Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-01-20
ITEMS OF INHERENT.

James RYAN, an cmploye at the IL,na
mills. in Wheeling, in passing big NY
wheel. slipped, and his right foot WAS
caught in the cogs aud crushed mp to the
thigt. He died after -four hours great
agony. lie was 80 years old and unmar-
ried.
The birge,t fool with gun is probably
Mr.. Stalcy, of Marshal, Kan. Having
,o,lrd rifle that he could not discharge he
concluded thai it contained ball but no
powder, 80 he placed the barrel III the fire
70 melt out the ball, the muzzle heiGg IN
range with his daughters ear, which was
soon blown oil.
The freight trainmen OF the CHESAPEAKE
AMI Ohio II Railroad recently made strike,
not foi higher wages, but for Sunday rest.
The men say they are perfectly Wiling 10
run passenger trains and those with per-
ishahle freight, but they contend that the
NOV ment of coal ears is unnecessary.
They caIr cd their point.
4 party of young loafers entered
Methodist church ut Wascct, Wis, and
began nights carousc with whisky and
cards. IS there WAS no police force that
could be called in, the pastor Wrapped
himself ia sheet, emerged from behind
the pulpit. and spoke i'll such ghoStly
fashion that the ra>cals fed in djSmay.
Mrs. Mcdonald broke her legs so badly
while alone i'm her house ut Mineral Point,
Wis. that she could not make her way
out. She lay helpless for whole day,
and had prospect Of starving, when
neighbor's dog straycd in. She caught
him. tied note to his tail, and sent him
home. lie brought assistance.
Dan TAYLOR, colored hostler of It.
Louis. went home the other morning, took
a revolver from bureau and presented 1t
nc his wife. Give me time to pray" she
exclaimed. mot minute" he replied,
and fired three times, inflictinS three moi
tai wounds. Then he gave himself up TO
the police. Jealousy was at the bottom.
IN Atlanta. Georgia, had just asked the
colored bridegroom the solemn question,
"Wilt thou take thiH woman etc, when
an old flame poked her head into the room
and said: "Hcnry, jess dar You to say
yes" Henry sank into the nearest chair
without a word, anu the company Thought
S,,u,, u,ith1rnw
Clay Sexton, chief of the ST. Louis fire
department, on Monday evening promptly
chastised with driving whipa young man
whom he saw deliberately accost several
women in the street with insulting lam
gusyc. He piled the whip until the fellow
howled with pain, while the CROWD at
tracted TO the spot appauGcd the perform
ance. He has since been rewarded with
a gold-mouatrd whip by his admirers.
A man named Sewers, of Clarke Co.,
Va, entered the National Bank of Com
merce. in Philadelphia, on Saturday. 10
cash a draft for $l,700. While he was
counting the money Il stranger called his
attention to note lying on the floor,
and as Mr.. Sewers stopped to pick it up
another man appeared ut his other elbow,
grabbed pile OF bills amounting 10 $9SS,
and disappeared around The corner.
The veterinary surgeons in Frederick
attempted on Thursday to remove snake
from the eye of big dray horse belong
ing to firm in that city. The horse was
put under the effects OF ether, and the
parasitic thin white worm TWO and
half inches long and As hard as wire
was extracted. The next thing was TO
revive the horse; but in this there was q
lamentable failure, and he was pronoun-
Ced dead, and heart disease was supposed
TO be the cause. The horse and the snake
gotalong very well together while alive,
and the experiment of separating them
ended in the death of both.
Mr.. 4. B. McCarty, of Black Oak. about
two weeks since, killed four deer in two
days. He was leisurely strollng through
the woods couple of miles below Keyser
when suddenly two deer came rushing
directly towards him. In moment his
trusty gun pointed towards the game,
fash, and one of them fell dead; and
second shot almost at the same moment
brought the other one 10 grass. The two
deer were TINS slain within short dis
lance of each other. The next day he
went on Knobly, near his farm. and shot
two moro tinc deer Keys@ Tribune.