Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-07-05

Us1yEgsIrY.-We learn from the Dec,
retary of the Regents that "Uncle sam
has lust added to his many former con
tribItions to the material OF the Uni
yersity. the following items !: Two
, Coehorn Mortars, with equipments com
plete, from Allegheny Arsenal; one hun
bred stand cadet breech loading mus
kcts of improved design and finish, with
all accoutrements. from Springfield Ar
senal, and six full kits of Signal nipple
ments from the Signal office at Wash
! ington. These equipments, with the
four pieces of artillery, two ritied steel
three inch, and two twelve pound brass
pieces) and small arms heretofore sup
piled, and the armory building now
nearly completed, give the military de
partment, under charge of Capt. ii. III.
Pierce, of the 2lst infantry, L. 5. A,
great ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS foSf.
WuSKEY INDICTMENTS GOoD.-We
published the fact at the time, that the
county court of Kanawha county quash-
ed large number of indictments for
violations of the liquor law, III April
last, and there was good deal OF re
ioicing among liquor sellers. We then
notified our local readers that the prose
cutting attorney would try aghin, and
probably succeed. He has tried and
has succeeded. The decision of the
county court is reversed, all motions to
break down the proceedings in these
cases failed, and the indictments all
sustained Now will come the trials on
the indictments, which III some cuses
number over fifty against one saloon
keeper.-C Charleston Chronicle.
On the first of this month the new
postage stamps came in, bcaring proiiles
and colors thus cent, Franklin, blue;
2 cent, Jackson, Brown; cent, Wash
inoton, green; 6 cent Lincoln, red; I
cent, Stanton, vermillion; 10 cent, jeff
erson, chocolate; - cent, Clay, purple;
ID cent, Webster, orange; "a cent scott,
80 cent, Hamilton, black, 90 cent, Perry,
carmine.
The building of narrow guage (three
feet track railroad, to connect the town
of Romney, in Hampshire county, with
the Baltimore Il Ohio Rrailroad, Is III
rapid course of construction, and will, II
is thought, be completed by the first OF
January. This is, we believe, the first
road of the kind yet projected in this
State, and costing only about $4,000
per mile to build it, and at least two
thirds less to run it than the ordinary
roads of the country cost.
Virginia City, Nevada, June pa
terrible explosion of nitro Glycerine and
giant powder occurred near the corner
OF Taylor and b streets, killing ten per
sons and wounding many others. a
large number OF persons are missing,
and all probably buried beneath the
debris. The explosion of six cans OF
nitro-glycerine is the supposed cause OF
the disaster, the conclusion OF which
caused second explosion Of fifty pounds
Of giant powder
The LATE MASONIC CELEBRATION
The Loudoun Enterprise says:--'About
two thousand dollars were added TO the
circulating medium OF Hamilton and It's
neighborhood by the masonic turnout.
The w. O. II. r. picked up about scv-
en- hundred from the same source. Such
things pay when you get them up right.
1t was said by Col Withcrs, that Ham
ilton Lodge needed about one thousand
dollars for their Temple building fund.
We understand that they realized that
day, over five hundred of that amount.
1t is reported that within the past
few days the discovery has been made
that all the archives in the War De
partment relating to the secret history
of the late civil war, have been stoleE-
when and by whom does not appear.
The archives stolen covered period Of
time extending from the first battle OF
Bull Run to the surrender Of General
Lees army.
The mail from Loredo brings news
that a largenumbcr of Kickapoo Indians
are encamped on the Mexican side OF
the Rio Grande,a few miles from there.
1t it suppose they are waiting for the
river to fall to make raid on that place
Preparations were in progress for
vigorous defense. These Indians have
been in the habit Of making incursions
in that section, robbing ranches, killing
settlers, ard escaping into Mexico un-
punished. 30 Pa
That unfortunate instiution,the How
ard University, (coloreO Washington
is again the subject of injurious reports
in Washington. The charge is made
that its finances have been so mIsnaIl-
aged that it is nearly 100000 in debt
although about sl,250,00O have been
expended from the public funds IN Its
endowment, and that the annual expeh
ses of the University exceed its income
by $4,000.
On last Friday morning. as Eliza
Cooper, colored, of Brucetown, Va.,was
crossing the Opequon near that place
with her two little cbildren,on OF them
slipped off the log and was drowned be