Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-10-18
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Henry Devers, a Washington brick
mason. fell from a scaffold the other
day and was killed.
The ODER fertilizer factory at Balti-
more was destroyed by fire last week,
the damage being estimated at $780,
600, which is covered by insurance.
The great trotting stallion, Axtell,
was sold in Chicago last Friday for
S105, 000 This is the highest price
ever paid in the world for horse of
any description.
Baggage-smashers should take as a
warning the fate of William Kelly. a
Lake Minnetonka porter, who drop
ped a trunk, when a revolver in it
was discharged, shooting Kelly
through the head, killing him in
stantly.
The twelve-year-old daughter Of
Mr. Rudabaugh, living near Carlisle.
Pa, was gored to death by an infuria-
ted bull One of the animals horns
penetrated her breast, killing her in
stantly. Another child was severely
injured.
J. w. NJ. Cody, a prominent citizen
| of Warrenton, Ga, was shot dead by
G.. E. McGregor, railroad agent at
Warrenton, who formerly represented
Warren county in the Legislature
The men had long been on bad terms,
Cody having attempted to kill Nc
Gregor December %, 1887.
The machinery of the Mount Au-
burn inclined plane railway at Cincin-
natl became unmanageable Tuesday,
swapping a cable and allowing a car
containing nine persons to descend
rapidly from the top TO the bottom of
the plane. Five of the occupants
were killed and four injured
Eugene n Robinson, a rich mine
owner Of Nevada, bequeaths the sum
of one cent to the woman whom he
married and left Immediately after
the ceremony was performed. He
does this, he says, as a token of his
esteem for her, adding that the
amount is greatly in excess of the
consideration which she deserves.
His second wife gets several hundred
thousand dollars.
G.. F. Carlson died in a coal mine
near Sharon, Pa, on Friday. Carlson
was the son of a Swedish nobleman,
and was cast off because of his mar
riage to peasant girl on his fathers
estate. The son refused to give up the
girl, and came to the United States
ten years ago. Although possessinga
fine education he had no trade, and
lived miserably by manual labor He
was heir to $500, 900, which goes either
to his children or younger brother
His wife and two children are left in
reduced circumstances.
The famous Brooklyn Tabernacle,
of which Rev. Il. De Witt TalmaSe is
pastor, was last Sunday morning, for
the second time in its history, totally
destroyed by fire. The fire extended
to the adjoining residences. doing
more damage. In the opinion of the
fire marshal the fire was started on the
roof of the church by an electric bolt
during a thunder storm The loss on
the tabernacle is S150,000. on which
there was an insurance Of 1929, 600
The old tabernacle was burned sew
enteen years ago. Mr.. Talmage has
issued an appeal for funds, and will
rebuild finer church than tn e one
destroyed.
Mary Pearsall, Detroit, Mich, wild
ow, has begun suit for $4,000 against
August Sylvester, alleging that he
kissed her against her will. Mrs. Pear
sail was employed as a coat-maker by
Sylvester. She alleged that he began
to show silly SYMPTOMS" last Septem-
Der, when he paid her so cents more
than her wages amounted to. She re-
turned the money, but ten days later
he called upon her, announced that
his heart was touched and then kiss
ed her. Mrs, Pearsall gave up her
position and the infatuated man be-
gan to write poetry to her