Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-10-23
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A VALUABLE MARE.-Ipe @eOra'eO
racer, Fashion, was exhibited shthe Ohio
State Fair last week. She had with
her blooded colt. She is now over
,wenty-one years old, and has won for her
owners, al different times. $4,000.
&z= 1t is stated in The German Journals
that the ladies of The Court of Wurem.
burg, have resolved no longer TO wear
crlnoline.
&The potato crop is said to be so
plenty in Connecticut, as 10 sell Tor the
low price Of II cents per bushel.
APpLEs-Wnhin a week or two 5000
barrels Of apples have been shipped from
Boston to Baltimore and PhiladeI phia.
The apple crop OF the NeS England
States is said to be very large this year.
HoGs.-Aboul 1000 head ofhogs were
sold al Cincinnati during the past week,
at So, 80 net. to he delivered the last two
weeks of November and the first of De-
cember.
IS Eighteen thousand kegs Of Glade
butter were shipped from Cumberland
last year. and il is expected that the ex-
port this year will exceed that by several
thousand.
C. Rev. John Seys, il is stated, will
al he REQUEST OF The President, accompany
the captured Africans from Charleston Ia
Africa in the u. S. brig Dolphin. This
will make Nr. Seys' seventh voyage to
the Coast OF Africa.
g. Srvenly-nIne members Of The pres
enI House oI Representatives have been
re.numInaIed Republicans 40 Amen
cans, 3 Anll-Lrrumpton democrats, {;
administration democrats, 20.
g. A National Convention Of Chris.
uan> l. IN session IN. New York cIlv.
they have no creed But I've Bible, ana
number hroug huut the Union about 250,-
600 members.
&%The London Times grumbles al
the United States because it does not an
mex Mexico.
MURDER IN FREpER1cK-Sunday night
last negro boy named IuHn 0. Fisher
vas stabbed by Tree negro named Sam
Francis, and died IN short umc. The
murderer j. still at large.
IS Miss Virginia Mason, daughter OF
the late john thompson Mason, Esq
died very suddenly III Hagerslown, on HE
9th ms, from an apoPIcruc attack.
IS Mr.. r. T.. Dugan, Of Marrinsburg.
has neen sppoiHred by The Board Of Pub
nc Works, Proxy OH their behalf in HE
MariI sburg and Potomac Turnpike Coz
pany, and We understand has acccpi,d
he aPpointm Mt.
TnANKsGIvI>G DAv.-The Governor
OF New Hamp- hire has appointed Thurs
day, November 18th, a, day of Thanks.
giving. 1t is the first appointment made.
his wear and tie day s. eclrd Will dnuh,.
less be gen'r.liy selected by other Cover
nor.
DEAD LETTETs The dead letter
branch Of the Genersl Post Office has
just closed another quarters work. Do
rIng The three months which terminated
On lire 30th uIto., there were found 272OI
letters which contained money, amount
ing IN The aggregate TO $I2.92l. Total
IN the year u l02 letters and SCI ,239 in |
A BIRTH IN THE SrAGE.-During re-
cent trip OF the Stage from San Antonio,
To lndianola in Texas, within about four
miles Of San Antonio a lady passenger
gave birth 10 a fine soy. The event
caused considerable stir among the pas
sengeIs, but the driver knew nothing of
the matter unlil the stage stopped for a
change of horses. The mother and her
child were doing well.
New STEAM CANAL BoAT.-The SYRIA
cuse IN. " Journal says that firm in
that cityis building newsteamcanal boat. /
1t differs from all other steam canal crafts
in this particular /: Instead OF a screw
wheel placed in the stern Of the boat, IL
has regular paddle wheels at its sides,
which are movable or adjustable, and
on approaching lock they are drawn in
sufficiently TO allow the boat TO pass
through the locks. Ii will be ready for
an experimental trip in about ten or fifteen
days. LIS success is considered certain.
g. said on good authority that
small doses of pulverIzed Barilla, mixed
in their feed, is a certain remedy for hog
cholera.
Four.-The Flour market is still mac
tive. There were small sales of Howard