Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-07-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Two men were fighting on the track
at Engleside, near Philadelphia, as a
train approached. A bystander pulled
them from the track, but was himself
struck by the train and fatally injured.
Mr.. S. Thomas Mccullough, Of An
napolis, Nd, and Miss Nellie Hotch-
kiss, daughter of Maj. Jed Hotchkiss, OF
Staunton, Va, were married last week
in the latter city. The wedding was a
brilliant affair.
A farmer named Wildman, of Unity
Tow nship, H., Sunday murdered his
wife and then fatally wounded himself.
His wife had sl2, 900 left her and willed
it to her children, refusing to let her
husband have the custody of it.
The reduction in the public debt dur
ing June, as shown in the statement
issued from the TreasuryiDepartment,
was So, O61 1893, and for the fiscal year just
ended 500, O97,776. The total receipts
OF the uONeTHulciit tioii oii soa'N~
during the year were 1886, IA POO
WASHINGTON & LEE UNIvERsITT.-We
call attention to the advertisement OF
the Law Department of Washington &
Lee University, OF which Gen. G. w.
c.. Lee is President. The next session
opens Sept. l6-st the same time with
the Academic Departments OF the Uni.
versity.
An oyer.issue of bonds Of the Chssa-
peake and Delaware Canal Company to
the amount of sGl5, $50 has been discov-
cred. Ex.Treasurer Henry V. Lesley,
i'm whose administration :he over-issue
was made, and the present Treasurer,
J. A. L. Wilson, who had guilty
knowledge of the matter, have left Phil
adelphia.
The military guard at Lakeview Gem
etery, Cleveland, Ohio, which has
watched Garfield's tomb for nearly five
years, has been withdrawn. The lid OF
the casket was removed, and the features
of Garfield were found to be unchanged.
The casket was removed to the public
vault, where guard will watch until
the monument is completed.
In New Orleans, Friday, Josephine
Costa, Cuban girl, aged Is years, was
killed. by Felix Alvez, aged 10. They
were playing together, when the girl
commenced teasing the boy, who be-
came angry, and hurled pair Of scis-
sors at her, one of the blades entering
the carotid artery and INJECTING wound
from which she bled to death.
Forty years ago Josiah Mccoy left his
home in Portsmouth, Va, and his
parents never heard Of him again.
Twenty-Five years later his brother
Frank settled in Savannah. The other
day the brothers, who are now 6Oand 81
wears old, met for the first time In forty
years. The runaway Josiah has become
a flourishing orange grower in Florida.
in. Peed, of Jasper, Mo-, had one
hundred and twenty acres of corn adj
joining wheat field which had been
devastated by chinch bugs. He plowed
trench around the cornfield, and for
fourteen days hauled log through the
trench, and thus saved the corn. The
bugs thronged into the trench by mil
lions, but they never got out. The log
did the business.
The Republican State Convention of
Pennsylvania has nominated James A.
Beaver for Governor, VIM. Il. Davies
for Lieutenant Governor, Il. j. Stewart
for Secretary of Internal Affairs, A.
Wilson Norris for Auditor General, and
F. A. Osborn for Congressman at large.
General Beaver was the republican cali
didate at the last election and was de-
feated by his democratic opponent, Gov.
Pattison.
Henry and Albert Morgan, of Green
field, Miss, got drunk, and, going to a
store kept by Lee Brown, colored
man, said they would kill any man who
attempted to close the door. Brown
asked them to 60 out peaceably. They
drove him into back room, and then
he picked up double. barrelled shot
gun loaded with buckshot, and with
double shot brought down both BROTH
ers, killing both outright.
jeremiah Long, of Fairfax Court
House, Va, wrote recently to j. Il. Hill
of Alexandria, calling his attention to
the fact that in 1861, while Confederate
troops were at Fairfax Court House, he
(Long) mended Two canteens and can
dlestick for him (Hil). The bill, go
cents, had never been paid, hence Mr..
Longs letter. He said that though inter-
est was due on the amount he would be
satisfied with the 60 cents. Mr.. Hill
sent Mr.. Long the go cents.
George Lubish and G. Mccarthy Of
San Francisco were rivals for the affec-
tions Of a young woman, and agreed to
settle their respective claims according
to ring rules. In the presence OF over
half hundred friends they fought
thirty-six rounds without any advan-
tage on either side. The contestants
then agreed to settle the controversy by
means Of the dice. The dice rolled out
in favor Ct Mccarthy, and he departed
with the girl on his arm.
Twenty or thirty cows have died OF
what is supposed to be hydrophobia In
Ballard county, Kentucky, and many
more arc dying. The diseased cattle
suddenly become frantic, below with
pain, and fight with each other. Men