Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-01-08
Editorial Brevities.

A sketch of Richard Henry Lee, q
signer OF the Declaration of Indepen-
dence, is to be prepared for the centen-
NAL exercises by Mr.. z. A. Brock, of
Richmond,
O. S. Hosmer, of Boston, has invent
ed a stocking -darner. This darner
costs ten dollars, and will darn the hu-
gest hole in less time than it takes to
darn the smallest one of times gone by
The kingdom of Siam will sxpend
about one hundred thousand dollars to
display lis productions and industries at
the Centennial Exposition.
Brigham Young has begun the erec-
ton of a massive stone wall around ten
square rods of soil, wherein are to be
buried himself and the choice lights of
his family.
DIR. Thos. Buchanan Duckett, one of
the few remaining prominent men of
the past, died at the residence OF his
son, DIR. Il. J. Duckett, near Bakers
vile, Wash Co., Md, on Monday the
9th inst.
A contemporary observes that Presi-
dent Grants friends are one by one go
ing to the Penitentiary. 1t is very dis
tressing.
A countryman in Savannah, observ-
ing a gang of negroes lsboring on the
streets, each wearing a ball and chain
asked one why that ball was chained to
bis leg "To keep people from stealing
it. Heap of thieves about here"
The Combined Capital of the Roths-
childs is stated by Emile Burnouf, the
well-known publicist, to have attained
in the present year to the almost incal-
culable sum of seventeen billions Of
francs, or S3,4OO,000,0OO, about equal
to the whole funded debt of Great Brit
| ain.
OF the twenty-six who have held the
Spsakership OF Congress, only six are
now living, namely: Hunter, Winthrop,
Banks, Grow, Colfax and Blaine, Hun
ter is State Treasurer of Virginia, Banks
and Blaine are in Congress, and the
others are in private life.
Rev. c. p. Hoge, of Scottsville, Abe
marie county, venerable Baptist min
lister, was parayzed whilst preaching
to congregation in Fluvanna county,
Va, some days ago.
DR.. w. II. JAnson, native of Pc
tersburg, Va, chaplain of the Virginia
regiment in the Mexican war, and at
one time editor Of the Petersburg South
side Democrat, died at Lake City, Fla,
recently.
A helping word to one in trouble is
often like a switch on railroad track /;
but one inch between wreck and
smooth-rolling prosperity.
The lady members of Grange in
East Tennessee presented each of their
officers who are bachelors with quilt,
in view of the near approach of winter.
1t is cheering for the economists to
note that the two acknowledged leaders
in the lower House of Congress of
Washington are Messrs. Kerr (now
Speaker and Randall, whose whole
course in Congress has been character
lied by steady and answering oppo-
sition to land grants, subsidies and ex-
travagance in every shape and form.
May they graft their economy on this
Congress is our hearty wish.
The Virginians have had shaking
up lately-by an earthquake. Rich
mond, Petersburg, and Lynchburg were
percoptibly affected. 1t also visited
Washington, d. c., and a citizen there
was heard to exclaim that he never felt
anything ike it since the first battle Of
Bull Run, in 1861.
General Doubleday, of the army, de,
clares that General Robert Anderson,
Of Fort Sumpter notoriety, told him
upon the breaking out of The war,
that if Kentucky joined the Confederacy
he would go to Europe.