Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-08-21
lawrence Of the supreme Court, has or.


dered that the defendant be furnished a bill
of particulars, and have ten days to answer
after receipt thereof. Miss Loveloy, while
bathing at Southampton, Long Island, was
carried beyond her depth. A boy went 10
her assistance, but she seized him and held
him so tightly he could do nothing. George
w. Fishback, formerly proprietor OF the
st. Louis Democrat, riding along the beach,
plunged in and saved both the lady and BOY
The Republican State Convention of Cali
fornia has met. The platform declares adhe-
sion to the Union and sovereignty OF the
general government, approves the national
administration, favOrs the policy OF arbltra.
ton between governments, resumption OIL
specie payment, revision of patent laws, leg
islative control of corporations, government
sanction of internal improvements, and OPP
poses the third term. 1t nominated for Con-
rress Henry Warner, formerly Receiver OF
the United States Land Office at Oregon City.
Whitney, the Independent nominee, is
saw-mill man......The platform of the
Oregon Independent State Convention iavors
resumption of specie payments, repeal OF
the act doubling the Presidents salary,
pledges nominee to river and harbOr I'M
proyements and locks at Cascades, legisla-
tive control of fares and freight, reimburse
ment to Oregon of the ModOc war expenses
by the general government..........I 1.-The very
latest returns from North Carolina inform
us that the election for delegates to the
Constitutional Convention foots up sixty
Democrats, two Independent Democrats:
and ffty.eight Republicans..........Mr Mr..
Horace Binney, the oldest member of the
Philadelphia bar, died August II, aged
Great distress prevails
among many Americans abroad on account
of the failure of Duncan, Sherman Il Co...
The losses caused by late storms in New
Jersey are heavy. In Orange county the
damage is estimated at 100000 to 10000,
and in PaSsaic county at $4,000.
Notes from Abroad.
4 London dispatch says that eighteen adj
ditional cotton mills involved in the Old
ham strike have closed their doors, and the
number of operatives idle is increased to
twenty thousand. Insurgents In Here
govinia, after several engagements with the
Turks, have succeeded in surrounding
Trebigue, which is weakly garrisoned. They
have already burned part of the suburbs.
Cholera is prevailing with great severity
in the Holy Land, especially at Damascus.
The Mission schools are closed, and the chill
dren dispersed The third and last day
of the celebration of the O'Connell Centen-
NAL in Dublin was given up to festivities and
excursions, bOat-racing and other sports.
In the evening there was display of fire.
works. .T The American rifle team, at Paris,
were welcomed by Victor Hugo to his resi-
dence.
The trial of Alexander and William Collie,
on the charge Of receiving money under false
pretenses, was suspended on account of the
elOpement of Alexander Collie. a cable dis
patch has it that the London and WeStmins-
ter Bank compromised with Alexander Col
lie and allowed him to escape to the CONT
nent and that proceedings against his brother
William have been discontinued by the
bank. Five thousand dollars reward has
been offered for the apprehension of Alex.
ander Collie. ..... Twelve commercial firms OF
Montreal, Canada, who are perfectly sound
as far as assets aud liabilities are concerned,
have been obliged to make special arrange
ments with creditors for extension of time to
meet engagements.
In July, the cold was so intense in the
Province of Rancauga, Chill, that four per
sons were frozen to death..........A meeting
of the City Council was held recently
at Montreal to cOnsidera new health bylaw
which includes a clause compelling vaccina-
ton. \ large number of French Canadians
opposed to vaccination occupied the gal
lerieS, and assembled outside, and were so
noisy that no business could be done. Sew
eral yolleys of stones were fired, and nearly
all the windows were broken, and two of the
Aldermen struck. Council finally postponed
action for six months, and adjourned IN
confusion under a volley of stOnes............
The London Post publishes Il report of a Sc
riouS scullle between Russian and Prussian
frontier guards at Donbroma, on the bOun-
dary line between Russia and Prussia. The
affair was provoked by the Russians who
trespaSsed on German territory. Several OF
the guards were wOunded......A telegram to
the London Times from COnstantinople
states that two thousand Turkish troops have
been dispatched to Herzegovina by way of
Kleke The electoral struggle for Presi-
dent of the United Statesof Columbia threat
ems general war and division of the
country.
Gen. MARTINEZ Campas, in dispatch to
Madrid, dated SEQ D'Urgel, August II, an
nounces that the troops under his command,
after desperate fighting, entered Olsana
Tower. He lost one hundred killed; but the
CarliSt loss was still heavier, and many Of
the garrison were taken prisoners. An ex-
plosion of the magazine at the citadel made
a large breach in the wallS......ln England,
the Stockton Rail Company has suspended
in consequence of the failure of Shaw u
Thompson, iron merchants. The liabilities
of the company are estimated at about
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