Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-10-10
Editorial Brcyities.

don, Va, by The Right Rev. The bishop
OF Wheeling. Henry Carter Lee, grand
son Of Ligh, Horse Harry. and nephew
OF General K. E. Lee, 10 Miss Sallie b.
Johnston. niece OF General Joseph e.
Johnston.
Bells White Oh. like all valuable rem
edies. i. exten.ively coun,erielted. The
public are cautioned against this imposi-
ton. The genuine has my trade mark
blown in each bottle, put up in 4 OF. bot
lies the counterfeit are much smaller,
holding only sbou, 2 OF. Purchase the
genuine Bells White Oil. Price %
cents. For sale by Druggists and all
prominent S,orekeepers.
Hon. J. S. Black, in a speech made a
few days since at York, Pennsylvania,
said IL cannot speak with perfec. &C
curacy. but | believe am within reasona-
bic bounds when tell you that ,hous-
and millions would not cover the frauds
committed since the close Of the war;"
About 90, 1893 acres OF land in Virginia
bsve recently been sold 10 coonisls-
Hollanders for the mos; part.
A citizen of Richmond. Va. fell dead in
the stree. one day last week, and The body
WAS taken into bar room near by, 10
whom the deceased owed 9 small debt
for liquor. When the relatives of the
dead man applied FOR the body, the saloon
keeper refused to surrender it until his
claim was paid, and the Mayor OF The
city had 10 interfere before the detunc'
debtor was given up for burial.
THE ELECTION IN DELAwARE.-On
Tuesday last the election for inspectors
took place in Delaware. The rePubli-
can majority in Wilmington is only nine
votes, which is democratic gain Of 3O5
since the mayors election las. month.
New Castle county gives a democratic
majority OF 6l2 "a gain of 40l over the
vote of 1866. In Wilmington the dem.
ocrs,s elect majority Of the inspectors.
and in The county have twelve out OF
seventeen. The Gazette Gags The vote
poled was unusually large.
According 10 a sia,enen, in the New
York Tribune. The democrats have carried
Idaho Territory by an increased majority.
Shsier, democrat, is elected delegate TO
Congress by majority Of s62. Last
year il was 7lS.
CoNNEcTIcuT ELECTIoN.-An election
was held in Connecticut on Monday last
for town officers, The returns as far as
received show gains and losses on both
sides. When would be the result on
general summing upit is now impossible
TO say cer,ainly-though, we think no
material change from tina, Of year ago,
when the Democrats carried the State.
The unreconsiruc,ed State OF Virginia
has been stripped OF soldiers 10 send TO
the reconstructed Stale Of Tennessee and
preserve the peace there. So it seems
thai Old Virginia can get along more
safely "out Of the Union" withoAt
troops. than Tennessee in it.
Last week there was large sale Of
thoroughbred horses q. Jerome Park. N.
Y. The celebrated racer "ksntucky,'
aged eleven years, was sold TO J. Purdy
for Sl5, 900; the mare "Millcreek" 10 i.
Dos ell, Of Virginia, for $500; Fila
gree" ]. w. Mccullough, for $4,000.
The Greenbrier Independent says 'ha.
there ard upwards Of FIVE hundred labor
ers now at work on the line Of the Ches-
speake and Ohio Railroad between Gov
ingIon and White Sulphur Springs.
Six States hold the elections in Octo.
Der, as follows Nebraska, October 9Th,
Yves, Virgins, October ODD. Ohio. Penn
sylvania, Indiana, lows, October 18th.
A little girl aged nine years was out
ragged by a negro, near Dallas, Alabama.
recently, and then chopped her in pieces
with an axe
1t said that the Rev. Dr.. Mun'ey,
the eloquen. NJ. E. divine Of Baltimore
will deliver the annual thanksgiving ser.
mon a. the Agricultural Fair al Dsnville'
Va, on the Goth instant.
A young lady, while standing in an
open window in Morgan,own. Butler
county, Kentucky, the other day. receIv-
ed sligh, shock from fash Of lIg ginning.
On her recovery il was found that an all.
anthus tree standing near the window had
been accurately photographed. by the
electric flash, upon her breasts
A ,rsc, Of land containing 900 acres.
and belonging to Willie S. Riddick, OF
Va, has been sold this week
10 MessIs. Philhoner & Hoffman, OF New
Jersey, for $4,000.
The Fredericksburg Herald says:
1.-The estate Of The late b. b. Mckenny,
lying in Lancaster county, Va, lPari OF
the old Currioman racD on Carriers
Geek, containing 400 acres. has been
purchased by Mr.. Gunther, Of Baltimore.
ior $4,000. We hear that $4,000 has
been offered for another tract in the same
vicinity, containing abou, 800 acres. and
belonging to John B. Davis, Of Rich
mond."
The first convention Of The Protestant
Epi.copsl Chqrch held in this country
since 1860. in which the Southern do
ceses are fully represented, assembled in
New York on Wednesday.
The advertisement OF th9 Chief Engi-
neer of the Baltimore & OHIO Railroad
will be found in the Winchester Times,
in which proposals are invited for the
graduation, masonry ballast and cFoss.nes
on the Winchester and Strssburg Rail.
road. and for the graduation and masonry
of nnrnhnr Of eaniinnc the MalHnnOll.