Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-10-16
Editorial Brevities.

Editorial Brevities.
The Monumental Hotel, corner OF
Ninth and Grace streets, Richmond, du-
ring the war occupied by the Auditor
of the q. S., has been sold at auction
for $4,000.
A tombstone has been discovered in
Vermont town whereon is inscribed a
long epitaph, closing thus: stature
about it., VT. 200. Death had nc ter
rors.'
The man recently captured ir Fent-
ress county, Tennessee, with 81, 700,
has been identified as ore of the robbers
of the Huntington (West Virginia.
bank.
A woman in st. Louis killed her hus-
band because he pulled her hair. 1t is
sometimes difficult for husband to tell
whose hair he is pulling when he
clutches that on his wife's head.
Many woman who is too feeble to
peel dozen potatoes for dinner will
walk four miles past rivals house to
display new dress, and prance back
home like three year old tilly.
Jacob Rhoads, Of Clearspring Dis
trict, Washington county, aged 70,
Mrs. Susan Waltz, of Cavetown, same
county, aged 95, and Mrs. Catherine
Fulton, of Smithsburg, same county,
aged 81, all died last week.
A suit for divorce was heard in the
Circuit Court of Baltimore city last
week, in which both parties were near.
ly 70 years of age and both are apply
ing tor separation.
The London Lancet says that no per.
son should sit for more than half an
hour. Sposin fellow is sitting on the
sofa with his girl, is he going to be par,
ticular to a minute?
Miss Annie Handle, Of Cumberland,
has challenged Harry BROOKS, Champ
ion Pedestrian of the world" to walk a
match for from $1,000 to $4,000 side,
the match to take place in Washington
city, and he has accepted the challenge,
In his address at the Christian coun.
ty,Ky., fair last week, Mr.. Jefferson Da
Wis incidentally said: II am steering
as clear as l can, of all political ques.
tons. have shaken hands with poll
tics. If politics have gone to the dogs,
1 give them to the dogs"
President Grant spent Wednesday in
riding about Chicago and receiving
friends. He started for Washington in
the evening.
Gen. Beauregard, is likely to become
superintendent of the Louisville and
Nashville railroad.
A Tennessee girl, riding on the cars,
crossed the aisle, kicked young man
up against the window, and remarked:
II was brung up never to allow a vel
ler-eyed man to wink at me"
Daniel Reese, son of the Presbyterian
minister at Culpeper, Va, was badly
crushed between cars at that place yes
terday by the backing Of passenger
train into freight train.
Joseph McCarty, of West Virginia,
was robbed of sl,700 at Indianapolis
Tuesday night while standing on the
platform, of the Indianapolis, Blooming
ton and Western railroad, as the train was
leaving the depot by three men, who
jumped on the train Mr. McCarty
thinks the men followed HIM from West
Virginia.
A circuit preacher in Missouri prayed
for rain one night at farmers house,
and the farmer, who had horse race
arranged for the next day, was so mad
that he turned the good man out of
doors.
A circus tiger is roaming around
Brazil, Ind. and men who never stayed
at home an evening since they can re-
member are now to be found in the bo-
som of their families every night.
The failure of Mong & Co., of Mont
gomery, Ala, is reported in Louisville,
KY, where the firm is said to be indebt-
ed in the sum of 100000.
VIM. Pemberton, an escaped convict
morse thief, was mobbed while in Gus
tody of a constable at Peoria, Illinois,
Friday morning, shot several times, and
finally hung.
The Parkersburg Times reports that
160 active, first class mechanics have
left that town within the past four
months. This is very discouraging, and
shows an alarmingly low condition of
all branches of industry there.
An inch of snow fell Sunday night in
the Glades, near Oakland, and the
maintains uara coyered with snow