Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-05-08


the da,oag.s. This " as done on Monday
losl. no,ce having been given TO Mr..
! Dix's attorney. and the jury awarded Mr.
Bell $40, 900 damages.-New York Her.
au.
Mr.. Clay. coIored, Of New Orleans,
who declined to he Minister 10 Liberia,
has an income Of $50 900 year.
Mexico has recognized The cuban !nsnr.
gents as bellIgrentS.
Among The distinguished foreigners in
New York is Major Hunsen, OF Norway,
egh, feet high.
A man in Boston. few nights since.
rode a velocipede with grooved wheelsl
upon tightrope, lweSiy feet above IEs
heads ofhis audience, while another man
performed antics on lrapeze attached 10
the velocity.
The commencement exercises Of Emo
~ and Henry College will be held on The
9th Of June, Roanoke College, June 18th
10 10Th, and llolins institute, June 23d.
A clergyman has just been turned out
of the Boston cuslom.house 10 make room
for onc.leggeJ negro soldier.
DR.. Bfown-Sequard reports curious
case of dog which had just died having
fresh blood passed into the carotid The
dead animal was revivedslood on his feet,
wagged his tail, and lived over twelve
hours. when he died again.
A German astronomer Moedler, has
measured the hight Of 093 mountains IN
the moon. Twenty-Five Of these aye high
er than Mont Blanc, which is within
few fee! of being three miles nigh 4; elk
are above 10000 feet. The highest OBJ
served mountain in The moon is "a, 644
feet high.
A liquid glue, far superior to mucilage,
may be made by dissolving & Iue in an E.
quail quantity Of sIong hot vinegar, add.
ing a forth Of alcohol and little alum,
This will keep any length OF time when
placed in close bottles, and will glue TO-
ge,hei horn, wood, and mo'her-oi pearl.
The members Of the late Thirty sew
en,h Virginia regiment have decided 10
make an effort TO raise the means 10 erect
monument IN honor Of their gallant
commander, The late Col. S. V. Fulker-
son, e Washington county.
The Grand Division Sons of Temper
snce Of Virginia met in Salem, Va, April
%, in seml.annual session in the Temper
ance Hall.
A clergyman a. Kingston, England, re-
fuses TO admit young ladies 10 confirmation
nnless they promise never 10 dance.
A Detroit woman has secured divorce
because her husband compelled her 10
black his boots.
The Greenfield Mass. Gazette says :
"It takes ten minutes to marry couple IN
this county, but to separate five couples
BY divorce i, took but fifteen, or three
minutes couple, in the Supreme Court
last week.
Gov. Curtain is The fourth minister TO
Russia from Pennsy IvsDia. His preJe.
cessors were William wilkins, James
Buchanan and George NJ. Dallas.
The barn of Mr.. William Glenn in
/ Shenandoah county, Va, was fired by an
incendiary on Friday night aid totally
consumed. Eight head of cattle in The
| barn persisted in The flames.
One patent medicine manufactures ad'
vertises in twenty FIVE hundred papers in
this country. |, is almost needless 10
add tina, his profits are enormous.
The New York Express suggests, ow
The Odd Fellows Jubilee is over, tina! the
'odd girls" ge, up a CELEBRATING, and gel
even with the men by marrying.
The old English blockade runners that
we're So successful during the American
war, are being re6ued to engage in block
ade running al Cuba.
The State Council Of The Friends oil
/ Temperance Q! Virginia, met at Harr''
sonbutg on Tuesday. There are h!ly-slS
subordinate councils in the Slate. and the
order i. reported to be in quite flourish
ing condition.
The sprsgue Rebellion still convulses
Rhode Island.
Two Young women, on an average
commits suicide IN Paris every day, IN
consequence of disappointed love. One
man does the same on account OF pecuni'
airy embarrassment.
A Western Senator wrote home shor'
time ago that he was OILY able TO ge,i!
"four hours for sleep out OF l3enty.Iour'
and that during tia, period candidate
for Office sat by the Bedside and watched
him as he slept"
A New York correspondent notes the
fac, tina, negroes are becoming indussTl'
Gus in that city. They now grind hand
organs and cry tooth powder.
A SAD, TRUE SroRY.-An INCIDENT OF
the sad side Of life occurred in connection
with the smsll-pox hospital week or two
/ 80 r,rpr lob, o( German DareDtaCe