Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-02-07
Eslffarial ISreyittcs.

number OF Washington county
,.rmers have gone into the poultry lat
,an;nc business, and find that 1t pays
inch better than fattenlnS hogs
In the House OF Representatives, on
tho 10Th. Mr.. Tucker introduced bill
onpropria,ing $4,000 to erect a monn-
M" 'aeu, 10 Gen. Daniel Morgan at Win
chester.
The Journal Of the Telegraph says
Professor Loomis continues TO expert
MONT in the mountains of West Virgin
70 20 demonstrate the theory that at
,pr,ain elevations there Is natural
rlrc,ric current, by taking advantage of
which Geographic signals may be sent
without the use of wires.
An Act to prevent and punish the
ip,ermarryiDg of races, passed at Inc
las, session of the South Carolina Leg
islature, provides that any person So
offending shall be subject to a hno 0.
No, less Than $500, or impriso,n'n'".
for not less than one year, OF oo'"' a.
The discretion of the court. Any Ger
gyman or magistrate who shall unite 10
the bonds of matriinony persons Oh
different races IS subject 10 the same
penalty.
r, has not been three months since
the discovery of the wonderful New
Market Endless Caverns, and the pub
lie APPETITE is just become whetted TO ex-
More them. Already over seven hun
,1red persons have been through them,
al of whom are OF the unanimous opln-
ion that for superior attractions, they
uand uurivaled in the I. ).
The Highland Recorder records
'hugging' item in that county where
fellow Rugged his girl so bard that he
broke the crystal of his watch. That's
rather far-fetched, in the absence OF
witnesses. The crystal was doubtless
broken by the girl hugging 'her fellow.
Cavetown, Washington county, Md,
has a boy fourteen years old, who was
born without hands, who can write an
elegant hand and is a good scholar.
He can load aud fire gun, and is as
good shot as the average narksman.
Mr.. Robt z. Button, business mana
ger ofthe Lynchburg Tuginion, aud
Grand Master of the Virginia Grand
Lodge Independent Order OF Odd Fe!-
lows, died in Washington city Thurs
day. of chronic inflammation OF the stom,
ach. He was 40 years of age, aud was
a brother of Mr.. Chas w. Button,
editor and proprietor of the Lynchburg
GIrginian, formerly OF Harper's Ferry.
The Grant Boom is izzling out.
People grow tired OF too much boom
over maC.worship.
The Hood-orphan children fund now
amounts to SlO,963. 1t ought to be
100000. Why don't Vanderbilt or
Jay Gould pass in their checks?
Conductors and brakcmen of the pas
scnCer trains on the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad have donned their uni
form. 1t is of blue cloth, the buttons
ON the conductors sack coats aud vests
being gilt, while those Of the Grakemen
are silver plated. The caps are blue,
with lace corresponding with the uni
forms and bearing the word "conduc-
tor" or ''barkemar," according to the
rank of the wearer. The buttons bear
the monogram, 'B. g. 0. r. r..
The Market street NJ. L. Church
property, N Winchester, is advertised
10 be sold at public sale, under decree
Of the Circuit Court of Frederick
county, in the chancery cause Of joseph
). Carson's administrators, &c, VS..
John Linn &c, Trustees.
Tradition says that the "Goose,' the
first fire engine used in Winch ester,
Va, was built il London in 1904; that
it was brought over by Lord Fairfax,
that some portions of it may yet be
seen in the town, and that other por-
tions of it were used by man named
Murphy in the construction OF a steam
boat which he intended for the navlga-
tion Of the Shenandoah river.
A dispatch from Wheeling, dated
the 25tb, reports that incendiaries are
still At work trying to burn the city.
Demar's styble, Including four horses,
was entirely burned. Great excite
ment prevails.
The latest reports from Ireland repre-
sent the want as increasing and the
prospect appalling. In the western
districts of ireland there is extreme sui
fering among the poor, owing to want
of employment, loss of tult, loss Of cat
tie aud failure of potatoes, aud despite
the noble efforts of the Duchess of
Marlborough and others TO relieve the
suffering, there must Of necessity be
great distress.
On Saturday, at IIagerstown, work.
men who were engaged in digging
foundation on lot which was formerly
q portion of the almshOuSe property,
disintered the remains OF several Con
federate soldiers. The remains RENTER
red in the Confederate cemetery.
For whooping cough, slice some on
lens and garlic very thin; take four Ia
ble spoonsful of sweet oil. Then strain
mud add the same quantity Of boney,and
half au ounce each of paregorc and
spirits of camphor. Bottle and cork
it well. The dose is, for child OF three
years, a teaspoonful three or four times
a day,or whenever the cough is trouble
some. Increase or lengthen the dose
according to the age OF the sufferer.
The Masons have a tradition 10 the
effect that a woman was once member
of that ancient order Recent discover