Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-11-19

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La, was fatally shot by a cOlored man.
who next day was found hanging to a
| limb of tree.
Prof. Baird asks for $3.50. 900 to build
An addition TO the Smithsonian Institute.
He SAYS there is not room for the vas
amount Of Interesting material stored
away in the National Museum.
Mrs. Eliza Lyons, sister Of MCGOWAN,
who killed himself and wife three weeks
ago. was arrested at Syracuse, =. Y,
for fraud in drawing pension for the
past twenty years as II soldiers widow,
when In fact she was married woman.
Negotiations are being made with the
Vanderbilts for the sale OF Madison
Square Garden, New York City. Cor
nelius Vanderbilt wants twelve hundred
thousand dollars for the property. aud
a syndicate has offered within fifty thou
sand of that amount.
A lady in Oil City the other day lost
$500 cash on street. A little boy found
il, aud the lady, overjoyed at the -ecov-
cry Of her treasure, directed her hus-
band to reward the lad suitably. The
smallest coin the husband had was
nickel, and the little boy got it.
Near Hawkinsville, Ga, recently
COW with crumpled horns was licking
her calf, and by some means the calf got
its head in the circle of the horns and
could not get away. The cow became
excited, and, in her efforts to get rid of
the calf, strangled it and broke her own
neck.
The United States Circuit Court at
Cincinnati has decided that the suit OF
the government against the Bell Tele-
pho"e Company was not properly
brought in Ohio, and accordingly dis
missed it for want of Jurisdiction, with
out prejudice to instituting suit else
where.
Unquenchable fire is eating It's way
through hundreds of acres of coal in
Wes;morelaud county, Pa, the flames
having started some time ago In the
shaft of the II. C. Frick Coke Company.
Dy reason of the fire some 500 men are
out OF work, and the coke company Is
losing 81 400 day.
Last week an explosion occurred in
the cigar. box factory of II. IL. Sheip q
Co., Philadelphia, by which one of the
employees, girl, was killed and four
teen other persons injured by burns or
falling bricks. The explosion is sup
posed to have been caused by the spon-
taneous combustion of sawdust.
The Baltimore and Ohio has men at
work on the Metropolitan Branch ex-
tending the sdings at different points,
so as to get under way for double track
ng the line. 1t Is expected that by the
opening Of the local summer travel next
y ear the double track will be completed
from Washington rs far as Gaithersburg,
more than 20 miles.
A tract Of land OH the western shore
of Cayuga Lake, near Canoga, y. Y,
has been leased to Rochester parties for
the cultivation of frogs. The raising of
frogs for the New York market has
come to be recognized Industry. There
is large frog farm in the neighbour
hood of Waterloo and several in Canada,
and still the demand is greater than the
supply.
At Frederick OH Monday Abner Camp
bell jumped from the window Of room
in the fourth story of Montevue Hospi-
tai, about 45 feet high, and broke his
left leg near the thigh, also some of the
small bones of his left foot, and proba-
bly, sustained internal injuries, which
it is feared, may result in his death. He
was taken to Montevue 4 few weeks ago
while laboring under temporary mental
alteration.
Upon the arrival at Dubois, Pa, of
the mail train north on the Buffalo,
Rochester and Pttsturg Railroad
Thursday, the ear inspector, while pas
sengers were getting on and of the cars
at the depot, discovered three dynamite
bombs and caps fastened under the
springs of the rear coach. The bombs
were carefully removed, and there were
many pale faces among the passengers
when they learned of the terrible fate
they had so narrowly escaped.
A most frigh;ful accident occurred
near McConnellsburg, Fulton county,
Pa, on Saturday. William Deshong
while working at Meliotts saw mill, in
Licking Creek township, WAS working
around circular saw, and slipping fell
against the rapidly revolving disk. He
was literally cut in two pieces, from his
shoulder diagonally across his body to
the hip, and died almost instantly.
Deshong was married and leaves fam
lily. lie was about 30 years of age and
an industrious and esteemed citizen.
About year ago Andrew j. Kinball,
of Forsyth, Montana, sought an ac-
quaintance with an Eastern lady with a
view to marriage. Meeting friend
who was coming East. he requested him
to hunt up lady with whom he might
correspond. The gentleman interested
himself i'm Kimbalps behalf and secured
Miss Maggie A. Rhodes. of Huntington,
Pa, as correspondent, and letters were
exchanged, as well as photographs.
After years correspondence, and al
though Mr.. Kimbail and Miss Rhodes
had never seen each other, they agreed