Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-07-18
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ITEMS OT INFER siIT.

Rev. Uricl Graves, Il wcll-known Iu-
theran preacher, died ut his home in Bal
timorc last Sunday. He was II years old.
The issue of nickles without the word
cents on their face are now in demand
IS high as fifteen cents being paid for them
by coin dealers.
The firm of Barley q IIasson, of Balti-
more, dealers in coffee, which failed somo
weeks ago, have made settlement with
their creditors and havo resumed business.
Lizzie Emmerck, aged twenty, of Pitts
burg, committed suicide by shooting. Her
inability to keep up with the other pupils
at school is assigned us the reason for her
act.
Captain w. B. Chew, passenger con-
ductor on the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road, has been arrested for ombezz!cment.
He did not turn over to the company the
cash he received from fares.
The boiler in a saw-mill near Blooming
ton, ILL.,, exploded OH Monday last and
blew the mill to atoms. Twelve men were
in the structure ut the time, four of whom
were killed and the others badly injured.
E. S. Barnes, young man Of Carroll
county, Md, fell from load Of wheat a
few days ago with pitchfork in his hand.
One of the prongs entered his body and
pierced his heart. He pulled tho fork out,
and fell dead.
The citizens of Abingdon, Va, it is re-
ported, arc very much excited at the dis
covery that several graves In tho cemetery
there have been robbed OF the bodies they
contained. If the ghouls arc caught they
will probably be lynched.
Stephen Pullorn, farmer In North
Carolina, attempt to Kill his wife on Sun-
day night by pouring molten lead in her
ear while asleep. The woman is still alive,
but no hopes are entertained OF her recov-
cry. Pullorn is guarded in Jail, to save him
from the vengeance Of his neighbors.
The wife Of Capt. Cleve Geer, Of Groton,
Conn.,, a we'll known mariner, died last
week from Il cat bite. The woman was car
rying the eat aboard her husbands vessel
thumb. The arm became affected and
swelled to twice its natural size. Mrs. Geer
suffered great pain until the time of her
death.
Charles Spurlock, member Of the Hill
boys gang of desperadoes in West Vir-
gnia, has been sentenced to be hung Oc-
tober II. At the trial Of Spurlock he con-
fesscd the crime, but when sentenced said
his confession was male in fear of tho mob.
William Coleman, alias John Coleman,
colored, was also sentenced 70 be hung or
the same day.
Newton Carpenter, colored, was arrest
ed at Starkville, Miss, for the murder in
1897 of j. Is. Parish's two sons, whom he
poisoned. Carpenter implicated Ned
Mack, colored, who was also arrested
Carpenter said it was his intention to
poison the whole family. While on the
way to Jail the prisoners were seized by 8
mob ana hanged.
A disastrous fire occurred in Bradford
Pa, last Friday. Ten buildings were
burned, four persons were burned to
death, and several persons very badly in
jured. Among the victims were Mrs.
Charles Rebly and two children, and the
husband and father having been drowned
about two weeks ago, the entire family
has thus been swept away.
Geo. Patterson, colored man Of Rock
Vile, Nd, has mare whose head is sup
posed to have been affected by the sun. At
intervals she is frantic. To keep her with
in the stable, she is fastened around the
neck by two large ropes. If she is tarned
into the field, she is not still for second,
and strong fence is no obstacle to turn
her course, breaking over it with wild in
sensibility. She has neither eaten nor
druhk since the 9Th instant, when she
first showed symptoms Of the affection.