Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-01-23
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Ct Bouifacius Church, charging him
with embezzlement, at Philadelphia.
On Sunday .sixty-6ve car loads OF
beet cattle arrived in Baltimore from
the West by the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad. Several hundred ear loads Of
cattle, it is said, are now on the way
from the West.
Philip Frederick, who was sentenced
at Harrisonburg, Va, in the U. 5.
Court. to 6 months imprisonment and
o.. 900 fine for unlawfully selling Que
pint of whisky, has been pardoned by
the President.
As i, is more than likely specie pay
mems will be resumed-tour years
bence-we state, for the benefit OF all,
that we are willing to receive "hard
money" for subscriptions to the Regis
ter, Immediately.
Mrs. Virginia A. Willis, wife OF hev.
E. J. Willis, now Of Winchester, lately
pastor Of the Baptist Church of Alex
andria, died at her home on Saturday
evening last.
The boiler of an engine that was ap-
preaching Moundsville, w. Va, on the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, on Thurs
day last, exploded, instantly killing the
engineer, Mr.. Norris Houston, and bad
y injuring the fireman. The engine
was completely wrecked, and the bag
gage aud postal cars badly smashed.
In the published list of unsecured
creditors of Henry Clews, are the Saw
ings Bank of Martinsburg, w. Va, for
1886, Kanawha Valley Bank OF
Charleston, $9,l90, aud the Culpepper
Bank of Virginia, for $4,000.
David Care, brakeman, OH afreight
train, was killed whilst boarding his
train at the Frederick Junction on
Thursday night last. He slipped upon
the ice, when four cars passed over him.
He was q resident Of Baltimore, and
aged 22 years.
E. L. Dubarry, Esq, retiring Super
intendent of the Baltimore and Poto-
mac Railroad, is Superintendent of the
Frederick and Pennsylvania Line Rail
road, which has lately fallen under the
control of the Pennsylvania Company.
AT the regular monthly meeting on
Wednesday, the 18th instant, at Cam
don Station, of the Directors of the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, Mr.. ID.
A. J. Peck was elected paymaster Of
the company, in place of MIR. w. e.
Woodside, resigned.
Miss Jennie Britton, of Lewisburg,
Pa, has gained an extensive repuia.
ton as skater by propelling herself
thirty two miles on the ice i'll three
hours and thirty-five minutes the other
day.
Gen. Bradley T. Johnson, writes to
the Dispatch arguing that Virginia is
not bankrupt. Immigrants think she
is and they avoid her as they do place
suffering from some pestilential disease.
The Nail City Insurance Company,
established in Wheeling few months
ago, was closed on Friday in conse-
quence of its inability to settle a judg-
ment for 81, 800 against it for an insur-
ance loss. -.--
Rev. VIM. S. Crowly, pastor of the
Nanatawha Baptist Church, Ridge Az
enue, Philadelphia, died suddenly. De-
ceased had been engaged in conducting
services and was taken suddenly i'll and
died at church..
A fire in Baltimore on Saturday night
destroyed the type foundry of Ryan e
Ricketts,, and the large job printing es-
Enlistment of J. Y. Slater.
Judge Daniel Weisel, Of Hagerstown,
has been reappointed trustee of Ante
tam National Cemetery, his term bav-
ing expired.
In the Senate caucus of Saturday it
was agreed to prepare and present bills
for the admission of Colorado and New
Mexico during the present session.
They will probably BIZ introduced this
week
The Sixth Regiment, Of Baltimore,
contemplate visiting Frederick city on
General Washipgton's birthday, the 22d
vf February.
Seventy-6ve ladies of Rochester, n.
Y, are out in card denying that they
sleep in their corsets in order to keep
their forms graceful.
John Humbird, DEM, was elected
Mayor of Cumberland OH Monday last.
The vote stood: Humbird 742; Hope
well Hebb 5S8-Humbirds majority
l54.
The jailor of Fairmont became intox-
icated, during the holidays; was arres-
ted, and committed to his own custody,
with the keys of the prison in the hands
of his wife! So says the Grafton Sent.
Three sisters of Dubuque, are so set
in their temperance principles that they
make the hired girl smell the breath
of every gentleman caller, and report
the result, before admittance to the
parlor can be obtained.
The MlLIrIA.-The Governor recon-
mends that the militia be placed on
good footing. There are but two or
three volunteer companies in the State,
and the militia don't amount to any
thing. Let US have some of the good
old days when "big musters" were held
and big epaulets were worn. 1t Is re-
Fiction on the State that the militia is
in such wretcbed condition.
The handsome nronertx belonging