Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-05-09
Items from Here and There.

Mary Anderson, the actress, is en-
gagged TO be married TO Mr.. Navarro,
and she saws she will never appear
on the stage again.
1t is stated that the Westinghouse
Air-Brake Company has made ar
rangements with the Vanderbilt rail
road system 10 put its patent air
brake on every freight car on the en-
tire system.
Secretary Tracy has refused TO al
low the Marine Band TO accompany
the MARYLAND eX-Confederates 10 the
unveiling OF the Lee statue at Rich
mond, "a he says the Band will be
needed in Washington OF Decoration
Day.
Harrison Warner, aged 50 years,
and native of the Eastern Shore OF
Maryland, started from McConnells-
willie, Pa, Thursday for Baltimore, in
tending to make the entire distance
OF 4O5 miles on foot, pushing IA wheel
barrow before him.
The recent large mortgage sales OF
mineral lands, furnaces, etc, in Ala
bama. when the property brought
one-third less than the amount for
which it was mortgaged, looks like II
collapse was about 10 take place in
values in that State.
Bridget Doody, who lives at Miner
al Point, Wis, and is one hundred
and eighteen years old, is believed 10
be the oldest woman in the United
States Her baptismal record in the
County Wexford, Ireland, states that
she was born in April, l772.
A Missourian died the other day
from having gorged himself with
veal and hard cider. He was
member OF seven societies, all OF
which have passed the customary res
olutions throwing the entire blame
for his removal on Divine Proyi-
dence
A contract has been signed 10y
which the Shenandoah Normal Col
lege is to be removed from Harrison
burg TO Basic City, on the Shenan-
doan Valley Railroad, formerly known
"a Way ynesboro Junction. Friday
contract was signed To remove n lock
factory employing 800 workmen from
Buffalo, y. u, 10 Basic City.
The Democrats Of Berks county, Pn.,
are preparing To carry on the tarin
reform campaign during the coming
summer and fail by series OF picnics
to be called tariff reform picnics.
They will be held in various parts OF
the county, and at each one OF them
part OF the time VIII be devoted To
listening to addresses on tariff re-
form.
out in Montana the minister began:
will you take this woman to he
YOUR welded wife y when the strap
ping groom interrupted as follows
SAY, Mr. Minister, quit yer foolin'
and get down 10 bizness You know
I'm here TO take this lady, an so
what the use of askin' mei Besides,
| don't allow nobody to call her
woman She's lady, she Is"
Mrs. Norah Dibos, wife Of a hotel.
keeper nj Robertsdale, Pa, eloped
the other morning with n newly-ar.
rived boarder named Emil y. Chair
cer, a Hungarian. taking her three
little children and 1870 Of her hus-
bands money. At Mount Union the
husband overlook the fleeing couple
and demanded the return OF his money.
He was rendered $50 OF the money Ia
consideration OF his wife's liberty,
which he accepted, and the elopers
and children at once took train for
the West.
Germany IL ahead Of us In some In
dustries. La Hamburg there Is be-
ing built magnificent six-story hotel
constructed entirely Of paper. The
structure will be absolutely fire and
water proof, and has many numerous
advantages over the modern brick and
frame structures There Is no iron
about the buildiDg-and the absence
Of any brick or stone does away with
the moisture and dampness which are
80 bothersome 10 persons living In
large frame or stone buildings inper-
fectly ventilated.
The funeral Of Frank Hotchkiss,
who was killed by falling elevator
at Cortland. y. Y, was held Wednes
day, when a scene occurred at the
grave, into which the body, the coffin.
pall-bearer and part OF a moDu-
ment were dumped The family
monument had been undermined and
il fell just "a the coffin was about to
be lowered. The base went into the
grave, followed by the shaft, which
crushed the coffin, and carried James
Robinson with IL. IL was some time
before he could be got out. He was
badly crushed and cut. One woman
tainted and there was much excite
ment. A new coffin had 10 be pro-
cured before the intermeDt could be
made.
During the past few weeks a wild
animal OF some kind has been roam
ing over the country north OF Johns
vile, Frederick county, Nd, and has
alarmed the people Of that vicinity
very much. Ii is described as having
a cry like that Of a young child In
pain or distress, aud has been heard
by Jacob Hyder, George X. Sapping-