Rev. John HI. Landsreet. On Sab.
bath week, twenty persons connected
themselves with tire church on probation.
and twelve received the ordinance of Bah