Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1877-02-24
Editorial Esrcyifics.

Rev J. f. Finley has resigned bis
position as secretary and general agent
of the Maryland Tract Society, and will
enter the ministry again.
1t is stated that the LutheranS have
outstripped any other denomination
during The past year in church growth,
their addition Of COMMITMENTS being
nearly 10000. Their total church
membership in this country in 64O,4l5.
John Il. Brady delivered a lecture
before the Young Mems Catholic
Lvceum" in New York last week, and
dismissed his audience with this quaint
bcnadiction: May You be six months
in heaven before the devil knows you
are dead.
Ladies are like watches-pretty
enough TO look at. Sweet faces and
delicate hands, but somewhat difficult
to regulate" after they are set going.
Spirits Of turpentine sprinkled
throughout your house once week Is a
sure preventive against scarlet fever and
other diseases TRY it. Besides it will
keep the moth out Of your carpets.
The change to the latest style of
lady's hat is readily accomplished now
by simply unshipping the hustle and
transferring it to the top OF the wearers
head.
One Of the largest droyes Of cattle
ever seen IN any place was drived from
Texas from Capt. Kings ranch to
Kansas. The herd numbered 10000
horned cattle, and was attended by 700
drivers.
Mr.. David Dudley Field is right.
The decision OF the Electoral Commits
sion does not deserve respect as it is
only a vain attempt to give respectable
ity to villalny
An old woman Oh being examined
before magistrate as 10 her place OF
legal settlement, was asked what rea-
son she had for supposing her husband
had legal settlement in the town. The
old lady said: "IIe was born and
married there, and they buried him
there, and if that isn't settling there,
what isl
DR.. Rosser's meeting at Fincastle
have resulted in the conversion OF
about seventy persons. Ten have join
ed the PRESBYTERIAN church and all the
other churches had accessions.
The cattle disease, commonly known
as the rinderpeSt, has made It's appear
ancc in divers parts OF Germany and is
rapidly spreading and increasing
throughout the country. Consequently
the treasury department prohibits the
importation OF neat cattle and the hides
of neat cattle into the United States
from Germany until further orders.
The Gordonsvilie Gazette says the
Royal Land Company has commenced
work on its depot at Orange Court
House, and that extraordinary low
freight tariffs have been fixed upon for
grain. which will enable FrederickS-
burg 10 compete with Richmond and
Baltimore for the wheat crop Of Orange,
Madison and Greene.
When Edmuuds was dealing the
electoral pack, he knew all the time
that Morton had Bradley up his sleeve.
The old Heather Chiuee
When Bishops Dudley and Whipple,
of The Protestant Episcopal Church,
parted at Christ Chlrch, Baltimore, on
Sunday night, they embraced and kiss
ed each other very effrctionately.
Their personal, as well as ecclesiastical,
relations are closely united, and they
were each about to start on long jour
neys in different direction.
A new club has been started in Rich
mond, Virginia, to be called the West
moreland.' Among the gentlemen
named as its president are General fitz-
hugh Lee, General Joseph L. Johnston,
and General ID. II. Maury.
The negroes of the surrounding coun-
ties of Maryland and Virginia, having
heard of the Congressional appropria-
ton OF $40, 900 for the relief Of the poor
of the District, are pouring into Wash
inGton and preparing 10 avail themselves
OF lis benefits.
The burning of the Brooklyn Thea
ire was horrible: the fall Of the Ashta-
bula bridge was horrible; but the horror
of horrors that stands without parallel
in the annals OF mankind was the recent
cyclone and storm wave in India.
About quarter of million souls were
suddenly swept into eternity. The
plague OF London and the destruction
of Lisbon by an earthquake shrink into
insignifcance before this appalling
catastrophe.
One morning last week detachment
of police made raid On a cockpit in
the neighborhood Of the centennial ex-
hibition grounds, in West Philadelphia.
About fifty persons were found witness
ing cock fight of whom the officers
succeeded in capturing about forty.