Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-08-23
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respectively five and seven years, fell
into the canal at Bloomfield yesterday
and were drowned Their bodies were
recovered few days afterward-
O. S. Allen, negro. criminally as
saulted Gussie Nicholas, last Friday
and escaped. a gang of men is
searching the neighborhood for him.
They threaten TO burn him alive il
they catch him.
NJ. ID. Arnold, of Loudoun county,
raised and threshed this season 30
bushels of wheat per acre produced
from 40 acres, and 40 bushels per acre
from 90 acres, Fultz wheat The
wheat is of fine quality.
Hon. VIM. Mines, Jr., died at
Mines, Va. He was borne in Eng
land, and was 81 years of age. He
was elected to Congress in 1880 from
this district, and served one term.
He was proprietor of the Mines Iron
Works, and was one of the ostprom-
inent business men of the place.
At the London cattle market in
Deptford, 10,511,0 900 cattle have been
slaughtered since it was opened in
1872. The market covers thirty acres
of ground, on which there are sixty
six slaughter houses. The stalls &C
commodate 10000 sheep and 5000
beeves. She first cost of the market
was about 81 100000.
While some boys were playing on a
plot of grass near George Vests bag
mill at Ballston, n. Y, one of them,
A SrfE IicaArnraI on6 90 n
tured a live snake which has two heads,
each head having two eyes and
mouth, also tongue. The little rep
tile which is about six inches long, is
of the black-snake breed.
A Mexican boy who was bitten by
a mad wolf in the San Dias mountains
died in great agony. He and his older
brother were playing near the house
when the wolf attacked them, LAGER
ating their faces and hands. n Mexi-
can herder lassoed the wolf and stran-
gled it to death. 1t is feared the
other boy will die.
The other evening an aged woman,
named Sarah Valentine, was burned
to such an extent that no hopes are
entertained of her recoAery. She was
in the yard burning caterpillar nests
from some fruit trees by means of a
paper torch on long pole. Falling
sparks communicated to her clothing
and in a moment she was enveloped-
in flames, and but for the assistance
of neighbors would have been burned
to death.
Frederick Schniel, whose wife died
ten days ago, went out TO her grave
Tuesday afternoon in Trinity Gene
terv at Baltimore and shot himself
through the heart. His son accom-
panied him to the cemetery and they
placed flowers upon the grave. The
boy then saw his father drop on his
knees beside the grave and bend over
it as if in prayer. The next moment
he heard the report of pistol and
saw his father fall dead on the grave.
The largest brown trout ever caught
on this continent was landed last
evening at Spring Creek, Mumford.
The fish weighs pounds and2 ounces
and its proportions and completion
are perfect. This is one of the
species of brown trout, the spawn of
which was imported from Germany,
and received at the New York State
hatchery on Feb. Is, 1884, so that its
age can not be more than between D
and years. The largest ever caught
previously weighed a trife over .
pounds.
A photograph developed an impor-
tant fact in the inquest over those
killed in O. recent railway accident.
Witnesses had all testified tina The
engineer of the express train reversed
his lever before the collision occurred.
The picture indicates that the engine
was not reversed at the moment Of
A rod running from the
lever to the shaft is plainly in view,
and its position shows that the steam
was operating to move the engine
forward, instead of the reverse, when
the collision took place.
There have been big gold nuggets
found in various countries, but the
largest that was ever discovered was
found i'm New South Wales. Australia
It's weight was $40 pounds height
four feet nine inches, width three
feet two inches. average thickness
four inches. and it was found imbed
ded in a thickness four inches, and it
was worth $14S, 800. 1t was found
in thick wall of blue slate
at a depth of $50 feet from the sur
face. An interesting feature of its
history was that the owners of the
mine were living on charity when
they found it.
\ preliminary meeting was held at
Atlanta, Ga, Thursday last for the
of State Association of
Veterans. Many promi-
nent men were present, including
Longstreet, General Colquitt,
Walker and many others of
lower rank. There were many inter
esting and touching scenes. When
Longstreet entered the hall
there was five minutes of cheering.
Old soldiers who had not met since
the war wept upon each others necks
1t was a scene to be remembered.
General Gordon was elected com
mander-in-chief. The delegates were
given a reception at night.
Frederick Stern, colored doctor of
Scotsboro. Tenn, has made a sensa-
ton among the people of his own
race by the cures which he processes
to have made by the laying on of
hands. He rubs the ailing portion of
the patients body, and the patient
has tickling sensation like that pro
duced by a mild current of electricity.
The other doctors and the newspapers
at Scotsboro, denounce Stern as a
fraud. Several persons afflicted for
years with chronic diseases say they
have been cured by Stern in few
hours without the aid of medicines.
The negroes almost worship Stern,
and are firm in the belief that he pos
sesses supernatural powers.
Peter Flynn, of Red Bank, Cumber-
land county, Pa, until the other day
owned a rat-terrier dog, 10 which he
was much attached Mrs. Flynn kept
her money in the cupboard, and the
other day new two-dollar bill was
missing. One of the children said
that Fido ate it. Peter was in guam
dairy. He could hardly afford to lose