Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-03-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The depot OF the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad at Claysville, w. Va, was de-
stroyed by fire Monday night. Loss about
$4,000.
The house Of two maiden ladies named
Judson, in East Hartford, Conn.,, was
burned few days ago. Both ladies per-
ished in the flames.
A drunken man in Hall County, Ga. +,
named Herring, poured shovel Of hot
Goals on his infant child and burned it to
death the other day.
The Valley Wooden Mill, owned by Tim
berlake & Maslin, near Middletown, Va,
was entirely consumed by fire last Tues
day. The fire originated in the "picker
! ROOM" on the third floor.
Arthur Richie committed suicide Sun
day in the Eastern Penitentiary, at Phil
adelphia, by hanging himself to his cell
door with his handkerchief. He was
serving a sentence of eleven years for
grand larceny.
While men were hosting a heavy piece
of iron at the Brooklyn bridge the tackle
parted and the iron fell on Jacob Miller
and William MarCen. Miller was killed
instantly, and Marden's nose was cut
from his face.
Queen Victoria slipped and fell on the
steps at Windsor Palace last Saturday, Sc
verely injuring her knee. She has been
quite sick since, and great uneasiness is
felt about her, as it is feared some dam
gerous complications may arise.
A passing train on the Vera Cruz Rail-
road at Matamoras, Mexico, caused an old
wall in the capitol to fall, and number
| of people were buried beneath. One wo-
man and two boys were killed outright
and three other women cannot live.
While DR.. Guernsey, of Frankfort, Pa,
was visiting a sick woman in Rowland
vile, two of her children poured nearly a
pint of molasses into his tall hat. The
doctor did not observe that his hat had
been tempered with until it was ON his
| head.
Last Friday night barn containing live
stock and grain belonging to H. c. Nc
Nally, twelve miles from Helena, Mont,
was burned. A vigilance committee
charged the crime on two men named
Coomes and Smith and hung them on
Sunday night.
A Chicago lady who was anxious to have
a dimple on her arm, allowed al operation
| to be performed, and she accomplished
her object at cost OF ten dollars. She de-
scribes it as the prettiest little dimple in
the world, and the pain was less than vac
cination, for it healed up within five days.
The wife of James Hylsnd, living few
miles from Gowrie, Iowa, was found dead
in her bed. The body bore evidences of
death from choking and kicking. Mrs. Hy-
land and her husband had separated. He
has been arrested on the charge of murder,
but accuses neighbor named Bond OF the
deed.
VIM. Keys, a farmer living four miles
from Greenfield, Ohio, stopped at the
house of man named Taylor on his way
home on Saturday night and accused
Stanton Taylor of stealing buggy robe.
TAYLOR and his brother John assaulted
KEYS, who drew a revolver and instantly
killed Stanton and MORALLY woundedJ ohh.
The Chicago Board of Trade has been
in the habit OF enjoying little lunch on
Change. The other day many prominent
members partook of pie which had been
dosed with croton oil. They had horri-
bic night of anxiety, and several were
quite seriously sick. No clue to the per-
petrators of the wretched joke has been
discovered.
While Mrs. Ann Roland, Of Bridgeport,
Conn.,, was kneeling in front Of stove
saying her prayers live coal fell upon
her clothing, setting it on fire and burn
ing it all off. The body was shockingly
burned. She died on Saturday morning.
Her three daughters were badly burned
about the hands and arms in trying to
smother the flames.
The gravest apprehensions are felt at
Petersburg, Va, concerning w. E. Moore,
merchant Of that place, who was mar
ried there last January. In company with
his bride he left on the day of his marriage
for tour through the West, expecting to
return home in few weeks. Nothing
has been heard of them since, and their
parents and friends are deeply concerned
as to their fate.
Herman Klohn, a farmer living near
Venice, Ohio, left kettle OF coal tar on
the stove in his house and went out. The
tar boiled over and Mrs. Klohn attempted
to remove it and dropped the kettle. Her
clothing caught fire and the flames were
communicated to her child. Klohn re-
turned in time to drag his wife and child
out and extingulsh the flames. The child
died the same night and Mrs. Klohn can
not recover.
Ellen Conway, woman about So years
old, who sold papers on Broadway, New
York, for living, was found dead in her
bed on Saturday. Her rooms had mis-
cradle appearance, but when they came to
be searched over S., 900 was found in them.
She is believed to have been a widow, and
to have children living either in Boston
or Philadelphia. Her effects were turned
over to the public administrator pending
news from these children.
At Roanoke, Va, on Saturday, A. L..