Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-29
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Senator Camden is endcavoring to
unite the railways in this state III which
he is interested with line to Philadel-
phia.
The village Of Colemansvillc, in Harri-
son county, Ky, was almost entirely de-
stroyed by a cyclone, which swept over
it at o'clock Tuesday afternoon. 1t is
said that ten persons were killed by flying
debris and fifteen or twenty injured.
\ young man ut JOhnstown, Pa, one
day last week, deliberately committed
suicide by means of an electric shock.
Procuring plain iron rod, he held it in
his hand and touched an exposed electric
light wire. Death was instantaneous.
What is probably the highest price ever
paid in this country for 4 two-year-old
Jersey bull was paid by Samuel NJ. Shoe
maker, of Baltimore, to Il. S. Cooper, of
Coopersburg, Pa, for "Black Prince of
London" The price was $4,000 cash.
Two colorcd gambling houses of Nor
folk, Va, were raided by the police about
o'clock on Sunday morning and seventy
prisoners taken. A large number escaped
by lcaping from the windows, and several
received serious injuries. One was shot
through the thigh.
The waters Of the lower Mississippi river
are higher than they have been for many
years, and many of the lcvces having been
washed out, the country adjacent to the
river is deluged. The loss of property is
enormous. In Vicksburg the water in the
streets is from four to five feet.
The cabin of Thomas Bowling, OF Me-
nosha, Wis, was burned recently, and
$4,000 in notes, the savings of % years,
were partially burned. The charred re-
mains of the notes have been sent 10 the
treasury and 81 $50 Of the legal tenders
redeemed. The remainder, which were
bank notes, will be redeemed by the banks.
James Hamilton, of Bath county, n.y.,
said to be the largest short-horn stock
dealer in the world, died at Mount Ster-
ling, KY, Monday morning. He had In
Bath county $500 acres of land and sew
eral thousand in Illinois and Wisconsi0n.
On the farm in Kentucky are more than
$4,000 worth of the finest strains of
short-horn cattle.
At Norwood, n. c., Sallie Crump, a
colored girl aged 10, was left in charge of
the child of David u. Bennett while the
family went to prayer meeting. Sallie
wanted to go walking>wit her lover and
gave the child large Gose of rat poison,
from which it died almost instantly. She
has been arrested and confessed the crime.
The crime has created great Indignation.
An actual case of death from fright oc-
Cured ut Quebec the other day. n mid
dle-aged woman named Verrell WAS walk
ing along the street, when two huge dogs
rushed out from yard, furiOusly barking
at her and tearing some of her clothing
with their teeth, but otherwise leaving
her uninjurcd. She tainted, and was car
ried to her home, where she Immediately
expired.
Saturday night Charles Houlden, Il far
mer, living near Petersburg, ILL.,, quar-
relied with his wife, knocked her down
with an axe, cut her throat from ear to
ear and Inflicted numerous stab wounds
in her breast. He also severely cut in the
hand his son, aged II years, who attempted
to interfere. lie then went to straw
stack in the neighborhood, where he cut
his own throat, but did hot inilict fatal in
juries. He was arrested.
The acid works of Thomas c. Chappcll,
on Federal Hill, Baltimore, was destroyed
by fire last Sunday and one Of the build
ings of the Flamingo Guano Company adj
jacent, was partially burned. The build
ing and stock Of the acid works were in
sured for $4,000 in ffty-nine different
companies. The insurance will probably
cover the loss. All the machinery in the
building was new, and there was full
stock OH hand. The loss of the Flamingo
Company is $4,000.
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