Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-07-23

next Legislature would pass law tb..
would punish with severity those W.
carried these deadly weapons and ala"
those who sold them to minors; chat m.
law at present was An absurdity.
On Tuesday of last week John Grisco,,
! Of Chicago, completed the feat OF yoIn,,,
1 forty-five days without food. Thi, h,.,s.
DIR. Tanner by five days.
A waterspout last o,turrlay carried Avs,
! a bridge on the ksokuk road, betxs.,
/ Leighton and Pella, Iowa. A heavy w,.S
! out occurred Oh the Des Moincs and Nor,r
western road. near Waukec. Coun's ~.
Gus was drowned out and the perfornsnc.
stopped,
Rober: Bell, an aged negro, die, r.
Westminster, Nd, on Monday night ~.
life was insured for over 100000. IN.
policies held by some ten or lively, n,r'
ties ranging in amounts from 81, ONT
$l2, 900.
Hon. A. =. German has made arrsny.-
ments with r. Helm & Co., to furnish ;
O0O, 900 feet of lumber, and II. G.. Dawn
Co., 5000, 900 feet, TO be used in the lepg,s-
ening of the canal locks, under the resoln.
ton lately adopted by the board Of dire
tors of the canal. SO says the Cumberland
Alleganian.
Silas Massey, colored, was cut In TIA
breast and instantly killed on SATURDAY
near Aqua creek, Stafford county, Va,
bv Captain S. ). Lee. Massey was unmsr'
citully beating white woman, his para.
mour, with y heavy stick, threatening IN
kill her, when Captain Lee commanded
him TO desist. The negro then asssil.I
Captain Lee with great violence, and In
trying 10 protect himself tho fatal wound
was inflicted by Captain Lee.
Mr.. Robert Lewis, 4 stone cutter and
mason by trade, and now ia his 9;i wear
walked from Hagerstown % Williamson
six miles distant, dug out the foundation
and built a bake-oven and returned IS he
went (on FOOT in two days and a hair
This is certainly very remarkable Tor ono
of his years.
Gov. Foster, of Ohio, has senta tele-
gram 10 Gov. Plasted, OF Maine, p,ooo-
sing, in tie event of the recovery of Pies
ident Garfield, that the Governors OF all
the States issue proclamations setting
day for Thanksgiving and praise 10 Al
mighty God. The Governors Of Pennsyl-
yania, New York, Kentucky aud Maryland
are named as a committee TO Tx tho dsy.
\ dispatch OF the same purpori has been
addressed 10 the Governors Of all tho
States and Territories.
On Friday, July 80, the gauge Of the
track OF the Chicago, 81. Louis and New
Orleans Railroad between Cairo and New
Orleans. 400 miles, will 10 changed To
feet "a inches. The present gauge ISIS
feet. Ii is expected 10 complete the task
in twenty-four hours. Mr.. JAS. {. Clarke,
q I,a A 'hna la MI
Ohio Canal. is the vice-president and gen.
eral manager of this great line.
Mrs. Crossman, who was SD shockingly
beaten By her husband, At Bath, Maine, 10
still alive, but fast sinking. The prisoner
makes a full confession, and says he was
crazed with rum, and that lac imagined
his victim TO hc tho devil who had como
10 take away his Abbic, and So made hls
frenzied attack. The woman's skull IL
broken and her hand frightfu'ly chewed,
one finger being nearly torn of.
The New York sun says the marrlsge
of Miss Blood, daughter Of Mrs. Victoria
Woodruff, 10 Lord Colin Campbell, fifth
son OF the Duke OF Argyll, is announced
to take place this week. As Lady Colin
Campbell the young American will be tho
Sister-in-law of Princess Louise, daughter
of Queen Victoria.
The comet is creating CONSERVATION
among the colorcd people OF the Eastern
Shore. The Princess Anne Darylander
SAYS that in Hungry Neck, Somerset coun-
Is, they are fearfully dem1ralized, and be-
licve the world is coming 10 All end pre-
emily. Whole families are getting reN-
gion." and all the colored people are eating
their spriug chickens in View Of such
disruption that even the tendercst rooster
will be OF no avail hgre below.
A special from winona, MINI, says;
"Paul Held, Swiss cnliHrant, who re-
Gently bought farm In Eagle Creek val
ley. became insane throu gh home sicknrss
aud the failure ofhis crops. On Sunday
mornlng he was found dead In the front
room of his house In the next room hl4
wife and two children lay dead; In bel
upstairs three children were found dead.
and in the hayloft were his two oldest
bows. MORALLY wounded. All had been
shot in the head. One Of the boys may
recover. The revolver with which tho
deed was committed was found In tho
house,
Arrangements have been made through
the Baltimore Il Ohio Railroad Companys
purchase Of 81 900 900 worth Of the VAL
ley Railroad stock by which the grading OF
the road from Staunton TO Lexington VIII
begin August |. The road will be graded
and tracks laid and the long looked Tor
completion will he consuinmnted by tho
first Of June, 1882, ace ording 10 contraN.
II Is stated that the road rs far rs Siann.
ton has already cost $500, 900 to build, aud
tho extension 10 Lexington, distance OF
- miles, will entail further outlay oi
$4,000.
Mr.. Joseph Sbugart died at his home,
near Clark's Gap, Loudoun county, Va,
on Saturday last, NJ the advanced age OF
ninety years, Mr.. s. WAS probably tho
oldest citizen OF Loudoun county.
Tie train Mt Winston, Mo-, OF the Rock
Island Road, was boarded Last Friday last
by seven armed men, who killed tho con-
ductor and one passenger and robbed The
express safe OF money and bonds yariou,ly
estimated at from 81 800 10 $4,000. Tho
robbers made their escape.
Hon. Phinens%. Hitchcock, oI-Unitcd
States Senator from Nebraska, died ~
Omaha Sunday Of general debility, aug
mented by exposure in the recent extreme
heat. lie Was dfty years old.
A St. Petersburg dispatch 20 the stand
ard says that the Siberian plague which
was recently reported as having maze Us
appearance in the cnyirODs OF that city,
spreading with alarming rapidly. IIorses
are dying by scores, and many persons
are affected. The local antorities are heip'
less, owing to the want Of efiiciont doctor.
and the fact that the peasants sell inc
skins Of beasts which have died OF the dls-
ease. a high official fas LEFT 1T. Pete,f-
burg 10 take active measures 10 srres' u'
epidemic.
The drought In Southwest Virginia
distressing. Pastures are burnt up. spu
cattle have to be driven In many case, se1.