Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-10-26
Editorial Brevities. ,

and In Texas Oh the 5th. 9th, 9Th and
Sth OF November, both cfthese elections
Deing under special asHs of Congress.
Ipau the other States the election is
hela on the 9th of NovVnbe,.
Professor Plantnmour, who prophc-
sled the world was to be burned upa
J few weeks ago, is now in Paris. Ho
desires 10 read a paper before The.
ACADEMY, to prCye the diminution in
the sun 5 heat, and that We will be fro
zen TO death abou, A. ID. POLL.
Santa Anna, about the only hero whom
the Mexicans have failed 10 massscrc,
| has turned up again, this time as a can.
! didate for the Presidency ofthat nation.
Ii another revelation does not turn the
country into monarchy bet ween this
! and the voting time he may be elected.
Capt. h. i. Faulkner who, since tho
MAR, has resided in kentucky, has re-
turned with the 'purposo Of permanently
locating in his native county Berkele,-
He comes in obedience 10 parental
mandate, relinquislfng in Ktntueky
very large professional business.
Medicine Bear, an Indian chief now
in Washington, called on the grt
father the other day and tried TO make
himself agreeable by stripping OF bis
war clotees and putting them on tho
president, who got of only 10y pronis-
ing to wear them some other time.
Mr.. A. Lutz, of ST. Louis. has compos-
ed andpublished apiece Of music entitled
'in Memoriam," accompanied by a fino
likeness of Gen. Lee, the proceeds OF
the.sals of which-are TO go towards de-
fraying the expenses Of the "Lee Monu-
ument, in process of completion by Mr.
Valentine, the Richmpnd artist.
4 Lebanon county farmer was re-
Gently arrested at Lebanon and fined
s10 for allowing lHs horses 20 stand
from morning till Sp. m. without feed
ing Some persons who comc',o Shep;
herdstown ought to TO fined for the
same oGensc
Ladies clean thsr black dresses
silk. cashmere or alpaca--of last season.
with borax aud tepid water A tea.
spoonful of borax 10 quart of water.
Apply with black woolen rag or nail
brush.
An industrious housewife of Mausss-
az reports the following as the products
of a barrel of flour: One hhndred and
three loaves OF. bread, twen,y-six and 0
hall dozen doughnuts, siXty-six plea,
forty.one dozen biscuits, eighteen loaves
of cake, twenty three dozen cookies, four
patches griddles
IfHorace Greeley is beaten for tho
Presidency the country will stand M
drbted to the peripaietic negroes who,
without beug able to read or write,
achieve the grand glory of pehtralizing
all Ahe intelligence OF this great country
and debating its policy tor the neatfour
Yeas.
In comparison with the great battle
in November, when 81 States are 10 be
Heard from the fight OF the 9Th wDs
but heavy skrmish along the iiDese
Greeley>and Brown are far strongenthsn
any local candidates. While NC may
be somewhat disappointed at the results
in Pennsylvauia, Ohio and lndianaihere
is no reason to,bo dfAissyed. -
Hon. A. z. Gornan, President Of ihd
Canal. gives notice through ,al,i-
more pagers, that the coupons
compahyybonds, due July 1865. -
now payable at the Banking House of
Messrs. AlexaQdre Brown and Seas
Baltimore.
The State Of Maryland has sued tho
I'd National Bank Of Cumberland tore
cover taxes due the State, which the
Bank refuses to pay, upon the ground
that National Banks are exempt from
State taxation. Another mt oycen-.
tralzers 10 crack.
The trial of Mr.. Emily Lloyd, on
charge Of poisoning her children, Maud
and Anna, begins at Leesburg, Va, on
the 2lst inst. There is now no doubt
of her insanity. She is having wearing.
apparel made for travelling, and expects
to leave for Canada in few weeks,
where, she says, she is to be married.
Strong words indicate weak cause.
The more q man swears, the easier be IA
licked.
aInaatable rubber bn1les' are
nounced.. They are said to iInpaft great
buoyancy to the movements. In easc
Of shipwreck they would undoubtedly
be advantageous. Although n gKl
Aoated by one Of them might, be takrn
for a buoy, and SO passed unno;iced.
An indictment was found By ths-
Grand JuryAof Prince WILLIAM county,
Virginia, at Brentsville, i7thinst. against
Fewell, for the murder Of Clark, the W.
duces of his sister. The trial will bcs
postponed until the pext term OF the
court. -
A vaiuabledeposit Of red -hemstiie
iron ore, i, appears Dyx late Staunionr
paper, has been discovered, and is being
developed BY the Brffalo Gap Furnace
. Company, in Augusta county. Va ,aboslD
two piiles west OF Stanton.
On the 23rd of September, II. NJ
Brent, Cashier Of the Sbenandoah Val
lev National Bank, at Winchester. en-
tered upon the 5Jth ye.r O: his service
as bank officer, and Juriog the whole
period he has not lost twenty days ser
vice.
A youth Of u years, named VAN
pier, near Harrisonburg, Va, hung him