Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-05-17
Editorial iIreyitier.

Editorial Brevities.
Thirty years ago, man living near
La Cross sold pair of boots for gun,
traded the gun for a pony,Sold the pony
for thirty acres of swamp land, aud now
own siXty-sM city lots, worth $500 each.
On the Shenandoah. sixteen miles
from Hamilton, in Clarke county, there
are inexhaustible beds Of iron ore. The
Washington and Ohio road is graded
four miles beyond Hamilton, and will
soon be at Round lilll, six and half
miles from Hamilton.
John w. Nevin, Jr., youngest son Of
DR.. John w. Nevin, President of Mar
shall College, Lancaster, Pa, died last
week, aged 26 years
Not single application TO sell al
quor" within the county OF Page was
made to the April County Court
a beautiful young girl was married
in San Francisco last week, and at the
conclusion of the marriage ceremony
she turned 10 her husband aud said
George kiss me | am dying" Tho
husband complied with her request, anl
at that moment the young bride fell
dead to the floor. .'
Mr. J. Randolph Tucker, ira prom
incnt young lawyer of Charleston, w.
Va, and editor of the Courier, of that
city, was married Thursday evening, III
Richmond, Va, 10 Miss Fannie, young
est daughter of Judge w. w. Crlmp.
Of that city.
TuE PrRrsr ASp SWEETEST CopLIv-
ER On. is Hazard & Caswcll's made on
the sea shore, from fresh selected liyers,
by CAswELI, IIAzARp IL Co, New
York. 1t is absolutely pure and scstf.
Patients who have once taken it prefer
it TO all others. Physicians have decid-
ed it superior to any Of the other oils in
market
A worthy old lady offers the follow
ing advice to girls whenever tel
low pops the question, don't blush aud
stare at your foot. Just throw your
arms around his neck, look him full in
the face and commence talking about
furniture"
! have broken up several long stand
ing cases Of Chills and Fever with SIM
MONS LIVER REGULATOR ]
also find it is great remedy for Dys-
pepsia and Liver Disease.
J. w. ANSLEY,
Buena Vista, Ga
Thomas l.. Freeman was sentenced
to 10 years imprisonment in the Ten
ncsse State Prison FIVE years ago for
murder, and it has just been proved
that he is innocent. OF course he will
be discharged, but what compensation
is there for him.
There is An honest man in San Fran
cisco. lie is a tobaceonist who has put
out sign reading: -Iinported cigars
Of our own manufacture, i'.. ..,
The area Of West Virginia is 1000
square miles, $4,000 square miles Of
which are underlaid by the coal Dica-
sures, containing all the varieties Of coal
known, (save Autbracite), which oftimes
equal, and sometimes excel, the most
celebrated Of other noted coal fields.
A big fish weighing 50 l2 pounds,
was caught at Holt town. two miles be
low Fairmont one day last week The
creature was trapped in dsh pot.
The trouble with the African NetIo
dist Church Of StauntoD, the eougregs-
ton Of which had locked the building,
ard refused entrance 10 Rev. Mr.. Diggs
has been settled by tile Conference re
turning the former pastor, Rev. Mr.
Pindle, who vii remain. 10 s-f s- e.
Capt. p. u. Henry, formerly Of Cnm-
berland county, Va, died in Washing
ton, Of dropsy, q disease from which he
has suffered for several months. lie was
a grandson Of Patrick Henry, the IA
nous orator of Revolutionary times.
Mr. Abel Hunter has resigned bis
position as Assistant Engineer, OF the
Martinsburg and Potomac Railroad, and
has accepted position on one OF the
western connections of the Bait. Il Ohio
Railroad. 9f
About sixty Modoc Indians, who live
on mashed grasshoppers and lizards.
with an occasional dessert of moccasin
snake, are Just now engaged in the plca-
SAINT pastirne of killing and capturing
the grand army of the United Stateaby
piecemeal Capt, Jack seems 10 tIke
things as easy as .ssittin on . Iail."
Show him bluec and down he comes.