Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-04-29
Editorial BreVities.


Canal Company is to be removed 10
Frederick, by order of the Board when
met at Cumberland last week.
At the laying of the cornerstone OF
St Peters Catholic Church, in Alleghe-
nv city, Pa, last Sunday, there was a
procession twelve miles long, with
twelve bands Of music.
A physician claims that 10000 wo-
men have been squeezed to death by
corsets during the last five years.
Stephen Mason, member of the Vlrc
pinia Legislature, has been convicted OF
an attempt to pack a jury in order to
acquit ox-mayor Chahoon of forgery, and
fined $500
A Jury in Indiana, few days SINCE
awarded a damsel only nineteen cents
damages for breach Of promise, al
though she claimed $4,000.
The strongest propensity in womans
nature, he means some women,) says q
careful student of the sex, Is to want to
know what is going on, and the next
strongest is to boss the job.
We learn that the pay of lock-tenders
on the C. & o. Canal has been raised to
$50 per month for single locks, and to
S75 for double locks.
On Friday evening last, the canal
boat Samuel Boyer, while passing thro
the two locks at Harpers Ferry, came
in violent collision with the mitre-slll,
and had her one side bodily stove in,
and was otherwise considerably damag-
ed, which compelled her to stop for re-
pairs.
The American Hotel, in New Mar
ket, was sold at public auction, on Sat
urday, April Is, for 81, CPS. Col c. T..
O'Ferrall becoming the purchaser.
Half of the town of Pennington, on
the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, was
burned on Friday night of last week.
A drunken party playing cards in car
penter shop caused the disaster.
These are house cleaning days, and
men and women are frightfully demon
allied in their tempers.
The new Reformed Church in Boons-
boro', Md, by Divine permission, will
be solemnly dedicated to the service OF
Almighty God, on Sunday May l4th, at
10 o'clock A. NJ. The dedication ser
mon will be preached by the the Rev
DR.. Higbee, of the Theo. Seminary at
Mercersburg.
On Tuesday morning last, Mr.. A. J.
r. Magruder, an old and well known
citizen of Hagerstown, expired at his
residence after long and protracted
illness.
Captain John NJ. Mentzer, Of the
Boonsboro' Odd Ftiiom, has been APP
pointed officer of the day, and Col. Ed
ward NJ. Mobley, Chief Marshal, for the
Decoration Day at Antietam.
Hon. Horace Greedy is to deliver an
address at the exhibition of the Frede-
rick county (Id) Agricultural Society,
in October next.
The Executive Board of the Shenan-
doah Valley Agricultural Society, have
fixed upon the 1st and 2nd of June for
Horse and Colt show, at the Fair
Grounds, at Winchester
Texas ticks, which are the cause Of
the fearful cattle disease, have made
their appearance among the cattle Of
Southern Indiana.
"Extremes meet"-Grant at the tomb
of Washington.
On his late return to Salt Lake, the
Hon. Brigham Young found his wives
drawn up in hollow square to receive
him.
1t is well established fact-that a
person who is guilty of squirting tobac-
co Juice in the house of worship, don't
expecto-rate as gentleman.
If you have a scolding wife, trust to
time old age may bring you the bless
ing of deafness. Rather cold comfort.
A Providence paper speaks Of the la
dies appearing on the streets "like ami
mated fragments Of shattered rain
bows"
A lady in London got the idea into
her head that the devil was in her, and
hungherself Ifwomen go to hanging
themselves for a little thing like that,
they are going TO be scarce, that's all
we've got to say.
If man is too stingy to advertise he
is too stingy to give bargains to his GUS
toners. Liberality in the use of Prin-
ter's Ink, invariably indicates a spirit of
liberality and enterprise in the man of
business.
General Anthony Kimmell, the Gar
mer of Linganore,' died on his farm,
about eight miles from Frederick city,
on Monday evening, the oath instant, in
his seventy-third year, from paralysis.
The ladies give reason for marrying
for money, that they now seldom find
anything else in man worth having.
Last week green peas sold in Nor
folk, Va, at one dollar per peck, and
strawberries at the same price perquart'
An excursion party of editors from
the State of New York will shortly Wis
it Richmond.
Kemp,s stables in Winchester, with
harness, corn, hay, &c. was burned
down last Tuesday evening.
Fishback's Hotel in Front Royal,
known as ,"Front Royal Hotel, was
sold on last Monday, to Capt. j. Byrd