Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-08-21
Editorial Breyities

y clergyman IN Page county. low.
WASH getting pay enough. 81 lac told las
congregation he would quit preaching IN
less he received better wages Boz be-
finally changed his mind. and said be-
would give all who old moi ~i.h 10 h'aJ
him al O1pofInnity 10 Ieurr. and every
soul at once departed, having hlm slore
in his glory.
Nothing III the newspapers desenPu'r
Of The eclipse can Guido ihIs from CHI
cogo paper: Miss Luna, that heavenly
'glrl Of ,hc PERIOD" will Ills evening
oyerw helm and snuff out Mr.. Sol. her Il.
fulgenl old beau, by whose borrowed
light she has been SHINING so long. Co.
QueiIy ever terminates thuriy.
The friends Of Republican Senator"
feel somewhat indignant that General
Buffers commitments claim III. election ~
the United States Senate on the ground
that he is the only mon rapahle Of coping
with Andrew Johnson. should I've be re
turned from Tennessee.
There is an editor in New Jersey who.
in addition To his editorial labor. runs
bank, an insurance Office. and grave
yard.
The Rockingham Register says: 1--WE
regret to learn that Gen. =. III. Lewis. 81
this county. is extremely Ill. He con
fined TO his bed with no hope OF recovery.
His fellow citizens will hear OF his ex.
IRENE illness 9TH profound regret
An ingenious Fienchmsn has inventr1
q portable iiesh.buuef chuin. To be used
a, the table. /, - made Of cot rr, sia and
mounted on silver feet. A silver rod Ie.
voIve. quickly IN the cream and presents
pa, OF butter every three minutes.
Gen. J. b. Msqruder. ub"se name hs,
been announced as one OF The maj ayers OF
the late grand fancy and masqn.rade ball
al The Virginia White sulphur Springs.
did not accept the Assignment or ACT 10
il'e capacity. on scrouni OF recent do
mestic bereavement.
John DonnrIly. Of yorktown. Va. ior
merIy Of West Virginia. whilst closing
window on Thursday ol Issr week, was
strurk By lightning and killed.
Hon. Judah +. Benjamin, late Of ibe
Confederate Cabinet, bot now 81 Eng land
has. after two yeas appearance al NE
BIItlIsh Bar. been made Queen Coun'
sci. an honor almost wIIhou, precedent 10
the prompiiIude Of IFS besiOwsl ASIDE
from making him senior counsel in what
ever cases lie may be employ cd. The pro
motion will considerably add TO his mol
uneBIs.
A Pfesbyienan camp,meehbg, son''
thing quite novel 10 hal section. com
mencrd al Raprdsn St'npn.on the Orange
and Alexandra railroad. last Saturday.
Mr.. X. V. Wbsley, who formerly REP
resented the ihlrd district OF this Stale 10
the lower House Of Congress. has been
getting into row at Washington with
pair named Augustus Boefnsiein and Az
gus, Nolte. f. seems Mr. wbaIey was
considerably damaged ~ an encounter
with there persons and preferred against
them a charge Of assault and battery with
intent 10 kill.
Geo. Tucker. who ran for Congress in
The Halifax District, in Virginia. 81 the
late election, ws' recently arrested BY
bench warrant from the Radical county
court OF that county. and indicted by the
grand jury. summoned by the Rsdics!
sheriff, on The charge Of melting CERTAIN
negroes 10 arson. The indictment and
prosecution have been dismissed By sn Or
der from military headquarters.