Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-04-05
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

few DAYS ago, and unroofed large num-
Der of the finest buildings in the city.
number of persons were injured.
Peter Brenigan created great sensa-
ton i'm social and business circles Of New
ark, n. j., Tuesday, by hanging himself.
lie was prominent business man.
Henry Atkins, of Frederick, Md, WAS
struck by locomotive near Piedmont !
few days ago, and fearfully mtnsied. lie
stepped from one track to avoid train.
and got right in front of another iocomo-
tive.
In Washington, last Friday night, Louis
Karchner discovered Il man named >. w.
Grimes i'm his wite's room, and shot him
dead. He surrendered himself to the po-
lice. The woman's character was not OF
the best.
While three girls were sitting upon
porch at Laporte, Pa, a few days ago, the
supports gave way, and they were thrown
to the ground, a distance of twenty ieet.
Two of the girls received fatal injuries
and the other was badly hurt.
Isaac Stroup and wife, Of Espystown'
Pa, went away on a visit few nights
ago, leaving two little children alone IN
the house. When they returned the GILL
dren were fatally burned. They had get
their clothing on fire while playing.
Miss Ada kurtz, daughter of Sheriff
Kurtz, of Franklin county, Pa, has been
sworn in rs a deputy sheriff. She is %
years of age, accomplished, and well quail
flied for the position. AS soon as sworn
i'm on Tuesday she proceeded to Green
castle, where she served several warrants.
Laura Johnson, a Milwaukee girl, was
so indignant ut a letter from her lover,
breaking off his engagement, that she tried
to snatch the ring from her finger; but
failing to get it off, took Il Ratchet anu de-
liberately chopped the finger from the
hand. She sent it with the ring, to her
faithlcss lover.
At Bradford, Pa, Harry Eichelberger,
AN employee of the National Transit Com
pany, while engaged Tuesday afternoon
in repairing the roof of an iron tank con-
tanning $4,000 barrels Of oil, fell in and
was suffocated by the oil. lie was thirty
years old, living at Allegheny, n. y, and
leaves Il wife and four children.
Early last Monday morning the barn
on the farm recently purchased by Mr.
David Winters, one mile from lIagcrs-
town, was destroyed by fire. A quantity
of farming implements and four horses
were burned in the building. The farm
was in the occupancy of Samuel Zeller.
The fire is supposed to be of incendiary
origin.
The nitrO-glycerine works at Thomp-
sons Point, N. j., exploded with fearful
violence last Saturday. Six men were
killed, among them being the vice-presI-
dent of the company, the uperintendent,
and gentleman from st. Louis. The
bodies of the killed We're broken and
twisted in frightful manner. y hole
sufficiently large to bury house was
made in the ground where the building
stood, and houses for half mile around
were badly shattered.
The residence of John Burgess, q far
mer living near Ellicott City, Nd, was
burned early Saturday morning. \ col
ored man in attempting to rescue the chill
dren was forced to jump from second
story window and was fatally injured in
ternasly. Burgess and his daughter, aged
Is, were terribly burned, the latter fatal
". One of the boys, aged years, per-
ishcG i'm the flames. lie was seen hanging
to blazing window-sill when the walls
fell. The body was recovered, burned to
Il crisp, in the ruins.
A peculiar malady, called the "grub,"
has become very fatal among the sheep in
Tuscarawas county, Ohio. The disease is
caused by a worm called the grub, which
deposits IN egg in the nostrl of the sheep.
The grub matches out in March and begins
burrOwing towards the brain, which,
when 1t penetrateS, Kills inc amman III
once There is no known remedy for it.
The worm is about the size of the common
grub. and has the gimlct appearance of
that worm. Mr.. Richard King, promi-
nent farmer, has already lost thirty of his
finest sheep, and other farmers nearly
their entire ilocks.
Ida Morrill,, daughter Of a wcll-known
citizen of GAINESVILLE, Pa, eloped OIL Fri
day with Henry Shelly, a farm laborer,
and was married. Her father and two
brothers had opposed the match, and the
latter Immediately repaired to Shelly's
house. They commenced beating the
bridegroom in the presence of his wife
and mother. Shelly at last drew his re-
volver, and his frst fire struck Jas. Nor
rill, perforating his lungs. The other
brother, Joseph, wounded Shelly, but was
himself shot dead with ball in his brain.
James died also, and Shelly is under guard.
The unhappy bride is partially insane,
and will not see her husband.
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