Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-09-25
Editorial Rrcyities.

When The Cumberland Valley Railroad
is extended TO Powell's Bend the an!hra-
cite coal Of Pennsylvania will be deliver
cd a, lha, point for Georgetown and Alex
andria.
J. NJ. Hanna, who was a few months
since Mr.. PoIlard's assistant in the fire.
eating SOuthcrn Ouinion, and who wrote
the article which proved Pollards muir
der, is now writing for the Rlchnond
| State Journal, and ultra Radical sheet.
On Saturday last Mr.. Charles Smith
disposed of his farm Oaklodge,on the road
leading from Betryville to Cas,leman's
Ferry, 10 Mr.. h. p c. Lewis, for Sl4,-
OO0 cash, being about Ss4 per acre.
The official returns of the election for
Delegate to Congress in Idaho, on the
10th OF August, are as follows i. Is.
Butler, Republican, 2,2l8; J. X. Shaier,
Democrat, 3. lO2; J. J. May, Independ
ent Democrat, Ga. Skaters majority,
$50.
The fire in the Dismal Swamp is still
raging a few miles from Suffolk, at times
completely envcloping that town in smoke
and making il necessary 10 keep doors
and windows closed. The loss to the
Dismal Swamp Company exceeds $4,000
in lumber ready TO DO brought out and
shipped. Private individuals have also
lost heavily. And the loss in destruction
of standing timber will amount 10 hun
dreds of thousands OF dollars. Nothing
but rain will stop the fire.
Round Top. the largest peach orchard
in the United States, 10 situated on Ches-
ter river, about six miles below Crump-
ton, Queen Anncs county, Maryland, the
property OF Messrs. Morton ~ Harris. Al
present every department Of business is
in full operation. The orchard contains
over 100000 trees, occupying 900 acres,
of which ESQ acrcS are in full bearing,
This 0esson The crop is immense, many
OF the trees having broken down beneath
The load Of fruit.
Richard Roe, one Of the Cadiz Bank
robbers, escaped from tho penitenIiary at
Columbus, Ohio, on Friday night. He
was headed up in barrel and rolled out
by son of the foreman OF the workshop.
Confeders,es met him with team and he
was driven away.
The Washington Star OF yesterday Of
ternoon says ,ha, a mass OF gold. weigh
ing nine ounces and half. and worth
about $3.50, was discovered a few days
ago on the farm Of Mr.. Robor. G.. David
son, in Montg county, Md.
II appears as the Bankrupt Law now
stands, after being amended at the last
session Of Congress, "Par,ics desiring lis
benefits are only required TO pay so pei
cent, on the dollar OF tho debt proven
against the cs,a,es-they arc not liable
for any exccp, their own individual debts
they are not required to pay anything
as surety, guarantee or endorscr.'
1t is now stated that Hum Bolt, whose
centennial birthday was celebrated last
week, is not brother Of Ben Holt, the
young man who remembered sweet Alice.
The Loudoun county Agricultural So
cieiy, a. a meeting OF the Executive Com
millce on Monday, determined 10 hold
Fair on Wednesday, Thursday, and Fri
day, the 2GIh, 9th ond 2slh days OF Oc-
,ober.
The cx Confederate General Thomas
Jordan, now general in the service OF
Cuba" has issued an appeal, dated BJar-
III, CLba, addressed to the people of the
United States, asking for shoes, clothing
and medicines for The Cubans. lie says
Cuba does no, want men, but material.
and declares that hundreds OF the pa,rio,
soldiers are almost many quito naked, and
that few have shoes.