Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-03-14
Editorial Brevlties.

into on Sunday night, and small guam
tity of goods taken therefr0m'
w. T. Logan, Esq, of the Martins.
burg Independent, who has been quite
sick for month, is convalesoent, and
was able to visit his office few days
since.
Two weeks ago, says the Charlestowr
Spirit. the mill of Mr. Thaddeus Baney
near Nippon, was entered, and about
hundred pounds Of flour carried Off,
The wealth of the late Hon. Robert
Fowler, who died in Baltimore, last
week, is estimated at two millions OF
dollars.
A Mississippi editor delivers his vale
dictory in the following epigrammatic;
style; Hang this town Hang all
men in it; throw the rest in the river
and plant the town site in cucumbers J!
Reports from India give distressing
accounts of the famine prevailing there
In the Presidency Of Bengal over mil
lion persons are starving to death.
The liquor dealers Of Baltimore city,
Frederick, Cumberland and Hagers-
town, in Maryland, have receivedpostal
cards, during the past week, requesting
them to desist from the sale of liquor
You can Judge how cold it is around
St. Paul by the fact that a young lady
froze to death in a sleigh while riding
four miles, and her beau had his arn!
around her all the time.
A letter was received from Rev. ).
r. Finley, at the Staunton conference,
announcing his withdrawal from the
ministry and membership OF the NJ, T..
Church South. Bishop Doggett aecep-
ted the withdrawal.
The horse upon which General Zolli-
Golfer was killed is still alive and owned
by a gentleman of Warren county, hy.
Though old, just tap gun II you want
to see him prance.
Tie New York legislature has adopt
ed the Michigan law making it criml-
nal offense to point gun at person
even in sport Good law. Let all the
legislatures adopt 1t.
An exchange paper says; "hetp
an eve out for the early resumption OF
specie payment" Both Of our eyes are
already out looking for it, and SO are
our elbows.
Lewis NJ. Lauck, Of St, Louis, COM
United suicide on the 2nd inst. Mr.. l..
was a native of Winchester, where he
resided for many years, Appointment and
very popular citizen.
A Western journal offers this induce
ment: '.All subscribers paying in add
vance will be entitled to a hrst-class
obituary notice in case Of death.
In Paducah, Ky, on Monday last, an
election was held to decide whether the
saloons should be closed. The whisky
men werc victorious by fifty majority.
Judge b. Daniels, of Baltimore, died
suddenly at the St. Clair Hotel, in that
city, on Sunday night last, from heart
disease.
Hon. John s. N!llson, of Norfolk,
Va, and formerly 4 member OF Con
cress from that State, died on Sunday
last.
Anthracite coal has been found near
Cherry Run, in Washington county, and
company formed with view OF min
ing the same.
The Rev. Mrs. Maggie Newton Van
Colt is so popular i'll Omaha that no
church in town is large enough to con-
tain the congregation which she gathers.
Chief Justice Morrison r. Waite, of
the Supreme Court Of the United States
was sworn in and took his seat on the
Bench at the Capital, Washington City,
on Wednesday, 4th of March.
Ouite a number of land hunters have
recently appeared at Vienna, Fairfax
county, Va, and inthat vicinity III quest
of lands for farming purposes.
Mirrors are said to have been invent
ed because ladies are so torgettnl OF
their looks.
A fashion writer announces that cot
fins will be more profusely decorated
than ever this season.
The demand for postal cards has set
tied down to nine millions per month.
1t is a remarkable fact that the BRAY
est of soldiers are generally the gentlest
of men.
Gen. Butler has introduced a bill irto
Congress to abolish pension agencies,
and provide for the payment OF pen
sions by post-masters, at a moderate
compensation. The bill is good one.
A correspondent in Thursday
Wheeling Intelligencer, suggests the
propriety of holding county conven-
tons, in the First and Second congress
sional districts, and in all the counties
of the Third that desire to do so, to
send delegates to State Convention,
to be held at Grafton or some other
place, in May next, to agree upon some
place for the permanent location of the
capital of West Virginia.
A Detroit woman gives al the bot
ties aud WORKOUT hoop-skirts about the
house to the poor, and wonders how
big her bank account is above.
The Winchester paper mill has an
order for Cuba. 1t has turned out 1000
tons of paper during the short period of
its existence
The Stonewall Brigade Band of
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