Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-07-25
Editorial Rrcyities.


of Joseph p. Fayman, Esq. who has
had charge Of Clarke county for tho past
TWO years.
The medical papers are wiring against
the modern fashion of high-heeIeJ boots.
| They say it causes CONS. cramP, lame
ness, at an early age, and it lessons the
size of the calf and makes the leg lose lis
symmetry.
II you want to make pair OF boots
last four years, melt and mix four ounces
! Of mutton iailow with little rosin ap-
ply the mixture while warm, and rub it
well then put the boots away in some
closet, and-lei them stand ihero ill the
time is up.
VIM, NJ. Vancleye, Esq, Of Berkeley
county, has sold that part Of his real es'
tate known az "Opequan Hill" TO DR..
Thos. Il. Buck, lately of Connecticut, for
| S35r75 per acre.
The charges lately preferred by some
of the few Of the Radical party in Lou
doun county, against Col. b. V. White,
Sheriff of that county, have, after a full
investigation, by Col. S. p. Lee, Militia
ry Commissioner Of this Sub.District,
! been decided 10 be without the slightest
foundation. and have been reported 10
military headquarters.
The nagcrslown (Md) Mail states
that the late DR.. Ohio J. Smith, Of that
county. bcqueathed $4,000 10 81. Ma
rvs Industrial School for BOYS in BalG-
moro $4,000 to build a Catholic Church
in Boonsboro'. and The interest Of So 600
for the benefit Of The poor Of the same
town.
4 number Of Germans propose pur-
chasing so 900 acres of land in Roanoke
and Wyihe counties. Proposals have al
ready been made by their agent, Mr..
Trear, of Paris, 70 Messrs. Ribblo &
Hansborough, Piedmont land agents, for
a numter Of farms
News from AIiIican Texas, represents
reign of terror as e%ifting there. The
negroes aIe still enircuchcd, arc well arm
ed and boast that they will srcal all the
provisions hey want. They defy the
military, and swear they will die fighting.
Two Of the rioters were killed on Salur-
day whilst attempting 10 rob farm.
Their members are increasing willis! the
whites are gathering on all sides.
The Arabs, the most careful of their
horses of all people, do most Of their
horse feeding at night. They say tina!
feeding in the day time docs not impart
go much vigor and elasticity to the animal
as night mas'icalion docs
The morning after the nomination OF
Seymour and BLAIR 10y the New York
Convention, some scamp tied Grape TO
the door OF Chief Justice Chae's res
idencc. in Washington, hich, before II
was removed, caused some uneasiness
among the friends Of that gentleman. IN
til i, was understood to have only polIs-
ical significance.
There was a grand ratification meeting
10 Washington on Saturday night, for the
purpose Of raufying the nominations OF
Seymour and Blair. The lnielligenccr
says there wcro not less than eight ihous
and persons prescn'.
A difficulty occurred last week between
couple of buarders al the Girard House
IN Georgetown, when one of them drew
pistol. Mr.. Jas. p. McCulloch, one Of
the proprIeto1s Of the House, attempted 10
separate them, when the pistol was dis
charged, and the contents lodged in his
groin. He died on Thursday.
The Frederick Union announces the
fact tina, gold bearing quartz has been dis
covered on a spur Of the Blue Ridge
mountain, near and adjacent to Frederick
city, specimens Of which have been ex-
amined and tested by experienced gentle
men come Of whom are experts, having
had experience in California, and who
pronounced il rich and very similar 10 the
pold.qusriz of that Eldorado.
A young lady living near Powder
Springs, Georgia, was fatally poisoned by
using a twig for o toothbrush wherein
the locusis had deposited their eggs.
How true this is We DO no, know, but
whether true or not, il should be a, caution
not to use anything the loCus!s have de-
posted their eggs in, for it is said their
eggs are deadly poison. We learn from
u Tennessee paper that six boys-threo
white and three back-wcro found dead
under a mulberry tree. from eating the
bsrriea in which the locus;s had deposited
their eggs.
The Stanton Spectator learns that Lo.
renzo Siberi has made within tho lasi Two
weeks, at Elizabeth furnace, in Augusta
County, sixty tons good steel, somo of
which has been wrought in the smiths
shop into cutlery. lie II nov cas-, rail
road rails, oil steel.
Thaddeus Stevens says that il the Re-
publican party is in favor OF paying the
fiye-twenies in gold, he will vote the
Democratic ticket in spite II his repug-
rance 10 Blair.
On the 18Th riot took Lace in MILL
can. Texas. A mob Of about twenty-five
negroes, led by white school teacher and
negro preacher, attempted to hang a
man named Vim. Halliday The white
citizens, headed ~ tie shouG. prevented
the execution, ani attempted 10 suppress
the mol,, killing some ten or Twelve ne