Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-12-04

]. w. & H. L. SNYDER, Publishers,
sHspHERpsToWN, WEST VIRGINIA.
Friday. December 4, 1885.
AFTER all, Johu Logan would doubt
less rather be "A live Senator than n dead
Vice. President.
KING ALFONSO, of Spain, died last
week of consumption. He was twenty
eight wears old and had been king nine
years.
Ir is said that Jay Gould intends to
retire from active Wall street business
on January LIST. He will still have
finger in the speculative pie, however.
The Wheeling Register, in common
with many other papers, refers to the
"funeral obsequies" of the late vice.
President. Are there any other kind OF
obsequies!
IT is very much feared If the Bal
timore Il Ohio Railroad is allowed 10 en-
ter New York that New Jersey and the
Pennsylvania Railroad Company Will
secede from the Union.
SOME scoundrel poured quantity OF
whisky into the baptlstry of an Indiana
church recently and during the next
three days 500 men joined the church,
aud several of them insisted on being
immersed seven times day.
OUT i'm Marion county, this State,
man was sent to the pcnitentiary for
two wears for forging IN order for one
dollar aud fifty cents. If this poor devil
had stolen Il half million or so he would
have been let off much easier.
To man up tree, it looks as II Con-
gress can employ itself quite as well by
simplifying and revising old laws as 1t
can by making new ones. There are
some laws upon the statute books that
are nearly a hundred years behind the
times.
GENERAL SHALER, a distinguished New
Yorker, has been arrested on the charge
of accepting bride for selecting an
armory site for the city. The bride he
is said 10 have received was $1,000, so it
may be imagined that the city was
swindled out Of very neat little sum
i'm the transaction.
CONGRESS will meet in Washington
next Monday. As this is the beginning
of q new session. the House will elect
new officers, and Mr.. Carlisle will prob
ably be reelected Speaker. The death Of
Mr.. Hendricks leaves the Senate with
ont presiding officer, and the choice
now seems to be between Senators Ed
munds, Sherman and Logan.
The subject of the Grant funeral en-
penses is again revived, and it is report
ed that the government refuses to pay
the bill on account of some eXorbi,ant
charges in it. The bill was $4,000,
and when all the pomp aud show is
taken into account it must be consid-
cred moderate one. The money should
be paid and the subject dropped.
The Republican majority in the Sen
ate has chance to perform graceful
and manly act by electing Democrat
to succeed Vice President Hendricks.
By the will of the people Democrat
was elected to fill the office, and 10
carry out this expression would be en-
inently right and proper. And the Re-
publicans would in no wise lose their
reward.
Ir Is reported that the combination of
American steamship lines which tried
to force an extra $500, 900 from Post
master General Villas, and which was
so badly routed by the present admins
tration, will be on hand at Washington
this winter with powerful lobby for
the purpose of engineering some big
schemes through Congress. The sooner
and the harder these INSCRIPTIONS fell
lows are sat down upon the better it
will be for the country.
WE have absolutely and persistently
set our face against any proposition to
club with the city weeklies, at reduced
rates, custom so prevalent among our
contemporaries. If the Statesman can't
float on its own merits it will have to
sink, that's all there is about that
Martinsburg Statesman.
This is commendable, Brother Col