Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-08-13
WIN JEFFERSON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. SATURDAY, AUGUST B 1881
EDITORIAL TsreHiIieS.

perience met such a patient as MIR. Gar
field-has never seen ''such nerve, such
coolness, such self-poSsession."
Mr.. Alex. Z. Smith, well-known resi-
dent OF Frederick city, died on Saturday
after brief illness. He was aged about
IS years. Among his beQuests IS one of
81 900 TO the Lutheran Memorial Church,
REV. DR.. Butler, pastor,) at Washington,
d. c.
A few days ago what is known rs the
White Sulphur train, that passes over the
C. d o. road, ran twenty-nine miles be-
tween Charlottesville and Orange, in
twenty-four minutes. This is the fastest
time recorded in Virginia.
| Senator Mitchell, of Pennsylvania, has
written letter fayoring republican sup
! port Of the readjuster ticket in Virginia.
| He SAYS he regards the movement "as the
! foTerunuer of an established free govern
| ment AT the South, under which the rights
| OF all citizens shall be respected and per-
mancntly secured" Mr.. Mitchell regrets
that he cannot himself contribute 10 its
| success.
| It is said that the President has lost
since he was shot from thirty-tive TO fifty
| pounds. The weight Of the loss is Of
| course gueSswork, but all have noticed
J
! the bedding is changed than during the
! first week of his illness. His weight on
! the morning he was shot was 203 pounds.
4 Young lady while bathing in Chau-
| tauqua Lake, y. y, on Friday, had mar
row escape from drowning. turtle
caught hold of her ear, which caused her
10 scream frightfully, and but for the
timely arrival OF assistance she would
10. on
| turtles teeth from her ear its head was
cut completely off, after which il took ten
minutes to pry its jaws apart. The lady
went through the operation brayely, but
! says she will never again IiOat in Chautau-
qua.
The commissioned officers OF the recent
" formed Second Virginia Regimen. have
resolved to attend the celebration at York
! town in October. There will be eight
companies in the regiment-thc Front
Royal Guards, the Winchester Light In
fantry, Harrlsonburg Guards, West Au-
gusta Guards, Anderson Guards, Mount
Jackson Guards, BcrryYillc Guards and
Luray Guards.
The Boston Post says that Jay
Gould's wealth-S75, 900, ,000-will be
u pretty big pile to lug through the
pearly gates. The Post can rest easy
OH that score, rs it is not at all likely
chat the Railroad King and millionaire
will be troubled with luggage on that
trip.
The railroad ticket war continues.
All the trunk lines are selling tickets
from New York to Chicago at 80.
Let the war continue.
Mrs. LargeDt, of Paw Paw, Morgan
county, died in Baltimore recently from
the effects of an operation for the re-
moval of ovarian tumor. Tho opera
ton was skillfully performed, but the
patient failed to rally from the shock,
and died few hours after the opera,
ton.
JEFF Davis denies the oft-told story
that at their interview at Hampton
Roads, Just before the close of the war
President Lincoln intlmated that the
Government would pay 100000, ,00O
for the liberation of the slaves. lie
says Lincoln had no authority to make
such an offer, ana that he himself could
not have accepted it if it bad been made.
Col. II. Kyd Douglas, of Hagers-
town, finds in jeff Davis book seri
ous defect-the fact that jeff entirely
ignores the tender of Stonewall Jack.
sons resignation of bis commission in
the rebel army, an event that caused a
great stir in the South. The Colonel
who was on Jackson's' staff, writes q
long article TO the Philadelphia Times,
setting JEFF straight.
Col John W. Skiles, of Philadelphia
has purchased from Dr.. Hughes and
others lhe "Big Hill iron lands, said tc
be one OF the finest ore deposits in the
State. These lands are in upper Bote
tourt county, on the line of the L. q
A. r. r., and not far from the Allegha
ny lire. We Learn the price paid was
SG0,do0, and that a furnace will be
erected shortly near the property, to be
built by Pennsylvania capital.
The Virginia Republican State Con
vention will meet in Lynchburg on the
10th of August, when the question o.
nominating a s!raight-out ticket, ol
leaving the field clear TO the Readjus
ters, will be finally settled. The Ma
honires are working like beavers 10 gel
control Of the Convention, and We
should not besurprise if they succeeded
Guiteau, as ne broods over his crime
begins 10 realize his awful condition
He said to one of his guards the othel
night: "Ths is death in life; my earth
is hell.
The New Atlantic and Ohio Railroad
Company have brought some ine boring
machinery to Stribling Springs, August
county, Va. The company propose with
it to investigate the mineral deposits on
the large body Of 2IG, 900 acres contiguous
to the Stribling Springs property, which
the syndicate has recently purchased
With the machinery they can bore dowr
into the earth hundreds Of feet and bring
up in solid circular sections, five inches II
diameter, perfect samples Of every STRAIT;
the augur passes through.
Mr.. John Mclaughlin, Of the firm o.
Mclaughlin Bros, and part owner OF the
Philadelphia Times, died suddenly at Tn,
Stocton House, Cape May, Saturday even
ing. Mr. Mclaughlin went TO Europe
last spring, and since his return, a month
ago, has been in poor health. On the
voyage home he was seized with diarrhe "a
and an affection OF the kidneys. He ne
elected 70 inform the doctor Of the stealn.
er of the latter disease, and was given q
large quantity Of calonel, which sslivated
his mouth and throat. His age was 80
years.
HORRIBLE AYFAIR-A special dis
patch from Yazoo City says that infor-