Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-07-17

house OF Mr., John Qoick was DESTROYED
by fire. and most sad TO relate. his wife
and three children, and two children of
near neighbor, Mr.. kimball, six in all,
perishedin the flames.
How the fire originated is not known,
rs none Of the neighbors discovered i, I'M
til the mex, morning. and of those in the
house, no, one was Left 10 tell the sad
tale; Mr.. Quick himself was absent from
home, as he is engaged in carrying The
mail TO Beverly.
On The morning of July Bird. some OF
The neghbors seeing the house no longer
occupied its site, crossed the river to see
VIVA, had happened, and TO their horror
discovered the roasting remains Of tho VIC
sims in she ruins. They were all cluster
ed topefher as il the children had flew TO
she mother for help and thus had persisted
,ooe,her. 1t is certainly great mystery
aha, none escaped, and there is various
theories in regard to it; one is that the
house was struck by lightning, and all Ell
Their killed or stunned so as TO be unable
10 escape by the same bolt thai fired the
house; another, that they had been muir
dered, and The house fred in order 10 con-
ceai the crime; but either surmiso is, we
believe, uDiensble, and the tue facts IN
ihe case will perhaps never be known I'M
I'll the last great day.
Since writing the above we have re-
ceived the following account, furnished by
E. J. Burr, Esq, who lives near the sad
scene:
On The night Of the ID inst, in Wash
ington township, near the mouth of Tru-
by's run. on the east bank Of the Buck
harmon river, Upshur county, the house
known as the Berlin property was de-
siroyed by FIRE, and six persona burned 10
dea,h-Mrs, Quick and her three children,
and two gmls OF Mr.. Kimball; the oldes,
about thirteen years and the other ten.
Mr. John Quick, the husband and father.
had gone TO Huitonsville, carry the mail
from that place 10 Sage. HE vile, being
afraid 10 stay alone, Mr.. Kimball's chill
dren were called in 10 stay all night. How
the fousc caugh, fire is not known, but is
supposed 10 be accidental, They were
a,i lying in back room in the lower part
OF the house-three in a bed. | arrived
at the place about six o'clock A. NJ. |
shall never forget the awful scene-!he
house in ruins, the six bodies burning;
three lying side BY side, and the oIkcrs
in the same way at another place, appsr-
emily Just as they were lying in bed. My
first conclusion was that they all suifoca-
ted before the fire reached them. Mr..
Kimball, he father OF the Oldest girls,hsd
go, there a few minutes before. The
poor man was almost frantic with grief
and sorrow; he met me few rods from
the smoking ruins eXcloiming, "Oh! how
can stand this; oh! that had died with
my children" tried TO comfort him,
but in VAIN He went back into the hot
ashes over the remains OF one of his chill
dren and ,urA to raise il. | advised him
TO lie, them be till Mr.. Quick would come.
In shor, nre person was sent 10 meet
him on his way Uack from liutlonsvIle-
te srEived in the evening overwhelmed
with grief. |, was surely hoarIrendng
60 see The poor man.
! coffin having been made by this
.,
were placed in it. and hurled on Sunday
q, IL O'Clock A. M.-Buckhqnn0H NetCS
SAFE ARRIVAL OF ANOTHER CUBAN
ExpEDToS.-Death q ieoO H;rginianS
from ChoicTa-Ihe brig Ala Eldred
cleared from New York on the 23d OF
June last, for Jamaica, in ballast. The
New York Sun says 1.-THE ballast consist
Cd Of one lO0-pouder Parrot gun, two
40 POM lcrs, seven 0,inCh Dohlgrens and
forty GeId-pleces, with considerable
quantity Of small arms end ammunition.
At Wcehawken 100 men, and,r the com
maud of Capts. Ackerman aud Harrison,
we're taken on board. and the vessel set
esil for Cuba with fair wind and without
molestatIon. The Ala ElJred reached
Brazo. small town about three hundred
miles cast of Havana. after run Of five
DAYS and seven hours, and was lowed by
mules up a river to about twenty-five
mIies, wheIe she discharged her cargo and
passengers. Cholera had Just then bro
ken on, in tho camp Of the patriots, and
IN consequence tho one hundred and
twenty of the expedition party refused 10
enliat IN the Cuban ranks, even after they
had been offered bounty per head OF one
thousand dollars in gold, prcieTring TO
wait until the termination of the sickly
eesson. On tho second day after their
arrival, however, the, SranaTds made a
descent upon Hernandez. and posted
themselves on the sdjacen, heights but
shc Americans. under Lieutenant Clancy,
drove them from their position without
abe loss OF man. After this victory they
reemharkeI unmOlGs,ed, and returned
safely to New York on Saturday. with
Ihe exception Of two men, named Walsh
and Miller, Of Petersburg, Va who died
Of cholera on the way"
Ask any professor OF graduate Of any
regular College OF Pharmacy, ask any
regular Doctor. ask the Physicians of
even Homeopathic Persuasions, ask any
Druggists in our land, aud they will oil or
,ny Of them tell you that in some way
they use Buchu as a curative agent tor all
diseases OF the kidneys and urinsling or
cans Many Of them will tell you tina,
AelmLold's FlLId Extract is the best ex.
tract; while there are plenty Of physicions
yLo will acknowledge that they freely