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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-01
IMPROVEMENTS OF DOCKS.

Four quits brought against the city respectively by
Matthew Wilkes, Woodbury. Z. Langdon, Cecilia l..
Votlbcck and Louisa d. Kane. whca were Tried yes.
terday before Judge Van Brunt, holding supreme
Court, Special Term, involve not only an important
question US 10 certain OF our city buikheads aud
piers and rights OF wharfage, but In similar suits,
based upon very nearly The Same state Of facts,
promise TO determine the question whether the
city shall ioso some 50, 0000 00 the amount
alleged 10 DO involved In the suits pending
proposed TO be brought against the city. In 1910 the
state conveyed to tho city some four hundred feet be-
low high water mark, tho city at that time having
fixed the line OF West street outside Dulkhead
line. To John Jacob Astor there conveyed the
land between high water mark and West street, be-
Leroy ana KING streets, with the understanding
that he should construct West street anu Keep
II In repair. There was also conveyed 10
him tho Wharfage Of the bu1head line, oppo-
The plaintiIs IN the present SUITS claim damages
through Tins grant 10 John Jacob Asto In 1871 Inc
Dock Department authorized by tho Legislature
10 make a new plan Of the Hudson River front, aud
pursuant TO this plan they wIdcned Wcst street from
10 to 250 feet and extended tho piers beyond tho
original bulkhead line. Inc complaints In the suits
question set forth that While Tho city under tho act
OF 1871 has purchased the rgnts OF other owners
wnarves ana buIkhcads aiong the North RIVER IN
this tue city has undertaken TO NIL in 10 tho
new bulkhsad line, deprivIng them oil the buikhead
and wharfage wilnout compensation, and they ask
either that city pay them Inc value OF their ouk
head property, with damages Tor tue part Interrupt
ton. that the city DO enJotned from nlling In
front of the bulkhead. The man questions argued
yesterday on stpulaons as 10 the facts were whether
inc 1910 Aston gave him lee beyond the
westerly line oil West street. with the right TO collect
wharfage whether In any case no could MAINTAIN
marx. Judge Van Brunt took tho papers, reserving
his decision. Mcssrs. Richard >. Emmett and Tnonns
L. Ogden appeared Tor the plaintiffs, aud Corpoalon
Counsel William G. Whitney anu David j. Dean Tor tho
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-01
BURNED TO THE GROUND.

The house OF Mr.. Dennis, at Fosters Mcadow, Long
Island, discovered to DO on nre about daylight on
Thursday morning and the spread OF the flames was
80 rapid that the family mad barely time TO escape
alter Shipping on lew articles oil clothing. sofa was
the only article OF furniture saved and the building
was entirely consumed. Insured In the CsIzens LOT
$4,000,
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-01
DESTRUCTIVE spARRows.

the farmers and market gardeners on Staten Island
complain OF the depredatlons Of English rparrows on
their grain and berry crops and gtapeA
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-01


MONEY ON call easy all day at per cent.
the following the rates Of exchange New YORK
AZ tho aforementioned cities TO day :-Savannah buy.
Ing par selling u premium Charleston, very scarce;
Now Orleans, commercial Il 3-l6, bank u; Chicago,
rs premium; Boston, 10 cents discount. and So Louis.
90 premium. Foreign exchange was advanced to asa
Tor bankers sixty days sterling, but the rate for de-
mand rem aims 4s6 consequence Of tho increased
ease Ia money London Actual business WAC
slightly below these figures.
TIM MARKET.
Gold opened aud closed to-day AT l0l selling In the
Interim 1918. Tho borrowing rates wore to per
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-01
GOVERNMENT BONDS.

Government bonds were iairly active and firm.
The syndicate this afternoon subscribed Tor the
naming $15 600 900 ni,ed States ~ per cent honda
This makes the entire $50, 600 Darganed for
April H. anticipating as II docs tho options, created
by the contract Of that date for tho months Of Ocio
Der, November and December. The record stands a.
loIln
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-06-01

CONTINUED ON NINTH pAaRl
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27

AN HISTORICAL FACT.-Eyery agent
who has been steadily selling the Improv-
ed $40 Homestead Sewing Machine for
three years, owns his dwelling house,
has good account in bank, is clear of
debt, and has money at interest,-the
natural consequence of securing good
agency for superior goods at the lowest
prices. A good first-class Sewing
Machine, most useful-reliable at all
times, easy to understand and control, the
same size and does the same work as any
machines that sell at Four TINES the
price. There is no machine at any price
better, or that will do fine or more work,
and certainly none so low in price by
many dollars. The HOMESTEAD is widely
known and used in thousands Of families
i'm the Eastern and Middle States. and
daily becoming popular in the West. 1t
will save its cost several times over in one
season. doing the work of the family, or
will earn four or five dollars day for any
man or woman who sews for living. 1t
is the strongest machine made, is ready at
all times to do its work, makes the strong
est and finest stitch yet invented, and is
fully acknowledged as the Standard
Family Sewing Machine. Price, COM
plete for domestic use, $40, delivered at
your door, no matter how remote you may
reside. Business permanent and honora-
bic, with more certain and rapid sales,
and larger profits than any other. Ex-
traordinary liberal offers made to local or
travelling agents where we have none
established; or, if there Is no agent near
you, send your order direct TO the factory.
Address JOHN III. KENDALL & Co., 42l
Broadway, New York.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27
G28CsAG ssg05Gs9.


People suffer great deal of pain un-
necessarily. Among tortures that need
not be endured are those inflicted by rheu-
matism and govt, since the acrid element
in the blood which produces them by con-
tact with the sensitive covering Of the mus
cles and joints may be eliminated by the
use of that matchless depurent, Hostel
ter's Stomach Bitters, before the infiam-
matory symptoms are developed to any
great teXnt. When tits considered what
excruciating tortures rheumatism infiicts,
and what a tendency it has, when fully
developed, to attack the heart, the advisa-
bility of on early use of such reliable
antidote becomes at nceapparent. The
rheumatic virus is expelled from the
blood by the increased action of the kid
neys-which act as strainers-produced
by the Bitters, and the sufferer will find,
fine uses this supreme defensive agent,
that he will be protected against return
of the agonizing complaint. Dyspepsia,
fever and ague, liver and bowel complaints
and other maladies, are also cured by this
admirable remedy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27
A Il L E n I'll o N F!
FARMERS!

I HAVE for sale the Dgnner Il Newman
Two and Three-Horse PLOwS, manu-
featured at Woodstock, Va, which for
ease Of draft, tboroughness, aud amount
Of wOrE one, they have no equal. War
ranted 40 their work well, aud as rep
resented, or return them. Price for
thrce-horse Flows, tl4, freight added:
price for two-horse Flows, $40, freight
added. Also the McGINNIS HARROW.
made on entirely new principles. The
teeth are steel, diamond shaped, J Is
inch broad BY So inch thick, sharp front
and rear and at the end. Reversible
rear edge to the front when dulled I'm
front; adjustable TO any slant to suit the
work. II never has ~ be raised Tor dis
gorgement, cleans itself More thorough
ly prepares soil for planting In one goizy
over than two workings with other har.
rows. Warranted more effective and du-
rable than any harrow in use.
Also Cornell's Patent Double TUBE
CORN SHELLER, which has taken frxt
premiums 1t every fair where exhibited
1t has double feed tubes and double shell
er, Smelling fast and running light. and
doing Its work in the best manner. bv
hand power. Price SIS and freight.
Also CUTTING BOX, for 800 and
freight, which is good Box, doing Its
work well.
: ALI Of the above implements are mann.
featured by banner & Newman, OF Wood
stock, Va, and warranted TO do their
work as represented. Call and see then,
DufieIds, March 0, 1878. r.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27

A timely dose of Schenck's Mandrake
Pills is sure to prevent an attack Of bill
liodsness, when short neglect of the
warning symptoms may develOpe serious
case Of fever, either bilious, intermittent
or typhoid.
Schenck's Mandrake Pills remove all
causes of billiousness, promptly start the
secretions of the liver, and give healthy
tone to the entire system. It's no Ordi-
nary discovery in medical science TO have
found harmless cure for this stubborn
complaint, which accomplishes all the re-
suits heretofore produced by free use Of
calomel, a mineral justly dreaded by man
kind, and acknowledge to be destructive
in the extreme to the human system.
That the properties of certain vegetables
comprise all the virtues of ealomel with
out its injurious qualities. is now an ad-
mitted fact, rendered indisputable by sci
entfic test. Those who use the Mandrake
Pills will be fully satisfied that the best
medicines are those provided by nature in
the common herbs and roots of the fields.
These Pills open the bowls and correct
all bilious arrangements without saliva
ton or any the injurious effects Of Gallo
mel or other poisons. The secretion of
bile is regulated as will be seen by the al
tered color of the stools, the disappearance
Of the sallow complexion and the cleans
ing Of the tongue.
Ample directions for use accompany
each box of pills. Prepared only by j. IL.
Schenck & Son, at their principle office,
cor. Sixth and Arch Streets, Philadelphia.
Price % cents per box.
For sale by all Druggists and dealers.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27

Why Submit to discomfort, and humili-
alton entailed by local disease of the skin,
when GLENN's SULPHUR SOAP will rid you
ofit with certainty and despatch? 1t is a
remedy which never fails to relieve Gu
taneous disease, and, as a means of BAN
islng defects of the complexion, it is
equally reliable. The benefits arising
from the use of Sulphur Baths, in cases of
skin disease, and of rheumatism and govt,
are well known, but the cost is too heavy
to be incurred by many persons who
would otherwise take advantage of them.
GLENN's SULPHUR SOAP answers the same
purpose, and is both inexpensive and con-
venient. No one need stir abroad in
search of sulphur bath who has this adj
mirable means Of providing one indoors.
IL is incomparably the best deodorizer and
disinfcctant of clothing and bed linen In
use, and prevents diseases Of an obnoxious
nature caused by contact. Sores, ulcers,
bruises, scalds, cuts and sprains are
promptly remedied by It; and its clearly
healing and soothing properties consti-
tute it far more desirable remedy for
scorbutic ailments than ointments Of any
description. such greasy compounds soil
the clothing, often aggravate, and very
rarely indeed do any permanent good.
Sold by Druggists. Price 25c. per cake.
Box g cakes 75c., sent by mail, pre-
paid, on receipt of price. G. N CRITrEN-
Ton, Prop'r, 7SiXth Avenue, New York.
Hills HAIR AND WHIsKER DYE, Black or
Brown, SOC.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27

Mrs. NJ. S. McTavish, of Baltimore.
daughter of the late Gen. Winfield
Scott, has taken the Weaver Cottage,
on Bellevue avenue, near the Ocean
House, Newport, for the season.
Galesburg ILL.,, was visited by ter
rible rain and hail storm Sunday night.
The hail stones measured eight inches
round Glass, fruit and other property
suffered.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27

GRAPE CULTURE AND WINE.-The cul-
ture of the Grape in New Jersey is get
ting to be one ofthe most important in
dustries of the State. The principle va
rieties raised are the Oporto and Concord.
Mr.. Speer's vineyards at Passaic promises
larger yield this than any previous year.
Inconsequence Mr., Speer has reduced the
price cf his Port Grape Wine. The oldest
can now be had for 81 per bottle from any
of the Druggist. 1t is used for medicinal
purposes as superior wine, and in fami-
lies as an excellent evening party wine.
Its intoxicating properties are so slight
that the weakest person may use 1t to adj
vantage, and temperance people cannot
object to its use as NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
BULLETIN
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27
NEW DEPARTURE
GREAT REDUCTION
HOME made BOOTS lid Shoes.

ITO THE PUBLIC I'm order to accom-
J. modate all who wish to have good sub
stantial HOMEMADE BOOTS AND
SHOES almost as cheap as they can buy
eastern work, have determined TO make
them as low as you can get them any
where. In order TO do this will be COM
PEELED to sell for CASH or such PRO
DUCE as can use. My object Is to give
employment to our own mechanics and to
keep our home trade.
Please call and examine goods and
prices. am satisfied you will leave your
orders. All kinds of work on hand or
made to order at short notice. Satisfac-
ton guaranteed.
z. ST. also keep on hand the celebrated
Winchester Shoes.
J.. FLEMING.
Feb 2 1878 II
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27

way to make it, and he would have been
sent to execute it. Had General Lee
deemed an attack at "early dawn" im-
portant, the chances are Jackson would
have been put in position to make it.
His usual aud proper place was in the
aggressive front when not moving on the
flank or rear. And had this been his
duty at Gettysburg he would not have
been too late, nor have failed for want
of support in his division commanders.
He who put A. p. Hill under arrest for
moving an hour later than ordered when
on the march, was rarely embarrassed
by the hardness of his immediate subor-
dinates If moving in time could have
saved Gettysburg, Jackson would have
made avictory. What military inscrip-
ton could be carved on Jacksons mon
ument so comprehensive and full ofsad-
ness as the loug-suppressed sigh which
came from the broken heart of Lee, af-
ter the war:
"IfI had had Stonewall Jackson ct Get
tysburg,
we Noli - cav Ni'toiy'
THE GREAT LOSS OF JACKSON.
do not pretend TO adopt either of
the above theories. | am inclined to
think that a combination of causes led
the disaster. only suggest what l
have said as a contribution to the Gu
rious speculative literature of that bat
tie. But instead of taxing military in
genuity to frame inculpatory theories,
can we not find some more comforting
solution of the problem? Can We not
charge it to the fortune OF war, to a
freak of nature, to the heavier battalions
of the enemy, to his impregnable posi-
ton, or to the interposition of Fate Oh
his behalf? Orcan we not attributed it to
the same cause to which we of this lati-
tude attributed the political tidal wave
of 1874. 1t was done in this way. On
the eve Of that great contest. and late
at night, as the last rally at the court
house had ended, an old Democrat who
had "voted the ticket" tor nearly half a
century was found standing solitary and
alone in the corner OF the court hall,
overcome by his Democracy and other
stimulants to prayer, offering this earn
est petition on high: ''Oh Lord II come
down tomorrow, and be on our side
Just this one time -
We all know the satisfactory results
Of that prayer from Massachusetts to
Georgia. May not the victory OF
Gettysburg be ascribed to an equally
effective prayer made by John Burns or
some other patriot under the same con-
ditions? Or can we not turn magnani-
mouslv TO our foes aud say: "The battle
was fought on your own soil, and II
you want to claim it, take it. We beat
you at Bull run, all through the Valley
of Virginia from Richmond TO Harrl-
sons Landing, at Cedar mountain, at
Second Manassas, at Sharpsburg, a..
Fredericksburg and Charlottesville.
You may have Gettysburg and Apo
mattox, for zoe don't count what took
place after Jackson died." When he
CROSSED over the river" he found our
heaviest columns on the other side, and
from tina, day we marched and fought
without hope.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27

The deaths are announced of two vi
cars general of the Catholic Church.
On Good Friday night, Rev. P: F. Lyn.
don, vicar general ofthe archdiocese OF
Boston, died after brief illness, and on
Saturday morning Rev. DIR. Joseph
Paul Dubreul, vicar general of the arch
diocese of Baltimore and president OF
St. Mary's Seminary of St. Sulpice, died
in that city.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27
A CARD,

ITO all who are suffering from the errors
L and indiscretions Of youth, nervous
weakness, early decay, loss of manhood,
&C., will send recipe that will cure
you FREE OF CHARGE. This great
remedy was discovered by missionary
in South America. Send self-addressed
envelope TO the
REV. JOSEPH T. INMAN,
Station ID, Bible House,
New York City.
Nny 1877 l.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27
From the Trumpet aud Universalist
Magazine.

"Many of our personal friends have
been cured by the PERUVIAN SYRUP,
but we have one proofmere powerful than
than all these, aud that is-OUR OWN
PERSONAL EXPERIENCES! No au-
tnority can put this down-no argument
can contradict Ii; and no good word shall
be spared on our part until knowledge
of this blessing shall be spread broadcast
among the people.N
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27
Another Clergyman Writes:

"My voyage to Europe is indefinitely
postponed. have discovered the "Foun-
tain OF Health" OH this side ofthe Attain
tic. Three bottles Of PERUVIAN SIR-
UP have rescued me from the fangs Of
the fiend Dyspepsia.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27

Eeg" ATTEMPTED EXPRESS ROBBERY.
There was an attempt to rob an Ex-
press Agent of $4,000 at Point of
Rocks on Thursday night OF last week.
About $50 p. NJ one Of the Eastern
bound express trains on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad stopped at Wash
ington Junction for water, Stephen
Miller, the Express Agent, took adj
vantage of the stopping to look into the
safe and see if the money, some $780,
600, was all right. Whilst thus en-
gagged he heard voice say: eyes, got
the money; let's 60 for him." Looking
up, Miller saw two Misunderstanding
men peering in the door of the car. He
grasped his revolver, resolving to de-
fend his trust to the last. Upon seeing
the weapons, four of the desperadoes
ran off and made their escape to the
woods. One of them bolder than the
rest, who was armed with heavy club,
leaped into the car and endevored to
knock the weapon from the hands of
the messenger, who, seeing that he had
but one cope with, did not think it ne
cessary to fire.
The fellow, however, continued to
advance, when Miller sliced him, and
desperate struggle ensued between the
two men. The would-be robber was q
powerful fellow, and was getting the
better of the agent, when at this juno
ture the baggage-master and one of the
brakemen, hearing the noise of the
scuffle, FASTENED to the express car to
See what was the matter. Upon observ-
ing their approach, the robber jumped
from an open door on the opposite side
of the car and made his escape, leaving
Mr.. Miller master of the situation, with
his money intact, but quite fatigued
from the results of his severe struggle.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27
JEWELRY JEW ELRY J!

TOR handsome jewelry go to j. 5. Flem-
l. ing's, he has a fine assortment of Breast
Pins, Earrings, Collar Buttons, Gun But
tons and Shirt Studs. Call and see them.
j. s. FLEMING.
Jan. 20, 1873. Il
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-04-27

SAFELY CAGED.-We learn from the
Cumberland Alleganian, that on Tues
day last, Sheriff Manly, of that place,
arrested Henry Barger, a boatman re-
siding at Weverton, in this county, on
a boat lying in the basin at Cumber-
land, at the instance of Sheriff keichard,
of this county.
The facts that led to the arrest are as
follows: Frank Wood, Charles Bond
and Henry Barger, are three boatmen
residing at Weverton, who bear the
reputation of uuruly characters in that
neishborhood. One night last winter,
they stoned the house of John Carver,
who keeps a saloon at WevertOn. Gar
yer, his wife and daughter were in the
house at the time. After the stoning
had been kept up fer some time, Barger
approached the house, and pushing his
revolver through the window pane,
fred some four or five shots into the
room where the Carver family were
sitting-happily doing no damage.
AT the last February term of our
Court the Grand Jury found an indict-
ment against them, but they not only
eluded arrest for some time, but kept
on stoning other houses in the neigh
borhood. Barger found help in elud-
ing the officers from the fact that he
resided about on the line between
Washington and Frederick counties, and
upon the least signal OF danger was able
to step quietly over the line and battle
his pursuers
Sheriff Rcchard was notified month
or so ago, that Bond or Wood would be
attending church at Weverton on Ger
tain Sunday evening. He accordingly
dispatched several deputies to the spot,
and while the services were In progress,
they made descent.
The CONSERVATION may be imagined.
The congregation was thrown into the
widest confusion and uproar, women
screaming and children crying. Wood
was gobbled where he sat in the sane
tuary, but Bond escaped by lucky
mistake. A man was pointed out TO
the officers as Bond, and they arrested
an innocent party, who was afterward
released. Bond was subsequently ar
rested however, aud lodged in Jail.
Last Sunday week, an attempt at the
arrest of Barger was made by the Sheriff
of Frederick county, who had warrant
for him on another charge, and some
eight or ten shots were fired, but no
damage was done, Barger escaping
again. Four of five days ago Sheriff
Reichard learned that Barger was in
Cumberland, and telegraphed to Sheriff
Manley, of Allegany county, leading to
the arrest as above noted.
The prisoner was brought to this
place on Thursday or Friday last by
Sheriff Reicbard, aud is now in Jail,
where he will be likely to remain until
his trial at the next May term of Court.
Guard.