Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1870-03-19
Editorial BreyitieS.

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repairs for damages sustained during the
war. was approved by the War Depart
men.. and paid.
Tomorrow, the 2O,h Of March. The
days and nights will be equal.
Col. John Blair lloge and Charles J.
Faulkner, Jr., have associated themselves
10 the prscuce OF HE law. in Berkeley
and adjoining counties.
BY the appointment OF Rev. &. t..
Baker, BY The Conference laely in SEES.
sion at Frederick City, To pastoral
charge in Mary land. vacancy will oc.
cur 10 this County in the Superintendent
cy Of Public Schools.
Asmsll child f Mr.. McNsmee's Of
Msrtnsburg. some three or four years Of
age, was fatally scslded few days ago,
BY up,uruing pc, of boiling water on
itself.
Faster Sunday occurs This year on the
l7lh day Of April.
The resignation Of Nat. Harrison. as
Judge Of The Seventh Judicial Circuit in
This Stale. created vacancy therein. which
was filled By the appointment OF Hon. J.
NJ. Nc Whotler, OF Wheeling.
Under The Act passed al the recent
session Of the Legislature. Governor
Stevenson appointed Commissioners 10
settle With the State OF Virginia. The
act required one Commissioner TO be Sc
lecled from each Congressional district.
The following are the appolnters : l. dis
trict, Hon. ID. Lamb: %, Hon. +. b.
Hall; 81, Capt. II. Chester Parsons.
I've repairs to the aqueduc' al Coiortn
will. il i. said. be completed by the 24Ih
inst and navigation on the {. Il D. Ca
nal be resumed on or sbouI The LIST pToxi
mo.
Specie payments being the order Of the
dav, we have determined 10 receive sPe-
Gle al par for subscriptions, advertising and
lob work. We will also take greenbscks.
Mr.. James Russell OF Clarke county,
was struck down with apoplexy IN Ber-
ryv,lle. on Monday week. He was car
lied 10 the residence Of Mr.. J. l.. Grif-
filth, and everything done 10 save his life;
but all proved futile, as he died the next
day.
Mrs. Il Ina Paulding lmboten, wife Of
General J. ID. lmboJen and daughter Of
The late Commodore William ID. Porter
died at the Spots hotel. Richmond.
on Sunday last. She wa- well known in
Washington, where she Was respected
and loved for her charmiLgly graceful
manner. her cheerful. genial disposition,
and The sincerity Of her Christian chsrac-
ter.
The Board Of Directors of the o. A. &
NJ. X. H., at It's ate meeting in Alexan-
dris. passed al order for Ieconstrurting the
Rail- DAD from The Y to Front Royal.
There seems to be no dlminu,ion IN
the number Of negroes who are going
South, but rather an Increase. About
$50 left Lynchburg Sunday.
Friday nights accommodation train,
says the Wnchesles Times. brongh. sn
addition of snme thirty inhati'sn's To
Frederick cosn.y, including MIR. Aaron
Bright, and family Of Reading, Pa.
eighteen in all. who have seuled on the
farm formerly owned by John S. Msg'lI.
ESQ. and recently purchased by Mr..
Bright and Mr.. Decatur Hedges. Alto,
Mr.. Welrh Crandel aud Tour sons, who
have located on the Dow farm near
Newtown.
The Maryland Legislature has passed
bill to enable the city OF Baltimore 10
subscribe one million Of dollars to the ex-
tension of The Valley Railroad from uar.
risonburg on TO Salem.
In New Hampshire Onslow S,earns.
republican. wss re elected Governor by
about 1880 ns rl.y. and HE Legislature
will be nearly as largely Republican q.
last yea.
A Connecticut man got upin The dark
the other night and gave his lllle dsueh-
ter some brd-bup poison Tor Soims. 1t
cured them. The funeral was generally
attended.
E NJ Yerger. who is charged with
the murder Of Col Crane. tie military
mayor OF Jack .on, Mise, has escaped
from jail,
Since The to- January 5,O67 colored
persons from Virginia have passed over
the Tennessee railroad, bound further
south
A negro was caught in mans garden
al Roanoke, North Csrolins. The other
night. in close proximity to lot Of fine
cabbage. When INTERCEPTED as To what
he was doing. he replied Good Lord !
dis niger can't 60 no ~har 10 pray.
without bein' troubled by sompin'.'
Mr.. Earle stated. during debate in the
Ma,lsn Senate. that Mr.. Garrett had
been offered $4,000 per annum to resign
the Presidency OF The Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad and 60 to New York. bn. refus-
ed il.
The trial of MIR. Ayre for killing DR..
Oliver, The seducer OF his daughter. has
been postponed until HE June Term OF The
Albemarle County Court.
The recent death Of Anson Burliugsme
recalls 10 memory the exciting scenes OF
the Thirty Sixth Congress in which he
and the laie Preston L..Brooks and Law
renee VI. Keiu acted such conspicuous
parts, All three have gone 10 their last