Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-08-05

aspirations. Many of our laws are
made in its interest, and along every
line of railway it keeps in its employ
the best legal talent; these men became
our judges, and, having been educated
to view laws relating TO railway matters
from railway standpoint, naturally in
terpret difficult points in its favor
Members of the legal profe sson are
often in the lobby to serve this interest,
and instances are not wanting where
representatives OF the people, while
hslding official positions, accept retain
ers to advocate claims adverse to the
rights of the people. A railroad cor
poration is soulless, and yet immortal F.;
wiser than philosophy, it ha. found i'll
q perpetual charter the elixir OF life.
When our fathers abolished the law OF
primogeniture, they supposed the coun-
try was secured against the evils OF vast
individual wealth accumulating from
generation to generation, because the
certainty OF death would bring the GER
taiDty of distribution; but perpetual
charter, granted without consideration,
has become spindle to twist the gossa-
mer thread across the chasm OF death,
All this vast and constantly-increasing
wealth is under irresponsible control.
A corporation can neither be hung nor
sent to the penitentiary; that Is to say,
there is an entire absence Of individual
responsibility. Vigorous, alert, all
powerful, and perpetual, it only needs
unscrupulous managers to become
worse tyrant than Nero--a more dan
gerous master than Robespicrre.-M-
fernaiionai Rsuieu.
TRAGEDY AT LANcAsrBR,PA ,PA.-BRU-
TALITY OF HUsBAND.-The fhlladel-
phia Times gives the following partlcu-
lars of the shooting, at Lancaster, Ia,
on Friday nightly her husband, James
Z. Pannell, of Mrs. Annie Pannell, and
whose death on Saturday has already
been announced.
"Pennell is . relative of one OF the
most respectable families Of Lancaster,
and took mp his residence in that city
early last winter. lie has been clerk for
his uncle, proprietor of the Hartford (Md.)
Furnace, and afterwards travelled IN Cat
ifornia, Colorado and other places Ill the
far West, and having squandered con-
siderable sum of money in his travels
and misunderstanding to his own
story-he became reduced to poverty
and seemed anxious to obtain employ
ment During the Hammond revival
meetings last winter he protessed con-
version, and some weeks later he presen-
ted himself before the Baptist church for
membership, aud was accepted or his
profession of faith. In April last he
married Miss Hedricks cheerful and
handsome young lady, and member OF
the same church. Failing to get employ
ment in Lancaster, he went to Phlladel-
phia and worksd about the Centennial
as a carpenter. On the 3rd of June he
came home and behaved in an outrage
Gus manner, severely beating his wife
and threatening to kill her. He went
back to Philadelphia and returned Fri
day. About eight o'clock i'll the evening
he called at Mrs. Hedlicks, deceaseds
mother, and proposed reconciliation.
His wife said she would cheerfully for
give him his conduct, but would never
live with him. He then rose from his
chair and stepped towards his wife,pull-
ed a small four -barreled- pistol from his
pocket and said This night we make
up or else seperate forever" and imme-
diately fired, the ball entering the left
check. He then deliberately reloaded
his pistol, as she was sinking to the
floor, and, paying no attention to the
screams of the terrified old Mrs. He'd
ricks and two children, he fired again,
the ball entering behind the right ear
and lodging in the brain Mrs. Hedrlcks
escaping down stairs to the second
floor, fell and became unconscious, in
which condition she remained for some
time. Pannell, then being alone with
his victim in the upper room, took a
large family Bible from the table, open
ed it and laid it upon the breast OF his
dying wife. He then proceeded TO a
balcony in the rear, took IA seat and com
menced tanning himself, and a few min
utes later was arrested by couple OF
citizens and handed over to the author
tiles. Among the many stories III re-
gard to Pannell's history is one that he
perpetrated a forgery on his uncle in
the State of Maryland, few years ago,
to the amount of Sl,5OO.
EFFICACY OF PnAYER-AN INCIDENT.