Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-11-04
Editorial Brcvities.

Tennessee is now sending about fifty
emigrants per day into Texas.
A young man named King Lytton,
while walking on the Baltimore aud
Ohio railroad, ten miles from Cumber-
land, was run over on Sunday by the
Chicago express train and instantly
killed.
Good heavens, if they did things that
way in America what would become of
the legal profession. a Liverpool
lawyer has been compelled to pay dam
ages for having given bad professional
advice
Three Roman priests and one Metho-
dist minister, Rev. Dr. Myers, have
died of the fever while attending the
Savannah sick.
Rev J. Summers, pastor of the Lu-
theran congregation at Mechanicstown,
Frederick county, Md, has rendered his
resignation to the congregation, which
is to take effect on the 1st of May next.
When Boston girl gets mitfed at
her husband she says: "Base tyrant, d.
shall leave the and fly to my parental
home" When Western girl becomes
similarly affected she simply remarks:
"OId man, I'm going to git up and git,
and if YOU don't like it just climb up on
your eyebrow and see if you can stop
me"
The Rev. DR.. Dungee the wellknown
colored Democrat, has church in Rich
mond, Va, and his Radical opponents
have endeaYored so break it up. The
case will be brought before the courts.
This is allowing freedom of conscience
with vengeance.
John c. Ferris, Baltimore actor,
was stricken with paralysis last Friday
night, while acting on the stage OF the
Holiday Street Theatre, and died soon
after. He was 50 years Of age.
If the girls don't quit wearing those
abominable wide belts, squeezing will
soon be one of the lost arts. No man
of delicate feelings likes to embrace a
leather trunk, even if there is woman
in it.
Mr.. J. s. HARRISON, Of San Diego
county, California, arrived in New York
on Friday with ten carloads OF honey,
each car containing 10000 pounds.
Mrs. Bamboozle says an ounce of
common sense is worth more than
pound of cookbook in getting up din
ner.
"What do you propose to take for
your cold?" said a lady to a sneezlng
gentleman. "Oh, I'll sell it very cheap;
/ wont higgle about the price at all"
James r. Coke, of Auburn, n. Y,
one of the original abolitionists and
founders OF the republican party, has an
nounced his adherence to Tilden and
Hendricks, and is making democratic
speeches in the western part of tie
State. He is a brother of Bishop Coke,
Episcopal bishop Of western New York.
Even the ladies have been taking
part in politics in the West. The tea-
lure of republican meeting at Delphos,
Ohio, the other night, was the carrying
by wagon-load Of lady school teachers,
Of big banner reading, 'No stock in
bachelor President for us"
Posr TIE BooKs.-The following
States were carried by the democrats
this year, and the electoral vote of each
il az follows. Alabama 10, Arkasas 6,
Delaware 8, Connecticut 6, Georgia II,
West Virginia S, Indiana l5-total, 6S.
The following were carried by the radi-
Gals: Maine 7, Vermont 5, Colorado 3,
Ohio 22-total, 81 The democrats,
thus far, have majority OF 81 electoral
votes.
Are YOU there my love? he whispered
through a hole in the fence OF his below
eds back yard. Yes, darling. was the
reply. Jump right over. He did so,
and alighted in the presence of her
mother, broomstick and a policeman.
A blacksmith was once summoned
to county court as a witness in
diespute between two of his workmen.
The Judge after hearing the testimony,
asked him why he did not advise them
to settle, as the costs had already
amounted to three times the disputed
sum. He replied: told the fools to
settle; for said the clerk would take
their coats, the lawyers their shirts,
and if they got into your honors
court, you'd skin 'em.
In theU. S. c. Court at HarrisonbUrg re-
Gently, Mr.. Doom,th depot master of the
G.. & O. r. Il. Co., at Staunton, was
sentenced to four months Imprisonment
for ejectng a disorderly colored woman
from the ladies' waiting room. Had the
complainant been a disorderly white
woman the act Of Mr.. Doom would have
been sustained.
In answer to the question whether
any full -blooded negroes had died of
yellow fever, the Savannah News says
The result OF our observation and in
quiries upon the above subject is to the
effect that the pure blooded negro is not
a subject for yellow fever. Those COL
ored who have died here without excep-
ton, have been persons Of mixed blood.
Democrats are waking up to their
work in Pennsylvania. One hundred
thousand people witnessed and cheered
a torch-light procession of ten thousand
Democrats in Philadelphia last Tues
day night. Hold the fort" the Key
stones coming.
''Dey amt no niggers on de top side