Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-10-15
Editorial HreVilies.

News from the Lutheran institutions
at Philadelphia, Gettysburg and Salem,
are that the number of students attend
ing this year is all increase over the
number attending last year.
At an election held last week. the
Rev. Charles 5. Albert, Of Carlisle, Pa,
was unanimously elected pastor of st.
Marks church, Baltimore, to succeed
Rev. DIR. &. A. Stork, who is about to
leave for his new position as professor
of theology i'll the seminary at Gettys-
burg.
Edward Buckley venerable citizen
died at the residence of his only sister,
Mrs. Mary Z. Gelzendanuer, in Freder-
lex, on Friday morning Of last week.
He was born in Liberty, March Z, 1897,
and was nearly eighIy-tive years of age
at the time of his death He had been
a member of the Methodist Episcopal
Church TOR over sixty years. He com
manded the Home Guards during the
las, war with Great Britain, though but
sixteen years old at that time.
Columbus, Georgia, is called the
Lowell of the South. It's progress in
cotton manufactures is Que OF the won
ders of the times.
Hon. Mark Alexander, of Mecklen-
burg county, Va, claims to be the old
est Ewing Congressman. He is now 90
years Of age, aud was a member OF Con
gress from 1919 to lS43. He is also
the sole survivor Of the celebrated Fir
yina Convention of 1929 80.
n. A. Marvin, who has been on trial
in Richmond tor bigany and forgery,
plead guilty last Friday, aud was SEN
fenced to ten years in the penitentiary.
Five years will be added to his sentence
in consequence Of bis having served a
term in the penitentiary before. Making
fifteen years in al.
Dennis kearney attempted to address
a meeting in hall in San Francisco
the other day, and was by the skittish,
playful audience with Il perfect shower
of pebbles, bald-headed eggs of the vim
tage of -, and volley OF straight-cut
expletives that nearly Fitted him of the
! platform. This mild hint convinced
/ him that the assemblage failed TO pos
sess very yearning desire to hear him,
and he retired in as good order as was
possible under such peculiar circum-
stances.
A collision occurred between two Sec
tiuns of the Barnum London Circus
railroad train at Chelsea, Iowa, on San
day week, caused great destruction
among the animals, though the attend
ants all escaped injury. A carload Of
horses and animals were killed outright.
a lion, two panthers and leopard
were thrown from the track aud es
capped Into corn field A lioness was
badly wounded and had to he killed,
but her two unweantd cubs were found
unirjurcd. The monkeys escaped, but
were recapturcd. The elephants were
not injured and rendered great assist
auce in clearing away the wreck.
General Garfield, in conversation
several months ago, paid fine tribute
to his wife, who in :early life was a
pupil of lis school, 81 taught her Lat
in, he said, land she was as good a
pupil as | ever had She is now teach
ing the same Latin to my two big boys,
to get them ready Tor the academy at
Concord, Mass" While speaking of
the matrimonial intelicilieS of public
men he said: Il have been wonderfully
blessed in the discretion of my wife.
She is one of the coolest and best-bal-
anced women | ever saw.
A good churchman was commenting
at the breakfast table on the conduct
of one of the vestry, WREN he was sud
denly interrupted by his hopeful, aged
seven, exclaiming: Papa, why don't
you pull down your rrstrymen?
! The Galveston News estimates that
three fourths OF the good black walnut
of this country has bren used up within
the last ten years. Recalling the fact
that good black walnut is worth $3.50
per 1000 feet, and that it requires 100
years to grow good black walnut tree
the question is asked if it is not about
time TO give some attention TO forestry
as popular science.
Maj G. d. Camden, Jr., of CIarks-
burg, died on Friday morning of last
week, at his fathers residence.
/ There is rumor in Washington that
! the President will offer Senator Lap
ham, OF New York, place in his Cabi
lat and that Governor Cornell will
then appoint Roscoe Coukling to the
Senate.
The Rev. Stuart Robinson, d. d.,
died at Louisville, kentucky, Wednes-
day, aged sixty-fve lie was born in
Ireland, but graduated at Amherst Col
/ lege, and studied theology at the Union
Theological Seminary, Virginia. lie
was ordained minister of the Presby
terirn Church, and between 1852 and
1856 was settled in Baltimore, and du-
ring the same period edited the Pres
byterian Critic
Col. Ben Wilson was member of
the special Congressional Committee
40 attended the funeral services Of
. Gen. Garfield at Cleveland. Ohio. The
! Gu was known as ar intimate friend
OF Mr.. Garfield, and at the request OF
friends OF the President, was called
upon to act as member OF the Com
miilee and accompany the remains to
! their final resting place. Senator j. n.
/ Camden was a member of the Senate
! Committee.
Senator Camden has made an appoint