Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-05-15
Editorial Breyities.


fore the circuit courlot Allegany county
for the murder OF her husband, was ac-
Quilted
The New York Tribune Of Wednes-
day publishes itlouI entirely credning
it, cable dispatch "lrom very weil-ln'
formed correspondent" announcing that
ENGLAND, France, and Spain have begun
negotiations for al offensive and delen-
sive alliance against the United States,
with Cuba and the Alabama claims Tor the
pretext
The Floral decoration at Stonewall
Cemetery, a. Winchester, will lake place
on Saturday 9Th of June.
On Monday the animal corporation
election took place q, Cumberland, Md.
Lloyd Lowe, rep, gas elected mayor by
! 90 majority over j. Philip Roman. dem.
The democrats elected four and the re-
pubIcans two 1ounclmen. A large vote
was polled. Last year the democrats car
rieG their whole ticket By large MAORI
iy, nearly 500.
Nr. Lemuel Turner, of Nelson, has
sold lands aear Arringlon's depot, in that
county, for 100000 in gold, The pnr-
chssers ere, it is said, Northern men who
propose to purchase al! The lands along
The Orange RAILROAD between Arlington
ard Tye river, distance of five miles.
The tracts purchased Of Mr.. Turner con-
lains upward OF 5000 acres.
Miss Lydia SIanfed, aged eighteen,
was married 10 an Old rooster OF eighty
three summers, q, the expresses office IN
Delphi, Ca, few days ago.
The last spike was driven in the Pa
cific railroad on Monday al las, San
Francisco time. The stroke of The ham
mer al PromoIory Summit rung the San
Francisco City Hall bell and fired fl.
,een-inch Gun by Geographic attachment.
A map Of st. Louis harbor, drawn in
1897, by Lieutenant NJ. Z. Meigs, (now
Major General U. 5. Az under the su-
peGvision of Lieutenant Robert E. Lee,
(now ex. General Of rebel forees,) still
hangs in the Office OF The city engineers
Of 81. Louis.
As an evidence OF he advantage Of the
proposed eyieniion OF the 4. j.. Il I'll. IL.
r. through this county, says the Clarke
Courier, we mention on the bes, author
i,y tina, Mr.. Leonard Jones has refused
bona file offer Of $3.50 per acre for his
farm near BerryviIe, on the Berryville
and Wildwood turnpike.
Hon. James NJ Mason is in Baltimore,
staying al the residence Of Rev. Peyton
Harrison.
The Portland (Oregon) Courier says
that during brisk shower al Sheridan, in
Yamhill county, on the 18th OF March,
there fell what seemed 10 be a kind Of
hail, but on examination was found 10 be
composed Of peculiar wbilish worms
millions of them. Each worm had The
power Of doubling up and skipping foot
or more. They were from an eighth TO
quarter Of an inch long, with a small
darksh spot about the head. They aP-
peared to die very soon
Major John Haas died a, the residence
of his son, Mr.. E. c. Haas, in Wood
stock. on Wednesday last, aged 70 years,
Wine and women are the curse Of man
Men and wine are the curse Of women.
We are a cursed sci all around.
Chief Justice Chase in opening the
United States Court at Richmond, Mon.
day, dispensed with the iron clad oath.
A fall of water twelUe hundred feet
high has been recently discovered in The
go, ge of The mountains near the AlIegha-
ny Springs, Va.
The new Code of this State, which is
The law since the lsi Of April, provides
that all officers Of the Court. Sheriff,
| CLERK, Recorder, and even Justices and
| Cons,sbles, may refuse TO execute any
process or Issue any papers unless the le'
gal fees for the same shall be paid in ad.
vance.
Mrs Mary Slower, daughter Of ex'
Plesiden, Johnson, was married on the
2Olh ult.. to William Brown. a prosper
Gus merchant of Greenvile, Tennessee.
A difficulty occurred in Lynchburg,
/ Monday, between Gen. Jubal A. Early
and MIR. r. II. Glass. The latter gem
teman approached the General, who was
sitting in the hoel reading a newspaper,
giving him the usual morning salulallon,
which the General refused 10 return
/ Harsh words ensueI, and fight was the
result, in which Mr.. Glass, is said came
of second best.
Among the new round hats worn By
ladies', the "beo hive" the "shepherd-
ess," and the "bomb SHELF are said 10 be
the most popular.
The trial of Miss Carnes for killing
/ her beTsyer. Nicholas McComas, was
concluded on Friday last at Belsir, Mary
land by the acqull,al Of the lady.
A remarkable interes, in religion now
exists a, the Virginia Military Institute.
A correspondent of the Wing says; From
/ 100 10 $50 are attending the cadets pray
er meeting at sunrise and al The recess
hour alter supper.
The Register kept in the Lodge House
Of The Antietam Cemetery,a, Sharpsburg,
shows tina, nearly 1000 persons from
various parts Of the country have visited
that National Graveyard since the regis
try was opened.
\ northern company has leased tract
of land, some six or eight miles from Mt.
Jackson on the Orkney Springs road, for