Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-07-31
Editorial Breviffes.

lege, upon the hcN. n l. lam f,t.l
Iy Rector of st. Johns Episcopal Church
in Hagerstown, and now OF fe'ersouis'
Va.
Mr.. Alonzo Berry having arranged MS
beautiful picnic grounds on tne me Va
the extension of the Cumberland 'ailey
Railroad, near Williamsport, and erecteu
there on a commodious pavilion 1or uaiic-
ing parties, had forma! opening OF the
same on Friday night last, when was At
tended by large number OF persons
Copy was out. The devil picked up
paper and said, "Here's something ABOUT
a woman-must i cut it out! NO;
Numbered the editor; 1.-THE hrst disturb
ance ever created in the world was occa-
stoned by the devil fooling about a"o-
man."
Rev. John McCron, D. D., late prlncl-
pal Of Hagerstown Seminary lor YOUNG
Ladies, having been offered the pastorate
ofthe Lutheran Church of Bloomsbury,
Pa, has accepted the same and VIII ehter
upon his duties on the first Of August.
A young man named Vandier, resi-
dent of GAINESVILLE, Ohio committed suicide
at the Fountain Hotel, Baltimore. by
jumping from fourth story WINDOW
Mental berration, caused by impecunlos-
ity and hard drinking, was the cause.
Rev. DR.. witherspoon, of Petersburg,
has received call TO the pulpit OF the
Presbyterian Church at Lexington, Va,
which he will probably accept.
Sweeny, McCluny & Co., of Wheeling,
w. Va. large glass manufactors, have 1all-
ed. Their liabilities are Sl56,OOO; assets
estimated to be 1852, 900. \ meeting OF
creditors will be called TO try and arrange
for an extension of time.
At Allentown fourteen chickens were
Matched from thirteen eggs and the peo-
pie are puzzled.
Dan Rice has received his final dis
charge from bankruptcy. His debts
amounted to $4,000 and his assets to 40
! cents.
William Briley, teamster ut Union
| City, Erie county, has fallen heir TO for
tune of SIC, 900, by the death OF 4 relative
in England.
A Richmond paper asks: "If Mr.. kecly
| can run a locomotive from Philadelphia
to New York with pint of water, what
would he do with pint of whisky!
No Norwegian girl is allowed to have a
beau until she can bake bread and Knit
stockings; and, Is consequence, every
girl can bake and knit long before she
| can read or write.
A millionaire of Granville, Wis, has re-
| Gently made will, in which he leaves
| $4,000 to any Incorporated town or VII
! lage in Wisconsin that will not tolerate Il
| brass band.
Mrs. Mollie Handy and her two chill
! dren have brought suit in the Superior
| Court of Baltimore against the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company for S23,OOO
! damages, for the death of the husband and
father by the Company's engine on the
9th of April last.
A writer in "Blackwood's Magazine"
iftv wears ago, said that "a man would do
when sober that which he does when
| drunk if he dared" The assumed truth
of this proposition is what makes drunk
! enness no excuse for crime in the eyes OF
! the law.
Another Northern patriot has been sos
tracisedr in Virginia. Mr.. Edgar Allan,
! Commonwealth attorney, and known all
over Virginia aS yankee Allen has
been indicted by the grand jury OF Prince
| Edward county for completely in numer-
Gus frauds committed at the county cleo
ton in May last. lie is the leader of the
party in his district, and has served as
| State Senator.
Ex-Governor Francis Thomas, late L.
S. Minister to Peru, returned home by the
steamer Acapulco.
jefferson Davis, Alexander II. Stephens
and all the eX-otticerS and soldiers and
sailors of the Confederate army and navy,
! have been given general invitation To
attend n national reunion of ex-Federal
soldiers. soon TO be held 1T Caldwell, Ohio.
A philosopher asserts that the reason
why ladies' teeth decay sooner than gen.
tlemen's is because of the friction Of the
tongue and sweetness of the lips.
Col. Thomas II. Dewitt, Secretary Of
the Board of Public Works of Virginia,
arose at his residence in Richmond, early
Wednesday morning and blew his brains
out, pulling the trigger of the rifle with
his toe He was suffering from derange-
ment caused by sOftening of the brain.
He leaves a widow-the daughter of the
late Col. Edmond Fontaine, of the Cen
trail Railroad. He had been for over 80
years q State officer.
A Young man of Mount Joy, Ohio, and
young lady Of the same place, were max
ing love by toying with pair of scissors
when the young man accidentally cut the
| end of the lady'S nose OF. Queer way oil
| lONt, We
Acre and acre of wheat has been har-
vested this season in Tennessee and other
! Southern States. Instead OF importing
grain from the North and Northwest,
| those States this year will be able 10 eX-
! port it.
A celebrated writer says: No woman
can be lady who can wound or mortify
another. No matter how beautiful, how
Ia. 4 Il. h.
! she il, in reality, coarse, and the innate
vulgarity of her nature manifests itself
! in her. Uniformly kind, courteous and
polite treatmens ofall persons is one mark
of true woman.
Docs the court understand you to say
! that YOU saw the editor intoxicated!
Not at all, sir, only I've seen him in such
a-a-a-fury a to attempt 10 cut out
! copy with the shutters; that all.
John NJ. Langston, the colored member
! of the Board OF Health of the District Of
| Columbia, has accepted the Presidency of
the Richmond Land and Financial Asso-
citation, Company Chartered by the Leg
islature of Virginia. This company is
intended TO purchase lands TO be sold in
small quantities 10 the colOrel people of
| Virginia.
A California octogenarian had buried
| three wives whose maiden names were
| Green, Grass and Groze. He stirred UP
the fire with kerosene the other day, and
now he lies in the cold, cold grave, and
the green grass grows above him.
Max Adler, the humorist, was married
the other day to fair one of Ia pounds.
The romance Of the thing is that, it is said
Max thought she was in INDECENT circum-
stances till he woke up the next morning
aud she told him she was worth ZOO.