Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-12-03

John il. Brown, Jr, OF the EIllco't
CITY Times, died Tuesday. 1le was
thirty-seven years old and unmarried.
The discas Of which he died was paraly-
sis of the brain. Mr. Brown. during
the late civil war, was private in Capt.
George r. Gathers company OF the
First Maryland Cavalry, in the Conied-
crate service.
PUNcH liiM.-A woman made her ap-
pearance at Millertown some time since
as an agent for neatly fitting corset.
The article became very popular with
the ladies and she sold large number.
At Pctrolia she told the landlord she
was of nervous temperament and was
afraid to sleep alone. He assigned her
a room with the girls of the hotel. Dur
ing the night it was discovered the cor
set vender was of the male sex; and he
now fingers in the Butler jail.-Son-
eesst (Pa) Herald.
REFUSING TO INDrCT-The Keyser
Tribune says the grand jury OF Mineral
county, w. Va, has failed to find bills
against the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
for running its trains on the sabbath;
against the parties charged with inter
feriug with the running OF trains during
the strike last summer, and against por-
sons who refused at that time to assist
the sheriff in making arrests.
John Koch, German, has been ar
rested at Cleveland, Ohio, for marrying
a negress, under statute imposing
penalty of 800 for such an act. The
bride had already been married three
times, the first to one Posey, an Eng.
lishman, the second time TO colored
man named Smart, whom she killed in
n fight by throwing brick at his head.
and the third time to an Irishman nam
ed McPhillips. Koch says that he was
sick and she took care of him better
than any one did before. He loves her
and is going to stick by her whatever
may come.
A special dispatch states that at an
early hour yesterday morning a tramp
while robbing the postofiice at Grafton,
Ohio, was fired upon by Charles Allen,
who slept in the building. The tramp
returned the FIRE with probably fatal
effect and then made his escape.
The Army Appropriation Bill was
disposed of Monday, the Senate reced-
ing from some minor amendments in
which the House had refused TO concur.
The bill now goes to the President, aud
will doubtless receive his early approval.
The amount appropriated by the bill is
little over f25, 100000, and the maxi
mum numerical force of the army is left
at $4,000 men.
SUITS FOR FIRE INsURANcE.-The
suits of Kennedy III. Butler, of Cum
berland, Maryland, against several fire
insurance companies on policies OF in
surance on his furniture factory destroy
ed by fire last spring, were decided in
the United States Circuit Court yester-
day judgment being given for $685.
81 against the Ben Franklin Insurance
Company of Allegany, Pennsylvania,
and for Sl,276 Oh against the Delaware
State Fire and Marine Insurance Com
pany. The defense of the companies
was that George Henderson had an in
terest in the property which by the
terms of the policy should have been
fully disclosed, but the court dicided
this was sufficiently disclosed by a
memorandum on the policy stating that
Henderson had an interest. - Bali. Sun.
The Richmond correspondent Of the
Petersburg Index says DIR. Hunter Nc
Guire, few days since, performed a
most wonderful surgical operation on
little girl here. She had received an
injury which resulted in the breaking
of her Jaw bone and her mouth was
closed so that she could not open it.
She was taken to New York but the
surgeons there were afraid to undertake
any operation. She was then brought
TO DIR. Mcclure who slit her jaw open
and by a most remarkable operation
succeeded in meuding it.
a very pleasant pastime, so say the
youths aud youthesses who have engag-
ed in them, is the "muu social recent
ly introduced in this city. The affair
generally takes place at the residence of
one of the young ladies. An admission
fee is charged, and after the ladies and
gentlemen are all iD, they must not
speak. When all are seated about the
room, the gas is turned down, and when
one of the parties squeals the gas is tur-
ned on, and she has to tell what she was
squealing about. If she refuses to tell,
then she is fined, which is usually paid
: by, the cuss that sits next TO her. 1t is
said to be better than the old-fashioned
''gum suck" parties. '.Mum's the word"
-Hheeiiag Register.
Baby shows are the fashion now, but
as long as mothers continue to nurse
their little ones with Laudanum or other
opiates, they cannot expect their Babies
to look bright. If your Baby needs
medicine get good and harmless one
such as DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup. rs
cents bottle. ,iia .q,s
II you have friend with a cough or
cold, tell hial 10 try DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup. He will thank you for yo1r
advice. The price Is only rs cents