Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-05-03

depends in great measure the veal or
woe Of their after life.
On last Friday night the dogs attack
cd flock of very fine sheep, belonging
to DR.. B. Harrison, near Millwood, and
killed dozen ewes and lambs.
At the municipal election in IIagers-
town, on Monday last, the Democrats
elected four Councilmen andthe Repub-
licans one.
The Governor has appointed DIR. John
c. IIupp Vaccine Agent, at Wheeling,
Dr. Thos. Page, for Martinsburg, and
DR.. d. Mayer, for Charleston.
The Shenandoah Valley Farmer, in
Martinsburg, is to be changed from
weekly to monthly journal
Prof. p. Saracco, of Baltimore,a noted
teacher of dancing, died very suddenly
at the Hoover House, in Hagerstown,
on Tuesday last, of heart disease, aged
j6 years.
L. S. District Court, for the Western
District of Virginia, will meet in Harri-
sonburg,on the 9th Of May, Judge Rives
presiding.
John w. Garrett, President of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, has dona-
ted fifty dollars to the colored VI. +.
Church, i'll Clarksbug.
Official notice is given that the postal
cards are to be issued on the lst of May.
For the purpose of all communications
which are not private matters they will
he invaluable.
A woman and her four children, who
lived near the Staunton river, in Camp
bell county, Va, were surrounded by 4
FIRE in the woods on Friday last, and all
perished in the flames.
A graveyard situated on the bank of
the Arkansas river caved into the river
on Sunday About 700 bodies were
washed away in the current.
b. f. Taylor is appointed route agent
between Baltimore AMI Cumberland,
Md, with pay at 81 ,OSO per annum,yice
Ii. II. DOuIulli; IcsISbcu-
A beautiful Indiana school girl, thir-
teen wears old and six feet one inch
highs causing 4 general rupture among
the .uspenders of the short boys who
try to kiss her.
The Washington Star states that the
President on the recommendation Of
Colonel Mosby, has appointed Richard
\. Brooke, of Warrenton, Va, to be
CONSUL at New Rochelle, France.
Josh Billings gives the following adj
vice to young men: "Don't be discour
aged if your mustach don't grow it
sometimes happens where mustach duz
the best nothing else duz so well.
Keep sober and then you can talk
straight. One of our druggists was
quite surprised the other day TO hear a
fellow inquire if he bad any of '3frs.
Soothlow's WinsIing Strip.
Henry Mackley, young man en-
ployed in furniture shop at Clearspring,
Washington county, had his right hand
CauHuI III a CIIIulu saw va ''H~y 'N@SS
and cut off.
A Wisconsin justice of the peace di-
vorced couple recently as follows ::
He stood them in the middle Of the floor
backs together, and as they walked away
from each other he repeated the marri-
age ceremony backward.
They are eating biackberries in Jack
sonville, Florida. There hasn't been
any eating here, lately.
Wednesday of last week, April Q, was
the eighth anniversary of that fateful
day when Lee surrendered ct Appomat-
tox Courthouse. a
! Miss Sadie +. Wilkinson, of Bridge
port, has gained verdict Of S25,0O0
damages against "Brick" Pomeroy for
breach of promise. 1t had already cost
'.Brick" $4,000 to be in conditions to
make marriage promise; and sll the
while he was old enough to know better;