Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1879-02-22
Editorial Hsrcyitics.

OIIt tuliuiNN " N1IS NhO WAY
sent out by p. \. Collins TO help to
build the Brazilian railroad, have return
cd in Il destitute condition. They say
the road will be built, and speak tavora-
bly, Of the country.
Southern colurcd voters are intimi-
dating white Republicans i'll Dixie by
demanding to know where the funds 81
the Freedmcn's Savings Bank have
gone to.
The Waynesboro' Pa) Goeene says
that work on the B. &c &. Y. Railroad
has been suspended along the entire
line from the w. NJ. Railroad to that
place, b. the sub7contractors, Kelley 81
Robinson, Walton 6 Lee, and James
Marsh. The responsibility Of the stop
page is imputed to Mcssrs. Dacy
Brothers, the original contractors.
Mr.. Tilden appeared before the Pot
ter Investigation Committee at New
York, a i"w day ago, and his tcstimo
ny was Of character t. convince any
unprciudiccd mind Of Lis entire limo
cence Of any attempt at the procHrc-
meut OF electoral votes by venal means;
and. moreover, that he Was totally ig-
norant Of any oyei,ureS OF the kind ON
the part Of his patty friends.
The effort to connect Mr. Tilden
with the alleged attempt to purchase
electoral votes has sigually failed, aud
all fair minded men will agree that his
hands ale clean in the matter.
a Dcs Moins minister says that in
al bis experience he has never seen
case Of fatal diptheria where soft coal
was used as fuel His theory is that
the sulphur il soft coal is preventive
OF the disease.
Mr.. Jefferson Davis, in & rcccn; letter,
SAYS he tayor5 a Southern Pacific rail
road, but that Senator Matthew's bill, as
il now stands, is a dcluson and a snare,
so far as the interests Of the South are
concerned, and is solely calculated to be
a feeder tor a powerful Northern mo-
nopcly.
The next President Of the United
States, according to the ST. Louis Post
Dispatch, "cannot be Western man,
but will be Thomas Francis Bayard,t the
biggest Senator from the smallest State.
y bill has been introduced in the Ten
ressee Legislature, witch is sad to be IA
vorably received, making the legal rate
Of interest in that State three per cent.
Such law will hardly invite capital
to tlS State.
Ii is the first time in the histoy Of
our State that the i. q O. II. r Co.
has begged for mercy. SO brethren Of
the Legislature be charitable, but at the
same time do your duty to your con.
s;itpcnts. Never permit this company
70 bulldose YOU with the idea that they
canI haal Q car load of freight as cheap
from Chicago TO Piedmont, Us they Can
TO Baltimore.
The oldest inhabitants in Texas and
Louisiana do not recolect a winter in
which such an amount Of snow has fallen
as during the present.
y Nevada paper tells of Chinese
cook who was reprimanded by his mis-
tress for not having cleaned the fish
well that he had served up at dinner
The next time there was fish in the
house she went into the kitchen and
saw john carefully washing the fish
with fine piece of brown soap.
Last Tuesday the Circuit Court for
Wash. Co.. Md, decided that when pro-
perty is rented for specified time, the
tenant at the expiration of his term, is
entitled to quit the premises without
giving the landlord any notice. The
Court also decided that in that county,
the year for renting expires on the 3lst
day of March and that notice given On
the 1st of March, is not thirty days
notice.
The bill appropriating ninety-6ve
thousand dollars for the future cons:ruc-
ton of the Hospital for the Insane
$4,000 this year and $4,000 next
year-passed the Senate Oh 9th inst, by
q unanimous vote.
A Confederate Historical Association
has been organized at Louisville, KY,
The prime object of which is the collec-
ton and publication of material relating
to the history OF the late war.
AT the first meeting seventy-6re ex-
including Gen. Basil
Duke, enrolled themselves as members
If the association.