Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1867-01-05
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spec,ed citizen Of Richmond. died sud.
denly in ,hst city. on Monday week, OF
paralysis. aged 6s. He was the father
of Mrs. Terhune (Msrion Harland) The
popular sulhoress.
|, is rumored tina. John Minor Bolts
and Alex. Rives have prepared a bill for
the reorganization Of Virginia upon the
North Carolina plan.
Colfsx tor President, and Gen. How
ard, (Freedmen's Bureau) for Vice Presi-
dent, have been bi,ched together for the
mex, Presidential race. by some Of the
New York political jockeys.
It's estimated by those who ought TO
know, that at present. in round numbers,
there are about .25O,O Free and Ac-
cepted Mssons scattered upon The face oil
the globe.
On Sunday night q week. Mr.. James
B. Fultz, young man about twenty-five
years of age. Of the vicinity OF Harrison.
burg, Va, was brutality murdered by
some person or persons unknown. He
was shot in The head with rifle.
A telegram from Fort Laramie. dated
Dec. &c, statss that terrible massacre
occurred on the 22d. near Fort Kearney.
Brevei LieuleDan, Grammond, Of the 18Th
infantry. and ninety enlisted men OF the
I'd cavalry and ls!h infantry, were sur
rounded hy the Indians and every officer
and man killed.
On Christmas day very hsRdsome
dressing gown purchased at the fair for
the Suldisrs' Home in Baltimore, by a
number Of i'nion citizens, was forward.
ed TO the Hon. ThaddtuS Stevens.
General Jos. Wheeler has been elected
Professor Of Manual Science in The State
Seminary oil Louisiana. The institution
Is Represented as in nnurisling coudi
lion, over one hundred aud fifty students
having already entered.
In small town Of Plymouth county.
Mass, 81 aged lady recently deceased
left by her will legacy OF 500 ioi .hs
suppor, OF her favori!e dog.
The rfe-iden, has ordered a pardon
for &. G. Memmlnger, The late Secretary
Of The Confederate Treasury.
Humphrey Marshsll. of Kentucky, has
been p.rLoned by the President.
Rev. DR.. Silss has declined the Pre.i-
dency OF the Uslelhorps University. in
Georgia, 10 which lie was recently cleo
ted.
The late storm in California was the
most terrific ever known ia ihat Slate.
Large houses were picked up by tire
wind snd carried some dl.lance, being
thrown a mass OF ruins 10 the ground.
In the Slaun,on IVA Institute for the
Deaf and Dunb anu .Iic BIlud there are
Al deaf and dumb end q bllud pupils.
The United States government, hiss
concluded 10 furnish The entire Amy with
breach loading srns.
Mr.. X. 5. Brown, culoreI man, who
run on the copperhead ticket Tor the
Common Council IN The Third Ward Of
Boston, al the recent election, tied his
whie Republican antagonist, bo.h having
received 494 votes.
Chief juslics Chase ia ssid to be on.
posed TO The proposed plan Of getting nd
of The President by impeachment.
Hannibal Hamlsn has been presented
by some oil his frlsnds with an elegant sc,
of silver. The Tuscslooss Observer
thinks it likely that Butler contributed the
spoons.
The only person now alive who wit.
messed the surrender Of Cornwall is
genuine Guinea negro, named Tom. now
living a, Hamilton. Ohio. His eye is
probably one hundred.
A Connecticut Yankee has cleared his
house Of rats by catching one and dipping
him in red paint. He then let him loose.
and other ra's, not liking his looks, left
Immediately.
In The parish OF Tensas. Louisiana, a
suit OF John Perkins. ST., against john
Perkins, Jr., an ex-member of the Con
federa,e Congress, for the revocation Of
a donation amounting TO 1850, 600 worth
Of landed property, has been decided by a
jury in favor Of the plaintiff.
Casper Won Alb, an extensive sausage
manufacturer at Ramsey, N. j., was ar.
rested last week for making and vending
ssusages made from horse assh. He
confessed that he not only made them
from horse flesh, bu, from deceased
horses. WHAT'S the world coming to-
President johnson has received from
James yons. Esq, OF Richmond, Va.
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