Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-06-27


the Mckinley tariff bill.
THE political editors of our es
teemed contemporary, the Wheeling
InteUigencer, are very amateurish.
THE Providence Journal says that |
under the Mckinley bill prices VIII
20 up great deal faster than wages.
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IT is predicted that there will he
very little collie among the small boys
this season. There are few green APP
Piles. ...-..
PRESIDENT HARRISON says he does |
not want to be renominated. Well, !
we don't think anybody else wants
him TO be.
THE poor old canal is in a truly de
plorable condition-it is no good as
waterway ard the chances of rail |
road very soon seem slim.
THE toughest thing about the Nc
Kinley tariff bill is that the Demo
Gratis are obliged by it to help pay Re
publican campaign debts.
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THERE are probably more foolish
questions connected with the present
census than were propounded by all
the other censuses put together.
AN effort is on foot to remove the
L. :. Mint from Philadelphia to
Washington. Congress will then
doubtless add mint julep annex to
il.
THE loneliest man in Europe is Peter
Leckner, an employee of the weather
bureau, who lives on one of the sum
mits of the Alps. He probably does
not advertise.
THE Democratic conference at Par
kersburg last week was an enthusiast
tic gathering of prominent party
workers. 1t was good for them TO
meet together.
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THE Hon. Steve Elkins says he has
no intention of running for Congress
in this district. 1t will thus be seen
that the Hon. Steve is still in posses
sion of his faculties
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As the end of the fiscal year, June
3Oth. draws near, there are many ru
mors of reductions in the salaries Of
Democratic clerks in Washington TO
give promotions TO Republicans.
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NEWS must be very scarce in Wheel
ing. for the hteiHgencer has been fill
ing its columns for the past week or
two with the worst rot we have ever
read. Go TO. Mr.. IHteHigencer, go to .
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A PHILADELPHIA woman who died
recently left by her will the sum OF
ten thousand dollars a year for the
decoration of her cemetery lot. Seems
TO us her grave oughtto be kept pref
ty green on that sum.
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THE President recently appointed
Hon. Andrew ID. Baird to be post
master at Brooklyn, \. Y, but that
gentleman declined the honor. He
evidently doesn't want to be connect
ed with this administration.
THERE'S one good thing for the
Democrats in the fall campaign-if
they run short of argument on any
other subject they will have the record
of this Congress to fall back on.
Plenty OF good material there.
CONGRESS is working on the bill TO
"regulater elections-especially in
the South. Speaker Reed will
undoubtedly push it through the
House, but the Democrats of the Sen
ate claim that they will be able to de-
feat it there. We believe they can
if they will.
THIS was to have been such re
markably business-like Congress, we
were told at the beginning of the
session. that an early adjournment
would be made But the spring has
come and gone, the dog days are
almost here, and there is no sign of
an adjournment.
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AT the Democratic meeting in Park
ersburg last week twentyfour out of
forty county chairmen favored the
nomination of Mr.. Cleveland for Pres
ident. and five voted for Gov.
Hill. That's just about the proper
ton throughout the country, though
why so many favor Hill we can't un-
derstand.
II % hA ION
Office, is the manager, so it is said, of
patent refrigerator and general at
mosphere freezer, or something of
that sort, and has made quite good
deal of money by peddling the stock
among the employees of his office.
And on this account his cold air ma
chine has gotten him into hot
water.
The Supreme Court of New York
has decided that trusts are unlawful,
and declares that the sugar compa-
MES that entered into trust have
forfeited their charters. Let no one
jump to the conclusion, however,
that all trusts are TO be busted
right away. 1t is more than likely
that they will find some way to get
around the law.
IT is funny TO notice the way our
esteemed Republican contemporaries
try to keep up with the procession
and at the same time cling to the stale
old themes that have done party