Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1888-05-04
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.

Charleston celebrated its centennial
anniversary on Wednesday by a big
parade.
\ club of one hundred Lewis county
people purchased one hundred tickets
in the Louisiana lottery, and got
left
The County Court of Kanawha
county rescinded recent order not to
grant license for liquor, and did so on
Friday.
1t is automatically announced that
George Bastable has purchased a half
interest in the Clarksburg NeVs. Here
after it will be edited by Messrs. Vance
and Bastable.
A. b. White and J. j. Peterson, two
pronounced Sherman men, have been
sent as delegates to the Chicago con-
vention from the fourth Congressional
district of this State.
Mrs. Robert Cabell, a highly-re-
spected lady and well connected, com
mitted suicide at Lewiston by swal-
lowing two and a-half ounces OF lauda-
mum. Sickness was the cause of sui
eide.
Near Parkersburg Friday night the
house of farmer Gordon was entered
by several men, who beat him until
he was senseless and then assaulted
his wife. One of the rascals has been
caught.
Friday last Stephen Stoffel and
Granville Mcdonald. residents of Jar
l..
involved in trouble about horse.
Mcdonald struck Stoffel on the head
with stone, and the latter died at
noon Sunday. Mcdonald is in Jail.
\ syndicate of Wheeling capitalists
have just completed the purchase of
from 10000 to 1900 acres of land in
Randolph county, w. Va, to be used
for the settlement of emigrants. The
tract is timber land, and contains coal
and iron ore 1t is understood the
price paid was 100000.
At the annual meeting OF the West
Virginia Railroad in Baltimore last
week Hon. Henry g. Davis was re-
elected president, and c. l.. Brett was
elected general manager, vice Thomas
b. Davis, resigned The executive
committee reported that the receipts
for the first quarter were double those
for the corresponding period of 1887,
and quadruple those for the first three
months in 1886 1t was stated that
the road will be extended as far as
Beverly, W. Va, during the present
year,
Thomas Eggieston died at his home,
in Lincoln county, on Thursday morn
ing. aged 112 wears. He was born in
Ireland in 1916. He came to this coun-
try when boy, and has lived in Nir-
ginia and West Virginia for ninety
years. He voted for every Democrat
ic candidate for President froiu Jeffer.
son to Cleveland. He was man of
fine physique and abstemious habits,
and took his first dose of medicine six
years ago. He has been feeble for
some months, and apparently died
from a general relaxation Of the vital
forces,
A dispatch from Parkersburg Tues
day morning said: Thomas Daley
and Miss Monte Conboy went out
buggy riding at late hour last night.
This morning stranger found the
horse dead at the bottom of fifty
foot ravine. The buggy was smashed
to splinters The lady's bloody cuff
was on the side of the ravine and
blood at different points. The lady
sustained horrible gashes in the head
and other injuries. Daily has not
turned up. The horse and carriage
were valued at $500. and were the
property of MuRcey 4 Mitchell. The
accident happened about two miles
from town. The lady claims that an
effort to turn in a too narrow space
sent the carriage over the embank-
ment. There is mystery about the
affair that has not been revealed"