Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-06-13
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


than Penmar.
Mr.. Louis McMurray planted this year
on his great Frederick plantation over
1000 acres insugar corn.
A very pious Baptist lady in Texas, who
owns several hundred hens, gives to the
poor ali the eggs that her hens lay OH
Sunday.
The Ohio River Railroad, from Wheel
ing to Psrkersburg, this State, has been
completed, ana tho first passenger train
went over the line Oh Monday.
An Eastern insurance company has re-
fused to insure houses in which spherical
fish globes or water bottles are kept. They
act as sun glasses, and three fires are re-
corded from this cause recently.
Judge Noah II. Swayne, associate JUS
tice of tho Supreme Court from 1861 TO
1881 died in NeT York OH Sunday. His
wife was formerly Miss Wager, an ac-
complishcd lady of Harper's Ferry.
The town of Springfield, Vermont, was
almost entirely washed away on Tuesday.
The streets became rivers, and number
OF houses were undermined. Business
was entirely suspended for several days.
IN an affray at Greenville, Miss, Sat-
urday night, Gadschaux, clerk at lsberg's
Hotel, was shot five times and mortally
Wounded by M unknown man, and Judge
Taylor Rucks, who interfercd, was killed.
J.R. Hall, the trusted cashier Of the
Citizens National Bank Of Middletown,
Del. has for many years been stealing the
funds of the bank. Up to Tuesday last
he had gotten away with $3s 900, VIXEN he
was detected.
A colored woman named Mabrcy has re-
covered a verdict of $4,000 damages
against the East Tennessee Railroad fox
putting her off train, upon which she
claimed equal accommodation, having
iirst-class ticket.
Sarah Jackson, aged flfty-fve, employ
ed as cook in the camp ut Green Spring
Run, Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, six-
teen miles cast OF 'umocr'a''u' WAS acci-
dcntaiiy killed Il &c" o"yS "So ny " 'ic'S"'
train running into the camp car.
Mr.. Henry G.. Vcnnor, who has attract
cd so much attention throughout this
country by his predictions of the weather,
died at his home in Montreal, Canada, OH
Sunday last. lie was DHt 10 years OF age
anu Ills uea''i Is se'ie'"''y 'S'''''N'
a watcrspout visited the Cumberland
Valley on wednesday last, causing much
damage. Just as train on the CumDer-
land Valley Railroad was passing over
high embankment the storm burst, anu
half milo OF The track was washea away
behind the tram. TWAS Il narrow escape.
John and Charles Kennedy, TWO laDof-
ers of Louisville, Ky, have received word
that they have fallen heirs to about
100000 by the recent death OF all uncle
In Australia. The uncle formerly hVeu
in Louisville, but he suddenly LETT the city
one day, and was absent for about thirty
years.
A boy named Olmstead, thirteen years
old, met with strange death at Lowell,
Me-, recently, while riding on horseback
The animal ran away with him, ana pass
ing under tree with lo~-hanSinS iimoa,
a stub caught IN the Boys coiIar' s"S-
pending him In the air anu breaking his
neck.
Three brothers named O'Neill, aged 4,
IL and 10 years, were playing burglars
and policemen at Kingston, \. y Mon
day, an" the li-year-oid BOY shot the
youngest through the head WIN re-
volver, killing him instantly. The boy
who fired the shot was arrested, but was
afterward released.
Mr.. Edwin Tomlinson, of Seymour, Ct,
on Tuesday night committed suicide by
shooting himself on the grave Of his
daughter. For some time ne had been IN
state of great detection over the death OF
his wife ana d"uSh'er' ana WAS acc"s'oin-
Ell to make numerous Vls'tS 10 inc ceine-
terry and brood over Ills grlei.
In a shooting ARRAY in Baltimore on
Sunday two brothers named Hopper were
each shot in the right eye and will lose
the sight in those organs. 4 shotgun
was fired at .hcm either by Michael Reil-
" or Thomas Kennedy, and both of the
Hoppcrs were brought town at one shot,
and strange to say with load In the rish'
eye OF each.
In Russell county, Va, fow days ago,