Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-09-07
Editorial Rreyities.

cal Director Of the Artillery Of the end
army corps, is an applicant for the pro-
fessoIship az the University of We. made
vacant by the resignation Of DR.. Howard.
Prof. Rock well, the noted horse tanner,
will exhibit in u inchesler to day, the 7 h
September.
Amongst those admitted 10 practice be-
fore the U. S. district Court, new in ses-
sion at Clarksburg, ". Va, we noticed
the names of Andrew Hunter and VIM.
H. Travers, Esq, Of Charesiown.
a goodly number Of persons attended
Camp Meeting atBunker Hill on Sunday.
In The morning the Rev. Mr.. C.emm,
preached an earnest sermon On"ChTi>t;an
Unity" The crowd dispersed early,aud
Ia.e in the evening tie ground presented
deserted appearance. Only some ten
or dozen tents were pitched, which was
in melancholy contrast with Camp Meet
ings of other days in the same section.
Ex-Gov. Thomas Brown. of Florida,
formerly of this county, died on the 24'h
ur.. aged, So years. For over forty
years he was identified with Florida.
Two thousand merino sheep have late.
~ been imported inlO SPousylyania Coun-
", Virginia.
An exchange says: 70 make a muss
Pour quart of moIasses in your wi(e's
new bonnet. Ridiculous the Thing
wouldn't hold pint.
Next year will be the locust year. We
believe that they make their periodical
visits every seventeen years.
Robert While of Marshall county, W.
Va, tireshcd one hundred and twenty.
five bushels Of whca, from five bashels
and forty pounds, Kentucky white wheat.
Who can beat that!
A "down.eas." Yankee has recently
invented rat ex,erminator, consisting Of
a sor, Of powder snuff. The animal
jerks his head of at the Mird Snec2e.
4 son Of Mr.. Fielding, of Marlinsburg,
took notion for watermelon, and ale a
whole one, some apples, and candy, and
on Sunday night Of last week was a
corpse.
On Thursday night, tie 22d ult, one
JOHN Weise was knocked down and rob
he'd in The suburbs OF Martinsburg, Of a
silver watch and S25 in greenbacks.
Berkeley County Circuit Court com,
mences on Monday the 10Th instant.
pine snake was killed near Fncasde,
( 4 4, l,, If
j.. Lc,Ih =, I,rco nnmbe, Of small snakes
e -, ,rnn,b C;v,. nf ,hose
,raro t,IIoI occorl;rr 70 tho Fircasre
JycroH
WlI;,c, p;,zor 90, of Sheriff pi,zor.
Of Berkeley comfy. and Daniel W. Bor.
der. Grandson of Abraham SNYDER. Of
this county, have been appointed as Ca
deis' from this District, to tie AgricuI'
,ursl College, at Morgantown, W. Va.
The Berkeley Union states that on
Tuesday evening last PLiljD Bush was
irving 10 sell Ioaded revolver 70 = friend
and was showing it for that purpose when
i! was accidentally discharged, the ball
entering his chest wounding bin serious
~ If not fatally. We understand the ball
has not been extracted yet.
The Border State Convention for Equal
RIGHTS which assemblies in Baltimore on
tho I2,h instant, will be composed of del.
eoales from SIX States. namely :-Dela.
ware. Yves, VIRGINIA. Kentucky, Tenncs.
see. Missouri and Maryland.
the rccein,s Of tolls on the G. 90.
Canal (or NE month or AUGUST a, George
town were as follows On tolls ascend.
inc 81. 7s6, 90; On tolls descending slO,-
365,34, Total 5l2,l5l,63. The num-
Der Of arrivals during the month was COM
paralivelv light. There were about $50
boats arrived, laden with 48 900 tons.
On Thursday Ia. =, Orange Cour,
uon.o Va some ono noisoned with
suychnine and killed the two ,apms and
zebra in tie menagerie Of John Robinson.
These tapirs were the only ones in the
U. s and cost lie sum Of $4,000.
The Sraunion Spectator says, about