Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-08-21

Friday, August I'll. 1855.
GrN. LOGAN visited the Luray cave
this week. He has been long time
frding suitable hole into which he
could crawl.
MRS. HELEN HUNT JACKSON, the
well-known writer, died at San Fran
cisco. last week, aged 81. She was
contributor to the Century magazine.
Iris likely that there will be quite
change i'm the weather shortly, as the
officer who has had charge of the weather
bureau has been relieved from that duty
and sent out West.
The U. ). steamship Swatara Will
carry five million dollars in silver from
New Orleans to New York. We hope
she will not be captured by practically
inclined small boys on the raging main.
MARX TWAIN is largely interested in
the publishing house that is getting out
Gen. Grants book. ana it is said he
will make big pile Of money ont OF 1t.
No one will begrudge Mark his good
luck.
WE are glad to notice that our editor
In, brethren of West Virginia have quit
lying about big snakes. We are cor
respondingly sad. however, to notice
the abuse Of truth in trotting out "old-
est citizens"
Ir Is said that ten million dollars was
spent in New York by persons VINO
went to see the Grant funeral. vi
course no one ascribes mercenary mo
tives to New York, though, for want
ing the funeral there.
AN old lady named Mrs. Mary Bare
foot has just died in Pennsylvania, aged
90 wears. She had 275 living descend
ants. She probably got her name be-
cause she was obliged to wear out all
her slippers and shoes OH her descend
ants.
The Civil Service Commission has
lust published report exhoneraling
Postmaster Jones, of Indianapolis, from
blame because he made appointments to
sui. himself. This piece Of condescen-
sion OH the part of the commission is
highly gratifying.
The White House at Washington is
undergoing its annual cleaning up and
repairs. The hope is INDUCED that
when the President returns and sees
how "elean sweep" has improved
things, that he will conclude TO make
one himself among the Office-hOlders.
AS may be supposed, the fund for the
Grant monument in New York is Ian
gushing. Only about $50, 900 has been
raised. The New Workers are too mean
to give, and the balance Of the country
Is so disguised with New York that peo-
pie i'm other places won't subscribe
penny.
COMMISSIONERS WALKER, of the Cen
eral Land Office, has declined to issue
more patents for land to the Northern
Pacific Railroad. Under President
CIeveland's administration corporations
and monopolists are required to stand
back, and the bona fide settler now has
some chance.
NEAR Richmond, Va, last Monday
there was a picnic by colored society,
the "Sons and Daughters of Moab. y
Some of the members wanted the band
to play "Dancing Jimmy" and some
wanted await till the clouds roll by"
The result was a general riot, i'm which
one man was shot and n large number
cut with raZors.
Mr.. LoRING, who, while Commissioner
of Agriculture under Arthur got away
with so much money belonging to the
government without having anything
to show for it, has given an account
of expenditures. His account was so
lame, however, that the watchful DEM
ocratic officials will sue him unless he
does better.
THOSE newspapers which were so
sorry that poor John Roach failed be-
cause Secretary Whitney held him TO
his contracts will doubtless derive great
comfort from reading the schedule Of
his assets and liabilities. The liabilities
are 81, 262 ,s77.Sl, and the actual assets
1851 ,47S.25. 1t would probably be in
teresting to know just why Roach failed
1T has just been discovered that the
government has been cheated fora long
time by the whisky distilleries. They
used barrels which were constructed so
as to falsify the number of gallons con-
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