Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-09-13
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The West Virginia State fair is being
held at Wheeling this week.

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held at Wheeling this week.
1t is said the ''fattest" boy i'm West
Virginia lives in Wetzel county. His
age is nine years and he weighs 30
pounds.
George Golf. blind man, an inmate
of the Preston county lnflrnary,
picked and sold 301 gallons OF black
berries.
King Cats and wife of Moundsville,
both aged 20 years, were struck by
train on the Ohio River Railroad Sat
urday and instantly killed.
The daily Star, Democratic news
paper of Charleston, has been bought
by a syndicate of Republicans, who
will run it as an organ OF their party.
Mrs. Becky Feete, who lived in
Wheeling, arose from her bed last
Sunday night and went TO the river
and jumped in. Her body was found
next morning.
Leading Ohio wool growers who have
visited the interior of West Virginia
recently, give it as their opinion that
the State is the best adapted for wool
growing in the Union.
Bv an explosion of fire-damp in the
Ellington coal mine near Morgan
town last Saturday, John kinsey
and William Kirby were killed and
John Kirk was terribly burned.
Race Sticky, son of John &. Sticky
of Moorefeld Junction, accidentally
discharged his shotgun Thursday.
The charge entered his face and head,
causing instant death. He was about
10 years old.
An Italian working on the Midland
railroad near Clarksburg, picked up
a dynamite cartridge the other day
and it exploded. Two of the Italians
were literally torn to pieces, while
Others were seriously injured.
Lieutenant f. S. Avis, of the Fifth
Infantry, L. 5. A, and commandment
of cadets at the State University, has
been awarded prize for the best
ESSAY on Infantry, the title being
Practical Work for Infantry"
The State University at Morgan
town opened last week with an atten-
dance of 100 pupils, ten being young
ladies anxious to take advantage OF
the co-education resolution passed at
a recent session of the board OF re
gents.
Claude Turner, aged thirteen years,
son of Professor r.. NJ. Turner, of Lew
isburg. Friday fell headforemost into
a vat of boiling water in the Green
brier cannery, scalding himself to such
| Ia hOIrS
later.
At Wheeling last Monday Laura
Hickman, aged Z, deaf-and-dumD
girl, was struck by a. Baltimore and
! Ohio train and her brains dashed out.
! Her mother was witness TO the ac-
cident. About the same hour j. w.
! Hearn, of Buffalo, \. Y, was struck
bv a train on the same road at Ben
wood and instantly killed.
The body of a man, supposed to be
| that of a Johnstown victim from the
length of time it had evidently been
| i'm the water, was found in the back
river west of the island at Wheeling
last week partly inbedded in the sand
naturalization was impossible, but
| the body was apparently, Judging by
| the clothing, that of an iron worker
in his working garb.
Captain Robert A French, who for
| forty wears has served the Baltimore
and Ohio Railroad Company in vari-
Gus capacities, has been promoted
! from supervisor of trains on the
second division of the road, which po-
sition he has filled for the last nine
| teen years, to general superintendent
of the entire workings of the Romney
| Branch of the Baltimore and Ohio.
Near Kingwood this State, Moses
! Libscomb, aged ten years, was shot
and instantly killed by Luther Knott,
Friday. Mr.. Knott was out hunting
and used turkey caller to attract
any birds which might be in the vicin-
| itv. Mr. Libscomb and his son were
also hunting and, hearing the call
! from Mr.. Knott, young LlDscomD
answered it, Knott thought the boy
was turkey and shot him dead.
A shooting ARRAY occurred at North
Springs, Wyoming county, Saturday,
i'm which three miners, named Laster,
! Collins and West, were engaged.
! The quarrel arose over an old grudge
between Collins and West. Lester
and West assaulted Collins and shot
! him twice. Collins returned the nre,
wounding both men. y third shot
from Vests revolver blew Collins S
brains out. Lester died from his
wounds.
Supervising Architect of the Treas
urv Windrim has removed Superin-
! tendent Bachman, who is supervising
! the construction of the addition to the
government building at Wheeling. He
! has detailed Mr.. A. G.. Avery, one OF
his clerks to relieve Mr.. Bachman and
watch the work until it is completed
Mr.. Windrim stated in explanation of
| Bachman's summary removal that he
was totally incapable. Bachman is
| a Republican, and was appointed on
! the recommendation of Mr.. Atkinson.
Judge Armstrong, of Keyser, W..
! Va. has filed his decision in the case
of Shaw VS.. the West Virginia Central
Company. w. Irvine Cross was elected
q director by the emulation OF the
stock represented by the Shaw inter
est. When the election was held he
was stakeholder, but the shares OF
the stock standing in his name had
not been transferred on the books OF
the company. Judge Armstrong. in
his decision, says that the voting
under the Constitution of West Nir-
ginia applies to the charter of the W.;
Va. Central road, as the original
charter ante dated the constitution.
He held that by reason of the stock
not being registered or transferred
on the books of the Company, Mr..
Cross was not eligible as director.