Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-10-24
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

utltally kIlIeu NUlle UUUlluS He"l O"N
Land, Md, last Saturday. 4 charge from
his gun entered his side, and his survived
only about five minutes.
c. NJ, HOLSTER. deputy sheriff Of Caid-
well, Kansas, and deputy United States
marshal, was shot and killed Saturday
near Hnnnewell by Bob Cross, noted
desperate, while attempting tn arrest
| him.
4 well.to-do farmer named Harrison
! THOMPSON, who lived near Central, w.
Va, committed suicide by hanging HIM
! self I'm the barn with llalter-strap few
DAYS ago. Ill-health is supposed to have
been the cause.
Elijah Kirk was killed near Shelbyyille,
KY, Monday. by Robert Clark. Kirk ac'
cu,ed Clark Of circulating evil reports
about his daughter, and was waiting tor
him outside of Clark's house, when the
latter opened the door and shot him.
While John Fitzgerald, horse thief.
was attempting to escape from Jail at
Greensburg, Pa, by letting himself out
OF window with q rope, .he rope broke
and Fitzgerald fell to the ground. dis
lance of IS feet. lie received fatal inju-
rics.
Adam Forepaugh, the famous show
man, was married in Philadelphia last
week TO Miss Mary G. Tallman, OF that
city. The bride is said to be very pretty
and is only twenty years OF age. MI.
| Porepaugh Is iifty-iour years old. Inc
marriage was n surprise to all the friends
of the Snowman.
A terribly destructive fire occurred i'll
Carthage, y. Y, on Monday. 1t is esti-
mated that two hundred houses were de-
stroved AMI that the loss will reach
81. DOC. 900. There are not enough dwell
lngs loft in the town to shelter the inliab-
itantS. Carthage WAS extensively engaged
i'm manufacturing, and all its industries
are ruined.
CT. wocrishafler. II New York banker.
has bet $4,000 even that Cleveland will
be elected, and also $4,000 to $S,OOO That
he will carry New York State. +. X.
willard. n New York broker, is also
heavy better. lie now books bets each day
ut rate Of 800 to $50 that Cleveland will
win, and much larger odds that he Will
carry New York.
James Wormley. the celebrated colorcd
hotc-kceper of Washington, died sudden
" i'm Boston OH saturday. His hotel was
one of the most heightened in Washing
ton. At the time of his death he was
worth about 100000. lie leaves four
children, three sons and 4 daughter. all
married. His eldest son will probably
carry on the business.
A farmer of st. Jacobin, Canada, left
his four children la the house Monday,
while he went to the field. During his
absence tie eldest boy, aged IL years,
placed Il flask containing powder on the
stove, and then poured Il quantity of pow
der Inside the stove. The stove WAS blown
into thousand fragments, AMI the house
set on fire. Three of the children were
rescued in dying condition. The fourth
will probably recover.
The boiler of Isaac Wchrmaur's saw
mill on Ten Mile Creek, TYLER county, w.
Va, exploded with terrific effect last Sat
urdav. The mill and machinery were
totally DESTROYED. John Fox and william
Wordcn were killed instantly and five
other men wounded, two of them fatally.
The cause of the accident is not known,
rs the nginecr was one of the men killed.
The dead and wounded were horribly
burned and manglcd.
Monday night mob hanged j. r. Dor
scy, postmaster ut Alpine, Ga, man
aged Is wears, and Jane Wade, Il woman
of ill-rcputc, who was past GO years, to The
same limb and by the same rope, for the
murder of Mrs. Davis and her guest, G..
G.. Jones, near Alpine, three weeks ago.
Mrs. Davis was DOrscy's niece. He as
sassinatcd her in her own doorway and
then shot her guest, suppoSing it was her
I husband. The motive of the crime is sup
posed to have been jealousy.
1t is charged that at least five hundred
illegal votes were east in Fayettc county,
W. Va, az INST Wilson, the Democratic
candidate for Governor. The increase in
the vote of the county over that cast two
wears ago Is more than thirteen hundred.
1t is claimed that negroes from Virginia
were hired by the Republicans to come TO
Fayette county and vote. Mr.. Wilson
saws Inc intends to sft the alleged frauds
to the bottom. 1t Is also charged that
many illegal votes were cast in kanawha
county.
4 shocking accident occurred ut Harris
burg, Pa, last Thursday. Miss Lizzie
Wallace, in getting off a Cumberland VAL
ley Railroad train, stepped in front Of an
other train that was moving. Harvey
Foster, checkman, promptly sprang to
her rescue, but both were run over in an
instant. Miss Wallace was cut to pieces
and died instantly. Foster HAD both legs
mangled and almost torn of. He cannot
recover. Miss Wallace was a delegate TO
the Woman's Temperance Convention.
She resided at MELVILLE, Pa.
Whnt lie Got for Cheating.