Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-12-26
Editorial Brevities.

Editorial Breyities.
The Pacific Mail Steamship Compa-
nv has lost its eighth steamer by the
burning of the Japan, near Hong Kong,
China. The details of the disaster, so
far as received, would indicate large
loss of life, chiefly ChiiGamen, there be-
ing several hundred on board. There
were only tour cabin passengers on the
steamer.
The large new dam just completed at
Haydenville, Mass, for Hayden, Gere
Is Co.'S brass works, built to replace
the dam swept away last May, broke
near the centre Saturday while seventy
five or hundred children were skating
on the pord. Fortunately all escaped.
4 Justice of the Peace in Greensburg
had become so imhued with the routine
of his office, that in concluding mar
rage ceremony the other evening, he
substituted the usual formula, "1ou will
now stand committed until fine and
costs are paid.
Mason s. Hughes, contractors on the
Valley Railroad, have given notice to
the proper authorities that they will
return to the penitentiary about two
hundred convicts they have had IN their
employ this summer.
Weston; Saturday night, at New
York, accomplished the task of walking
five hundred miles in six days.
William Hughes, for the past thirty
four years in the employ of the Baltl-
more and Ohio Railroad Company, and
for long series of years superintendent
of the passenger cars at the Camden
street depot, died on Saturday evening
at his residence, in Baltimore, in the
Goth year of his ago.
The death at Norfolk, Va, on Fri
day last, of the Hon. Jno. B. Rice,
member of Congress from the city of
Chicago, has already been announced.
The negroes Of Barbour county,
Alabama, are collecting money to be
used by negro women in obtaining di
vorces from their husbands who voted
the democratic ticket.
Some time ago man calling himself
J.. Stewart stole horse from iona
than Spielman, of Williamsport, Md,
carried it to Pennsylvania where ne
turned it loose in field and then re-
turned to the neighborhood in which
he had committed the theft and was
arrested. For this he goes to the peni-
tertiary for eight years.
One of the saddest sights at this sea-
son of the year is yotng itian who has
waited outside the church of an evening
until he is chilled through, only 70 see
his girl walk off with some rascal who
has been inside all the time toasting his
sinful shins at the stove.
On Monday las. several colored girls
were introduced into the Girls High
School at New Orleans, whereupon fifty
of the graduating class withdrew. Too
much "kink odor dar.
At Manchester, n. H., few days
ago, a servant girl named Hattie Bea-
man murdered her illegitimate child by
cutting off its head with apair ofshears.
A young lady of sedgwick county,
Kansas, advcrtises that she will give
two hundred dollars for a young man
who will love her in kind and gentle
manner The trouble about this an
nouncement is that there is no time
mentioned.
Six young ladies of Philadelphia who
had their missionary contributions stvl-
en- from their pockets in church, got
mad and marched out of the sacred edi
flee exclaiming, "Now let them little
nigger babies in Africa buy their own
soothing syrup"
Since John w. Garrett refused an in
crease of salary northern railroad presi-
dents are inquiring whether any signs
of insanity in the Garrett family have
ever been noted.
Ben Butler has introduced new
civil rights which it is said Grant will
approve. 1t differs only from Summers
by modifying the school clause, and
leaving that matterto be regulated by
State laws. 1t is believed that But
ler's bill will pass.
A spread eagle orator wanted the
wings ola bird to fly to every village
and hamlet in the broad land, but he
wited when naughty boy in the
crowd sang out, YOU'D be shot for
goose before You had flown mile
A young man went into barber
shop in Boston, on Saturday last, tool
up razor, and cut his throat while
Standing before a mirror. lie was des-
perate for want of work.
A MAN IN RUINS.-One of the
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