Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-05-15

Sound, March 70, during severe Saie.
They foolishly embarked in q small tug
boat, the Ruby for Fort Madison from
Seattle.
Uarrisopburg has just had another
license crusade, and yet whiskey Is
abundant there at 10 cents o drink.
There is but one way to do it; don't
buy it.
The Petersburg Journal of the 9th
inst, contains 3 long and interesting
account of the ceremonies OF laying the
corner stone of the U. S. Court House
and Postofice in that city.
Stanton had quite sharp fre on
Monday night of last week. Four or
five houses and q considerable quantity
of goods were destroyed.
Judge E. NJ. Pitts died suddenly ut
Norfolk last week, while pleading q
case in the court house. This is the
third case of sudden death there Of dis
tinguishedl lawyers withintwelve months.
The Hon. Charles r. Mallory died at
Hampton.
Rev. Father Ciampi has been trans
ferred from the pastorate of st. Johns
Church, in Frederick city, TO that of
St. Aloysius Church of Washington,
d. c. He will be succeeded by Father
Fulmer, of Boston.
Judge Barrett, in the Supreme Court
of New York, Saturday, granted an or
der in the suit of the State against VIM.
NJ. Tweed tor $6,OOOOO0, to show
cause why plaintiff should not be fur
nished bill of particulars.
On Friday last, A w. Mcdonald,
assignee, sold the estate of S. w. Bee
mer, bankrupt, situated just west Of
Berryville, and containing POS acres, to
D. G. Snyder, at t32,O5 per acre.
The Millerites now assert that the
world will come to an abrupt cOnclu-
sion on June Is. Professor lice, OF
St. Louis, also predicts terrific cyclones
about that time.
A fire at Piedmont, on Tuesday last,
destroyed a frame house belonging to
Mr.. E. S. Bailey, double house owned
by Dir. Melady, and house owned by
Mrs. Cunningham. Loss about 1900,
covered by insurance.
A special committee Of editors, rep
resenting the New Jersey Editorial AS
ISOLATION, visited Orkney Springs, Vir-
ginia, last week, to make arrangements
for tie annual excursion of the associa-
ton. The excursion party will be
composed oftwo hundred editors and
their families.
A bark has been loading at Rich
mond, Va, with cargo of Black wal,
nut timber from West Virginia, des-
tined for Havre, France.
President Robert Garrett, ofthe Val
ley Railroad, and his party, left Staun-
ton at 6 o'clock on the evening of the
3Oth ult., for Baltimore, in special
train, and made the run to that city in
seven hours, the distance being 22i
miles-the fastest run over the route
recorded. ~
The Council of the Episcopal Church
in Virginia, assemblies in Richmond,
on Wednesday, the 10th Of May.
Judge O'Neal has sold the house he
now occupies, in Boonsboro', Washing
ton county, TO Mr.. George w. Hof-
man, for s2,1OO.
Tie Washington Star is sassy. 1t
saws: "Between the women Of New
York who run after handsome actors,
and the women of Brooklyn who run
after popular preachers, it is hard to say
which lot are the biggest idiots.
One of the Beecbei-Tilton jurors Of
German parentage, has gained twenty
pounds since the trial commenced. AT
the same rate, he will 10 rather a heavy
specimen OF humanity by the time it is
over.
A Western editor appeals TO his de-
linquent subscribers, by saying: This
week we have taken in potatoes and
pickles on subscription. Now, If you.
will bring in some vinegar for the
pickles, and some wood to roast the
potatoes, We can live until artichokes
get big enough to dig. ~
A correspondent of the Courier and
.adusrii,rr, Moorcfield, urges Hon.
Thomas Maslin, Hardy county, for the
Governorsbip in 1877.
There was as much coal shipped to
williamsport by canal during the week
ending May LIST, rs there was TO George
town, which is the largest coal market
along the canal.
An industrious Spanish hen at San
Lorenzo, CAL, has laid an egg that Is six
inches i'm circumference and eight inches
from end to end, and the California news
papers are doing her cracking for her.
Embalmers have gone from london to
the scene Of the Schiller disaster TO. take
charge OF the remains Of persons ordered
to be embalmcd.
Clarke county has detected some bipcd
dogs depredating on the sheep fold. They
only take the WOOL. r ~
Colonel ID. X. Anthony, editor Of the
Leavenworth (Kansas) Times, who was
shot by Vim. Embry, editor OF the APP
peal, Monday, continued In critical con-
dition Tuesday. Ceh Anthony Is q BROTH
or of Susan B.. Anthony, one OF the lea
ders Of the WOMAN suffrage movement.
Hon, Jefferson Davis on Thursday de-
livered the annual address ut Houston.
Texas, at the Strife fair. eI.
A destructive fire occurred on the bor-
ough Of Boyertown, Berks county, Pa,
WEDNESDAY, which az one time, owing to
the high wind PREVAILING and scaacity Of
water, threatened to result very serious