Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

known lady living in Alexandria, Va,
died last week.
Congressman John 7. Wilson, OF
the State of Washington, lost his
pocketbook the other day. 1t con
tanned $4,000 in securities, $3.50 in
greenbacks, and other valuable pa
pers.
Gen. w. w. Belknap, who was
Secretary Of War during President
Grants administration, was found
dead in bed at his rooms in Washing
ton last Monday morning. He had
died alone. from heart disease, some
time during Sunday.
Justice Samuel F. Miller, Of the Su-
preme Court of the United States,
died in Washington Monday night
from the effects of a paralytic stroke
received the Friday previous. Hewas
appointed to the Supreme Bench by
President Lincoln in 1862.
Mrs. James Duffin, of South Bethle-
hem, Pa, sent her daughter to the
store for a pound of coffee. and when
the girl returned she gave her three
year old brother one of the grains.
The boy attempted TO swallow it,
when it lodged in his throat and
choked him TO death before physi-
clan arrived.
Six bucketsful of human fragments,
all that could be found of the bodies
of six men killed by the explosion at
Dupont's Powder Mills near Whining
ton. Del, last week, were buried Sat
urday. One of the pieces was hand
which fell at the feet of n farmer ut
work in his field two miles from the
exploded mill.
John Bowers and Reuben Monkey,
both employed as repair hands on the
Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad, engaged
in a wrestling match at Frederick
Junction, on Friday afternoon last,
which resulted in a quarrel, during
which Bowers is alleged TO have
struck Monkey on the head with a
spade. inflicting severe and probably
fatal injuries.
RUDE Burrows, the notorious Ala
bama outlaw, was captured last week.
While he was in custody he got hold
Of his revolver and tried TO kill one OF
the men who was guarding him. The
other man was too quick for him, how
ever. and shot Burrows through the
heart, killing him instantly. Burrows
was only % years old, but was one OF
the most desperate men in the South.
Nicholas Boswein, an old German
farmer, while blowing in his field
near Portsmouth, Ohio, turned up a
heavy. rust-eaten iron lid, beneath
which was vessel containing $4,000
worth Of Spanish gold coin, most OF
which bore dates over n hundred
wears old. No living soul can tell
how it got there 1t may have been
buried bv one Of the early French
settlers. who was afterward killed or
driven away by Indians.
The liquor dealers of Morgantown,
Ind. are in state Of siege. Satur-
day night u dynamite bomb was
placed under Hancock's drug store,
and the explosion which followed
scattered his red eye promiscuous-
", damaging stock and the building
to the amount of $1,000. A notice
was placed on Norman's drug store
door, saying that his place was next
in line. William Musselman, a sa-
loonist, was notified to leave within
twenty days or suffer the conse'
quences.
What is claimed to be the largest
tree in the world has been discovered
in Fresno county, Cal y party OF
bear-hunters located it in the Sierras.
lit is in the most rugged portion of the
mountains. two miles north Of Ken
tucky Meadows. 1t was surrounded
for a mile by almost impenetrable un-
derbrush, so that the hunters were
compelled to use both knife and axe
to get to it. Four feet from the
ground it was 1919 feet in circumfer-
ence. 1t was christened the"Oregono.
Three brown bears were captured
near il.
A Holstein bull belonging to Joseph
X. Lippincott, of Woodstown, y. j.,
has been in a peculiar predicament
for nearly a fortnight The door OF
an underground ice house on the
farm was left open, and in endeavor'
ing to get view of the interior, the
bull slipped and fell thirteen feet to
the bottom Of the cellar. There Is
no hosting apparatus on the farm,
and Mr.. Lippincott has felt that the
situation of the bull was not altogeth'
| err bad one, considering that his
temper is not always admirable. He
has been fed and watered every day,
and perhaps when the ice house Is
needed this winter measures may be
taken to get him out. 1t would be a
dangerous matter for anybody to 90
down to put a sling on him.
Mrs. Emmons Blaine formerly An
tia McCormick) paid S1,700 for her
new baby's bassinet and trousseau.
The furniture of the toilet basket Is
| ivory bou..d. with the family mono
gram inscribed in silver turquoise and
small diamonds The tiny shirts and
caps are made Of woven silk all the
skirts. dresses and bibs are Of pure
linen, finished with real Valenciennes
lace the beautiful flannels are hand.
embelished with white silk in Mar
guerites and rosebud designs, and III
the blankets and larrycoats the ini
! tails are boldly and beautifully raised
in art needlework. Not only Is the
Youngsters spoon silver, but the soap
box. the rattle and bells, the drinking
mug, the fork and platter are OF ster
ling. and there are solid gold pins foT
the baby handkerchiefs and rings by
the dozen for his babyship's fingers.