Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1857-06-13


clans, gold and silversmihs, printers,
bouse-carpenters, ship-carpeniers, piano
forte makers, cabinet makers, farmers
&c. They had no more baggage than
was necessary for the travel. They will
take up the line of march from Iowa city
and 90 across the plains, expecting to
reach their destination after a pilgrimage
of three or four months. Among the
men was an athletic fellow who gloried
in the possession of six wives and twenty
one children.
HORRIBLE AFFAIR, CRIME AND RETEI-
BuTIoN.--On Thursday morning two men
were killed, four miles from Harrisburg,
on tie Harrisburg and Lancaster railroad.
They were observed by the engineer a.
bout half past o'clock in the morning,
walking on the railroad track, He al
once gave the alarm by his whistle, tu'
at the same time a freight tain from Har-
risburg was approaching the men, on the
other track, directly in front of them and
not being aware that another train was
right after them, they stepped on the
track on which the passenger train was
coming, Immediately in front Of The
engine. and consequently were knocked
o # the track and killed.
On examining the papers on the body
Of one who was supposed TO be George
Vickrov, there were found large amount
of counterfeit notes, several keys which
would open almost any kind Of locks, a
chisel, &c., and papers which showed
| he belonged TO a set of men, who were
, organized for no good purpose. His
companion was unknown, and had only
two or three dollars in his possession.
During The morning after :he Academia
dispatch was received from Middletown
giving information of two robberIes tina
took place about couple hours before
the accident--one the shoe store OF kurIz
man & Baumback, robbed Of $500 worth
of boots and shoes; the other a room en-
tered at Kendig's hotel, the trunk of :
lumber man named Finney broken oper
and $4,000 in cash stolen. The two mel
who were killed were identified as being
seen near he store about o'clock in lht
night; and the envelope which contained
the money was found on one of them, bu
none of the money. 1t with the stoler
goods, was no doubt secreted somewhere
All the circumstances prove concIusively
that the men killed were the robbers
How quick The retrlbulion What
warning 10 evil doors, when they remem
Der how suddenly these men were callec
10 an account
MEN OF AMERlCA-MEN OF THE AGE
The greatest man, take him all il
ALL" of the last hundred years, wa
George ashing,on-an American.
The greatest Doctor of Divinity wa
a jonathan Edwards-an American.
f The greatest Philosopher was Benja
e min FrankIin-an American.
The greatest Of living Sculptors
$ Hiram Powers--an American.
e The greatest living Historian is VIM
i ii. PrescOtt-an American.
The greatest Ornithologist was J.
Audubon-an American.
: The greatest Medical Chemist c
modern times, Dr.. J. c. Ayer--invenio
of flyers Cherry Pectoral and Catha'
: tic Pills, is an American.
! The greatest photographer since III
. " days of Johnson, was Noah Webster
:, an American.
= The greatest inventors of modern time
were Fulton, Fitch, Whitney and Mors
S all Americans.
: EDIroRs IN LUCK.--JuGge Mason, IN
: new incumben, of the Baltimore Custor
r House, is not unmindful of the EDITOR;
fraternity. on his side Of the house, {
course. He has appointed WiIlllaT
g Weber, editor of the Cumberland Aileg;
e uian, Measurer in the Office of Surveyc
of the Custom House, at salary OF M
less we presume, than few thousan
;. per annum. President Buchanan, ha
!. appointed John w. Baughman editor {
n The Frederick Citizen. Appraiser Gene
al al Baltimore. and BeaIe II. RicharC
l., son, editor of the Baltimore Republica
S and Argus, also an Appraiser. Salary {
each $4,000.