Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-07-17

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Friday, July ~, 1855.
THE latest fashionable amusement Tor
young ladies is to knit silk hose for their
gentlemen friends.
w. are very much afraid that there
will be no rain until the campmeetings
begin. Hurry up the campmeetings.
1T Is said that in certain parts Of South
America water sells for Ave cents
glass. What must be the price OF glass
Of whisky?
AN Indian chief named "Roman
Nose" has been fighting the white set
tiers in the West. Ii Roman Nose what
In good for him he had better keep on
the war-path.
IT is to be hoped that the Hampshire
county kickers are satisfied. Collector
McGraw has appointed Mr.. Isaac L.
Brady, of Romney, to be deputy collec-
tor for the tenth division.
TWELVE volumes of the census report
of 1880 have been printed, and there are
twelve more to be issued. At this rate
the last census will be completed just IN
time to begin on the next one.
DURING the four months of Democratic
administration not one Federal officer
has been changed in Jefferson county.
This speaks well for the Republicans
who hold the offices, but it is little
rough OH the Democrats who want them.
In the land of Ell Mahdi, the false
prophet, if a married man Is guilty OF
immortality he is buried in the earth up
20 his waist and then stoned to death.
According to all reports, Ell Mahdrs
rules would prove very beneficial
to London at the present time.
HoS. WIN. l.. WILSON has written
letter to deny the charge that there has
been combination among the Senators
and Representatives to control the Fed
eral patronage in this State. Well, judy
ing from the number Of appointments
i'm this panhandle, we fully believe there
has been no such no combination.
SOME of the Maryland sheriffs who
have recently allowed prisoners to be
taken from them might get few points
from the sheriff at Marion, Ind. A mob
tried to get prisoner from the Jail, and
refusing to desist at his warning he fired
volley at the crowd. One man was
killed, four others were wounded, and
the rest hastily dispersed.
"I DOUBT whether any man, no mat
ter how successful, should continue full
executive duties in university for more
than about twenty years." So said Mr..
Andrew d. White, late president Of
Cornell University, New York. This
idea holds good even in a higher degree
with regard to Federal office.hOlders.
Mr.. Cleveland was elected because the
. people wanted a change. Is he giving
the people a change?
THE new dispatch boat Dolphin, built
by John Roach for the government, and
pronounced by experts not to be good
boat, will not be likely to form part Of
our Navy. Attorney General Garland
has rendered decision to the effect that
the vessel cannot be accepted by the
Secretary of the Navy; that no contract
exists between Mr.. John Roach and the
government, and that the large sum of
money paid to him for the vessel may
be recovered.
THE Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
having failed to pay taxes due this State
from 1879 to 1884, inclusive, Auditor of
State Duffy on Monday, under direc-
tons of Governor Wilson, certified the
whole amount Of taxes to the sheriff for
collection, with 10 per cent. added, as
provided by statutes. The Governor has
insisted OIL the full payment, and is sup
ported by the Attorney General of the
State. The whole amount due the State,
Including 10 per cent, is $2l2, S2S.
The West Virginia Court of Appeals,
which has been i'm session for some
weeks past, adjourned last Thursday, to
meet in Charlestown next September.
The Wheeling Register, in noting the
adjournment, pays the worthy Judges
of this Court the following justly mer-