Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Five more murderers will shortly
be electrocuted in New York.
Edwin Booth, the great actor, is
seriously i'll in Massachusetts,.
Joseph Shimek died in Baltimore
last Monday from drinking too much
ice water.
The great Maryland fruit canneries
are receiving more small fruits than
they can handle this year.
A threshing engine exploded Satur-
day at Bruceville, Ind, killing two
men and injuring several others.
Mrs. Maria Butler was roasted to
death in Washington, ID. c., last Sat
urday, by the explosion OF gasoline
stove.
William Hanlon, one OF Forepaugh's
circus performers, fell from a trapeze
while exhibiting at Clinton, Iowa, on
Monday, and broke his neck.
A locomotive ran into a passenger
train near Aspen, Colo. last Saturday,
and escaping steam scalded seven
person to death, besides injuring 9th
erS.
The village of Larksville, Pa,
which is built over a coal mine, Is
sinking into the earth. The trouble
is caused by the caving in of the old
mine workings.
John ID. Reynolds, who claimed to
be carpenter was arrested in Chi
cago. last Saturday, for smuggling
opium. His tool chest" contained
260 pounds of opium, worth $50
pound.
Louisiana planters have been max
inc molasses in such enormous guam
titles that they have glutted the mar
ketWith this very sweet and sticky
substance, and now they are puzzled
what to do with it.
The returns to the Postoilice De-
partmept show an unprecedented IN
crease in the number of new postof-
fees, and the receipts at the large of
fees are in many instances far beyond
any previous year.
Adam Mininger fired five bullets in
to the body of his brother, John Min
niger, in Jefferson township, Butler
county, Pa, Saturday night, fatally
wounding him. Ill feeling has existed
between them for long time.
Plinv w. Barney, general superin-
tendent of the Lake George and Lake
Champlain Transportation Company,
was killed near kenesaw, on Lake
George, Sunday, in rescuing his son,
who had fallen into the water. In
diving, Mr. Barney struck his fore
head. The boy was saved.
Five masked burglars, heavily
armed, entered the house of Farmer
VIM. Foster, of Franklin township,
Fayette county, Pa, on Saturday.
After binding and gagging Foster and
his housekeeper the robbers, at the
point of reviewers, forced Foster TO
give up his savings Of twenty years,
amounting to over 800.
The Page Courier says: Mr.. F. 3.
CuIlers, of this county, although less
than thirty five years of age, married
his fourth wife on last Monday. Two
Of his former wives have died, and the
third obtained divorce at the last
term Of the Circuit Court of this coun-
ty. The fourth is the divorced wife
of Lafayette Vaughn.
Within the past few weeks a dozen
buildings, including dwellings, barns,
mills, &c, have been destroyed 10y fire
in HEREFORD township, Berks county,
Pa. withina radius of three miles, en-
failing an aggregate loss of over
$50, 900. The people are thoroughly
alarmed and officers have been EN-
ployed to run down the incendiarieS.
The acknowledged strong man of
the world is Lewis Cyr He has lifted
nearly 240 pounds above his head
four times in rapid succession with
one arm. He has also made back
Eft of 3, 1872 pounds. a barrel of ce-
ment weighing 3l4 pounds he put up
on his shoulders with one arm and
without the help of his knees. Cyr
weighs 301 pounds.
\ case which attracts attention in
medical circles is reported from La
mar, Ark. Mrs. Eliza Ryan, u widow,
eighty years old, who has been total
ly blind for thirty years, had a tooth
pulled from the upper jaw. The root
Of the tooth was nearly an inch in
length. When it was extracted Mrs.
Ryan complained Of intense pain in
her eyes, and later cried out that she
could see plainly, her sight having
been restored.
Nancy Ross, living near Stafford
courthouse, Va, was awakened one
night last week by noise in her hen
house. She went out TO ascertain the
cause, when she discovered n large
snake coiled around u hen that was
setting on one ofthe nests. The snake
had swallowed all the eggs (titteen i'll
nuIuber). The hen had made battle
with his snakeship, when "a well di-
rected shot from n gun killed both
snake and hen. The snake measured
over six feet in length.
A feud between the Mcpherson and
Mckay families in Warwick county,
Va, resulted in the killing of Leon
Mcpherson and his year-old daugh-
ter. The heads of the two families
recently had u dispute over the own
ership of certain lands. Tuesday the
quarrel was renewed and resulted III
the shooting of Mcpherson and his lit
tie girl, who happened to be with her
father. Mckay escaped. He is being
pursued, however, and if captured
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