Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-04-14
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Alfretta Beatty, of Harrisburg, Pa, shot
herself fatally a few days ago on account
of disappointment in a love affair.
John A. Wilson with his wife and two
daughters were burned to death in house
near Hartwick, n. Y, Il few days ago.
Miss Sarah Durcanson, young lady of
high social position, died suddenly in Bal
timore Sunday night from an overdose of
choral.
IlBasil Gregg, aged %, was drowned last
Friday near Piedmont, w. Va. He was
working OH log jam in the river, when
he fell in and went under the logs.
George whisner, aged II years, of Nor
gan County. this State, was killed last
week by being caught under horse
which fell while crossing CscapOn Creek.
A young man died in Rome, Ca, few
DAYS ago, after an illness of forty-eight
hours, and his physician said his death
was due TO congestion of the lungs caused
by smoking cigarettes.
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there is coal enough in the mines recently
opened in Pocohontas County, West Vlr-
ginia, to supply the demands of the North
for two hundred years to come.
When the body of John Bryant, which
was buried two years ago at Bedford, In
diana, was disinterre6 for removal to an
other graveyard it was found to be rapidly
petrifying. 1t weighed 700 pounds.
Last Friday, near Clinton, Ga, nine
year-old son of Buck Jordan, while play
ing with an old gun accidentally killed
Mrs. Wheeler, an old lady, and wounded
her dau ghter, Mrs. Allen, and her baby.
Brigadier General Joseph X. Barnes,
late Surgeon General of the United States
Army, and who was one of President Gar
fields surgeons during his long illness,
died at his residence in Washington last
week.
A well-to-do farmer, living near Read
ing. Pa, created sensation by bringing
his three young and handsome daughters
into court as the plaintiffs in three sepa-
rate actions for breach of promise of mar
riage.
The eldest son of Farmer Saunders, OF
Richardson County, Nebraska, cut out
the tongue of his younger brother because
he threatened to tell their father Of some
offence that the elder brother had COM
r,itted
Martin Marvin, a toll-gate keeper, with
three children, attempted to cross a small
stream near Owingsville, Ky, few days
ago. They were on log extending from
bank to bank, when the water swept them
of, drowning all.
Mrs. Nancy Miller, of Cumberland,
Nd, was born July II, 1880, and. if she
lives until her next birthday, will be lO3
years of age. She was about five years
old when she moved to Cumberland,
where she has since resided.
George Tucker was assassinated near
Lebanon, KY, on Saturday, while riding
OIL the highway, by younger brother,
Irwin Tucker, drunken, dangerous man.
The murderer was not arrested, and he
made no attempt to escape.
A con1iagr alton at Vallortes, in the
Canton of Vaud, Switzerland, destroyed
one hundred and forty-five houses, to-
gether with the post-office, in which i'm
portant securities were deposited. Twelve
hundred persons were made homeless.
Daniel Van Noy and his wife were
walking on the Erie Railroad track near
Port Jervis, N j., Saturday evening, and
to avoid a freight train they stepped to
the opposite track, directly in front of an
express train. Both were instantly killed.
WANTED. ,'t II
One or two respectable ladies in every
city, town and neighborhood to canvass
for the "Seven Springs Iron and Alum
Mass" Our object is to introduce this
valuable Mineral Water Remedy into
every family. The great advantages of
this Mass can be best represented and
explained to females by one of their own
sex, and will give light employment to
many who desire to make something for
themselves. References required. Ad-
dress LANDRUM & IITcHFIELD, Abingdon,
Va.