Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1878-07-27

TRULY DISTRESSING AFFAII.-The
remains of little Erna, daughter ofCapt.
J. G.. and Mrs Aurelia Meem, OF Mount
Airy, whose death was announced Sat
urday morning, were brought 10 this
city Sunday morning accompanied by
the Rev. Mr.. Mason and Major S. p.
IIalsey They were taken to the resi-
dence of Mrs. Col. Halsey, where the
funeral service was read by Mr.. Mason,
and the body was then conveyed to
Spring Hill Cemetery and inferred in
the family burying ground.
This is truly sad calamity, and one
well calculated to call forth earnest
sympathy. The particulars are these:
Mrs. Meem started on drive, in her
ph;eton, to Rude's Hill, the residence Of
Mr.. VIM. Peachy In crossing the
creek at the foot of the hill, the ford
being rough, Mrs. Meem placed her
arms around the two children TO hold
them in, and the reins Eel! from her
hold. The horse, which was Mr..
Meem's old buster" well known in
this city, after he had crossed the creek,
finding himself loose ard being annoy
ed by the flies, started in trot, aud
Mrs Meem becoming alarmed, lifted
the little girl out and then jumped out
herself with the other child in her arms.
She fell aud was considerably hurt as
was also the child The little girl,
Erna, got up and ran to her and asked,
Ma, are YOU hurtl let us go back
home Mrs. Nj. started back, carrying
the baby in her arms. Soon she noticed
that Erna was growing deathly pale,
and laying the child down took her up
and hurried to the creek 10 battle her
face. She did so, but as the little girl
did not rally, she waded over the
stream to lay her in the shade Of the
willows on the other bank. This being
done and no signs of life returning, the
dreadful truth soon flashed on her that
her little darling was dead-that she
had truly crossed over the river and
rested under the shade OF the trees
the river of life, the trees of paradise.
Thus, like flash, had this appalling
disaster come upon the agonized moth
er-one child lay dead and the other
writing in pain. 1t is not known
whether the death was the result of
fright or of internal injury. The other
child is not seriously hurt and it is sup,
posed will soon be we'll Mrs Meem is
Frustrated by the terrible blow, both
physical and mental; and her friends
are uneasy about her. Capt. Meem
was absent at the time in Alexandria,
aud was telegraphed for, to find on his
return the idol of his household broken.
II is needless to say that they have the
heartfelt sympathy of their many friends
in Lynchburg. Prginian.
SPEAKER RANDALL A LARGE OWNER
OF WEST VIRGINIA LAND.-It seems
that Speaker Randall is one OF the lar
rest landowners ia the United States,
if correspondent of the World is not
mistaken. Writing about the title OF
the West Virginia land sold in that
city few days ago, he says:
Mr.. Swami, a Massachusetts capital
ist' lent large sums of money to Vir-
GINA during the Revolutionary wal.
lie received in liquidation of the States
Indebtedness to HIM great land grant,
winch he located in Southwestern Vir-
gina and IN Eastern Keatucky. These
lands lie partly within the boundaries
OF Mcdowell county, and of the origi-
nal survey all that now remains in the
State OF West Virginia is AN estate Of
100000 acres, belonging not to an
obscure and unknown person such as
the vendee in the late titular sale in
New York, who only acquired his as
sumed title in April OF this present
year, but to no less distinguished gen.
tlemau than Mr.. Samuel j. Randall, the
Speaker of the present House of Rep
resentatives"
And old Highland clergyman, who