Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1873-03-08

But love God the best Of all
lie keeps me all the night :;
And when the morning comes again,
lie wakes me with the light.
think it is so nice to live;
And vet if should die,
The Lord would send his angels down
To take me to the ky.
A SUGGESTIVE Incident ~ THE AR
KANSAS VALLLY.-On one OF the bright
st days of January, just passed, party
of Illinois stock men were riding in a
buggy in the Arkansas Valley in West
ern Arkansas, looking over small
portion of the 3,O0J,O00 acres of land in
that part Of the world, owned by the
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe K. K.
Company. Suddenly, they were star
tied by string Of eXpletiyes which
would hardly be considered polite III
good societt : closing up with the demand
"Drat yer picters, cant ye hra'! stop
As these words were accompanied by
violent gestures on the part OF man
who stood not far away, gun IN hand,
they did stop, But the tragic thing
they anticipated was only thc death OF
Texas heiier, two years old, standing
in the prairie, among a herd OF two or
three hundred. with whose sudden death
they had been in danger OF interfering.
While wondering at the motive winch
could induce a man to shoot down a
prass-frd heiter in mid-winterthey drew
up to where she lay 1t was easily
pcrceived that she was fat; i'll fact, III
tended for beet, aud a good article.
Supper that night demonstrated the mat
ter by taste. 1t was most excellent
feeding.
They had been pleased with the clay
OF the land, and only wanted some
practical test Of the region as stock
growing country. The little inci,ient
which some men might have passed BY,
settled this point, and the strangers went
home satisfied that the opening up OF
the Arkansas Valley was The most I'M
porlant incident that occurred for years,
as affecting the farming and Stock-grow-
inc interests Of this country. 1t Is
region in which cattle, III the midst OF
an unusually severe winter keep tat up
on the boundIess range Of wild grass.
ra9- TIE RESOURCES OF WEST VIZ
GIS1A.-The Charleston (W. Va) Con.
rier, in commenting on the completion
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad,
takes occasion, in mentioning the vast
trade that will be opened up by that
road, to compare the coal resources OF
that State with Pennsylvania. 1t says
at is an acknowledged fact that the
coal resources OF this valley surpasS Ill
quantity and quality any OF all in Penn
sylvania Yet the last mentioned State
posse sscs 5SS collierics, employs 10
00O workmen, has invested capital OF
SCI. .O00,00J in this enterprise; pays
s32,0J0,00O in wages; produces 23,00J-
900, tons Of coal, and the value OF the
products amount to +52,000,000 annu-
ally. At present West Virginia has
but Al colieries; employs only 1000
workmen, has invested in these enter
prises but million and half dollars;
paws in wages not more than half mil
lion dollars; produced but half million
tons. and the value OF the product Is
scarcely a million dollars per annum.
When the State can boast OF six hun
dred instead OF forty coliieries, aud the
workmcu and money necessary for the
management OF these, can any one taIl
to realize the benefits that Will accrue
With superior coal and greater facilities
for mining. and markets ever ready to
consume all that can be produced. coal
COMPANIES here, from location and CON-
muuication. will be better fitted than
any portion of Pennsylvania to supply
the demand in the West and a large
portion of the East" 1t adds : This
without any mention Of the iron works
that will spring up. and without taking
into consideration the salt, which now
has opened to it a fine market IN the
East. iustfies the belief that the next
census will find the most sangulne hopes
in regard to this portion of West Fir-
cinia realized" " -
THE PRICE OF TYIT.-Messrs. Geo.
p. Rowell IL Co, announce that they
have at their warehouse IN New ork
an assortment of type from one OF the
most celebrated foundries i'll the world,
that Of Eirnins. London. England. which