Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1858-05-22

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yalue of a negro hired by def. and ran,
NV Verde, for defi Hunter for plan
;g,nd Hooe and Faulkner for def.
Charles C. Graves Us. DR.. Thomas J
HsrIev--for damages alledged TO have
bcen sustained by not properly setting
brnrcn leo. Verdict for plaintiff for slO
The def moved to rule the verdict aside
and Grant him new trial. The motion
was overruled. Hoge and Hunter for
plaintiff and R. Y. Conrad Tor dei'--'
Nuriins5mg Republican.
TuEoF LovE.-AN OLD WIFE rs
SEARCH OF HER YouNG HUsBANp.--AbOui
six-months since an elderly lady OF prop.
euv. living in Brooklyn, N. Y, who
rnnoh, her fashionable wares at a celebra.
ted dry good house in Broadway, New
York. became enamored of handsome
young man who attends there. After
many visits she decided to invite the
Young man to her magnificent house in
the CITY Of churches. She told him she
wanted 10 see him on matters OF the
gravest importance. He blushed and
more out of curiosity than admiration he
consented 10 visit her. The young man
was dazzled at the magnihcence OF The
house 10 which he had been invited, and
was entirely lost in conjectur'ng tor what
purpose he had been brough, ihlther.
The lady, after giving her guest some va
r;ous refreshments. proceeded to narra,e
the fact of her long observation oil ms res
pectable conduct, adding that she had IN
CURED of his employers and found him to
be highly moral and worthy young man
worry Of better situation IN society,".
She confessed that she had become en-.
amored of him, not Of course Tor his.
physical beauty, but for his moral worth,
and finally wound up by offering him her
hand in marriage.
The lady was on the shady side OF five
and forty while the love was not twenty
two summers old. Tho latter was in love,
too, with handsome young lady IN the
| millinery department Of the same estah.
lishmen, where he was employed. lie
fatty refused, notwithstanding that she
had some $50, 900 which she could place
in his hands. After several interviews,
the widow gradually won the young man
to her views; and finally consented TO and
did marry her. After the marriage she
refused 10 make over her real estate to
her husband, and this displeased him. A.
| bout a week ago the "Benedc,' thought
he would take trip to the country, to
see few friends. His wife consene]:
but in few days, he not returning, che
concluded Aer bird had flown. She star.
ted in pursuit of him, and learned that the
yourg lady had accompanied him in his
Hight. The old lady arrived in this city,
and consulted with an experienced dotec'
tive, who put her, after some inquiries,
on the track of the guilty pair, who had
gone further west. The wife says size is
now prepared to give him full CONTROL Of
all her property, if he would return alone
home Chicago Daily Union.
TORNADO IN ARKANSAS Springfield
in Ruins.-I'bc Louisville Courier Of
Friday says: We learn from the officers Of
the Henry Fi,zhugh, from Arkansas river,
that furious tornado had occurred along
that river, sweeping the little town Of
Springfield into ruins. Nearly every
house in the place had been either unroof-
ed or blown down, and the largest trees
had been twisted III two and broken like
reeds in the wind.
The inhabitants Of lie place were in
much distress. and several Of them had
been much injured and crippled, but we
did not hear that any lives had been lost.
A FIGnT WITH GRAssHoPpERs.-Thc
Gonzales (fexas) Inquirer has an anu,
sing account Of the invasion Of that city
by grasshoppers, and the alemi OF The cit
izens to repel the inIuders
"Evcrybody turned out-men, women
and children, white and back-evory.
body, with "fire and sword" brushes and
brooms, blankets and buckets, carried on
the deadly conflict, bnt 10 no avail the
hoppers hoped on, and the defending for
ces were obliged to beat an inglorious re-
treat, leaving the barbsrians in possession
Of the conquered city"
Adjutant General Richardson has de.
cided that, at the Malta elections which
are soon to be held under the supervision
Of the three commissioners of each regi-
meni appointed by the County Court, the
only officers who will then be elected are
company differs, viz Captain and
TWO LIFuienantS 70. each companv. The