Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-08-16
EdItorial Breviiies.


The association formed i'll 1868 Tor
the purpose of procuring an equestrian
statue OF the late Thomas J. jackson, TO
| be placed at the Virginia Military lnsu-
1ute. at Lexington, at price not to ex-
coed 1926, 1000 in gold, announces the
completion of the work and that the
statue is at Nuremburg, Bavaria, await
ing shipment to this country
The Virginia Republican State Con
yention met at Lynchburg on Thursday
last.and nominated Col. Il. w. Hughes,
! of Abingdon, for Governor, Z. L. Ram
sell, of Surry county, for Lieutenant
Governor, and Judge David Foltz, OF
Staunton, Augusta county,tor Attorney
General.
Mrs. Susan Harne, wife of the late
Overton IIarne, Printer, who died sew
eral months since at the advanced age
of "a years, departed this life last Tues
day week, at her residence on the road
about midway between llagerstown
and Williamsport, Washington county.
The Hon. Hugh Lennox Bond, OF
Baltimore, now U. S. District Judge,
gives it as his opinion that the next
Legislature of Maryland will be Repub-
lican, and the Hon. A. j. a. Creswei,
the present Postmaster General, will be
elected to the u. S. Senate.
The city of Portland, Oregon, was
visited by terrible fire on Saturday
last. Although it is a small city OF
some 5000 or 10000 inhabitants, TWEEN
ty-three blocks of houses, were destroy
ed, involving loss of $1,5O0,OO0, and
rendering homeless $50 families.
"Bustles" are voted "out of fashion.
The stock OH hand will be calledin 18th
of August, and bon fire made OF thcm
Oh Jersey flats.
BE careful what you cat. Cholera
morbus and dysentery is going around.
There arc some external hues which
surround the checks of some of our fair
damscls. To paint the lily, to add per
fume to the violet, to gild refined gold,
or put a new coat of vermilion on the
rosy lip of beauty were work of super
arogation ridiculous excess. SO Shakes
pcare says.
Money never made man happy yet,
nor will it There is nothing in It's ma
ture to produce happiness The morea
a man has, the more he wants. Instead
of it's filling n vacuum it creates one. If
it satisfies one want it doubles and treb
les that want another way. "Bcttor is
little with the fear of the Lord, than
great treasure and troublc herewith.
A girl in South Carolina ate q poi
soncd crow, was thrown into convul-
sions, fell into the fire, was badly burn
ed, had q leg amputated i'll consequence,
and is now convalescent, but doesn't
"hankcr after crow" as she formerly did.
The State government of West Va,
is lying around loose about this time.
The Governor is out in the Eastcrnpart
of the State attending to the business
of his Office, while the Auditor, Treas
urer, State Superintendent Of Schools
and the printer of all the printing done
in tho State, were last week luxuriating
at the White Sulphur Springs.
Successful cattle breeders in Europe
give moldsses constantly to fatten cattlo
and mich cows. A large German far
mcr gives pint day mixed with oil
cake to his cows, largely increasing
their milk.
At the Falling Waters Mill of Rheam
d Lands, in berkeley county, on Sat
urday, large mill burr burst. Nobody
, hurt except the mill and portion OF
that will now answer for kindling wood.
On Thursday of last week. while Mr.
William Gator, of Cacapon District, in
Morgan county, was riding on wagon
on tho Cacapon road, tree fell across
tho wagon, striking him in the descent,
killing him almost instantly.
A Baltimore girl was going to sue
false hearted lover for breach OF prom
is0, but she agreed to compromise the
matter for s6l and new Switch
The Mormons have a hymn, awe
arc not ashamed to own our Lord.
Very good; but the question is whether
the Lord isn't ashamed to own them.
The cattle disease is still raging in
the counties of Davies, DcKalb and
Nodaway, Mo. The deaths thus far
number between two and three thous-
and head.
Capt Bridges has taken charge of
the West Virginia Penitcntiary. The
Board of Directors were present and on
duty.
Says the Rochester On. W Chroni-
Gle, Of Col. Scott: ''Tom Scott, the
Railroad King has gone TO Europe. He
is not yet 40 years OF age, and has play
cd great part in the world.
A remarkable boy was to be seen at
the Nashville depot. lie is half white
and half black, not in the mulatto and
misccgenation sense, but the lower halt
of his body is wlitcr than white folks
usually are, while the upper portion is
as black as midnight. His mother, a
coal black negroes was with him, and
they left on the Nashville train last
evening. lie is but three years old.
The Parkcrsbmg Journal suggests to
the officers of the Publishers Associa-
ton of West Virginia, to Gala Conyen-
ton at Clarksburg, on the days of the
Agricultural Fair at that place.
The mortality among children at this
season OF the year is absolutely irightful
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