Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-02-24

Will. ON their return home from school,
and their brothers and friends resolved 10
avenye the insult. After school they hur-
RED 70 the rendezvous Of the colored boys
and laid I'm wait for them. The white
hovs waited until the colored boys began
their attack on the girls, and then ut
word from their leader rushed from their
ambush. The girls fed, and long oa''ie
fo,,ow.,l between she white and colored
vouths. The boys had no nre-arh's' o"'
sticks and stones were used with terrible
effect unit. the colored boys were driven
from the field.
Information has been received or IN al
fray 1t Buckhannon, this State, growing
ont of n real estate transaction. Recently
John l.. Smith, of Buckhannon, sold 10
Phillips Brothers, of Pitisburg. Pa.' Tor
81, 500 cash, large tract OF lsnd III "eo-
ster County, w. Va, whereupon the pur-
chasers were Informed by c. E. Nylins.
of Buckhannon, that the lands had no e1-
istence except in the imagination OF Smith.
This incensed Smiths sons, who last week
made an attack OH Myln. in Buckhannon.
In addition to painful pistol-shot wound
Mylins was knocked down and had leg
fractured. He Is seriously injured, but
still insists that the title to the land Is de-
fective.
Last week three children Of Charles W
Smith, living near Cumberland, Md,
were playing with small revolver loaded
with No. cartridges. One Of the chill
dren, aged about years, said "Shoot
mother" whereupon a little girl aged o
years pointed the pistol at her mother and
fired, the ball entering her mothers left
breast. Physicians failed 10 find the ball.
1t is thought she will recover. The chill
dren picked up the revolver about the
house.
J. ID. Houston, AK collector Of Law
renee County, Alabama, was robbed by
masked highwavman one day last week
while on his way from CORTLAND TO Moul-
ton. He had 81 300 OH his person, 81, 300
Of which were in his pocket and 81, 600
were concealed in his boo5. The thief got
the aforementioned sum, but neglected TO
search for the other package. He pre-
sented a revolver TO llouston's head and
forced him TO submit to the search. The
tax collector is over sixty years OF age.
General P. Il. Moore died ut his resi-
dence at Richmond, Va, on Tuesday, at
the age Of sixty-two years. AT the break
ing out Of the late war he went into the
Confederate service as the colonel OF the
First Virginia Regiment, AMI was the first
field officer OH the Southern side wounded
ut the battle of Bull Run. Subsequently
he wa. promoted to DC brigadier-Sencral,
and served the cOnfe'leracy 10 the end OF
the war. Since then he has been engaged
i'm the insurance business in Richmond.
Minnie, the three-yearold daughter Of
Hector Conklng, of Middletown, Conn.,.
died recently from blood-poisOnng caused
by wearing stockings colored with pois-
red and yellow, and when the child first
wore them her mother noticed that the
coloring had rubbed off on her legs. The
physician in attendance says that all the
symptoms were those Of arsenical poison
ing.
A decree was entered in the Circuit
Court of Richmond last Friday for the re-
sale of the Washington and Western Rail-
road, formerly called the Washington and
for 1892 200, Of which $50, 900 WAS paid in
cash and bonds were given for the remain
der. The purchasers failed in the first
deferred payment, and now consent to n
resale, which takes place In about forty
days.
Col. J. Ross Green, OF Bastrop, La,
died raving maniac in New York n few
days ago. Some weeks ago Col. Green's
wife committed suicide by pouring burn
ing oil over herself. Her helpless hus-
band witnesse'; her horrible death. He
was taken to New York for change of
scene, but there became insane and died.
One of the most candid clergymen In
the country is The pastor Of church In
New York. lie declines an addition Of
500 to his salary because he had rxpc-
rienced heretofore so much difficulty In
collecting his pay that it would Kill him
to attempt to gather in any more money
from the members OF his congregation.
The Ohio River is subsiling at Cincin-
natl and other places, and business Is be-
ing resumed. Much suffering prevails in
the overhowed towns, but contributions
to the needy have been liberal. The Mis-
sissippi River has been very high and has
caused considerable damage.
In the United States Court at Parkers-
burg, last week, Frank Jerome, Joseph
Fields and william Raymond were con-
victed of robbing the pos,oiiice at Central,
w. Va, OH September ODD last, and were
each sentenced to five years In the peni-
Tertiary at Moundsville.
Andrew j. IIennion. a florist, Of New
burgh, n. Y, who is in financial trouble,
sat down OIL bed Wednesday and blew
his face to pieces with doublc-barreled
gun, pulling the trigger with his feet.
lsidor Flatau and his wife, an aged
couple living in Baltimore, committed
suicide on Tuesday last by taking lauda-
mum. They were from Virginia, and were
very poor.
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