Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-12-27
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.

Lots of deer are being killed in the
interior counties of West Virginia.
Peter Raymond and John Lewis
were drowned in New river the other
day. Their boat ran on q rock and
sunk.
Squire Alfred J. Bean, of Bean
Settlement, Hardy county, fell from
wagon one day last week and one Of
the wheels passed over his breast,
causing his death almost instantly.
He was one of the most influential
men in the county.
At Huntington, some time ago,
George Wootten was arrested on the
charge of betraying Jennie Taylor
under promise of marriage, but was
released. Last Saturday Miss Taylor
sent for him, and while they were
conversing she put large kettle of
water on the stove to boil. When it
came to the boiling point she sud-
denly threw it in Wootten's face,
scalding him in a horrible manner
and binding him.
Benjamin Coffman, one of the
wealthiest farmers of Harrison
county, was lodged in jail at. Clarks-
burg Saturday, charged with shoot
ing Charles Shrieves, another. prom
inent farmer, for trespassing on Coff-
mans farm. Shrieves is dead and
now further trouble is looked for.
The shooting occurred near Lumber
port. 1t is rumored that feud has
existed for some time between Coff-
man and Shrieves, the nature Of
which has not been made public.
Miss Eliza Jane Easter, very esti-
mable young lady of this county, and
daughter of Michael Easter, Esq, a
justice Of the peace for Scott district,
owns saw and grist mill on Camp
creek, which she operates in person,
conducting the business and running
the machinery in a manner which
would put the shame to many a dusty
miller of the sterner sex. While
she did not engage in the business of
saving logs and grinding corn as q
matter of choice, but was rather
brought into it by force of circum-
stances, the young woman has taken
great interest in her work, and has
shown remarkable business capacity
and physical endurance. Formerly
engaged in teaching school, Miss Eas
ter has managed to save cousidera-
BILE amount of money, which she was
induced to loan for investment in the
milling business, and eventually, in
order to recover the amount she had
advanced, was compelled to assume
the proprietorship of the mill. En-
tering upon the responsibility of the
management, she soon found that
without the immediate supervision of
an interested party but little work
was accomplished. Constant repairs
were necessary about the machinery
and engine-the crownsheet was
burned and there was too much
monkey-business among the hands.
She had employed an engineer, a
sawyer and a miller, but to use her
own language as expressed to IL Rec
ord reporter, when the boiler
would have steam enough to run the
saw, it would be found necessary to
lace belt and by the time that job
was done steam had run down, and
thus hours would be consumed with
out saving line" So Miss Easter
determined to enter the mill herself
and take personal charge, which she
did about two years ago and has ever
since run the engine, saw and buhrs
with her own hands in an admirable
and profitable. manner. She has
become an expert mechanic, and the
products of her mill enjoy a reputa
tion equal to that of the best.-Boone
County CIV. Va Record.