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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
General Sheridan.

The faithful, calm and unbiased his
torian Of the late war will be com
PEELED. in fairness, to write General
Sheridan down cold-hearted, cruel,
tyrannical subordinate officer. who
used the power he had in a manner
entirely unworthy of an enlightened
and christian civilization, who was
distinguished more for his war on
helpless women and children than for
anything else-a man who at the
head of raiding and marauding forces
mercilesSly and wantonly applied the
torch, burning the very covering
from over the heads of defencelesS
women; man who boosted that he
would render our lovely valley unin-
habitable and reduce those therein to
starvation, and made good his boast
as far as he could by desolating In
the face of these and other damaging
facts how ridiculous will the recent
action of the Senate and President
appear. We say, all honor TO Mr.
Oates, of Alabama, for his manly OPP
position. We regret that he was not
supported by more. This act should
have been so amended as to have in
cluded Beast Butler. The one is about
as much entitled to the honor as the
other They were a pair of a kind,
with an equal number of dark spots
upon their character. Mr.. Sheridan
may have repented and be now a
very good man; we hope this is true.
We speak only of his actions during
the civil war for which this honor has
been conferred Charlottesville Jefer-
SOHtdR.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
A Successful Operation.

1t is said that the operation of trans
planting a clear piece of a rabbit 5
cornea into the blind eye of patient,
performed ten days ago at the Pres
byterian Eye and Ear Charity Hospi-
tai in Baltimore, by DR.. Chisolm, has
proved success. At the end of a
week the bandages were removed and
the eye exposed to the light. The
piece of the rabbits cornea was COM
pletely united to the human eye, and
had grown to the edge of the hole
made in the blind eye opposite the
pupil The clear graft had become
cloudy in the process of uniting to the
human eye. Already, however, it
has commenced TO clear up, and the
man is beginning TO enjoy the privi-
lege of seeing. This he has not done
for three years, when the eyes were
destroyed by lime. The operation of
transplanting in the left eye was so
satisfactory that two days since Dr.
Chisolm made a similar operation on
the right eye
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
An Explanation.

What is this nervous trouble with
which so many seem now TO be afflicted!
If you will remember few years ago
the word Malaria was comparatively
unknown, to-day it is as common rs
any word in the English language,
yet this word covers only the mean
ing of another word used by our fore
fathers in times past. So it is with
nervous diseases, as they and Malaria
are intended to cover what our grand
fathers called Biliousness, and all are
caused by troubles that arise from a
diseased condition of the Liver, which
in performing its functions, finding it
cannot dispose of the bile through the
ordinary channel is not compelled to
pass it off through the system, caus-
ing nervous troubles, Malaria, Bilious
Fever, etc. You who are suffering
can we'll appreciate cure. We rec
ommend Green's August Flower. Its
cures are marvellous.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
Lynchers who didn't Lynch.

John Bowers colored, was taken
from the Jail at Union Bridge, Md,
early last Friday morning, by band
of twelve or fifteen men all masked.
He was placed in a wagon by his cap
tors and hurried out of town a quarter
of mile where a large oak tree stood
on the edge of a wood. Here the
lynchers halted, and placing rope
around Bowers neck, threw the other
end over a limb, and the crowd OF eX-
cited and angry men prepared to
swing him up. Bowers begged TO be
allowed to make a statement, and the
rope was Stacked. His hands were
not tied, and as soon as the rope was
loosened. like flash he slipped lit OFT
and before the aStonished crowd
could move he had bounded through
them and into the woods. Active pur-
suit was given and several shots were
fired, but the fleeing man managed to
elude his pursuers and has not yet
been captured.
Bowers was arrested Thursday for
assauting another colored man named
Othia, and colored girl named Hol-
lenberry. The motive was jealousy.
The girl and Othia, who is blind, were
on their way home when they were
overtaken by Bowers, who asked the
girl to go with him. She refused, and
he then struck her in the face, break
ing her jawbone. Othia then tried 10
defend her, but being blind could do
but little Bowers slashed him terri
bly, all over his face and body with a
razor. He also assaulted the girl,
almost severing her ears. Bowers has
not yet been recaptured.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
DIED.

At Waldron, Piatt county, Missouri,
May 24th, Mr.. ELDROS SCOTT GROVE,
aged about - years. He was formerly
"a resident OF Berkeley county.
At her home at Cedar Grove. King
George county, Va, June Sth, Mrs
JULIA CALVERT. wife of Dr. Richard
Stewart, aged 10 years. The deceased,
was the mother of Mrs. r. w. Hunter.
Of Winchester, Va
In Martinsburg. JuneSth, 1888, HESS,
infant son of Lincoln l.. and A. NJ. II.
Pittsnogle. aged months and DAYS
At her home in Martinsburg, June
9Th, 1888, of congestion of the liver,
Mrs. j. II. GRIMM, aged Is years.
1t the residence of mis- father, in
Harper's Ferry, June 18th, 1888, WM
III. MURPHY, son of Mr. Sid Murphy,
aged 81 years, months and Z days.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
A Horror of Happy Hollow.

A dispatch from Parkersburg, this
State, gives the detail of a terrible
afTray at Happy Hollow, on the Ohio
side of the river, last Thursday night.
Two families, named Brener and Bush,
lived on adjoining premises, and for
some time had quarreled about the
boundary lines of their garden and
other matters, each party swearing
vengeance on the other. Early in the
evening William Brener passed the
residence of the Bushes, being slightly
intoxicated, and noticed Charles and
Thomas Bush and their mother, an
old lady, standing at a neighbor' 5
gate. Brener, without a word, made
an attack upon Charles Bush with a
large knife, cutting a terrible cash in
his hand and another in his face. Mrs.
Bush and Thomas tried to push Brener
away, when he grasped the aged lady
by the arm and stabbed her three
times in the throat, almost severing
the windpipe. The woman fell TO the
ground and soon bled TO death. The
Bushes then attacked Brener with
clubs and stones, beating him almost
to death. His thumb is cut off, a
huge cash is in his right cheek, and
his head was laid open to the bone.
The wounds are thought to be fatal.
Brener is a giant i'll stature and
strength, and is the terror of the com
munity. He is lying at home under
guard.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.

1t is reported that Detective ALT.
Burnett was shot in Logan county
while in pursuit of members of the
Hatfield Mccoy gang.
The trial of James H. Claibourn at
| Charleston, charged with killing a
colored waiter at the Ruffner Hotel
named Nelson Lee, resulted in his ac-
quittal
At Charleston the other night Green
REYNOLDS and Dick Porterfield, colored,
had a dispute about a line fence. In
the heat of the quarrel Porterfield ia
tally shot Reynolds.
The Auditor has informed the Super
intendent of free schools that the
amount of the general school fund,
subject to apportionment for the year
ending June 30, 1888, is as follows:
Amount in the treasury June 3, 1888,
S377, 327.2S; salaries paid to County
Superintendent, S13, 237.50. Total,
$3.50, 564 SO.
C. G.. Brohard, who lives near Elem
ington, has a lamb in his flock with
one mouth. two noses, two separate
sets of teeth and four eyes, all fully
developed and ready for use. 1t Is a
great curiosity and bids fair to be
come as famous as the little lamb that
Mary had. Mr.. Brohard not long ago
had a chicken Matched with four feet,
two tails and several other appenda-
ges.
Mr.. Jos. II. McGraw, deputy col
ector, accidentally fell from the bel
fry of the courthouse at Grafton last
Thursday evening, a distance of fully
fifty feet, and sustained fatal injuries.
He, in company with u small party of
friends, had gone into the cupola of
the courthouse in order to have a
good view of the town, and while at
tempting to take hold of the bell rope,
Mr. McGraw accidentally lost his bal
ance and fell to the tile floor below,
| alighting on his feet, and sustaining
conclusion of the brain. He died "a
few hours afterward.
kilograms are pouring into Parkers-
burg from Chicago, Richmond and
numerous other places asking for a
description of the little girl left with
Mrs. Ulrich, the credulous old lady
who was swindled out of the pension
ny bIutlld, pSN NSuVCll'
The little one is certainly a stolen
child. She says that Druella, as she
called herself, was not her mamma >
and that she had another mamma
somewhere but she is too young TO
give any definite clew of her people.
! The child is about six years of age, her
hair, eyes and eyebrows are dark.
She is a good-looking little child and
! is well dressed.
The Parkersburg Sentinel quotes a
well posted timber man as saying
that inside of five years there will
not be a stick of merchantable timber
along the kanawha or its tributaries.
! The demand has been 50 great the
! past year or two that the forests are
being depleted. At the present time
! there is a larger amount of timber,
! ties and Stave material III the creeks
! and tributaries of the kanawha than
was ever known. There is no prospect
of getting this stuff to market until
there is "a big raise in the small creeks,
and as there has been no such raise
50 far this year and no prospect of a
raise before fall, the mills are likely
TO suffer from 81 timber famine, and
the men in the timber business will
suffer for ready money
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
DEMOCRATS, ORGANIZE!

Chairman T. s. Riley, of the State
Democratic Committee, has issued a
letter urging upon the party leaders
the necessity of organization in every
county and district of the State. This
is timely advice, and we trust that it
will be needed. The Democratic par
ty cannot win in West Virginia this
wear without an effort. The enemy is
organizing most effectively, and will
leave no work nndone that will tend
toward victory. The Democracy must
meet organization with organization,
and present solid, unbroken front
all along the line.
But while there is great danger to
the party on account of indifference
and a lack of organization, there Is
something else that is to be feared
that is the independent voter. lie is
numerous this year. He will kick
over the traces unless he is carefully
dealt with. The one thing above all
else that the Democracy in West Nir-
ginia needs this year is strong ticket
from Governor down-a ticket that
shall be nominated by fair and square
means, that will command the respect
and consequently the support OF the
whole party.
With a ticket first-class in all re-
spects-one that can hold its own with
the magnificent nominations given us
by the st. Louis convention-and
thorough organization all over the
State, there will be no trouble about
rolling up a big Democratic majority
in West Virginia next November.
If the politicians don't tote fair
howeyer-whv. look out!
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
Chloroformed by a Girl.

A dispatch from Cleveland, Ohio,
saws: "A man came to the detective
office the other day and said he had
been robbed of a watch and some
money. While walking along Euclid
avenue on Sunday afternoon an at
tractive young woman accosted him.
They went to a room together, where
the girl passed a handkerchief over
his face, asking him if he liked the
perfume. He felt his senses leaving,
but before he could make an cutlery
he lapsed into Inconsistencies. When
he recovered he was alone, the girl
having fled, taking his watch and
pocketbook Last night the girl was
arrested She made a confession of
her guilt to the police, giving her
name as Hattie Vandorn. She said
she was born in Minneapolis, had
lived in st. Paul and more lately III
Chicago She came here two weeks
ago and secured employment in the
Stillman, the fashionable hotel of the
city Her nights We're spent in meet
ing men on the streets and robbing
them in a room which she had rented
for the purpose. She admitted hav-
ing robbed and chloroformed several
men
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
A Town Destroyed by Fire.

The most destructive fire that ever
occurred in Western Pennsylvania was
that which completely destroyed the
town of Dubois on Monday last. Short
ly after 4 o'clock in the afternoon fire
was seen issuing from windows in the
Baker House, near the Buffalo, Roch-
ester and Pittsburg Railroad depot.
The Fire Department was called out,
but the flames had gained considera-
BILE Roadway before the arrival OF the
firemen and it was impossible to get 1t
under control The fire spread rapid
Nv i'm a westerly direction, its progress
being greatly augmented by a still
breeze. and at midnight all that re-
manned of the beautiful and thriving
little city of ten thousand inhabitants,
containing costly and substantial bus
mess blocks and handsome residences,
was a mass of smouldering ruins.
4 terrible phase of the catastrophe
was the horrible deaths of number
of persons. The victims are said to be
five in number. a sick woman III a
house on Courtney street was burned
TO a crisp before she could be rescued.
The scenes in and around the unfor-
tunate town were beyond description.
Terrified wives and mothers, half
craZed husbands and fathers and
friendless and homeless little ones
mingled in heart broken groups
around the spots where their happy
homes stood but few hours before.
Fatherless children clinging to the
skirts of their unprotected mothers,
wandered aimlessly i'll search OF the
husband and father buried amongthe
l,,t az
cry side. Many people were injured
by jumping from burning buildings,
which was the only method OF escape
open to them The number of killed
and wounded is estimated at not less
than one hundred.
Three houses were blown up by dv-
Mantle and several inmates killed.
The noise of the explosion was heard
for miles. This explosion blew fire
into portions of the city before UNI
touched and greatly spread the con
tlagration.
The fremen were completely eX-
hausted, after having battled with the
demon uninterruptedly for several
hours, and gave way to firemen from
neighboring towns.
Had the water supply been adequate
it is thought the flames could have
been brought under control before the
terrible destruction was completed.
Hundreds of horses, COWS and other
animals were cremated.
Dubois was tlOurishing little city
in Clearfield county, which owed all
its prosperity to the late John Dubois,
the well-known lumberman and man
ufacturer The first settlement was
made in 1873, and it was not incorpor-
ated as borough until 1881. 1t con
tanned several large hotels, two banks,
five churches, two opera houses and a
number of mills and factories, most of
which belong TO Mr.. Dubois, the heir
of the founder of the city. Over tif-
teen hundred buildings were destroy
ed. Only two stores are left III the
town. Three hotels remain out of
seventeen and one drug store out OF
nine. Four thousand people are
homeless. The total losses are esti-
mated at S1,OOO,O0O. John Dubois, the
young millionaire, has given half a
million of dollars for the relief of the
sufferers.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22

Mr.. j. Van Dyne, a prominent resi-
dent of East Liverpool, Ga, happen
ing to be at ST. Clairsville. Ga, on
business some days ago, thought he
would pass an hour or so by going up
to the courthouse and hearing a muir
der case, which was then being tried
there. The criminal in the case was
young woman. who was accused of
numbering man named Water Mr.
Van Dyne took a good look at the ac-
cused, and was Mortified to recognize
in the prisoner his only sister, who
had left home mysteriously years ago.
and whose whereabouts was never
ascertained until the chance meeting
at the trial.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
A Stab i'm the Dark

Sometimes fails of its murderous intent. The
insitious and dastardly attacks made upon
the reputation of Hostetters stomach Bitters
by persons who seek TO palm OF cheap ana
fiery tonics as Identical with ii, or 1.-The same
thing under another name or " equally rs
good" in most instances react disastrou sIy
upon the unprincipled traders upon popular
credulity who attempt them, converting
their speculation into ruinous failures. The
Bitters is a pure, wholesome and thorough
medicine adapted 10 the total cure and pre-
vention of fever and ague, bilious remittent.
dyspepsia, constipation, billiousness, debility,
nervousness and kidney troubles. Its every
Ingredient unlike those in the limitations OF
it. is OF an ascertained standard OF excellence,
and while they, by reason Of their fiery prop
critics. react injuriously upon the brain and
nervous system, of both those organs IL is a
sedative and invigorant. Refuse all these
harmful limitations.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
Electric Rifters

This remedy is becoming so we'll known
and so popular as to need no special mention
All who have used Electric Bitters sing the
same song OF praise. \ purer medicine doe!
not exist and IL is guaranteed to do all that i.
claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all dis
eases of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove
Pimples, Bols, salt Rheum and other afIec
lions caused by impure blood. VIII drive
Malaria from the system and prevent as vel
as cure all Malarial fevers. For cure of Head
ache, Constipation and Indigestion try Flee.
trlc Bitters. Entire satisfaction guaranteed
or money refunded. Price soc and 81 ~ mel
bottle at j. G.. Gibson's Drug Store.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22

CONGRESSMAN JOSEPH TAYLOR, Of
Ohio, has been making a sturdy OPP
position to placing tin-plate on the
free list In the midst of his harangue
on that topic, in the House, on Thurs
day, Mr.. Raynor, of Maryland, asked
him if he was not a member of the
Iron Roofing Association. He wig
gled and squirmed in his endeavor TO
avoid an answer, but was finally COM
PEELED to admit that he was. And
doesn't tin-plate come in competition
with your iron roofng" demanded
Mr.. Raynor. After another fit of
wriggling he admitted that it did.
Now" said Mr.. Raynor, Il want
to ask you if you have not been stand
ing in your place here in the House
trying to legislate for an industry in
which you are personally and finan-
cially interested?"
AC this the Democrats broke ont
into wild cheer, and Taylor, looking
the picture of humiliation, dropped
into his seat, the cold perspiration
oozing from his brow. Without an
other word the Republicans permitted
avote, and tin-plate went on the free
list.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
Is CONSUMPTION lncurabIe ?

Read the following: Mr.. c. II. Morris, New
ark, Ark. says: "Mas down with Abscess Oi
Lungs, and friends and physicians pro-
nOunced me An Incurable Consumptive. Be-
sumption, am now on my third bottle, and
able TO oversee the work on my farm. 1t is
the finest medicine ever made" Jesse Mid
dlewart, Decatur, Ohio. says: "Had it not
been for DIR. Kings New Discovery for Con-
sumption would have died of Lung Trou bles.
Was given up by doctors. Am now in best OF
health" Try IL. Sample bottles free ut j. q.
Gibson's Drug Store.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22

AN examination of the accounts of
Gen. James NJ. Ewing, late disbursing
clerk of the Department of Justice,
has been completed, and shows him
to be exactlyS9, 74O. 20 in arrears. First
Comptroller Durham has so informed
General Ewing and the sureties on
his bond, Representative Nathan Golf,
Jr., of West Virginia, and Mr.. G. NJ.
b. Harris, of Washington, with the
request that they make good the de-
ficiency.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
MARRIED.

At the home of the brides parents.
in Montgomery county. Va. on We'd
nesday evening, June 10. 1888. by Rev.
George Stewart, of Dublin, Va, Rev
EDWARD l.. FULK, of Shepherdstown,
and Miss Lucy L. RINER Mr.. and
Mrs Folk are now at his home near
this place. We extend sincere con
gratulations
In Martinsburg, June -, 1893, by
Rev. T. p. Robertson, Mr.. CHAs. p.
SHAFFER TO Miss JENNIE E. BED
FORD.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22

Mahlon Mitter, fifty years old. I'M
married. and well-knOwn character
in Reading, Pa, who lived in the
meanest way, and was thought TO be
very poor, got violently angry at
some tritle, one day last week. and in
the heat of passion, dropped dead 1t
has since been discovered that he was
worth all of $4,000.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22

Col. John L. Eubank, proprietor Of
the Warm Springs, Bath county, Va,
died at that place Tuesday night,
from the effects of a stroke of paraly-
sis, brought on by fall from horse
few days ago. He was about sixty
eight wears of age.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22

The July number Of BABYLAND is
here, and the little folks think they
could better spare the glorious
Fourth than the visits of their cher
ished BABYLAND. The best thing pub
lished for the babies from one to six
years old. Send cents for sample
copy TO ID. Lothrop Company, Boston.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22

Henry Bowers, aged about 70years,
a resident of Frederick county, Md,
died Monday from the effects of dose
of dissolved Paris green, which he
took ON Sunday evening with suicidal
intent. He stated that he was tired
of living. He leaves widow and sew
eral children.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22
AN IMPORTANT ELEMENT

or the success of Hoods Sarsaparilla is the
TACT that every purchaser receives a fair
equivalent for his money. The familiar hea.. :
line 100 Doses One Dollar" stolen by imita-
tors, Il original with aud true oniy of Hoods
SaTsaparilla. This can easily be proven by
any one who desires to test the matter. For
real economy. buy only Hoods sarsapirilla.
Sold by all druggists.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22

No tariff bill has yet passed Con-
gress, but all the same the iron manu-
facturers are reducing the wages OF the
poor laborers, owing TO depression
in the market" as usual.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22

BUSINESS must be slack at the seat
of our State government. Governor
Wilson seems TO be spending most OF
his time running around over the
State making stump speeches in his
own behalf
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22

CONGRESS will probably appropri-
ate S6,O0O,000 this session for the con-
struction of additional war vessels for
the Navy. We are not engaged in
any quarrel. just at present, but there
is no telling when some foreign gov
eminent will need taking down.
Besides, there is plenty of money in
the Treasury.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22

Up to the hour of going to press
Thursday there had been no news
from the Republican convention al
Chicago, and no indications as TO who
would be nominated for President
and Vice President.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-06-22

The price of metal having advanced
about 2 per cent, the type manufac'
turers have promptly taken advan-
tage of the opportunity and have ad-
vanced the price of type 20 per cent.