Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-08-04
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his addresses 10 young girl.
VIM. A. Hammond. son Of DR.. A. Z.
Hammond, Of Berkeley county. received
lie Degree of A. NJ. at Columbia Col
leee, Washington, d. c., al lis recent
commemorate
Congress. before adjournment, raised
the compensation of members to five thou
sand dollars per session, and proposes tn
lend Mexico thirty millions of dollars,
the revenue of that country being collect
ed by French officers 10 satisfy French
claimants.
In Iowa recently two husbands traded
wives. one giving the other $1,000 10
boot. The citizens didD't like that style,
and drove the husband who received the
boot" from the county. with his new
wife. The other couple yet remain.
Rev. John P. Cline. an old and popu-
lar Lutheran minister, died al Orkney
Springs, Shenandoah county, Va. on the
2O,h ull., of chronic infsmmsIion OF The
liver, in the Gard year of his age.
HOB. James Harlan resigned HE C m
mission as Secretary Of the Interior last
week. the resignation to take effect on the
first of September neSt Hon. 0. Fl.
Browning. of Illinois. has been appointed
Mr.. Harlsn's successor.
In Pendlelon and Grant, and other
counties of seeded West Virginia, the
whea. crop is very short" There will
not be enough raised for the use of the IN
habilan,s. Their main dependence for
seed wheat this fall will be the Valley and
the Western States. The corn is look
ing ,olerably well. but not as much has
been planted as we had expected. Grass
is also short. There is very little stock
in either Pendlelon, Gran! or Hardy.
The following are the money postal
Offices in West Virginia: ClarksbuEg,
Harpers Ferry, Mar'in0burg, Parker0-
burg aud Wheeling.
Mr. John Merritt caught in the South
Branch, near RonneJ las! week, Bass,
measu~;;e 20 inches in length and weigh.
Ing 81 pounds.
A co!ored woman, who weighed seven
hundred and nine -elgb, pounds, was
1--we iert eight inches high, and five teel
broad ACROSS The chest. died in New York
on Friday.
Mrs. Or. Emily Gibson, femal
"phy sleisn." weighing some iwo hHud
red and fifty pounds, who rs al Na'chez
peJsuadng he negroes Mat they have
snakes 10 their legs. and charging then
heavily tor getting the Creatures out. wa
brought up before the county court there
tie other day, and hned S25 ior obtaining
money under false pTelences.
An exchange says that when a piece
Of iron is thrown into a trough whtr'
chickens drink water they are rot affected
with chicken cholera. gentleman " no
has tried il, says that his chickens are
thriving while those Of his neighbors are
dying daily. As the chicken cholera ~
raging TO some extent throughout the
country, il might be well to Try il. Icon
will mol hur. fowls, and d trial OF II Nigh
be beneficial.
A SWEET LITTLE BABE.-ln Sweetwa
ter, Tennessee, there is gigantic girl 2
years old, that weighs 1873 pounds. Tier
name is Alice Leroy i.esih, and she lie
described rs "blue.eyed, dark haired, 70.
sy.c checked, and Of beautiful counte'
nance"
Mr.. w. r. Jones. of Winchester, Va
who was tried by military commission
on the charge OF having. as citizen, sho'
and killed federal soldier named Minor.
and W o " as convicted and sentenced TO
be hung, has been released by order OF
Major General Hancock. The General
jisapproved the proceedings of the Com
on lbe ground that The evidence
proved Jones to have been Confederate
soldier at the time Minor was shot,
Aman named Harris has recovered
twenty thousand dollars from the Balr-
more and Ohio Railroad Company for
personal injuries received while travelling
On tina, road. About hundred and forty |
dollars for each pound that his "person'
weighs.
DIR. w. A. Darlington. formerly Med
csl Director of the Confederate States
Hospitals in Virginia, died a. his resi-
tence in Charlotte county on the l7th
ull., in the 9Th year of his age. He was
a gentleman of high order OF talent, sGa-
Bile and courteous, and eminent in his
profession.
We understand that some o. the Tun-
kers from the Valley who were making
their way through the Confederate lines