Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-10-25
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

The little town of Curtis, Miss, was
completely destroyed by fire last Fri
day.
B.T Rabbit, the soap manufac-
turer, is dead He was 80 years old
and worth millions.
Mr.. Al. Cassatt, of Pennsylvania,
has determined to give up racing
and will sell all his race horses. He
will retain his breeding stables.
Prayer and fasting services were
held last Sunday in some OF the col
ored churches of Washington, CHI
cago, st. Louis, Indianapolis and else
where, for the suppression OF south
ern outrages against the colored
race"
Whiskey flowed freely at corn
husking in Patrick county, Va, last
Saturday night, and next morning
one of the huskers, Burwell Foley,
was found cut to pieces. Five men
have been arrested for completely in
| the crime.
John Geary, for many years engag-
ed i'm the iron business in the Shen-
andoah Valley, died at his home, near
Staunton, recently. He left the bulk
of his property, worth probably $40
900, to Bishop Keane for the benefit OF
the Catholic Church.
A few days ago Mrs. John Platt,
wife Of Alderman Platt, Of Newcastle,
Pa, while killing a rooster received a
scratch from one of its spurs. A few
DAYS later Mrs. Plat and child she
was nursing developed symptoms of
blood poisoning. The child died and
Mrs. Platt cannot recover.
In Western Montana the grass is
literally withered away for want OF
rain. Many thousands of head OF cat
| tie have starved to death for want OF
grass and famished for water. Ranch
men are paying as high as $50 and $25
a ton for hay, and water is being
hauled as far as twenty miles.
During a quarrel at Greenville, Ala,
last Saturday morning between col
ored man employed as a helper In
Burke's horse show and q young
white man named Roberts, also con-
nected with the company, the former
poured gasoline over the latter and
another colored man touched off the
fluid with q lighted lamp. Roberts
was literally roasted. and is said to be
in critical condition. This is a good
case for Judge Lynch.
Latah county, Idaho, comes to the
front with an ice mine. The discovery
was made in Pine Creek canyon, 1900
feet above the sea- A chilling current
&c N !, oomipo, from tho direction of a.
bed of moss was the first thing that
attracted the attention OF party OF
biologists to it. They removed the
moss and discovered vein of ice 500
feet long and from four to six inches
thick. The several layers Of bould-
ers, debris and ice alternated to a
depth of forty feet. The biologists
think this formation belongs to the
glacial period.
The female giraffe at the Geological
garden in Cincinnati gave birth to a
male giraffe last Sunday forenoon.
This is said to be the first born in
captivity in America. Managers of
the Geological garden say that none
have been born in captivity else where
| except in London, and none there
since 1877. The youngster at the Zoo
is nearly 81 feet high and his estima-
ted weight is 100 pounds. Daisy, the
| mother, stands II feet high. She
cares nothing for her young, and if
not guarded would trample it to death.
1t takes nourishment freely from a
bottle. The youngster will be kept
in q fenced-off corner of the mother s
stable.