Two sharpers visited Shepherdstown last Monday evening and made industrious efforts to swindle the store-keepers by what is known as the “flim-flam” game. They would go into a store, buy some cheap article, and offer a […]
Mr. Thomas Haines, a well-known citizen of Charlestown, attempted suicide there Friday, by placing a pistol to his forehead and firing. Failing at the first attempt he undertook the same means a second time. The first […]
Citizens request arms from Armory at Harpers Ferry. Reports a thousand Irish laborers on the C & O Canal have quit their jobs and are marching from Hancock to Old Town, destroying whatever is in their […]
The Attorney General last week issued the following circular to the district attorneys and marshals of the United States: ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington, D.C., June 5, 1866 . By direction of the President, you are hereby instructed […]
News. From Williamsport Banner. Hostilities among C and O Canal workers ended due to presence of troops, including large party of Corkonians from Harpers Ferry neighborhood or from Winchester Railroad. [Abstract by staff of Harpers Ferry National […]
