Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-05-10
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.

The widow of the late Julius c..
Waddle, for many years proprietor OF
the Capon Springs, West Virginia,
died last week.
United States Marshal white, of
West Virginia, has appointed Geo.
w. McVey of Fayette county, and j..
s. Atkinson, of Charleston, deputy
marshals.
George Ziler, young man, son OF
the proprietor of Ziler's Hotel, at Paw
Paw, Morgan county, got into a
quarrel Saturday afternoon with
James Leasure, one of his fathers
boarders, and shot him through the
arm Ziler gave himself up, and was
committed to jail at Berkeley Springs
An event took place last week in
the household of the editor of the
Piedmont Herald, and he thus an
nounces the interesting fact: The
editors wife presented him with a
baby this (Friday) morning. 1t
weighs two and half pounds with
its clothes on. AS we go to press its
cries tell us it is still alive"
a Parkersburg special says; First
mortgage bonds to the amount OF
| so, 900, 900 have been issued by the
Chicago, Parkersburg and Norfolk
Railroad Company, TO the Mercantile
Trust Company of New York, to build
the road, and the mortgages are be-
ing recorded in the counties through
which the road passes. In this State
322 miles will be built directly east
from here to the Virginia line.
A mad dog appeared on Poca river,
Kanawha county, last Saturday, and
/ in one day bit seventeen dogs, one COW
and one horse. An exciting hunt was
made, and the brute finally was shot
by Addison Eppling. Serious alarm
exists in that section. The same state
of affairs exists,it is said, in several
other counties-Wetzel, Tyler, Pleas
ants and Jackson. Sistersville, Mid
dlebourne and other towns have
ordered all dogs muzZled or shot.
John Justice, desperado, married
to one of the females of the Hatfield
gang, while on board the steamer
Spurlock, on the Big Sandy river,
near Huntington, on Thur sday, at
tempted to kiss "a lady passenger. Jno.
Hamilton. the clerk of the boat, inter
fered and was killed. Justice then re-
treated from the boat, covering the
officers with his revolver until he
made good his escape. Justice is a
desperate man and will not be captur-
ed without trouble.
f. J. Slaughter was arrested near
Charleston Sunday morning by n.
w. Roome and j. :. Atkinson, United
States officers, was taken before a
! United States commissioner Monday
night and held for the grand jury on
the charge of fraudulently represent
ing himself as spefiial examiner.
Tuesday grand jury was selected,
Slaughter was indicted and the same
afternoon was tried by a jury in the
United States District Court, where
he confessed to the charge, was found
guilty and sentenced to one years
Imprisonment. This is the quickest
trial on record in the United States
Court at Charleston.
A dispatch from Wheeling says that
a terrible accident is reported from
Braxton county, in this State. p. b..
Harr and family lived in thinly set
tied district Sunday he and his wife
and two children started TO visit a
neighbor. mountain stream in their
path was swollen out of its banks, but
Harr attempted to cross it in canoe.
Half way over the boat capsized, and
the whole family were thrown out.
The wife and one child immediately
sank. Harr, who was an expert swim
mer, seized another and made desper-
ate efforts to escape. He caught on
TO the canoe, but was swept down the
stream and persisted before help could
reach him. The bodies were recov-
cred