Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-06-01
Editorial Brt.Vitirs.

A.
purchased the Bodsco property on Second
Street, Washington City. for the sum OF 81 ooo'
The Ladies Of Noun, Zion Church, Hedges.
vile, intend holding strawberry FestIVai
and a Fair" in the new Odd Fellow Hall, IN
that place, opening on The evening OF the "h o'
Jupe. and continuing OH the evening OF The 9Th,
and during the day and evening Of the 10Th, II
being " hit Mo.d;y.
M.R. Bartlett has obtained a verdict OF sl0-
l2O, at Cincinnati, against The Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company, for delay 10 transport
ing FIRE. ght IL 1862.
Mr.G. W. Kramer has sold his farm near
Marlnsburg containing 10 acres, Tor The sum oil
Sl4 520-being $50 per acre. II was PnfchaS-
ed by gentleman from New York, Mr.. Lacey.
John TAYLOR, colored, for murder, was found
guilty in the second degree, at the recent session
of Clarke County Court, and. sentenced twelve
years in the peni.entary.
II is stated that at the election on Thursday OF
last week. at Fairmont. Marion county, negro
was elected Inspector of Elections
According to an Internal Revenue deci 'ion,
blacksmiihs are required 10 pay specialtax as
manufacturers, il The articles manufactured by
them exceed one thousand dollars per anDum IN
value.
In his annual report 10 the Council of the
Protestant Episcopal Church of Virginia, lately
in session at Stanton, Bishop Johns states that
be has reached the lis, year OF nj, age, the 4Sth
Of his ministry, and The 25lh Of his EPlscopale.
1t is not certain that Rev. Mr.. White. lately
elected assistant bishop OF the Diocese OF Virgin
ia by the Protestant Episcopal Council vii! ac-
cep. the pysilon his health. II il SAID, being an
obstacle.
Navie alton is now in full operation on the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal and the Alexandra
canal.
Some time since suit was brought against the
corpor alton Of Hagersionn, Md, by one OF the
proprietors of the Hagers,own Mail, to recover
damages ior the destruction "f his ofiire hy
mob in Nav 1892. Since then otter suits have
been Instituted iol damages by different parties
for like cause.
Some talk ha ing been occasioned in this
com munty, say the v inchesler (Va.) Times.
on occoun, Of the reported marriage OF a white
woman 10 a black man, We have made some IN
qury INTO the mater and Iound Ii 3 report true
1 he happy groom L. black man. ralsei and for
merly ou nrd nv a citizen of " incheoIer the
bride is a white woman. for some time re-iden
of " lLchester. The marriage ceremony was
peIorncd 10y II coioIed clergy man
Madame Demorest, the Mirror Of Fashion III
this country, suubs the long braids OF the la.
dies, and doesn't hesitate 10 tell them that they
are .uply" The Madame sn,s III Der June
Monthly, 1.-The brads which young Ladies' have
commenced wearing behind their ears are UNI.
versaIIy dubbed pig tails, aud SO awkward IN
themselves and SO provocative Of rldicnle that
,hsr lives must DO short
The foil wing is the plan of Frrscopai vista
lion adopted hy he BOARD OF BIsh"rs OF We
Methodist Episcopal Church South Al their late
meeting a Nashville Tor the first district We1'
Viiginla Conference a. l;aGbours'i!'e, est VI
GINA October ; Virginia Conference at fe-
tersburg, Nov. 10 North Carolina Con erencr
at W llmington, Nov. ~ South Carolina Con
ference at Morganslown, North Carolina, Dec.
II: Baltimore Conference al Baltimore, March
5, 1868.
The Winchester Times has been shown
specimen of Cashmere goats wool. The AMI
mails from which il was cut are owned hy Mr..
Daniel Michel'l. Of Hardy county. and are The
only ones in Virginia. They were imported d.
,ectIy from Cashmere, aud purchased by Mr.
Micheill a, $500 per par. The Times says The
wool they hear is exceedingly line IN texture
and as glossy as silk
The charlottesville Chronicle is glad to hear
,ha, Bishop " hiuc is a low-church man.
Maggie Mitchell il gong TO the Holy Land,
taking The sia,eroom that Mr. Btecher Is Unable
to occupy.
The ladies' Of Memphis have voted an editors
desk and chair to Stmmes the most popular
editor in that city.
The Mobile police ure forbidden to wear
grey uniform.
A correspondent, states that Mr.. Peabody was
satisfied before he eft the EniIed States that
wha, he has done for London will be surpassed
by two of his opulent friends for the city OF New
York.
A chime of az bells to be placed in the ex.
position, is play ed like piano forte with per.
feet ease, to any tune. Four years were spent
in tie construction Of tn" instrument.
A new religious journal has been established
in Indiana it is said, for the express purpose
of "savageIy pitching into Christian ladies who
wear frizzled hair and things
General William Terry, who commanded the
.Stoneya all Brigade" at the time of General
Lees surrender, is recommended for the Sa'e
Convention by number OF the leading Citizens
Of Wylhe county. .....
The Gettysburg Star and Sentinel, two Re-
publican papers, have been consolidated under
The propretorship of re Harper. Esq Hon.
Edward Mcpherson and u. A. Buehler, Esq,
all old and able editors.
A widow in Erie, Pa, has advertised "grand
hop" to pay the expenses Of her husbands fune-
RAJ.
S,onews all Jackson's colo-ed nurse died lately
in Madison county, Tenn. at the advanced age
of lis years and 9 months The Generals set her
free twenty FIVE years ago.
Rev. Mr.. TinsIey, of Marylnnd. formerly o!