Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-10-19
Editorial Brevities.

5O,00O,OOO gallons OF whlskey, lO,OOO,-
600 barrels of beer and 2,0OO,O00,O0O
cigars in single year.
Five thousand dollars in bonds were
stolen from minister at West Troy,N.
Y. He can console himself with the
reflection that it would be easier for a
camel to penetrate needles eye than
for him to take those bonds with him
anyhow.
AT regular monthly meeting of the
directors of the Baltimore and Ohio
railroad, held at Camden Station We'd
nesday, dividends of four per cent. pay
able in stock, on the main stem, land five
per cent, in cash, OH the Washington
branch, were declared.
Mr.. 7. William Thorne has just been
nominated for Congress in North Caro-
lima. He was expelled from the Legis
lature in 1874 for publishing pamphlet
denying the existence of God.
The recent defeat of the Democrats
in Colorado should be a warning to
them. 1t was caused by a surrender Of
their platform to the Greenbackers and
the result was no more than they de-
served for their departure from the prln-
ciples of .heir party.
AS result of the good accomplished
by the Masons and Odd Fellows in Mis-
ssissippi, during the yellow fuver epl
demic, it is stated the $4,000 has been
contributed by the brethren of the two
orders for the relief of sufferers IN that
State alone.
Baltimore is shocked at the unseemly
haste of man who was happy bride
groom Just five weeks from the death of
his first wife. He argued that he could
not afford to lose much time as he was
seventy three years old. Good for the
old man, he produced sound argument.
A tramp turned in with farmer in
Ohio over night. Next morning it was
discovered that he was sick with the
yellow fever Shortly after this news
was impaired to him, he pulled pistol
! from his pocket and shot himselfthrough
the head, killing himself instantly.
Col. "A. S. Gray, late United States
marshal for the western district of Viz
ginia, and a gentleman of prominence,
died very suddenly in Harrisonburg, on
Sunday, the 29lh ult., in the 65th year
of his age. lie was extensively known
in the Valley of Virginia.
DR.. w. f.. Fundenberg, who has been
prac,icing his specialities in this place
for the past five months, leaves on Mon
day for Meyersdale. He will henceforth
divide his time between that place,
Cumberland and Somerset, as can be
seen 10y referring to his local notice in
our miscellaneous column. The doctor s
visit in Somerset has been extended to
much longer time than he at first in
tended tina: it should be, but owing TO
the large number of cases he was re-
qured to treat, he has been compelled
to remain. While here he has met with
eminent success in his practice, and
many are the good words said in his
behalf by those who have been under
his treatment. Socially, he is gentle
man, and has made many warm friends
in our community.-Somerset (Pa.)
! Democrat.
A sp ecial from New Orleans says the
train W hich arrived from Biloxi Sunday
night was crowded with refugees from
the watering places on the way. When
it got to Rigolets the discovery was
made that fever had broken out OIL the
train, and before New Orleans was reach
cd there were 1913 cases on the train.
The speed was slackene6 ut Rigolets to
that point, so that instead of arriving at
$3.50, as due, it Gid not get in until near
midnight. The scene beggared descrip-
! ton, men, women and children being
stretched out upon the seats, some in
delirum and some in agony of fear.
Extra Liability TO MaIariaI In
lection.
Persons whose blood is thin, digestion
weak and liver sluggish, are eXtra-liable
! to the attacks of malarial disease. The
most trilling exposure may, under such
conditions, infect system which, If
healthy, would resist the miasmatic faint.
.
malaria in localities where it is prevalent,
/ is to tone and regulate the system by inn
! proving weakened digestion, enriching
| the blood, and givinga wholesome impe-
/ tlls TO hilary secretion. These results are
accomplished by nothing so effectively as
! lIostctter's Stomach Bitters, which long
experience has proved to be the most re-
liable safeguard against fever and ague
and kindred disorders, as well rs the best
remedy for them. The Bitters are, more
over, IAN excellent invigorant of the organs
of urination, and on active depurent, eli
minating from the blood those acrid i'm
purities which originate rheumatic all
mcntS.
CIV. r. R.-ELECrIoN OF OFFICERS.
The annual election OF officers of the
Cumberland Valley railroad company
was held on Monday last, when the
following officers were chosen. Presi-
dent-Thomas B. Kennedy. Directors
Thomas Is. Kennedy, Frederick
Watts, Thomas "A. Scott, Wister Nor
ris, Josiah Bacon, Edmund Smith, Geo.
Il. Roberts, Strickland Kneass, John
Stewart, Daniel o. Gchr.
Right Rev. J. J. Keane, the recently
consecrated Catholic Bishop of the Di-
Geese of Virginia, visited Harpers Fer
ry on Tuesday week. In the evening
nj the Same day the ST Peters Catho-