Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-11-24

ITEMS OF INTER EST.

A lightweight English jockey, who is
only sixteen years of age, but has won
quite number of races this season, in
Guiding the CIsarcwtch with Don Juan,
has earned not less than TWENTY-FIVE thou
sand dollars. Martin is little boy, with
little boyiSh ways and little boyish pccu-
liarities, and is altogether unlike the typ
ical professional jockey, who appears to
have been old and wizened at birth, and
to have got older and more wizencd with
every step in his career. lie received five
thousand dollars for winning the CIsarc-
witch.
Major Sam Mccullough, clerk Of tho
Circuit Court At Wheeling, w. Va, and 4
popular man in society, has disappeared.
lie was employed at his office until half
past nine o'clock on Friday evening, and
then started for the last street passenger
car for home. 1t is supposed that he missed
the car ana while walking over the Balt-
more and Ohio track was robbed and muir
dercd.
At Petersburg Grove, Col, four robbers
entered the house Of Peter Olsen and tried
to torture him into telling the hiding place
Of his money. They whipped him with
switches till tho blood came and then
roasted his feet in the fire, but lie would
not speak. The stove was overturned in
the scuflle and the robbers found 5000 con-
cealed in it.
Near Charlottesville, Va, Saturday
night Joe Barbour, colorcd, cut the throat
of Reynold Jackson, also colored, from
ear to ear, because Jackson asked friend
of his not to drink any more. The colorod
people endcavored to break into the Jail
and lynch Barbour, but were repulsed by
local military company.
G. l.. Thompson, Esq, editor Of the
Mountain Herald, Summers County; Hon.
Thomas j. West, of Harrison County; j.
l.. Armstrong, of Jackson County, and
4. NJ. Darrah, Of Ohio County, arc men,
toned as candidates for the Democratic
nomination for Auditor of State next year.
John Smith, colorcd, who so brutally
murdered Josiah Harden 4 few months
ago near Oakland, Nd, was hanged last
Friday. On the gallows Smith made
short speech, confessing the crime, and
saying he was not sorry to so, then burst
into tears. The execution was private.
Saturday night, John kesser, aged 81
years, of Cumberland, i flagman on the
Pittsburs Division, Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad, was riding OH front of an en-
CINE near Confluence, and in rounding
curve was thrown off and crushed under
the wheels and instantly killed.
Friday night band of masked citizens
went to the drug store of e. C. Sutton, at
Romney, Ind, bound him, and then de-
stroysd his stock and totally destroyed the
building. Sutton sold whisky, and the
destruction of his property was effected
on that account.
Catharine A. Fratz, three years old,
daughter of Conrad Fratz, who resides
near Accident, in Garrett county, Md,
fell into large kettle of boiling tallow
Thursday morning, scalding her face,
arms and breast to such an extent that
death cnsucd.
Mrs. John w. Garrett, wife of the pres
ident Of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad,
died at her residence near Baltimore last
Thursday from the effects Of injuries re-
ceived by being thrown from her carriage
some weeks ago. She was Gl years of age.
\ man in Kingston, Ontario, who feared
that the body Of his wife would be stolen,
erected Il tent over her grave OH the day
of her burial, six weeks ago, anu has slept
there nightly ever since.