Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-12-15
Editorial lBrevftics.

Scarlet fever has been so prevalent IN
Moundsvlle this State, for some time
past as to cause the temporary closing
of the schools. The Mayor has issued
a proclamation, requesting all persons
where scarlet fever exists in their taml-
lies, to remain indoors during the exis-
tence of the disease, and he forbids
others visiting any house in which the
disease exists.
voorhees, denied the charge that the
Democrats desire TO "Johnsonize this
Administration. He said the Repuhli
cans forced Hayes into the Presidential
chair, and be wished them much Joy
over their triumph.
The subject of Oakley Hills lecture
for Lincoln Hall, Washington, ID. T.,
Monday evening next, is "What shall
the Verdict Be-" The verdict about
Oakley, in these parts, is that he has
taken money from the New YORK city
treasury which did not belong to him.
Governor Wade Hampton, in his
message to the Legislature OF South
Carolina, protests against Reputation
in these words: 'Iivemure TO express
the hope that under no circumstances
will repadiaiion, direct or indirect, be
conutenancel. Reputation would bring
inevitable disaster, and would entail
indeible disgrace.
The chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Company are so pressed for cars that
they are now using box-cars for ship
plug coal.
The Berkeley Springs Mercury says
that hundreds OF fish, supposed To have
been driven down by the flood, nave
been caught from the river at Sir John
Run during :he last week, among them
a six pound bass.
Miss Kate Goss, aged about twenty
years, was married OH Wednesday OF
last week, at Winchester, Va, 10 MIR.
James b Violet Shortly after 'he
ceremony she was taken i'll of heart dis
ease, aud died before morning.
A single lamp turned down so as to
burn low will poison ali the air of
chamber bong before the morning. "A
lamp should be allowed 10 burn bright
ly or be extiuguished-especially so in
the chamber OF the sick.
A grabbed old bachelor says women
are the greatest thieves in existence,
because they steel their petticoats, bone
their stages, crib their babies and hook
their dresses.
Governor. Elect Holiday term asGov
ernor of Virginia commences on the first
of January next. He has appointed
Mr.. Charles S. Taylor, a young lawyer
of Alexandria, Va, his private secretary
and aid.
Lite Is but short, but we should do
all we eau 10 prolong it. Check cough
or cold at once aud use an old reliable
remedy such as DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup.
The Republicans will have but very
slim majority in the Senate during the
rext two years. They cannot count
over four at most, and perhaps not more
than two No extreme partisan legisla-
ton eau therefore be relied upon.
Reports from all sides go TO show
that the accounts hitherto g iven of the
damage to the caral by the recent freshet
have been greatly exaggerated. 1t Is
estimated by some that the entire dam
age done can be repaired at cost OF
100000.
Rev. DR.. Rosser, of the Virginia Con-
ference, is now presiding elder OF the
Randolph Macon District, having been
assigned to duty at the late meeting of
the Conference at Lynchburg.
The Virginia authorities have entered
suit against Messrs. Bradley L. johnson,
John Z. and Nelson Poe, for the recov-
cry OF a balance Of slG5,OO0 Of the Nir-
giuia claim paid Ivy Maryland in connec-
ton with the Chesapeake aud Ohio Ca
nal.
a rumor comes from the West of the
proposed formation Of an Independent
Church of the United States, with
which the name OF Mr.. MooLy is asso-
ciated, aud which is to be supported by
the Young Mems Christian Association.
The Willamsport Pilot says that
during the late food John Watson, of
that place, caught from the river lot
of lumber, barrel of coal-oh, a sofa
and baby carriage. The Pilot says
that the banks of the Potomac are
strcwed with corn, and thinks "'pos-
sums, cooris aud muskra will wax tat
this winter.
1t is not because the silver "dollar OF
our daddies" is only worth 90 cents on
the dollar that the people want it; but
because its value is stable and one
knows within cent or Two what that
value is. The American paper dollar
has been worth in the past fifteen years
+ from 40 cents uptu 81, and the work
ingman could not tell which sum he
was laboring for. >..a-
The Legislature Of Virginia is IN SEES
sion. The House Is composed OF lO3
Conservatives, 20 Independents, and Q
Republicans; and the Senate. SO Conser-
valves, and 4 Republicans. Three OF
the later are colored, and four of the
nine Republican Delegates are also col
ored.
The new Louisiana Senator, Brindle
Bill Kellogg, is very defiant, aud says
that no investigation set on foot by the
Democracy can ever convict him OF
tbieyery or kuayery.