Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-08
ITEMS OF lNTERRS L.

b. A. Zittraucr and party of friends
went deer stalking. A young man in the
party mistook the Sheriff for deer and
shot him dead.
At Chester, Pa, Monday, Jos. Wheeler,
an old man who keeps candy shop, shot
into crowd Of boys who had been teasing
him, fatally woHnding Joseph Taylor,
aged fourteen years.
Benjamin Beatty, of Easton, Pa, at
tempted to chastise his l7-year-old boy
Harry, when the lad drew revolver and
shot his father in the breast. The boy,
who is 4 reader Of dime novels, received
severe thrashing,
A boy named Willie Grey, aged II, and
of highly respectable parentage in Mon
treal, has been detected in $500 forgery.
He anG two companions were about start
ing for new York, and had thirty dino
novels in their possession.
In New York last Thursday frame
building was destroyed by file, and Cor
nelius Van Ripper and three of his children
were burned to death. Mrs. Van Ripper
jumped from Il window and was dashed
to death OH the pavement below.
Frederick Burringer, while repairing
the shafting in Cunhingllam's foundry at
Newcastle, Pa, Tuesday morning, vas
caught by the clothes, wound completely
round the sllafiing and killed. His neck,
arms, legs and back were broken.
At Wheeling, W. Va, last Saturday
night Charles Dick, a young married man,
was shot and instantly killed by one OF
his friends, george Bttner. Both mon
had been drinking, and the murderer was
drunk when the deed was committed.
The chemical works of Powers X
Wcightman, Philadelphia, the largest cs-
adjustment of the kind in the country, was
destroyed by fire last week, causing loss
Of one million dollars. The fire caused
great jump upward in The price of quininc.
An explosion of dynamite cartridges in
Harrisburg, Pa, Saturday, damaged six
teen buildings. The houses Of Isaac Pear
son, C. 5. Brown, }. Clancy and G. Eek
crit were shaken apart. The wife and two
children Of Brown were cut by flying glass.
The signal tower of the Cumberland
Valley Railroad, at the west end of the
bridge over the Susquehanna river, at
Harrisburg, Pa, caught fire Sunday night.
The engine-house of the company was ell
lirely destroyed, but the rolling stock was
removed.
At the bird show in Boston the entries
number $500. Among the birds are an
eagle with wings that spread nine feet,
Brazilian macaw that can repeat the first
thirty lines of the Declaration of indie
pendence, and canary that whistles
"Yankce Doodle"
Prcntiss Tiller, money clerk of the Pa
cihc Express Company at st. Louis, whose
father is 4 Louisville detective, disap.
peared at about three O'CLOCK last Sunday
afternoon, taking with him one or two
valises full of money packages, the total
about being very nearly $4,000.
Moses NJ. Ellick, of Richmond, Va,
dry goods merchant, was fatally shot Mon
day by his son Moses. The young man
fired four shots ut his father, two Of which
took effect in his back. His fathers Ill
treatment Of his mother and other domes-
tic troubles arc the alleged cause of the
tragedy
Hon, Henry G.. Kelsey, Secretary of
State of New Jersey, WAS blown from
train near Trenton, n. j., the other day.
A heavy wind caught him while he was
passing from one car to another. The
train was stopped, and when lie was picked
up he was found to have been greatly
bruised, but not seriously injured.
Two masked men on Friday night cn-
tered the house Of benjamin III. Wells,
near Windsor, Mo-, and shot and killed
John L. Wells, aged So, in the presence
of his wife. They demanded money on
entering and, not waiting for al answer,
shot Wells, They secured no booty but
silver watch, There il no clue to the rob-
hers.
An engine on the Virginia Midland
Railroad collided with freight train near
Lynchburg, Va, Monday. The engineer
reversed the engine and jumped off, for
getting to shut off the steam, and AS soon
as the engine recovered from the shock of
collision it ran back to Lynchburg at full
speed, crashing through and demolishing
loaded freight Car and locomotive of the
Norfolk and Western Railroad.
John Coyne, of Denver, Colo, owes his
life to the sagacty Of his watchdog. Mr..
Coyne's house took fire on the night of the
2sth ult., and while he slept soundly the
fire was rapidly cutting of his escape from
his attic chamber. The dog, however, cs-
caped from the kennel, worked his way
up stairs and awoke him by barking and
Jumping on the bed. The faithful animal
followed his master down and stood out
side watching the flames.
At Deiaplaine, Fauquier county, Va,
on Sunday, John Glascock, while in fit
Of passion, supposed 10 have been caused
by jealousy, murdered his wife and three
small children, and after setting fire to
his House, proceeded to woods about
half mile distant and shot himself through
the heart. The fire in the house was dis
covered and extinguished before the bod
les were consumed or much damage had
resulted. Glascock was tho son of one OF
tho wealthiest landowners in that section.