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

at the foundation OF an obellsk reveal
the fact that Masonry existed before
the erection of Solomon's Tempe, thus
dating the order to period fully as re-
mote as ever was claimed by its most
sanguine friends.
-Four persons who have recently uni
ted with the Church of God in Sharps-
burg were baptised by immersion ON
Thursday last-near Burnsides bridge
-Autietam creek.
Samuel J. Robinson, tried in the Cir
cult Court of Loudoun county, Va, last
week, for the murder of Edward Thorn
as, on the 22d of October last, was
found guilty of murder in the first de-
gree, and sentenced TO be hung in the
Jail yard at Leesburg on the 9th of
April next
The Boston Globe publishes a state
ment 10 the effect that Mr.. Ball, who
recently died in Maryland, bequeathed
to II. L. Smith, colored sign painter
and printer, of Boston, $4,000, as
reward for saving the formers children
from drowning in the Potomac river Ill
1877. Smith, according TO his own
story, was born in Stanton, Va, in
1853, AID was educated in Boston, sub
sequently becoming newspaper writer
! in various cities, and finally, in 1877,
taking up his permanent residence in
Boston.
Great excitement exists in the vicin-
ity of Piedmont, w. Va, over the al
/ leged discovery of valuable silver mines
in that neighborhood. The ore is said
to Weld $40 to the 100 pounds, which
would be equivalent to $500 to the ton,
yield superior to the Bonanza of the
west. One person is reported to have
refused $4,000 for small interest in
a 100 acre tract Of land.
The most extraordinary reception ten
dered TO Grant since he started on his
tour around the world three years ago,
was the one he received at Havana last
week. Even the elements were aroused
to greet him, and the first earthquake
ever known in Cuba shook itself TO
make him welcome. The buildings were
rocked like trees by the wind.
The l4bor trouble at the iron furnaces
! in Shenandoah county, Va, have been
adjusted by the discharge of the import
ed cololed laborers and The return of
the white laborers to their places at the
wages they have heretofore received.
Several colored men who have been en-
ployed at the works for some time re-
tain their places.
The Democratic Messenger, states
that colored man entered the chamber
of an cstmable young lady al Stock
ton, Md, one night last week, for the
purpose as he afterwards confessed, Of
perpe,rating an outrage, but was toiled
10y the young lady giving vigorous
alarm. The rascal escaped for the time,
but was caught few evenings alter
wards and taken by body of disguised
men to an adjoining woods, tied up,and
received the worst horse-whipping on
record. After the crowd was satisfied
that he had been sufficiently punished,
ne was allowed to depart, with The in.
! junction TO never again to make his ap-
pearanCe in Worcester county.
The Tennessee Historical Society has
determined TO purchase Clark MillSs
| equestrian statue Of Gen. Jackson, TO be
unveiled at Nashville, at the Tennessee
centennial, April "a. 1t will be placed
: in the CauitOl Grounds
The fine, large barn and oulbuildings
located near PctcrSville, in Frederick
county, Md, and owned by MIS- David
Cartzendatftr, we're entirely destroyed
by a supposed incendiary fire on Mon
/ day night last. Besides the buildings,
large quantities of corn, hay, fodder, and
all the farming implements and harness
were consumed. Twenty-seven sheep.
seventeen lambs, twenty hogs and six
horses persisted in the flames. Loss very
heavy; no insurance. The farm was
tcnanted by Messrs. Long & Mocha.
The heaviest snow storm Of the sea,
son prevailed throughout Wisconsin, on
"Wednesday and Thursday of last week.
In the northern portion of the State the
snow is from twenty TO forty inches
deep, and the lumberlncn are jubi!ant
over the prospect.
Capt. w. r. Gum, who represented
the county of Mason III the last legisla-
ture will be returned, aud the people Of
Mason will be well represented.
The Fusionists of Maine are abont to
"peter out" They made good deal
of fuss and fame Dat they lacked nerve.
The Kentucky Legislature has passed
q law revivinS the whipping post as
punishment for minor otfenses.
Col. Jacob Mohler, of Rockbridge
county, Va, died at the residence Of his
son-in-law, Mr.. Thomas Gwinn, Balti-
more, Md, Thursday, Jan. %, 1880;
aged nearly II years. He died Of heart
disease. Three weeks previous 10 his
death, he went TO Baltimore for lnedi-
cal treatment.
Another negro exodus from the South
is on the move, and every steamer that
arrives al st. Louis from the South
brings number of them. 1t is said
that 900 families are preparing to leave
for Kansas.
The large and elegant brick dwelling
and store house of Rev Is. +. Cronise,
in the northwest corner OF the public
square. Sharpsburg, was sold at public
sale by his Trustees, on Saturday last,
Jan. oath, for $4,000 Purchaser, g.
NJ. Keedy, OF Keedysyille