Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-07-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


twain on the rail.
The daughter of the great Confed-
crate cavalryman, Gen. John H. Nor
gan, died at lebanon, Tenn, Friday.
She was the wife of Rev. James w.
Caldwell, of Alabama.
The Mormon Church is apparently
contemplating descent on Mexico,
/ liminaries for the purchase of 400, 900
acres of land in the State of Chihua-
hua.
Miss Clara Williams, a respectable
| girl of good family living III Cincin-
natl, was arrested for stealing MILL
merry the other day. Rather than
stand the disgrace she committed
suicide.
President Cleveland aud wife at
tended the saengerfest, or German
musical society meeting in Ba timore
on Tuesday last, aud were recipients
of many courtesies from the large
gathering of Germans present.
Major Lingan Boteler, for 30 or 20
years a well-known and esteemed res
ident of Middletown, Md, but for a
number of years engaged in business
at Berlin, Frederick county, died in
the latter place last week, aged -
years.
Christian Spankins met with a pc
culiar accident at Lancaster, Pa, the
other day. He attempted TO jump
into a wagon when "a chisel which he
had in his pocket, struck the wagon
and was driven into his throat, cutting
a terrible cash from which he cannot
recover.
John Roll, of Edgar county, Ills, is
the owner of horse said 10 be the
largest in the world 1t is twenty
hands high, weighs $500 pounds, and
is five years old 1t has never been
off the farm, never broken, and the
blacksmiths are afraid to make an at
tempt TO shoe it.
John Hawkins, of Elkton, o., was
crossing the railroad Trestle over the
Big Beaver river the other evening,
when his four-year-old daughter slip
ped between the ties and fell into the
water, n hundred feet below. The
child was unconscious, but soon re-
vived, having escaped without brok-
Ell bone.
Meleche Allen, negro desperate,
shot and killed, in a quarrel, Monday,
in Cherokeetown, i'll the ChickaSaw
Nation, two other negroes, named Cy
Love and Shed Peters. He then fled
TO thicket, but was captured by n
deputy United States marshal and
posse after fierce fight, in which he
was shot twice but not killed.
\ few days ago a negro entered the
store of Mr.. Stockner, II mechant at
Magma Vista, Miss, and, drawing Il
pistol upon Stockner, who was alone,
called in u crowd of negroes. He then
mounted the counter and auctiOned
Off Stockners stock Of goods, deliver
ed them 10 the buyers, pocketed the
cash, and with his crowd departed
unframed.
1t is estimated at the Treasury De-
partment that there was decrease Of
S13, 500. 600 in the public debt during
the month of June, and a decrease Of
SIP, 900, 600 in the debt for the fiscal
year ended Saturday. The total re
ceipts during the year are estimated
at 1910, 600, 600 and the total expendi-
lures at S273, 900, 900, leaving surplus
of S97 900, 600
The failures for the six months end
ing June 80 for the United States and
Canada, as compared with the first
half of last year, are as follows: 1888.
United States-j, 1879 failures, S6S, ia
lj9 liabilities; 1887, first half, 1872
failures, So, 1880 liabilities; 1888,
Canada-S12 failures, S7,S02, 422 liabil-
tiles; 1887, first half-721 failures, Sl0,-
SOB, 0l9 liabilities.
During IL thunder-sto on the
evening of the 2lst of June, asMrs. X.
:. Pangle, of Shenandoah county, Va,
was replacing some pieces of clothing
on her clothes-line which had blown
off, the lightning struck one of the To-
Gust trees in the yard and ran along
the clotheswire to another tree to
which the wire was attached, tore the
tree to pieces and killed Mrs. Pangle
instantly
Charles Pinkerton. of the town Of
Corina, Mimi, in digging for a cellar,
came across the remains of seven per
sons in a good state of preservation.
They were found in kind Of a mound,
were buried with their heads down,
and were from seven to eight feet in
height, and must have been placed
there at least two hundred years ago,
as on top Of the mound was the stump
of an old elm tree two feet in diane
ter.
The preliminary work on the con
nectiOn between the Baltimore and
Ohio and West Virginia Central Rail
roads at Cumberland has progressed
steadily. Monday the engineers To-
Gated the trestling and slope stakes
for the approach to the Baltimore and
Ohio viaduct The intersection is on
the viaduct about fifty feet from the
west end. The grade of the approach
is about 10S feet to the mile, and the
cars run nearly % degrees. The draw
ings are completed for the round
house, and its construction will begin
in a few days.
Samuel Brewer, a farmer living near
Wabash. Ind, is literally rotting away.
A few months age Brewer suffered
considerable pain and gripping after
performing on horizontal bar. In
Short time the bones in his hands be-
gan TO rot, and the infection spread
rapidly, the bones in the hands and
arms becoming honey-combed and
rapidly decaying The fingers and
then the hands fell Off II was seen
that heroic measures must be resorted
TO. and short time ago the left arm
was amputated, and has since been
healing Monday night the right arm
was taken off at the elbow.
The Baltimore Committee of ar
rangements has adopted a metallic
badge for the use of the Democratic
Clubs throughout the country. II is
of white metal and is divided into two
parts. The lower half has back
ground representing bandanna
handkerchief in the centre Of which
are likenesses of Cleveland and Thur
hauHC ~ tho tTo