Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1868-09-12

Gen. Grant, il is said, writes TO Wash
ingion that he will not return from The
West until October, as he does not wish
to be "miHcd up" in any political CON
pications.
The Washington Digest publishes a
long lis, Of names, among which are
Grant, Stevens, Sumner, Wade, Schenck,
Sherman, Sprague, and others whose ag-
grega,e wealth is 1874, 100000! The
wealth Of these patriots before the inva.
sion Of the South was sl,027.00o.
Al a recent reunion of the Seventeenth
Connecticut regiment al Norwalk. several
officers on the stage were attempting 10
fix the basket Of flowers on the top OF
stack Of muskeis, when the stack fell, and
mol one Of them could readjusi the RUS
kels, so they were permitted TO lie on the
floor.
Prosperity is slowly bu, surely roluTn'
ing to the South. This year, il is stated,
$3.50, 100000 worth OF cotton will be
raised, besides food enough for It's own
support, as we'll as tobacco and many
other articles.
The New York World says: John
Blessing is in Jail a. Albany for stealing
$500 from his sister. He is a Blessing
in deep Disguise"
General Sherman has returned to ST.
Louis from his trip 10 the Rocky Noun
tains. He reports that the Union Pacific
railroad is finished seven hundred and
ninety miles west OF Omaha, and will be
completed TO Green river, sixty miles
further, by October LIST.
Among The liquor sellers in Boston
there are few Jews. who claim tia, un.
der the provision Of The statutes allowing
them 10 do secular business on the Sab.
bath, they have right when licensed 10
sell, to keep their shops open on the first
day of the week. The city authorities
do not assent 10 this, and the question
will be settled by the courts.
A Peruvian buck deposited 100000
in gold at New York as tho basis of his
summer operations at Saratoga.
Chief Justice Chase has returned TO
Washington in fine health, and much
pleased with his official visit to Yves,
Virginia.
A cotcmporory, who seems to have had
the "experience." PerPeiraics the follow
ing conundrum:
"Whal is the difference between edi
torial and matrimonial experienced In
the former the devil cries for copy" In
the latter the copy cries like the
dovil'
Ills estimated that the leading crops Of
California, now maturing, will yield Of
wheat 90, 900, 900 bushels; Of oats, D.,
100000 bushels: OF barley. l0,000,0O0
bushels OF hay, 650,00O tons.
AT the recent tournament q. Pinnacle
Springs, near Winchester, Mr.. Charles
w. Hollis, "Knigh. of the Lost Cause"
was the successful knight. and crowned
Miss Mamie BragonieE Queen of Love
and Beauty"
Do unto other men as they would like.
ly do unto you. and they won's have
enough of money in two weeks 10 &c,
shirt washed.
There are employ cd in Virginia by the
Freedmen's Bureau ten agents, thirty.slx
clerks snd twelve surgeons, whose sala-
riss arc as follows: The agents receive
Sl4,4OO the clerks s36,s74.44, and the
surgeons Sl4,4o0-.total, S65.G74.44.
-, r. II oil
the Southern States the number Of EN-.
ployees is TIT, a. an annual compensation
Of $s3G,459.94.
Economy led a man in Ohio to be spar
ing Of grease for his throshing machine.
Friction caused il 10 take fire and bum up
two hundred and fifty bushels Of whoa,
and one hundred bushols Of oaie.
Ex-Governor Seymour was a proni-
nent Mason, and Knight TomploE.
Celebrated medical men say tina, the
hours devoted TO brain work should not
exceed six for healthy men, and three for
childrens
The Ohio peni'enIiary contains one
thousand and seventy -four prisoners, Of
whom twenty.one are women.
A party OF Cheyennes and Arrapahoes
have made dash on Fort Dodge, bu,
were driven off after severe fight, in
which four soldiers OF the third infantry
were killed and seventeen wounded.
Beverly Clark has been arrested in
New York, charged with deGanding the
poSt-offico on a large scale, lie was held
10 bail in 10000 10 answer.
King William Of Prussia is still urged
TO take the title Of Emperor Of Germany.
He could have war 10 week By 90
doing.
The funeral Of Ex-Governor Seymour,
OF Connecticut, took place in Hartford on
Monday last, and was the largest ever
seen in that State.
The Norfolk Day Book learns tia,
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