Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1882-01-21
Editorial EBrevilieS.


when he resigned, and afterwards be
came Senator in the Confederate con
gress.
Rev. James Cameron, pastor of the
Second Presbyterian Church, Oakland,
Cal, died on Thursday last from the
effects of poison. His wife gave him
dose of carbolic acid by mistake, think
ing il 10 be medicine.
a large dog, formerly belonging to q
Pittsburg fire company, ran 10 the fire
at the iron works in that city recently.
a dwelling house was threatened by the
flames, the dog rushed in, aud seizlng
a baby from a cradle bore it safely TO
the yard.
One night last week Thomas Rrie:ly,
well-known near Jarrettsville, Hartford
county, Nd, in getting out of win
dow caught his feet in the window, ard
| being unable TO extricate himself hung
there all night with his head downward.
/ lie was found next morning by some
friends aud relieved, bat died few
hours afterwards.
On Monday night last, S. L. Evy, Of
Keyser, q brakeman on the B. ~ o.,
when near Deer Park, fell from the top
of car into gondola car, loaded with
iron. BY this fall one arm was so bad
/ " smashed that it had 10 be amputated.
From the goudola he rolled down to
the track, and the wheels passed over
the uninjured hand, cutting it almost
entirely off, Having only the little
finger.
a Chicago naturalist stated in his
lecture that a black bear could hug sew
en- times as hard as q man, and the next
time a menagerie visited that town
every girl in the crowd made eyes and
waved her handkerchief at he black
bear, and paid him SO much attention
that he got confused and blushed.
a clergyman in Scotland preached a
few Sundays ago from the text, III
you do not repent, you shall likewise
perish" The wife of farmer who was
present went home and told her hus
band that the text was, "If yon don't
pay rent, you shall leave the parish
A New Jersey man couldn't see
any danger in smoking while weighing
powder He can't see anything now.
A Vermont couple have married
after courtship of twelve years, during
which the brides father has put seven
sets of hinges on the front gate.
It takes eight hundred full blown
roses to make a tablespoonful OF per.
fume, while ten cents worth OF cooked
onions will scent q whole neighbor-
hood.
There is nothing like being graphic.
A man who attempted to give an idea
of eternity, said, why, my friends
after millions and trillions of years had
rolled away it would be a hundred
thousand years to breakfast-time."
A minister approached lniscbievou'
urchin about twelve years old, and lay
ing his hand upon his shoulder,thus ad
dressed him; My son, ! believe the
devil has got hold Of you. i Selievt
he has too, was the significant reply .oI
the urchin.
She was talking on the cars, and
said: The meanest people are those
who peep out of windows TO see what
their neighbors are doing. Now this
morning l was looking through tho
blinds of my window, and what do yor
suppose l saw that mean Mrs. Jones
doing Why, she was peeping thro
her blinds 10 see if saw her-the NEAR
woman!
A curious case is before one of tht
New York courts. a professional me
dium, calling herself Mrs. DR.. Mann, il
a supposed trance, revealed to an ole
man named Hides that he was 10 marry
her aud deed to her all his property
and he would live twenty years longeI
and have two children and be very hap
py. This alleged spirit communication
was supplemented by Mrs. DIR. Manr
kissing the old man, embracing him anC
sitting on his lap. The result was ht
decided all his property TO her and sh'
married him, aud in ten days began tc
treat him sbamefnlly, and he now sues
for divorce and the abrogation OF !h'
ante-nuptial contract.
Richmond now has a fund OF abou
$4,000 with which to build rnonu
ment 10 Gen. X. f. Lee.
II is now claimed that tramps are dis
tributing smallpox through the country
We don't blame them tor giving it away
It's a nasty thing to carry around.
Governor Roberts, OF Texas, says ht
would walk rather than ride on a rail
road pass. We don't blame him. A
railroad pass, it strikes us, would be
worse TO ride on than bicycle.
General Grant wants ex-senator Chat.
fee TO have a cabinet position. Mr.. Chat.
fee is the father-in-law OF one OF the Gen.
erals sons.
II is said that Mrs. DeLong has been re-
membered by Mr.. James Gordon Bennett
iu substantial manner. Before the sail
ing Of the Jeanette OH her Arctic expe-
dition he deposited s25, 900 to her credit in
| bank; and this sum was doubled last
summer, when discoIraging news was
received from Captain DeLoDg and his
| gallant crew.
A devil fish with arms thirty-two feet
long has been caught on the banks Of
! Newfoundland. What cashier lie would
! make.
Samuel W. Piercy, The well-known ac-
! tor. died from smallpox In Boston Mon
day morning. He was taken with the dis
ease while supporting Edwin Booth. Ii
was at first supposed that Mr.. Piercy was
afflicted with malaria, but IL subsequently, Y
proved to lie smallpox, and he was placed