Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1872-06-29
Editorial Brevities.

on the 26th ult., was attended with fear
full results, entire villages having been
swept away and upwards Of 700 per
sons drowned.
The deaths in Baltimore city last
week numbered lS9, and 90 Of these
were caused by smallpox.
A swapping turtle weighing 26 lbs, was
caught in Antietam creek, near HaSers-
town, one day last week.
Rev. 5. w. Owen, pastor Of St Johns
Lutheran Church at Hagerstown, Md,
has declined a call to the pastorate of
the Lexington street Church Of BaIti-
more city, made vacant by the resigna-
ton of the Rev. DR.. John McCron.
The Rev. Y. J. Richardson, Of Va,
has received call from the Lutheran
charge at Smithsburg, Washington CO.,
Nd, to become their Pastor
Potato bugs are reported as sitting
on their hind legs on Iowa fences and
weeping over the backwardness of the
season.
! The New York Herald has an article
showing recent activity among the Gu
bans in New York, and mysterious de
partures in twos and threes for Southern
| cities. Six hundred men, it is claimed,
are en- route for Cuba, in three eXpedl-
tons, with full supplies OF arms andam-
muntion.
Frank Battee, the blind man who
several months ago, in Baltimore, at
tempted to kill Fannie Cole by chopPing
( her with hatched, was on Monday
sentenced to ten years Imprisonment III
the penitcntiary.
Thirty-six thousand tickets were sold
by Barnum at Wilkesbarre. The re
ceipts were $1,000.
\ woman in Kansas City made fire
in the stove, put her bread in the oven,
and then made halfhour visit to a
nelghbor. When she returned the
bread was burned. Later-So was the
house.
y man in Mansfield, Conn, had
needle taken from his back two orthrce
days ago that had been there fiftyyears.
Last Sunday afternoon, Mr.. Rice Ely,
aged about fifty years, fell dead whilst
attempting to mount his horse at the
Burnt Factory several miles from Win.
chester. lie had been in attendance
upon the Sunday School at that point.
\ Washington special says that both
Maryland Senators expressed the opin-
ion before leaving Washington that in
case Greeley is nominated at Baltimore
Maryland will go for Grant.
1t appeared in testimony at Cincin-
natl the other day that J. W. Gait, a
whiskcy d:stiller in that section, had
paid the Government s2.20O,OOO in tax
cs, since The internal revenue law went
into operation. Whew, two million and
a quarter.
Our Gift.taking President has gone
to Long Branch again. He is going to
flight it out on that line if it takes all
summer.
Colonel Thomas 4. SCOTS salaries as
President of twenty-siX railroads are
said to amount altogether to $lTG,0OJ
per annum.
Saratoga was astonished withashow-
ell of sulphur on Thursday night of last
week A heavy rain had prevailed, and
the ground next morning was found to
be covered in many places with De
post of yellow sulphur.
\ Missouri farmer attempted to smoke
out a rabbit and burned up half 4 mile
Of fence and over hundred appletrees.
He caught the rabbit.
At the dedication of the CentreSt. VI.
+ Church, Cumberland, of which Rev.
s. V. Lccch is pastor, on Sunday last,
the sum of 9,7SS,9C was subscribed. y
good days work.
In Cincinnati on Monday a minister
kissed a young lady, formerly a member
of his church, and the kiss will in all
probability cost him his life. a young
man who had heen waiting upon the
lady witnessed the affeotionate kiss of
the parson, and becoming enraged, seiz-
cd Ratchet and hacked the head Of
the divine in horrible manner.
Winchester, Va, is going to furnish
her citizens a supply Of water by steam
power pumps, att cost ofabout $22, 900.
Last week shock of an earthquake
was felt in Richmond and Charlottes-
vile.
A few days since freight train Of
23G loaded cars arrived at Chiilicothe,
Ohio. The train was about two miles
long, and drawn by sixteen engines,
uow's that for long!
Cut worms must be very bad in Back
Greek, Berkeley County; Joseph. Muir
ply found 40 in one hill of corn.
At White Post, Clarke county Va,
it Is said that there is only one pump
going to supply water, and the inhabi-
tants are put upon per diem allow
auce.
The Trenton (Tenn.,) News hears
that five persons have died in Skullbone,
Gibson county, in consequence of eating
fish caught in riveri in which caterpi.
lars had fallen and been swallowed by
the fish.
Mrs Susannah Bell, wife Of Freder-
lex Bell, Esq, of Leitersburg, Md, is
no more. Her death occurred on the
2nd inst, at the age of 80 years, 6 mos.
and 20 days. She leaves an afflicted