Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-11-26
Editorial Esrcyitics.

Editorial EsrcSities.
A Connecticut pastor declined an addi-
ton of 500 to his salary, for the reason,
among others, that the hardest part of his
labols heretofore had been the collection
of his salary, and it would kill him to try
To collect 800 more.
j. w. Lanahan, son of Rev. John lana
han, well-knOwn Methodist minister,
and Il clerk in the Baltimore postotfice,
was arrested last week by Special Agent
W. I. Henderson,, OH the charge of en-
bezz!iu- valuable packages from the mails.
His detection waS by means of decoy
letter containing two OH" dollar notes
market. ci.e OF which i,a been spent at q
restaurant and he was identified by the
barkc2pcr rs the parry who had given II
10 hiin, The accused was committed to
jill.
The steamer Bohemia, If the Hamburg
line, which arrived 1T New York last
week, had among lis passengers 100 of
the pcT<rCIJird jews who were the first
that cm gra;ed To spain during last sum
m,r The are mostly agr"ulturiSts, and
are cu route 10 Louisiana and Texas. The
SiIcSia " i'll bring 2jp mere this week, and
$500 are expected To arrive during the
winter.
4 bill giving lovely woman the ballot
has plsSai th" lower house of the WASH
nglnn Territory legislature aud promises
10 struggle through the Senate. Now,
here is stunning bid for feminine emil
grafton.
Hon. John Mcrryman of Maryland,
widely known as 4 successful agricul-
turiSt, died on Tuesday, in Baltimore
county.
Rev. John Hall, the eminent Presbyte-
rian divine of New York, i'll jumping from
4 street car fell and broke his nose on Sun
day night.
Chicago has reached a case calculated
TO make the woman suffrage shriekerS
pause and reflect. A Mr.. John FiIce is
suing in 10000 Miss Louise Frenzel, a
German bankers daughter for breach OF
marriage promise. Both parties move i'll
high local circles.
An eleven year old school girl in st.
Louis named Zeller played 'leap frog "on
Saturday afternoon, aud had fall by her
dress catching upon the head of one OF the
girls. On Tuesday she complained OF
headache and began to vomit, and shortly
after died.
1t was stated in the Alexandria Gazette
Washington correspondence some days
since that twelve thousand dollars was all
the money the democratic executive COM
mitteee of Virginia had at its disposal in
the recent political campaign. 1t is not
denied that the repudiators had all they
wanted, and that it was furnished by the
republican Office holders and by the re-
publicaus of the North.
One day last week skillful forger in
New York made successful raise OF
81 600 by the forging of Senator Camden's
name TO a sight draft on the office Of the
Consolidated Company of Baltimore.
The forgery must have been skillful
one, as it passed through the bank in
New York and another one IN Baltimore
and was paid out at the Consolidated
office. Some suspicious were had as TO
Its genuineness and Senator Camden Of
Parkersburg, was telegraphcd concerning
it, who replied that no such draft was out,
but his reply did not reach Baltimore I'M
til after bank hours and the draft had
been paid.
Kutchen, who has just been appointed
by President Arthur collector of internal
revenue i'm Wisconsin, is the editor who
advised the Republican voters of his State
to shoot the Democrats here and outrage
their wives and daughters, and burn their
property, in order to prevent them from
voting; and if all that did not succeed,
and they carried any of the counties, TO
break open the ballot boxes and destroy
the Democratic votes.
The prosecution of the Star-route job
bers has come to an inglorious end, and
those pilferers of the public treasury are
at large. AS result, Attorney General
McVeagh has withdrawn from the Cabi-
net, although the president objects to his
withdrawal.
Henry jenkins was hanged, Nov. IL,
for the murder of Winfield Saunders, at
NuttallSburg, OH New river, in this STATE,
May 10th last, the supposed motive being
robbery. Both men were miners and
worked together. This is the first legal
execution that has ever taken place in
this State.
In the Virginia Senate there are two
colored members; in the House IL. Total
number of colored IL.
There is treasure 10 dig for some
where on Stone Mountain, in Arkansas.
Ben Munsell was noted hermit, He
lived 30 years all by himself, was a highly
successful trapper, and is believed I'd
have accumulated SIS. 900 from the sale OF
skins. He has now been found dead in
his hut, and his money is buried in some
unknown spot near by.
Poker has ruined DR.. Z. j. Hoffman Of
Louisville. He had large practice, was
an active Methodist, and his reputation
WAS excellent. Becoming infatuated with
the game, he neglected his patients, to
play it, borrowed all the money he could
to meet his losses. and finally forged
checks amounting to $4,000, for which he
is now in Jail. His church loses 500.
Gen. W. ). Harvey, who is on the re-
tired list, is nov living at Pass Christian,
Miss. He will hayea family reunion on
Thanksgiving day. He is entertaining
some officers Of the French navy, with
their wives.
"If had my time to live over again.
said a landlord Of public house ut the
verge of death, 81 would rather sweep
crossings, or beg, or even starve to death,
before would again sec The woe anu mis-
cry which and my trade have produced.