Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-08-25
NEWS 59&82B3o

onaut, will make balloon ascension II
Martinsburg early in september, Due
notice will be given Of il through the pa
Pers. -,
There will be Tournament on the
} farm of Chas. Jas. Faulkner, near what /:
commonly known as Faulkner's wood:
near Martnsbnrg, on Saturday ,25Ih inst
a, o'clock. Thomas Parker will act as
President Of the la.
The population of Marinsburg, Va, is
whites 3,l74, free coIored ITO, slaves
236-ossl $500. Increase over 1850,
1929.
A correspondent of New York paper
writing from Rio Hacha, small town al
The mouth Of the river of that name, in
I New Granada, de ibes an outrageous
insult to The United States consul and flag
iby the liberal parry now in possession
there. The hag was cut down aud torn
up, the house Of The consul (Mr. Davis
broken into, and he himself obliged TO
flee on board an English vessel in order
TO save his life.
The census is showing a great falling
off in the slave population in Western
Virginia. They are being rapidly sold
and removed South.
Queen Victoria, so perseveringIy a
ina bids fair 10 colonlze Europe with
grandchildren. Her Royal Highness the
Princess Frederick William, has again
presented her husband with a love bud.
this time a daughter, which with lis moth
er is doing well.
Cure for ThruSh.-A correspondent of
the New England Farmer says that thrush
in horses feet may be cured III short
time, by cleaning all the filth out around
the frog, jamming in fine salt and weltng
il two or three times day with beef brine.
Charles II. McDougaI. junior partner Of
a commission and grocer house al Cincin-
natl, and VIM. l., Montague, book keeper
TO the firm, absconded from that city last
week with S35 900 in gold belonging to
the firm. Montague was arrested in Can
ada, but no money recovered. A tall
grab, that.
A town of from 5000 to 10000 Peo-
pie, some distance from Kahagawa, Ja-
pan, is reported 10 have been swallowed
by an earthquake last month.
A writer in the Ohio Cullivator says he
has a calf which weighed when months
and 20 days old, SO4 pounds. A Cali.
foruia editor says lie has seen sirawber.
~ which measured 81 inches in crcum-
ference, and cucumber 2 ieet 3 inches
long, and inches round on an average
weighing 4 POUND.
The reformers have walked up in Balri-
more again and are making an effort 10
carry the municipal election.
Death of Mrs. UuIkr.-The Mem
/ pins papers announced the death OF Mrs,
Augusta Walker, consorI Of J. Knox
Walker, former private secretary Of Pres
Iiden, Polk. Mr.. Walker was formerly
Miss rabb. Of Lynchburg, Va.
Maj Donaldson, u. s. A., has presen.
ted the N yland Agricultural Society
Two -four horned rams" captured from
Ilhe Navsjor Indians. He says that this
breed of sheep have sometimes six and
even seven horns on each head.
The Weld of wheat is so large in some
localities of Minnesota that owners OF
Ilhrsshing machines are offering TO thrash
oul the products OF some fields for the eX-
cess over thirty bushels per acre. lhe
usual rate is one tenth. They are caIcu-
Iaring on a Yield of over thirty three bush
els per acre.
The immense demand in England for
American Sewing Machines is exciting
wonder. 1t is estimated that not less
than 10000 American machines will be
sold in Great Britain the coming year.
Capture Of a Torn By Gen. Walker.
New Orleans, Aug. 20.-The schooner
Aramantha, from Ruslan, has arrived with
dates to the 9th inst. She brings the
crew Of the schooner Clifton, recently
captured from Gen Walker by The Brit
Ish. General Walker landed al TruXilo
on the 5th, and took The town. Only one
gun was fred by The troops. Two Of
Walkers men were wounded. Great ex-
element prevails,
The Secretary OF the Treasury has au-
thorized The recoinage OF 1000 gold dol
lars, now in New York, into $50 gold
pieces.
The Methodists of Philadelphia have
bought a site for a camp ground in Kent
county, Del, for which they have paid
$1,000.
Ralph Farnham, Of Acton, Maine, is
slated 10 be the last .urvivOr OF Bunker
Hill. Mr.. F. was born on the 7lh OF Ju
, .ly, 1856, and is consequently now in bis
one hundred and ffh gear.