Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1869-09-25
The Brave Golfers


not alter being weakened by disease or
when tie blood /, heated by the strife Of
baIue, but when they SEQ inevitable death
slowly hot certainly approaching thom,
and know that in exactly so many min
uiss II will seize upon them and ex,in-
gul.h The Justly life that anima,es their
frames 7 DO they rage and struggle
against their fate, or do they nee, il With
calmness, resignation and dignity In
the recent terrible coliery explosion in
Saxony all the miners were not killed i'm
medlalely, as was al first supposed;
number OF them were unframed by the
explosion, and we're killed. sitter al inter
val OF some time, by suiloca!ion,
Some OF these poor fellows occupied
the last moments OF their lives in writing
messages in thcir nOte books 10 their wives
and children, and these wcTc found when
Ibe bodies were dlscovCaed. There is a
GIrious paihos in some o. these messages
from the grave, but the calmnoss and re-
signstion which they maniIcs, is their
,Ocsl notable feature. These men, in the
very presence OF death, had thoughts for
every one but themselves. Dear wife,"
writes one Of Them, lake good care of
Mary; IN 4 book in the bedroom YOU will
ind lhalor. Farewell. dear mother and
sisters, till We NEE, again" One by the
name Of Schmidt had pinned a paper TO
the breast of his blouse. on which he had
written the following words: My dear
relations, while seeing death before me,
remember YOU. Farewell I'LL we meet
again IN happiness"
miner named Bahr wrote thus in his
note book; This is the last place where
We have taken refuge. have given up
all hope, because the ventilation has been
destroyed IN three separate places. May
God take myself and my relatives and
desr friends who must die with me, as
we'll IS our families, under his protection.
AHoIhor had written: "Janelz has died
Richter left his family to God. Fare
well, dear wife, farewell, dear children
may God keep you" One only uttered
compliant, anu i, was not violent one:
Farewell. dear wife and children did
not think it would end so Oborman."
One reads these simple messages with
moisIened eyes, aud pictures to himself
the scene of these rough-handod but colt
hearted men spending thcjr last moments,
no, in Wild crics for mercy and screams of
rcmorse, nor in rcPnIugs against their
cruel fate, but in sending these farewell
words TO the loved ones who were even
then bewailing them as dead.
A QUEER CAsE.-In May last tie house
OF Mr.. ChIids master machinist at the
&. & Q. Railroad shops) was rendered
almost uuiula5iiabte 10y ghosly vista
,ons. The w!UG0vs were brok a, rocks
thrown ~ every room, furniture turned
topsytuTvy, ggoans, aohs and cries heard,
bells ruug by unseen hands, and such 9th
or further and frishlful Goiugs rs only
.ho,ts, COLLINS and witches could 90.
She strange affair attracted the lawns at.
.cn,iou and everybody went to investigate
lt-lncludinc two detectives. These last,
after viewing the rrCmiscs and having no
tai.h ir the yupcrna urai, arrested Mrs.
Baggcu, widow lady living next door.
The case vas hesrd by tie Mayor, who
eeu, the accused on to the Grand Jury,
where she vas indicted and came before
tie Hastings Court for trial yesterday,
Wednesday, with 4. Noise as counsel.
The decisive cvidcnco in the case wac
given hy young man, son Of Mrs. Bog
.eu. the acrused lie trsiiiicd tia, often,
while standing IN his yard and porch, with
his morher and sister. he had seen these
strange visitaGona; ne had seen large
rocks flying through the air, and heard
the uuking bells and uncor'hly sounds.
Daring an hour, he was listened 10 by
the Jury and spectators with GREATNESS
atientiou--so earnest, so honest did he
seem that all were convinced of his moth
er's innocence. Tic plainly avowcd his
belief in the supernatural and VIXEN asked
by Col. Jenkins how he could entertain
such a belief. lie replied that he didn't
anOw-but that seeing all these Ihings
transpire before bic eyes knowing no hu-
man being TO be near. he was compelled
TO believe them supernatural. 4 few 9th
or witnesses we're examined and Iho jury
acquitted Mrs. Bsggctt withou, leaving
the box Then the OLD lady barred her
night arm and showed 1t 10 be wllherCd,
and tina, she couldn't throw on egg five
feet; and so the nluddlc is worse than CIV
er and nobody to lay the blame on
Rich. journal.
A SAD ArFAIR-.9 Father attempts
.Suicide and Shoots his daughiCr.-Thc
Lynchburg (Vlrgnin) News OF the 2O'h
inst has information through gentle
men of a melancholy affair which was en-
acted near Rapidan Station, Orange coun-
~. Va. ON Friday last. Tho particulars
are as fellows:
Mr.. William WaIkcr,a farmer residing
near Rapidan. determined, while in q TEN,
porary fl, OF insanity, on putting an end
to hls life, and with this purpose ProvI-
dcd himself with pistol, and went to an
upper room in his dwelling. ms daugh-
tor, young lady just grown, observed
hi. movements. and. suspcciing his in
,rntlons. followed him tn the room, and
entered il Just as her father was cooking
the pistol. Screaming ou, at the top OF
al. a.