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

| The young lady VINO rti"seu W ~
into a rifle factory because some OF the
Guns had no brooches is spending lew
DAVIS i'm the country. Let her stay.
First Assistant Postmaster General }.
w. Marshall in reply TO letter OF IN
oury concerning postal cards, writes
that ..any additional matter other than
the address OH the face of postal card
renders 1t unavailable except at letter
rates of postage.
Among the cmigrant arrivals on the
I steamship Wisconsin, ut New York, last
week, were 900 newly converted Nor
mons, Ell route for Utah. Another
company, composed largely of Swiss, Is
expected by the steamer Nevada.
The following is the Radical State
Committee, rs re organized ut the
LynchburS Convention Chairman of
State Committee, Major II. III. Carter,
OF Fauquier; Chairman of Executive
Committee, Judge Alfred Morton, Rich
mond; Secretary Col. John X. Popham,
Richmond
General .Jubal \. Early has written
very handsome letter in defence of his
friend and comradc. Gen. Beaurcgard.
Gen. Early opposes the uniiication pro-
iect OF his friend and regards his course
rs false aud highly erroneOus,but asserts
that there can bc no doubt OF the homo
rable and patriotic motives of Bcaurc
gard.
The editor of 4 Nebraska paper gives
notice that hereafter he cannot ln brib-
ed with a iirc-cent cigar to write n five
dollar puff.
At the Lynchburg Radical Convention
4 member rose TO a pint" ofordcr. Mr..
Platt objected 10 4 mans rising to
''pint" of order, when he had pint in
him already. The joke was rclished.
The Lynchburg Republican says that
at the Radical Convention ut Lynch
burg, Mr.. Joseph Scgar played the
same old tune i'll his speech, affirming,
in substance, that if Virginia should put
herself in accord with the Administers
ton by clecting Mr.. Hughes, we could
get the James River 81 Kanawha Canal
completed, which would make City Point
greater commercial place than Now
York.
Josh Billings says: 'One OF the ils-
siest scenes l over seed WIZ two old
maids waitin' on one sick widowcr.'
An Irish editor says he can see no
earthly reason why women should not
be allowed to become medical men.
This striking obituary notice is said
to have been published on the death of
n Western Congressman ''llo return
ed his back pay TO the Treasury met
his God with clear conscience.
Joseph a. Rich, the head of an ex-
tcnsiye agricultural movement in Eng
land, is expected in this country this
month, to see for himseli'if farm servants
arc wanted, and if so, TO provide for
their transportation ~ this county.
George w. Cass, brother of the late
General Lewis Cass and father of Gen
cral George w. Cass, of Pennsylvania,
died recently, at Dresden, Ohio, age!
8S years.
Mr.. Daniel Kcllar, of Falling Waters,
has the honor of having shipped tho
first car load of freight over the Mar
tinsburg and Potomac Railroad. On
Monday last, he shipped a car load of
sawed oak lumber from Falling Waters
consigned to Mr. o. $. Brown, of
Grecncastle, PA.
A few weeks ago, Mr.. a. Alice, of
Mt. Pleasant District, Frederick county,
Md, contracted disease from n sick
horse he was paying some attention TO,
and the disease grew worse until lie
died from it last week.
John Frick, Jr., of the ncighborhood
Of Ringgold, Washington county, Md,
died suddenly on Thursday from tho
effect OF the sting Of bees.
What is given to the poor is laid up
in heaven. This is undoubtedly tho
reason 80 few give to the poor--thcy
never expect TO see it again.
What more precious can a man have
than the first loyo of an innocent girl
with an undivided interest in fourteen
three story houses.
1t is useless for physicians TO argue
against shoit slccycd dresses. The
Constitution OF the United States says
that ''the right to bear arms shall not
be intertercd with.
Hon. ID. w. Voorhees,, of Indana,will
deliver the Agricultural Address ut the
Fair, at Frederick, Md, on the 18th OF
October.
Two aged citizens of Rockingham
county, Va, died recently-Mr: John
uarman, aged 81, and Jacob Linawea-
yer, aged 81. WIN. III. Tams, respcc-
ted citizen of Staunton, also died, aged
80 years.
Rev. Mr.. Fitzpatrick dedicated new
NJ. 4. Church, at Shenandoah Iron
Works, in Page county, on Sunday last.
The Virginia reunion Of Roanoke
College students was held at Harrison
burg last week. DIR. Eittlc, president
of Roanoke College,and Rev. }. |. Mill
err, of Stanton, delivered addresses,
which are highly complinented.
A bass was caught in the Shenandoah
river last week, near Berryyillc, con-
tanning terrapin, shell and all.
Last week several parties from Penn
sylyania were in Clarke county inspect
ing iron ore deposits with n view Of