Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-01-12
Editorial IsrevitieS.

u. S. Grant. of Illinois; for Vice Presl
dent, Roscoe Conkling, of New York
1t might suit Grant, bnt Roscoe VIII
never take second place nany ticket.
Why howl about dishonor, national
faith and all that stuff, the word gold
does rot occur in the face Of any bond
They are payable in coin, and if silver
is not coin, what is it?
The Paris Exhibition will open or
the lst of May, 1878. Several hundred
applications have already been received
by the United States commissioner, Mr.
Mccormick, who says they come from
all parts OF the country, and relate TO
great variety of goods, None can be
considered which are not received be-
fore the 10th of January.
Washington city was the scene Fri
day night of another brutal outrage by
a negro monster, his victim being a
young lady about sixteen years OF age,
Much excitement prevails, and on yes
terday. upon the arrest and partial lden.
LITIGATION of man as the perpetrator OF
the villainy, resort to lynch law was I'M
minent.
Mr.. Mathews, of Ohio, has offered a
resolution in the United States Senate
that government bonds be paid in silver
both principal and interest. just what
the people want.
Is your life worth % cents? fit is do
not neglect a cough or cold. Use DR..
Bulls Cough Syrup at once.
A terrible boiler explosion occurred
in the candy factory of Greenfield ~
Sons, New York city, one day last
week, on which occasion the building
was blown almost to ruins. 1t was first
thought that some fifty persons had
been killed, but later accounts reveal
the facts that but four were killed out
right, and a'tew others persisted. A
large number was wounded. The loss
of the Messrs. Greenfield IS immense.
The New York SUB published list
of defalcations within the last five years,
footing up over thirty millions OF dol
lars, and it embraces only reported ca
ses of $1,000 and upwards. Referred to
Congress.
A number OF citizens of Cambridge,
Ohio, have purchased gold mine in Col
orado. The company propose develop
ing it the coming Spring.
The telephone is working with per-
feet success by the Submarine cable be-
tween Dover and Calais, So that people
in England and France can talk TO each
other rs if face to face.
Lite is stream which continually
flows down and never returns. We die
daily, for each day takes away some por-
ton of our life: the days which are past
are gone forever; the present moment
only is our own.
Mrs. Hooper, the Brooklyn beauty,
and a woman holding high social Po-
silion, has been sentenced to year in
the pcnitentiary for the larceny of dla-
monds worth $500.
Straw, when cut and mixed with two
quarts of corn-meal to the bushel, is
equal to TIE same quantity OF the best
hay.
A large amount of the silver trade
dollars has recently beenthruSt upon the
market to bear the silver movement.
These trade dollars have 400 grains OF
silver in them, and they will command
premium in less than three months.
Oar advice is, freeze to all Of them you
can lay your hands on.
The committee on revolutionary pen
sions of the House of Representatives
is preparing bill to restore to the pen
sion rolls the names ofall persons which
were stricken off by the act Of Fcbru
airy, 1862, and the Joint resolution pass
ed by Congress in March, 1867. The
act of 1862 dropped from the roll all
persons who had taken MP arms against
the government or had encouraged and
aided the ConfedeTacy.
A little daughter of Mr.. Pencil, Of
Hancock, Washington county, Md, was
so much injured by pouring coal oil in
the fire that she died in q few hours al
forwards.
Hon. George II. Pendleton has the
inside track in the Senatorial race i'll
Ohio. There is perhaps no man in the
State of Ohio better fitted for the posi-.
tiCn.
Wizards hotel, Washington, is in bad
shape. The furniture has been attached
and advertised for sale by Mr.. Cakes
creditors.
The re assembling Of Congress is like
ly to inaugurate square fight between
President Hayes and the Republican
leaders who oppose his policy.
Last week the finely improved farm
of A. f. Willis, containing one hundred
acres, lying near Frederick city, Md,
was sold for Sll,4OO. Mr.. Willis gave
$4,000 for it three years ago.
1t is reported that Osman Pasha will
be tried by military court for the al
legged slaughter of prisoners at Plevna.
Tie Cumberland News says /: On
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