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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-04-28

lie takes great pleasure in informing
II the citizens of Berkeley and adjoining
counties thHt he has full and well Sc
lccted stock OF Goods, purchasedin in Bos-
ton. New York, Baltimore and Carlisle,
and in quality and price he challenges
comparison. His stock embraces Ladies,
Misses and Children's Boots, Shoes and
Caters OF every quality and style and Of
superior manufacture.
Gents and boys Hats and Caps Of the
very latest styles. Gents and Boys Boots,
Shoes, Caters, Slippers, and : full line OF
chillren's Shoes, also Trunks, Nalises,
Umbrellas, &C., sc.
lie keeps from the very finest kereso
hid and Lasting Cater 20 the common
walking Shoe, insuring ease and comfort
in the wear.
He keeps general and we'll selected
stock which Wall be constantly rcplen-
shed with flesh Goods of latest mauu!ac-
ture. Ladies Caters $l.25 to the best
grades; Gents Caters Sl.25 TO the best
grades.
Remember the place and give him call
and be convinced of The superiority anG
chcapncss Of his stock.
GEO. 4. SMITH,
Queen Street, Martinsburg.
July s. 1876. ly
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-04-28
over.ser Of Card Room. Portsmouth Co.'s Mill,
FEEL Myself A NEW MAN.

NArICK, DIdsS., juno y Io'<.
Mr. IT. r. STEVENS:
Dear Sir-Through the advice and earnest
persuasion of the Rev. +. s. Best OF this place,
have been taking VEGErISE Tor dyspepsia, OK
which have suffered for years.
have used only two bottles, and already feel
myself new man. Respectfully.
DIR. j. W. CARTER
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-04-28

THE undersigned hereby respectfully
j Informs the citizens of Shepherd.town
and surrounding country that he Will
visit families wishing work done, at any
time upon information by postal card, adj
dressed to him at Martinsburg. He will
come at any time required. He also re-
quests persons wishing anything done IN
his line TO give him call at Martinsburg
when visiting chat town.
With an experience of over Twenty
Years in the practice Of his profession,
and provided with all the latest lmp"ov-
ed instruments, he is prepared to perform
Ill operations on the mouth and teeth i'll a
scientific manner.
Teeth inserted from one to full Sett in
any way desired at very reasonable rates.
All operations warranted. Calls solicit
ed. Dental Rooms, No. ID, w. Burke
ST.. a few doors west of Market House,
Maftinsburg. ,,,,I,
Resident Dentist,
Successor to DR.. W. z. Witherow,
Martinsburg, W. Va.
Octo1 "
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-04-28
DIR. e. II. GOLD
DENTIST.

HAVING located permanently in
ii Shepherdstown, offers his Profes-
sional Services to the people of this
community. Satisfaction guaranteed
and prices very moderate.
n. B.-Will visit patients at their
homes if desired.
Office ir Billmyers Rooms over j.
S. Fleming's Shoe Store.
March 3 II
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-04-28
APPRECIATION,
CHAnLEsrowS. Mass, March 1s. lse;

CHARLEsToTN, Mass-, hlArch lg, fSCy.
Il. r. STEVENS:
This is TO certify that have rscd your "Blood
Preparation" VEGETISD in my family for
several years. and think that, for Scrotula or
Cankerous Humors or Rheumatic affections, II
cannot be excelled; and as a blood purifier Gnd
spring medicine il Is the best thing hayeever
used; md have used almost everything. can
cheerfully recommend It 20 any one In mood Of
,oeh 4 modlciua Yours respectfaliy,
NRs. a. 4. DiNSMORE,
70 kussell street.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-04-28

vssAsao q sda Sy al Druggists
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01
WASHINGTON.
An All Night Session Expected
on the Kellogg Case,
Patterson opens Fire on tho Admins.
trallOn, COnkIlug, EdmundS The
First Ia n Traitor, tho Second
Poor Authority and the
Third Malignant
Tho Presidents Message viii Favor Re
sumption and is Not Opposed to LIml'
ted Silver Decision In Paiter-
sons Case AnnOupCcd
for Wednesday.
Tho whole system ot Taxation Will
Be 'F0krn UnGer HcNiSion ana - he'
ducti0u ~ Promised,

Tho whole system ot Taxation VIII
be F0kon UnOer lewiston nnd - he'
ductiou ~ Promised.
Noon Associated Press Report.l
WASHINGTON, November 30, The
house, Pacific railroad committee met
to day aau adjourned without action.
The house met AZ 1890 aHd adjourned
for the want OF u quordm,
The committee on commerce, OF the
senate, agreed to report adversely on
the New York custom-house nomina-
tlonb.
Immediately after the reading of the
journal OF yesterdays proceedings, Mr.
sargent OF California, obtained the
floor, aud asked unanimous consent
TO consider house joint resolution in rt-
iation tn the International Industrial
exposition, TO- be held IN Paris, III 1873
de spoke OF the necessity or lmme-
dlate action on his resolution, and
after brlei discussion IL was taken
up.
MIR. Morrill,, OF Vermont, asked
unanimous consent to have the resOlu'
ton voted on as II came from the house
aud said he feared If it should be
amended 10y the senate, 1t would be
lost for want Oi time.
Mr.. Cockrell, of Missouri, objected,
and said the resolution WAS bad enough
as it came from the house, but the
senate committee had improved ii
some.
The various amendments reported
by the senate committee on approprla'
tons were agreed to- and the joint res
luton read third time--yeas 81; nays
20.
After the passage of the Paris expo
sition resolution, number OF bills
were introduced and referred, after
which the senate resumed the conside-
ration of the Kellogg case.
Mr.. Salisbury spoke OF recommend
the subject to the committee on privi,
leges and elections, with instructions
TO take testimony.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01

Work hAs commenced on Youngs
Point levec,
ViclSsburg is putting up Morse cot.
ton compress.
Quarantine at East Pascagoula has
been raised
Mr. William Walter Hoskins has
purchased the Cornth Cornthian.
Tho Brandon Republican calls for the
legislative establishment of tho whip.
ping post.
The Raymond Gazette Brandon Re.
publican and Liberty Herald says the
corn crop is much hurt.
In consequence of bad health Bishop
Green is compelled to postpone his reg
ular fall visit throughout the diocese.
Many buildings were DESTROYED bv
fire in Fayette Loss, $4,000; insur,
ance $1,000. The Office Of the Standard
was burned
The Brookhaven Ledger reports great
destruction of corn and cotton in that
and adjacent counties, from the excess
sive rains.
The press are discussing the agricul.
tural lien law; some demanding its re.
peal, Others contending that the farm
ers and planters will be ruined by the
repeal.
The steady manner in which, the
Mississippi river has washed away and
ID washing sundry and various towns
and landings, or left them inland, is
specially noted by the Natchez Tele-
phone. st. Joseph and Rodney have
been left inland; Waterproof is being
chased toward the Tensas; Vicksburg
is left in lake; Delta will soon be
washed away; a cutoff has been made
at Grand Gulf, and in another season
Port Gibson and Claiborne county will
have no landing. Natchea proposes to
meet this by at once running the Nat.
chez and jackson railroad to point
north of Bayou Pierre, distance of
torty.six miles, thereby securing the /,
trade of Claiborne, southern Kinds and
northwest Copiah counties,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01
" Cold PIAen ~

S. d. Rowley Ia an author and an ac-
tor. Rowley is also "middle mani at
Th0mpson's. To the multiplicity OF
duties pertaining to his position he
yesterday added the contract of trying
to drink the entire contents of the thea
ire bar. The job was too much for Row.
ley, and In despair, so II is reported, he
swallowed dose of laudanum, and
just before the commencement of the
performance last night, he rushed into
the midst of the assembled performers,
announced that he had taken the
deadly drug, and fell to the floor.
Whether Rowley had taken leudanum
or strychnine or had not, 1t was very
evident that he had successfully tackled
various and sundry decoctions Of apois.
onous nature, therefore 1t was thought
best to summon physician to attend
to him. DR.. Madeira was accordingly
sent for, and gave the patient ali emet-
ic, which caused him to vomit freely,
and when our reporter last heard from
him he was nearly all ripht again.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01

because the Butler case was before th,
senate hrst, Had the kellogg case beer
brought up first, no would have yotad
Rs steadily against displacing H. lie
then criticised the action Of the admin
lstration IN Withdrawing the troops
from South Carollna, and said the
troops were withdrawn In spite OF the
remonstrance OF those who secured the
election OF the president who recog.
niaed the democratic state government
and turned the republicans Of South
Carolina over TO their enemies.
He replied very sharply 10 the re-
marks OF Messrs, Edmunds and Conk-
ling, and said he repudlaled and dis.
owned the authority OF such NJ they To
pOss Judgment on his fidelity TO the
republican party. He spoke Of Mr.
Conkling M the Achilles OF the senate,
and oharaotC. lied tho attack OF Mr.
Edmunds upon aim rs malignant,
Referring 20 indictments against him
In South Carolina, no said no was
ready to answer all these charges.
lie defended General Butler from
charges Of completely in the Hamburg
massacre, aud In concluding his re-
marks again commented severely on
the southern policy OF the administers
ton, saying he understood 1t 40 aban-
donIng political friends TO conciiate
political foes.
He ridiouled the idea of the revival
the old Wing party, and said II the
president would 60 down the political
valley of dry bones and infuse life into
them, he would stand rs the champion
resurrecti0nist OF the age. Referring
to the religious element of the south,
he said they worshIpped gold and the
democratic party, (laughter) and would
not bow down to this brszen image of
southern policy, called Hayes, which
Muuchausen had set up. (Renewed
laughter)
When Patterson concluded vote
was taken on Mr., Sauls6ury's substlS
tute, to recommit the Kellogg Spoflord
case-29 to 20 C0nover voted nay
Oglesby was pared with Mr.. Davis, Of
Illinois. The vice president did not
vote, saying the substitute, not having
received majority was disagreed to,
A recess was taken to half-past seven
O'clock.
The question now recurs on the
adoption Of the committees report and
resolution seating Kellogg,
An all night session is expected.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01
Louisiana.

The debt of the parish Of Lafourche
is now $4,000 81.
In st. Mary's parish the cane produ-
ces better than was anticipated.
The orange crop of st. Landry and
Vermillion parishes will be short.
st. Landry parish has twenty>four
white and eleven colored schools.
The Jewish Benevolent society, the
B mai Birth aourishes at New Iberia.
BY private subscriptions KimbalPs
bayou is being leveed at its Tensas river
mouth.
A large number of the planters Of
East Baton Rouge have commenced
sugar making,
Frost in Terrebonne parish and plan.
ters delighted The yield of sugar ay-
eraging a hogshead to the acre.
Mr.. W. R. Prather, in Bossier parish,
has broom factory that turns out good
brooms at $l.75 per dozen.
In ST. James parish, frost and little
ice; cane yielding about hogshead to
the arpent, of fair quality.
Receipts of cotton at Minden, Webs
ster parish, SO far is $500 bales and
most of it is still on hand.
The Providence Conservative reports
the weather more favorable for cotton
picking than for some weeks past.
The Thibodeaux Sentinel reports the
weather as precisely what was needed
by sugar makers, and the yield good.
The Natchitoches Vindicator reports
the rains continuing. Not one-half of
the cotton open in the fields has been
picked.
The frost of the llth aud 18th did
untold good to the cane crop, checking
vegetation and causing the cane to
ripen.
The new Natchitoches parish police
Jury report every debt incurred this
year paid in cash and $1,000 in the
treasury.
- heavy frost and thin ice have i'm.
proved the sugar-cane prospects in
Point Coupee parish very much, both
in quantity and quality.
In Cypremort prairie, sugar cane cul'
ture is fast taking the place of cotton
The share system, for both whites anc
blacks, seems general and satisfactory
Two light frosts have benefited tn,
cane materially in Ibervills and Ascen
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01
Notes and Opinions
l cooper" your deposit ere you put 1t
nto bank.

cooper" your deposit ere you put It
nto q bank.
The British lion must stop whining,
and bite somebody,
Leaf by leaf the roses fall; benk by
bank the banks run dry.
Somebody ought to give Wendell
Phillips an office to hold for few
minutes.
General Hood Is the fatht of a new
pair of twins Peace hath her vIcto-
ries, etc.
Banking hours must be heightened,
80 as to give banks q better chance to
| fail.
That wedding was an expensive at
fair for Vanderbilt. Railroad rates
must be advanced.
Tom Ewing goes for the New Eng
land resnmptionists. 1t 10 case OF
greenbacks against blue-bellies.
Only one princess was ever born in
this country-Princess Anna Murat,
the wife of the Due de Mouchy.
Major Reno calls Sitting Bull q liar
behind his back, and moreover this
back Is two or three thousand miles
away.
Mr.. William Writ Henry,a grandson
OF the lannon's orator of Virginia, has
been elected to the Legislature of that
state.
Mr.. Watterson's lecture so pleased
the New Workers that they haven't
said anything about an obelisk for
three days.
Mr.. Talmage boldly asserts that he
Is not afraid OF the devil. And why
should hep He has never done any
thing to injure that satanic gentleman.
Senator Blaine is able to sic, his APP
petite is good, and he is in excellent
spirits. His friends think that he will
soon be in Washington again,
"Bob Walker, bar tender In the
Golden Calf saloon, has just received
the sad news Of the death of his father,
the Rev. James X. Walker, the emil
nent Sacramento divine" says the
Virginia City Enterprise.
Mr.. Darwin Is becoming more re-
signed with regard to PoDgo's death.
"This sad event. he says, lis another
illustration of the Importance OF per-
feet harmony between structure and
function ON the one side and Of envi-
ronmeDt on the other.n
General Grant Is an object OF ex.
ceeding curiosity to foreigners. When
he went to the American chapel at
Paris, on recent Sunday, one person,
| not satisfied with a back view Of the
uanaral laff his niaaa walkai dawn
the aisle, stood for n few moments COM
templating the American, and re-
turned to his seat quite contented.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01

Senator Patterson and Christiancy
were at the executive mansion to-day.
Judge Humphreys will give his deci-
sion in the Patterson hd6edS corpus
case at 10 o'clock on Wednesday.
The publication is generally consld'
cred accurate, although some deny its
genuineness, claiming that the presi-
dents message ON Monday will prove
its falsity.
1t is reported that an investigation Is
already on foot to discover the source
of the leak. In this probably true re-
port, the president favors resumption,
and is not opposed to limited silver.
The Evening Star says the regular
session Of the cabinet to-day was un-
usually short. The publication in the
New York Sun, purporting to be por-
ton of the presidents message, was
talked over, but the cabinet officers are
all reticent on the subject, neither de-
nying or affirming the truth Of 1t.
The Brant Island light, shown De.
cember list, fog tell be sounded in fog.
gy weather at intervals of twenty
minutes.
The democratic members who were
absent from the senate committee Oh
| m, eaaalksaH 10 N a ia
ably on the New York custom'hous
nominations,
The Virginia, Midland Il Tennessee
route have resumed their fast schedule,
recently interrupted by the freahet,
and now run their line OF Pullman
sleeping cars between Washington and
New Orleans without change.
Mr. Marsh Polk aud Jas. o. Gaines,
state comptroller of Tennessee, are en-
route home from New York, where
they made final settlement with the
Mississippi Central railroad company,
receiving one million, two hundred
thousand dollars In state bonds In full
discharge OF all debts due the state.
The sub. committee OF ways and
means, on revision Of the tariff aud in
terpal revenue, are at work every day
and will probably submit report
early i'm the REGULAR e lion Of the re-
sult of their labnr IT,. whole system
Of taxation will undergo "a thorough
revision aud tier will be a reduction.
A heavy pressure Is being brought
upon the comm ittee, Messrs. Ward,
Tucker and Gibson, from the west and
east. TO remove the duty on sugar and
IL behooves the Louisiana planters to
hiring all the influence at their com.
msud to back General Gibson, who,
fortunately for them, is ON this i'm
portant committee.
In the senate the discussion Of the
Kellogg-Spoflord Gaze continued.
Messrs. Howe and Hill spoke elsbo
rately of past events.
The feature Of the day was Mr.. Pat
terson. He said be had already an
b nounced his intention TO vote to sea
: NJ. G.. Butler as senator from Soutl
. Carolina, and be would vote cheerful
~ to seat William p. Kellogg, as sena
TER from Louisiana. He Lad rssiste'
every motion to give the case Of Kel
loge precedence over that OF Butler
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01
A strike 20 Prevent u clint In the
Market.

LONDON, November 30.-A thousand
cotton operatives at Mosely struck yes.
terday. A large meeting of weavers at
ThurDby resolved that the true rem
edy for present depression of trade is
reduction in the hours of labor, and
that it would be better to strike than
allow masters to glut the market by
the means of reducing wages. A SINH.
lar resolution was adopted by the
weavers at Accrington. 1t seems GER
tain that the proposed reduction OF
wages, if persisted in, will cause gen.
eral strike.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01
An Eight mii,ion Failure.

New YORK, Nov. 30.-A majority OF
the creditors Of Conrad Pappenheim,
owner OF the Long Island railway, who
was recently adjudged n voluntary
bankrupt, held a meeting in Brooklyn
to-day and chose Herman Schevisken'
ny as assignee. Pappenheim's liabili'
tiles are estimated at eight million. dol
lars. Assets seven million dollars.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01
NEW ORLEANS COURSE,

Fail Meeting Commences Tomorrow
Ella nowolt Entered Tor tho ThiTd
tace aad said la the Field.
NEW ORLEANS, November 3O.-Fan
meeting Of the Louisiana Jockey club
commences tomorrow. The pools
sold tonight AZ follows
First race-rwo miles, over eight
hurdles, Typhoon, S25; Redding, s25 !
Lamboy,Sli Dick Adams,Sl; Jim Hun,
ton, Tenpin, parl aud Leonard, In the
field, AT $50
Second race-Slocum stakes, for two
year Odds, Momentum, S25; Mary Il ,Sl5;
Captain Fred Rice, $40; Jim Bell, ST.
Duncan r. Kenner, IS; Mischief and
Bonnie BarronOge, S.,
Third race--'rwo mile heats, Sargen.
ter $685. field Sl5, including Docility,
Belle Isle, Janel and Ella Rowelt.
The truck aud horses reported In
good condition.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01

sion parishes the yield in both aver,
ages from one 10 one and quarter
bogshead per acre from stubble cane
and fraction over from plant
On Cote Blanche island the crop was
made by twenty whites and seven COL.
ored men on shares, and byan addition.
al force Of oolored hired laborer next
soason the whole island will be cultiva.
ted by Minnesota immigrants,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01
FOREIGN NOTES.
The RumOred Negotiations for the
Surrender Of PIevnR Denied-The
French situation AZ fOggy Rs Ever

The RumOred Negotiations for the
Surrender Of PIevnR Denied-The
French situation AZ fOggy Rs Ever
Noon Associated Press Report.l
PARIS, November 30.--rhe Monite1r
says MacMahon holds that the cham.
Der can, by voting the budget, easily
prove that il did not intend Saturdays
vote should be considered as u declares
ton Of war against him; II the CHAINS
Der thus shows a conciliatory DISPOSE
ton the president will frankly fulfill
his promise to appoint a thoroughly
parliamentary ministry. II the cham.
Der does not show such a disposition,
the president must ask the senate to
choose between his resignation or a
second dissolution.
LONDON, November so. The Vienna
correspondent OF the Times states that
the rumors of negotiations for the sur
render OF Plevna are contradieted from
the Russian camp ITSELF Turkish
prisoners, moreover, assert that OsnIan
pashs has supplies for many weeks, and
that he has addressed his officers, an.
uouncing his intention TO hold out to
the last.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01
EelIoEg's Unances.

Philadelphia Times: II Is nip and
tuck whether Kellogg will land In the
senate chamber or In the penitentiary,
and he may make first way station
en- route to the second. His ofieuses
are so notorious that outside Of Louisi.
ana there has been some surprise that
he was not overhauled by the courts
long ago but the fear OF the cry OF
political persecution has probably re.
strained the hand Of Justice.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01
CATHOLICISM.

Tho Condition of iho Pope Worse
GermSny VIII Tolerate the Papacy
~ Temperate fn itA Aim.
ROME, November SO.-The pope
passed seepless night. II la feared
rheumatism approaches his heart.
The Berlin correspondent of tho
Times says II seems that the German
government, on what appears rs the
eve Of conclave, has signified an in.
tention Of devisinga more amiable re-
lation with the papacy, iia temperate
pope averse TO interfering with Ger.
many's new political arrangement,
should be elected,
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01
An Aged Couple slaughtered with
AN Az,

BRIDGEPORT, CONN, Nov. 3O.-Da-
vid Stillman and his wife, an infirm
couple aged about seventy, were found
murdered at their house, at Sheffield,
Mass. The weapon employed was an
az. John Tennick, u negro, who went
to the house to buy butter, was arrested
on suspicion.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01

CoNsrANTINoPLE, November 3d.
Raouf pasha has arrived at Adriano.
pie, where he is organizing camp for
fifty thousand men.
PARIS, November 30--lt is stated
President MacMahon will to-day see
NJ. Waddington and Bertarld, seniors
OF the left center, but an understand
ing seems to be difficult, il, as reported,
Gambetta requires that the right OF
dissolving the chamber be struck from
the constitution or restricted.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01
Thr suIinn,a Yislan

Pera dispatch to the London Times |:
There Is a curious story afl0at OF the
sultan dreaming that the prophet Mo-
manned appeared to him and warned
him that the safety OF his religion and
throne depended upon his making
peace. Thereupon the sultan consulted
his first astrologer, who said he had
also seen the same vision. The Sheik-
ul.Islam, too, IL reported to have had
the story Of the dream narrated In the
mosques, as II to prepare the public
mind for peace.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01
what sTIgnt Have Recon-,

New York Herald: Had the repub>
lcan leaders cordially accepted the
policy OF President Hayes and worked
in Jealous concert with him, the re-
publican party even then might not
have been saved. but whatever little
chance OF life 1t had lay in discarding
efIete issues and establishing genuine
policy Of official reform and industrial
rapnnetrtlation
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-12-01
Two Children Burned by - voudoO
Doctor,

SEDALIA, Mo-, November 3O.--The
house of Eliza Nurse, u negroes, was
burned last night during her tempo
rary absence. Her two children per-
ished in the fire. 1t is believed the
fire was started by Voudoo doctor,
named Eddy.