Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-11-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Of Lincoln will bring $l0O,OO0 into that
county.
The old rhyme should be changed SO
as to read: The dogs delight to bark
at night.
The Governor of Dakota in his an.
nual report says the population of the
territory is now 10000.
It is estimated that the decrease Of
the public debt during the month of
October amounts to about 81, 800, 900.
The Board Of Directors Of the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company has justice
clared a semi-annual dividend Of only
two per cent.
Mr.. Cary W. Ali, leading iron
manufacturer and railroad owner, died
Monday, at his residence at Boiling
Springs, near Carlisle, Pa, in the 74th
year Of his age.
Rev. Mr.. Tenant died at Evansville,
Ark, Monday, aged lis years. De-
ceased was the oldest gospel minister
in the United States, and had preached
for ninety years.
Scott Thomas, a molder, working in
foundry in St. Louis, fell into pit OF
molten metal. When the body was re-
moved it was found to be charred be-
yond recognition.
Hercules Wilson, colored, has re-
signed his seat in the Georgia Legisla-
ture, giving as reason that he can
make more money by laying bricks ut
from So to IS day.
James Halter, young man of Adams
town, Lancaster county, Pa, was shot
in the head and instantly killed by Clay
ton Bucher, companion, with whom
he was cunning last Friday.
Over seventy vessels were wrecked
and probably three hundred lives lost
in the recent hurricane oil the Labrador
coast. There is also great distress owing
to the failure of the fisheries.
The colored people of Wathena, Kan
sas, began a "protracted meeting" in
August, 1884, which has been kept up
ever since, without missing a night.
there is no indication of cessation.
Miss Laura Boyd. Of Richmond, drop
ned a $500 diamond in her soup plate
one day last week, and swallowed it
along with an oyster. The stone was
recovered by administering an emetic.
In Braxton county chestnuts are
quoted at one cent per pound, or 81
cents per bushel. This is lower than
they were ever known to be before.
The usual price is from $3.50 to $500
per bushel.
In one day last week thirty-five thou
sand dollars worth of cattle were ship
ped via the Manassas branch ofthe Vir-
ginia Midland Railroad to Philadelphia.
OF this amount about $4,000 worth
went from Broad Run Station, Fau-
quier county.
The steamer Oregon ran into an i'm
mense whale on her last voyage. BY
some means the monsters head became
wedged in between the rod Of the rud-
der and the vessel, and in that way the
whale was carried along with the YES
sci for several hours.
A Michigan farmer hurried to the as
sistance of man whose team had bro
ken down in the road, the other day,
and received ak hens for his kindness.
On returning home it was found that
the fowls were his own property, and
that all their mates were missing.
Mayor Hardy, Of Lincoln, Nebraska,
has made great many enemies by his
strong stand in favor of prohibition.
One night recently coffin was left at
his door as warning. The mayor
promptly sold the coffin for $l3, and
paid the money over to a temperance
society.
At East Saginaw, Mich, Friday even
ing, fire occurred on tug, and large
number Of people were copyrighted on
the Genesee-ayenue bridge, when it
gave way, precipitating sixty people
into the water. Twelve or thirteen per-
sons are missing. Many of those res
cued are badly hurt.
Loving L. Lord, the sixteen-year-old
son of Chas. A. Lord, of Prides Bridge,
in Westbrook, Me-, committed suicide
Saturday by blowing a hole through
his head with shotgun. The only
known cause is that he was wrongfully
accused Of breaking a window at the
school which he attended.
The one-hundredth anniversary Of the
founding Of Morgantown, Monongahela
county, w. Va, was celebrated Thurs
day last. The houses were handsomely
decorated with flags and bunting, and
thousands Of people came in from the
country. Hon. w. P. Wiley, Of the
University of West Virginia, delivered
al address.
A mammoth's remains have been dis
covered near Yreka, Cal. by miners.
They were found As feet below the sur
face. The horn is 51a feet long, in the
shape of a cows horn, and is inches
In diameter at the base. The teeth and
other bones are Of mammoth size. An |
animal built in proportion to them
would weigh at least ten tons when alive.
The teeth, horn, &C., show that the ami
NAL was of the bovine species.
Two hundred indictments for unlaw-
ful liuuor selling in q cOmDaratiyely |