Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-09-18
E1,toriaI Rreyities

The luice Of one lemon isben 10 glss'
of water wilhO9! sugar II ssIt to Dc 3"
excellent remedy fer neuralgia
George F. Adams. formerly merchant
in Augusta, Ca, and captain IN me
Confederate service during the wal dleo
in England on the Goth uit'
Statistics show that the deaths from
drunkenness in England amount to oO''
600 a wear; in Germany, 10 4o,ooO a
wear; in Russia, to 10000 year; IN BEL
g;pm. TO 1000; and in France, TO 300
In this country il is estimated thai oo'-,
600 persons annually are The victims Of
in,empersnce.
The Memphis Sun calls very black
negro the "vvifed butt end OF midnight
lis said by mo.tening 'be surface oil
old manuscripts with water calculated
with hydrocholic acid, press copy may
be taken By the ordinary process which
will be perfectly legible'
Captain James Burns, Of Company X,
18th u. S. Cavalry, has been ordered TO
Virginia with a detachment OF twenty
men 10 enforce The revenue laws.
About forty priests are reported as
married at and near Naples.
The official figures at The Treasury
Department, place the agricultural produce
Of the South at $3.50, 100000, and show
thah the South has more money al The
present ,ime than aay other agricultural
portion OF the country, North, East or
West.
The Richmond Wing says: IAN adj
vance in tue prices of Virginia State
bonds may now be confidently aniiclpa-
ted. Speculation has already commenc-
cd
Mr.. John II. Foster, one Of the editors
Of the Charlottesville Chronicle, has re.
Gently Invented and obtained letters patent
for convertible pionged hoe and Cork.
A band Of gipsics are moyiag about the
Valley.
Mr.. J. II. Hewitt has Withdrawn from
the IaAey Iirgimian. as editor of that
paper.
Governor Wells, Of Virginia, has come
ont unresctvedly in favor OF removing HE
disabilities from all who parlripat d IN
the rebellion.
The drought in the Prime Edward
IVA. region is sailed To have exceeded in
duration any which had prece3cd 1t for
quarter of century. 1t has now lasted
for nearly four months.
On Thursday Last Mrs Rhea rclict Of
Rev. Samuel A. Rhea, late missionary to
Persia, reached her home in Knoxville,
Tennessee, after an absence OF nine years.
The young King Of Greece is said to
have become . drunkard.
Gov. Walker, Of Virginia, has contrib
uted $500 towards the RaTIlns family
fund.
a destructive ireshct is reported at
Warrenton. Va, last Tuesday. Cedar
run was so high that the back water came
up to The old Episcopal Church in War
renton. The destruction Of fencing and
stock was great.
Mammoth Cave is 10 be transformed
into ball room.
Two hundred Cinnamon are about 10
be set a, work to reclaim 1000 acres OF
swamp land, near Snisun, SaIona county,
California.
Governor Hoffman has transmitted 10
the Secretary of State. al Washington.
his official certificate that New York has
ratified the fifteenth amendment.
Alexander Dudley. Esq, for many
years president Of the Richmonc and
York River railroad, died at Richmond
on Friday night last.
The Norucgians of the towns Of Dun
kirk, Albion. Christina and Pleasant
Springs, Wisconsin, have just celebrated
the lwenly-Gfth anniversary Of the orPnn-
ization of Lutheran church among them
in this county.
General Sherman's commission as
Secretary OF War appoints him until the
end of the next session OF Congress- The
law does not prevent him from holding
the two Offices Of General and Secretary
of War, hui he can draw but one salary,
and must elec, which he will accept
Boston is to put up twenty drinking
fountains, to aid in tie enforcement OF the
prohlbirory liquor law.
Nearly half million dollars ia to he
spcn, in additional salary 10 the teachers
OF elementary schools in Germany Ills
year.
Senator Feesenden was buried on Sa'nT'
day last. An examination to discover the
cause of Senator FesseEden's death show.
el structure where the small intestines
ioin the larger. The difficulty was
chronic. and had doubtless been coming
on for month. The immediate cause
was the rupture OF small intestine as he
moved in led some three hours before his
death. which caused him great suffering
until he ceased TO breathe.
The Maine election for State officers
has gone Republican by 5000 majority.
Gran,'s majority was $4,000.
DEATH OF THE Hon. join BELL.-
The death Of John Bell, Of Tennessee,
took place at his residence. at Cumber.
land Iron Works, in that State. on the
10th instant Mr.. Bell was born at
Nashville, February IS 1897. Gradua-
ting alta Western College. he studied
J. .,J :, 1919 he vas elected In Tie