Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-09-07
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.

Romney is to have a new bank with
$50, 900 capital
Patrick Flynn fell from a car at
Keyser on Monday and was instantly
killed.
The first message was telephoned
over the line from Mooretield TO Rom
new last Thursday evening.
4 Joint stock company has been
formed at Grafton for the publication
of Democratic newspaper.
John Gaver, of Frederick, Md, was
accidentally killed in Morgan county
on Monday while out hunting.
The Democrats of the twelfth Sena-
torial district have renominated ). l..
Flournoy, of Romney, for the State
Senate.
Near Moundsville, Friday, Benja-
min Spooner, aged 40 years, was run
over by an express train on the Is.
o. Railroad and killed.
Frank Simpson had his head COM
pletely severed from his body by a
Baltimore and Ohio train near Bar
ton Station Thursday night. He had
laid down to sleep with his head on
one rail.
Friday night Maggie GESTURE of
Campbelrs Creek, drank half ounce
of laudanum with suicidal intent "A
love affair was the cause of attempt at
self-destruction Her recovery is
doubtful.
A carload of delegates to the Repub-
can convention at Clarksburg on
Tuesday were upset on the b. Il O.
Railroad near Warrington. They
were pretty badly shaken up but no
one was killed.
Second Lieut.. E. S. Avis, Fifth In
fantrv, has been detailed as professor
of military science at the University
of West Virginia, at Morgantown,
relieving First Lieut.. j. l.. Wilson,
Fourth Artillery.
Friday night locomotive boiler eX-
ploded at Sewell Station, killing John
Williams, fireman, and fatally wound
ing Henry Shooman, engineer. Hen
nv Gunther, Joe Jackson and William
Bush were seriously injured.
The store ofW. w. Shach, at Rowles-
burg, was broken into the other night
and several suits of clothing and gold
watches and chains, some jewelry and
cutlery stolen therefrom by u gang of
tramps, five of whom were arrested
and taken to the Kingwood Jail.
Thomas Fletcher, near st. Adams,
while running a threshing machine
got his arm caught in the machine.
The flesh was stripped away from the
shoulder down, and as the injuries are
such as to render medical treatment
very difficult it is feared that it may
result fatally.
Chas. Loudenslager, prominent
citizen of Loudonsville, Marshall
county, was standing at the bottom
of a high Baltimore and Ohio embank-
ment on Tuesday while train of fiat
cars, loaded with heavy stone, was
passing. a stone weighing about 600
pounds rolled off the car, and killed
him Instantly
At Hinton Monday night Gov. f.
w. Wilson and Secretary of State
Henry s. Walker spoke TO a large au-
dience. Mr.. Walker had challenged
Gen. Golf, the Republican guberna-
torial candidate, to a joint debate,
but the General flunked, saying he
had referred the matter to the State
committee, from which body he had
not heard" The General was on
hand, however, and made speech.
As Mr.. Jacob Sheppard, of Mary
land, near Hancock, was returning
from Berkeley Springs in his bark
wagon accompanied by his dog Jack,
on Monday of this week, his coat slip
ped from the wagon and was not
missed until his arrival home. The
dog was also missed, but as dogs are
like many boys, not particular about
their hours, but little notice was taken
of the dogs absence at the time. On
Wednesday, as Mr.. Sheppard was on
his way back to Berkeley Springs,
what was his surprise and pleasure to
find Jack faithfully guarding the coat
on the roadside, and had lain there
for thirty-six hours without food or
water.-Morgan Mercury.
A bloody fight occurred on Worth
ington creek, near Parkersburg, Sun
day night, which resulted in the death
of one man and the probably fatal
wounding of another. The cause of
the trouble is obscure. The people
engaged in the fight were on their
way from church One story is that
the shooting was precipitated by John
Hare's enthusiasm for the Republican
ticket, while another version is that
the close relations of Hare with a
female relative of George Johns was
the main cause. Whatever the cause,
fight was started, in which Samuel
Hare emptied his revolver. Johns
was shot through the heart and killed
instantly. John Wills received a bull
let in the head and was in a dying
condition at last accounts. The ex-
element is great, and further trouble
is feared.