Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-02-15
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Morgantown is to be supplied with
natural gas for fuel.
Gen. Henry J. Hunt died in Wash
ington on Monday, aged 20 years.
Mr.. William Knabe, a member of
the Baltimore firm of piano manufac-
turers, is dead.
1t is expected that there will con
siderable immigration from Dakota
to Virginia this spring.
Roanoke, Va, is experiencing an
other boom, and many new enter
prises are being established.
Mrs. Lucy Ferguson, woman IS
years old, has been sentenced to be
hung in Kansas for III Lrder
Beall Keeny got drunk in Spring
field, Mass, the other night and beat
his poor old father to death.
A little nine-year old son of Judge
Van Writ, of Wood county, ran away
from home few days ago, and nearly
froze to death.
Mr. John B. Davis, a leading citi
zen of Richmond, Va, and brother
of ex-senator Henry &. Davis, of this
State, died on Monday
Mr.. Joseph d. Baker has bought all
the farms in Frederick county, Md,
that belonged to the late Louis Nc
Murry-in all 1860 acres. The price
is not given.
Aunt Jennie JONES'" who had at
tanned the wonderful age of one hun
dred and nine years, died near
Spottsylvania Court House, Va, one
day last week.
John Erby, the owner of the ia
nous PAGER, u Bet" has begun suit
against the Missouri Pacific railroad
compady for $4,000. The horse was
on a train that was wrecked in Texas
near the Indian Territory line, and in
the accident was injured.
Maine sends along this dog story:
A faithful dog belonging to an Albion
man takes great delight in skating
with the boys, and always goes when
he can. The other day he went with
large party, but was missing when
they started for home. A search re-
yealed that he had been held back
by his tail, which was frozen to the
ice.
J. r. Fletcher, of Jenkins Bridge,
Va, was almost buried alive on Sun
day. The funeral service had been
held, the coffin inferred, and the grave
nearly bricked, when some one heard
groan issue from the coffin. The
coffin was at once disinterred and Mr..
Fletcher examined. His blood was
found to be circulating and his heart
beating. He was at once carried to
his home and put in bed. He rapidly
improved, but never regained con-
seriousness. On Tuesday he died and
was again buried 1t is not known
what was his disease.
In Prosser, Adams county, Nebras-
ka, band Of fifty prominent ladies of
that county made q crusade on sa-
loon and gambling house at that place
Monday night, demolishing the entire
establishment. The ladies attacked
the building when it was crowded,
with their aprons full of Jumps ofcoal,
breaking every window and cleaning
out the establishment. The inmates
scattered in every direction, some of
the loungers being the husbands of
the women. Whiskey and beer flowed
freely into the gutter. The place has
had hard reputation for selling lIq-
uor without license.
Julia Mahar, fifty-six years old,
died the other day, in a miserable
howell in Webster, K. l., of paralysis.
The case is particularly horrible, as
her husband had given the woman no
care after she became incapable of
doing any more work. The neigh
bors say she was left alone, and the rats
ran the hovel and gnawed away at
the woman's extremites while she lay,
yet alive, but unable to drive them
away The flesh was badly eaten
from her thighs, and even the face
had been attacked. Thepolice learned
of the matter and induced the neigh
bors to watch with the woman while
life remained. Death came to her re-
lief this morning.