Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-01-16
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ces for three years past, turns out to be
a girl.
One hundred and sixty persons pass
ed through indianapolis last week on
their way to Ohio, having been driven
out OF Kansas by the grasshopper
plague.
A cargo of 5000 pounds ginseng
reached Huntington the other day
from Logan county, w. Va 1t will be
shipped East, thence to China. The
celestials will chew it.
If you want to know whether your
grandmother was cross eyed, or where
your great uncle stood in his arlthme-
tic class, just run for office, and you
will know it all.
Twelve States now have compulsory
education laws upon their statute books
Col. Charles Z. Stuart, for many
years Commonwealth Attorney OF
Alexanderia, Va, who commanded the
175 Va Militia i'll the John Brown
raid, died last week.
Hon. Alvah Croker, republican in
Congress from the 10th Massachusetts,
district, died Saturday while at home
for the Christmas holidays.
Gen. Tench Tilghman, a distinguish
ed citizen of Maryland, is dead.
Compulsory education in New York
began on the first of the year. The
opinion is general that the new law
will work well and will be of great
benefit to thousands of children who
are now growing up i'll pagan lgno-
rance and crime.
An Indiana man bet $40 that he
could ride the fly wheel in a saw-mlll,
and as his widow paid the bet, she
remarked: William was kind husband,
but he didn't know much about fiy-
wheels.
The friends of Mrs. Ann Z. L. Maglll
were shocked to receive intelligence OF
her death, which occurred at Stanton,
Monday morning, after a short illness
of pneumonia. She was in the 6Gth
year OF her age.
The cost of making first class sew,
ing machine is less than $l2, and yet
the Sewing Machine ring is now before
Congress trying to get another extern
sion of their patent, whereby they can
continue their monopoly, and continue
to swindle the people by demanding
enormous prices.
An application for the pardon OF
Stokes, the murderer Of jim Fisk has
been refused by Gov Dix. The appl-
cation will be renewed TO Gov. Tllden.
President Grant favors the granting
of pensions to the veterans Of the MeXl-
can war.
Alonzo Hayward, one of the wealth
lest man in California on Monday sold
the Grown, Point mill and mining
prop erty for sl,6O0,0O0, and immedi-
ately donated $4,000 to charitable IN
stitutions.
A Richmond letter says ex-Confeder-
ate officers in that city are quite stirred
up by liberal inducements offered them
to 90 to Egypt to take service under
the Cadive, and number are likely TO
90 over and try the service Tor awhile
Another terrible disaster, has occur
red upon the ocean. The emisrant
ship Cospatrick, from London for New
Iceland. was burned at sea on Nov. IS.
1t is estimated that 465 lives were lost
by the disaster.
The Virgininia Senate has passed a
bill to suppress games OF chance, which
is, perhaps, the most sweeping one OF
it's kind on the statutes of this country.
Under it every species Of lottery, gifts
ENTERPRISE or ratii. is forbidden, and
even the ladies are declared from raj
fling articles of their haadiwork at the
fairs.
Seven members Of the new Congress
answer to the name of Williams, un-
less death calls the roll between this
aud the 4th of March, 1875.
A dentist in Brooklyn has sued Rev.
II. Beechcr for 5000 for four sets OF
false teeth furnished his wife and faith
er b. denies it; says it is barred by
statute of limitation, and wants the suit
dismissed at cost OF plaintiff
Hon. Alvar Crockcr, member of Cen
gress from 10th District, Mass, died at
his residence in F'itchburg, Mass, on
Saturday last.
Harry Washington, aged 80 years,
died at Shreveport, La, last week. He
is said to be cousin OF the Father OF
his Country, and, like him, was a Sur
vcyor by profession.
The funeral of VIM. H. Rinehart, the
sculptor, who died recently in Rome,
took place Saturday afternoon at the
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Bal
timore.
The Presidents salary is $4,000 per
annum and he has house, servants,
fuel, lights, garden, Conservatives, car
riages, horses, and everything except
some few articles Of daily diet and
clothing. He is not expected to enter
tain, except to give State dinner every
two weeks during the session of Con-
cress. The cost Of his levees to him
is nothing.
1t is said that T. T Brooks, of
Petersburg Va, convicted ofembezzling
government funds while president of a
national bank in Petersburg, is at pres
ent employed as clerk in the intrmary
of the Albany penitentiary.