Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-08-18
Editorial Brcvities.

al. did not arrive in time with his forces,
consequently Gibbons suffered severe
ly.
About sixty men were sworn into the
State service at Frederick city last
week, for detailed duty in that county
for thirty DAYS Col Baughman, OF the
Governors Staff assumed command as
Captain. They were stationed at Mono
cacy Junction.
ASS remedy for neuralgia, horse
radish is said to be excellent. Crate
and mix in it vinegar, and apply to the
temple when the pain is in the head or
face, and to the wrist when it is in the
arm or shoulder.
Mr.. George G. Middlekauf, Proprie-
tor OF the Washington House, HagerS-
town, died after brief illness, on Mon
day last.
James T. Huff, alias Porter, was
brought from Baltimore and lodged IN
the Hagerstown Jail on Monday, charS
cd with swindleing J. L. krepps, OF
lYilliamsport.
Texas beef is sold for fourteen cents
a pound in London, aud for fifteen
cents in Texas.
The Ohio greenbacks have decided
that they will make an energetic cam
paign, and will not give way for either
of the regular party candidates. They
hope to secure workmens votes from
both parties.
The Rockbridge Conservative nom
mated Gov. Letcher and Col. John &.
Shields for the House of Delegates.
Western millers are raising funds to
carry an appeal to the United States
Supreme Court against the Cochran
"new process patent.
The Alexandria Gazette states that
Mr. S. b. Mercier, editor Of the Lou
doun, (Va) Enterprise, has been placed
in Mt. Hope Asylum, near Baltimore.
Col. Mumford Jones, native of Nir-
rinia. died recently at Canton, Miss,
leaving fortune of i halt million dol
lars, to be divided among five legateeS,
four of whom are Nirginiaus. One Of
lneSC, idu) vi StSloOV' >
Col. E. J. Armstrong, a prominent
aud influential citizen of Rockingham
county, and tor many years member
of the House of Delegates, died sudden
ly at Rawley Springs, on "Wednesday
last. He was upwards ofseventy years
old.
BENJAMIN Delawder, one of the old
est employees of the Baltimore aud
Ohio railroad at Cumberland, died there
Wednesday.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stoves dwell
ING at Mandarin, Fla, has been struck
by lightning,
Webb Hayes is reported to be re-
sponsible for the statement that the
temperance society to which his father
belonged once fined a member for car
rying a penknife with corkscrew at
tachmcnt.
None are too wise to be mistaken,
but few are 50 wisely just as to &C
knowledge and correct their mistakes,
and especially the mistakes OF preJu-
dice.
Jubal Early is facetious. lie recent
ly told a Pennsylvania at White
Sulphur Springs that the city of York,
Pa, still owes him S71,4O0 with inter
est on the assessment of 100000 made
during his war raid, and that he pro
poses to put the account in the hands OF
q collector,
Cumberland has had baby show and
it is reported a success. Mrs. l.. NJ.
Shepherds baby took the prize for beau
ty-a silver cup. Mrs. Mathews eX-
hibted the biggest baby less than six
months old. Mrs. Colton's baby, only
twenty three hours old, took the
premium furnished baby basket, for
the youngest baby.
The boys and two girls, ofan average
age of fourteen years, eloped together
from ST. Louis. They were overtaken
by their parents in Terra Haute, where
they had applied in vain to several
clergymen 10 marry them.
The Baltimore American, whose re-
publicanism is well assured, says ten
eminent carpet baggers have fled to
parts unknown from South Carolina,
and as many more would flee were they
not detained by the strong arm OF the
criminal law.
A young widow who has been stitch
ing shirts in Newark, n. D., factory,
has fallen heir to an English fortune OF
100000.
Blanton Duncan is authority for the
statement that labor ticket will be
placed in the field in Ohio.
Mechanics are leaving the United
states to go to England to make llv-
ing They are right in wishing to
escape lrom a government which OPP
presses the poor workman, and taxes
him to death tor the benefit of the
money lender.
Hon. Samuel Randall has been in
Washington, looking over the ground.
and expressing himself very confident
of his reelection as Speaker.
The members of the greenback party
of New York have made arrangements
to hold a State convention at Roches-
ter on the 23d of August.
The Wheeling papers seem to think
that before the question of capital loca-
ton is again submitted, in case the
question is not settled now, the bill will
be repealed by the Legislature. "The
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