Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-09-19

B.y% COUNTY NEws.-We clip the
following items from the Charlestown
papers of this week =
SHOOTING AFFRAY-A negro man by
the name of Ben Luckett, we learn, was
struck with a lead of shot from gun
in the hands Of Thomas Nanvacter,
white, on Mondly evening of last week,
wounding him il the thigh painfully,
though not seriously. The cause OF the
affair, we are informed, was a previous
ieud.-Spirn.
STREET FRAc4s.-Sevcral young col
ored bloods got into fracas on Main
street on Tuesday night. and as result
of the melee Dick Ford, of this place,
received several severe cuts from knife
in the hands of Albert Ransom, a gen
tcman from the country.-SPirH.
SUDDEN DEArH.-Mr. VIM. ID. Jones,
Gamiliarly known as Gov. Jones,) died
on Wednesday last. at the Sappington
Hotel, after an illness OF twenty-four
hours, in the 5Sth year OF his age. MIR.
Jones was an unmarried man, n native
OF England, and mas been resldcn; Of
this place for thirty years. Without
relations, he had many fricnds-won by
his quiet, unobtrusive domeanor, and
kind and generous disposition. Ills re-
mains rest quietly i'll Edge Hill Gene
terry. Free Press.
HEAVY SroRM.-One of the most Sc
we're storms we have ever experienced
passed over the greater portion OF this
county on Tuesday afternoon last.
Huge banks of clouds of inky backness
rolled up in the northeastern heavens
about the middle of the afternoon, and
ere long the storm of wind, hail and
rain, attended with deafening peals. of
thunder and vivid flashes of lightning,
was upon us in all its fury, and contin-
ued with but little abatement for an
hour or more. Whilst the damage done
in our town and its immediate vicinity
was but little, consisting of the uproot-
inc of few trees, &c, yet that done
elsewhere in the county is considerable.
Giant trees in the forests were snapped
of like pipe stems, fine orchards injured
to great extent, and in some cases
nearly demolished, wheat stacks almost
lifted from their basis, and the sheaves
scattered about heller skelter, fences
blown down, &c. The dwelling OF
Mrs. James Myers, at Myerstown, was
struck by lightning, but luckily the
electric current took its passage down
the lightning rod attached thereto, and
expended itself without doing any ma
terial damage to the property. At
Halltown, the large smoke stack Of the
Virginia Paper Mills was blown down
and almost destroyed by the tornado.
We cannot attempt to estimate the
damage in the entire county, but that
in the loss of valuable timber alone is
considerable.-Spirh.
SwNDLING OPERATIONs.-For some
time past a couple of well-dressed men
have been stopping-on and off, at the
Hotel in Harper Ferry. They are
gamblers, and while at the Ferry, they
induce unwary green-horns to cross the
Bridge TO Maryland, on the pretence OF
seeing some natural curiosities; observ-
ING the Boats pass the Lock; or some
thing OF the sort. The result may be
anticipated gambling, robbery, unfor-
tunate fools wandering back to the
Ferry minus their money.
During the last few weeks we have
heard the particulars of several transac-
tons corroborative of above statement.
The last occurred on W dnesday Of last
week. when man was swindlcd out of
some three hundred dollars and two
watches. Nothing is done by these
scoundrels in the Ferry that renders
them amenable to West Virginia law.
Since writing the above we are informed
the scoundrels have wisely taken hint
to depart Fire Press.