Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-09-17
Editorial BreYilies.

dollars have been ordered to the Philadel-
phia mint to be coined into eagles and half
eagles.
King Cotton has achieved another tri-
ulnpb. 1t has been discovered that TIE oil
from it, seed is preferable to lard used for
cooking purposes; and the oil costs only
about half Us much.
Hon. Daniel G.. De Jarnette, member
of the Thrty-sixth Congress, and after
wards member of the Confederate House
of Representatives from the Richmond
district, died on the 22d ult., at the Mont
gomery White Sulphur Springs.
There is great excitement at Long
Branch over the death of Mrs. Kate
Griggs. the wife ofC. r. Griggs, the con-
tractor and lessee of the Wheeling and
Lake Erie Railroad, from blood poisoning
ALLEGED 10 have been caused by using anti
fat medicine. She confessed to have taken
Is bottles of the anti-fat medicine in ten
months.
Some time ago an effort was made to
convert the late Mr.. Spot ed Tail to the
Christian faith. After the scheme of sal
walton had been fully unfolded to him,
he remarked: white religion mo good.
God come on earth, white man kill him.
Indian wouldn't do that"
Saml NJ. Woodward, jr. the we'll known
and popular railroad man, recently depot
agent OF the G.. Il y. and Shen. Valley
roads at Waynesboro', will in a few days
open an office in Staunton as the repre-
sentative of the Shen. Valley r. X. lie
will be assisted by Mr.. Henry Smith, for
merly with the b. & o. Express.
\ man in SonOma county, California,
! has sold over 500 worth of carp this year
| from pond covering less than an acre of
ground, and has 10000 fish of various
! sizes remaining.
/ Grant Is mad. In 4 recent interview at
| BlOOmin gton, Illinois he said: ''I'he Re-
publican party of New York has gone into
hands which will run it into the ground
before long, and then the people will
recognize how great blunder they made
in throwing their old and tried leaders
ovcrb1ard.'
The cellar of the Monticello Wine Com
panV, at Charlottesville, was burned on
last Sunday morning. The loss, building
So 900, insured for 81 900, and contents of
cellar, Including machinery, $22, 1872 %,
insured for $l4 1000. The company met
and resolved ut once to resume the manu-
facturc Of wine.
Canal navigation is virtually suspended
on account OF low water and 80 boats are
strung along the canal from the terminal
to Dam No. g. There is also n blockade
below that point. Only two boats loaded
ut Cumberland on Friday last, and until
rainfall light boats 1T Cumberland will
be scarce.
Marvellous gold discoveries are reported
from the Central Hills, thirty miles dis
lance from Deadwood, Dakota. \ Wien
four feet wide is said TO contain more
precious metal than quartz. Ii is stated
that it runs $l50,00O to the ton in the
foundation. This mine was formerly UNI
der bond to the Homestate Company.
\ letter received in London on the oath
ult., from Bangkok, Siam, dated July 9,
says: "Asiatic cholera is raging here. 1t
is yariously estimated that from 100 TO
300 natives are dying daily. Very few
foreigners have died; several have fled TO
Singapore and Hong Kong. Every one
feels as though he were living ia grave
yard"
On Sunday week, Robert F. White, of
UobOkcn, n. j., while eating some water
melon, accidentally swallowed few of
the seeds. \ day or two afterwards he
became suddenly i'll, and on examination
it was asccrtained that the seeds had
caused an abSceSs to form i'll his intes-
tines. The young man suffered cXcrucia-
ting pain until Thursday evening, when
I he died.
\ call has been made on Governor
jackson to suppress Red Men in Calhoun
county. Why, asks the Parkersburg SEN
tincl, does not the sheriff summon
grand jury that will indict them? If one
or two were sent to the penitcntiary
lao, sit f,p I'm m
the Governor. The fun would cease ut
once.
Gen. Pope, who commands the Depart
ment of Missouri, has issued an order
prohibiting the sale of any spiriluous
liquors by any sutler to amy citizen of
Kansas, thus recognizing and observing
the prohibtory law OF the Safe. General
Scott made an effort long ago to prohibit
the sale of whiSkey ut all military posts,
but his ideas were never carried out by
Congress, rs they should have been.
\ friend OF the Canadian weather
prophet living in Baltimore received the
following interesting information from,
that gentleman in letter few days ago:
81 think October this fall will be cold and
wet throughout; November fine and
open, and December again Geld and wet"
State Auditor Massey, Of Virginia, has
been severely afflicted this season. Not
many weeks ago he lost an adored and
amiable daughter, and now he Is called to
mourn the departure of his son, Clarence
&. Massey, who died on Saturday at Ash
Lawn, Albemarle county.
The massacre of Gen. Carr and his en-
tire command, consisting of about one
hundred and twenty men, by the White
Mountain Indians near Fort Apache, Ari-
IONA, few days ago, VIII fill the entire
nation with regret and sorrow. 1t brings
wildly to mind the annihilation Of Custer
and his troops on the Rosebud river sew
eral years ago, but. unlike that deplorablc
event, the destruction of Gen. Carr and
his command was brought about by de-
ception and treachery OH the part of his
Indian scouts, while Clusters was the re-
suit of al open square fight against the
enemy.
a violent hurricane, accompanied by
rain, passed over the country between
Linvile and Cowans on the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad, seven or eight
miles north of Harrisonburg, on Mon
! day afternoon. Houses were blown
| down, tin roots were torn of, fruit and
corn destroyed and other damage done,
though no loss of life has yet been re-
ported.
Among the immigrants over the Penn
sylvana Railroad last week was Ger
man family bound for Northern Iowa,
consisting of the grandparents and six
sons and three daughters, all Of whom
were married, with their families, on
board the same train. There were forty
grandchildren, the entire relationship