Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-04-10
Editorial BrevitieS.

| completed another purchase O1 mineral
lands in Amherst county, on the line of
the Midland railroad, Va, the value of
which is from three to five hundred
dollars.
On last Friday night the barn, with
its contents, of Mr.. VIM. B. Karicofe,
near Emanuel Church, between Mt. So
lon and Sangersville, in Augusta coun-
ty, Va, was burned. Two colts, some
sheep, rockaway, hay, corn, and fod-
der were burned.
In order to run newspaper success
fully it is only necessary to learn to do
three things Eat driedapples for break
! fest, drink warm water for dinner, and
swell up for supper. BY that means an
editor can get three square meals day.
AS the poet truly says; at isn't all
of life to live" Oh, mol Any wretch
who has to scratch around sixteen hours
a day to feed family Of seventeen
strong children knows it isn't.
A breach of promise suit for $4,000
damages, in New York, brought by
Mary ChamberlayDe, aged Is, against
J. b. Holmes, aged 60, resulted in a
verdict for the plaintiff for $4,000.
Chicken cholera may be cured by the
following mixture: Two ounces Of red
pepper, two ounces Of alum, two ounces
Of rosin, and two ounces of sulphur.
Where all are complaining, put table
spoonful of the mixture into a quart Of
corn meal and feed to them every morn
ing.
There is no such thing as luck. It's
fancy name for being always at our
duty, and SO sure to be ready when the
good time comes.
That was a mean man out in Kan
sas that took the gold filings out OF
his wife g teeth, the other day, and sold
them to pawnbroker to buy collar
for his dog. a..
The general verdict on Andrew
Johnson's speech seems to be: "le is
the same old sixpence."
The "gold fever" has broken out in
the West The Black Hills in Nebras-
ka, are said TO be full Of the metal.
Howe, the inventor of the sewing
machine, was destitute at thirty, mill
ionaire six years later.
1t is said that when female child is
born in Indiana, the unhappy father be-
gins to save money to buy piano.
A Pennsylvania boasts that he
makes soap that would "wash apoliti-
clans character white as snow" There
must be good deal of 'lye" about
that soap.
A patent has been granted to Henry
B. Weiland, Martinsburg, for an i'm
proyement in sewing machines.
dramatically speaking, kiss has
been called a conjunction, bat the
Lowell Courier calls it verb, as it sig-
nifes to do and to suffer.
The Hon. John Hickman, Exon
gresham from Pennsylvania, died on
Tuesday the 23d at his late residence,
in Westchester, Pennsylvania.
Alabama has just passed law impo-
sing fine of not less than $1,000
upon the seducer of an unmarried wo-
man, or Imprisonment at hard labor for
a year, or both, at the discretion of the
court. The uncorroborated testimony
of the female, however, will not be
cpffi nianf tor conviction
They have had an exhibition of the
"can can" in Wheeling, and the Stan
dard local wants to see more of it be-
fore he can decide whether it is bad or
not. Change your seat, next time.
1t is expected that the tomb-stones,
furnished by the Government for the
National Cemetery, at Sharpsburg, will
be put up during the. summer.
General Spinner's resignation is said
TO have been received with general sad,
ness among the employees of the treas
ury. The Washington Republican
says the women clerks wept like chill
dren when he told them of it.
An ingenius Virginia distiller con-
verted cave and hollow tree grow
ing over i. to his purpose of defrauding
the revenue, the tree serving as chin
ney.
MIR. J. c. Hammond, of Stewards
town, York county, Pa, during the
past winter has killed 944 crows. As
the reward for the scalps of every crow
killed is eight cents. Mr.. Hammond
has lately drawn from the treasury Of
York county 1852.
The New Jersey Senate has passed
bill imposing penalty of fifty dollars
and Imprisonment Oh any person who
shall adulterate milk or feed cows so as
TO produce impure milk.
Some weeks since, Mr.. E. w. Hern-
don OF Mercer county, w. Va, ship
ped alot of horses to Richmond where
he sold them for SLIGO. He then went
to New York to purchase goods, and
on the train between Philadelphia and
New York. whilst asleep, was robbed OF
all his money.
Nine counterfeiters have been arres-
ted in several counties in southwestern
Virginia and taken 10 jail at Abingdon.
About twenty more are expected to be