Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-01-09
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Baltimore man, is dead.
Mr.. T. b. Peterson, the well-known
Philadelphia book publisher, is
dead.
Gen. +. S. Spinner, for years
treasurer OF the United States, died
last week in Florida.
Emma Abbott, the gifted opera
singer, died in Salt Lake City, Utah.
on Monday, from pneumonia. She
was 40 years old.
Mr.. NJ. A. Dauphin, for twenty
years president of the Louisiana Lot
terry Company, died in New Orleans
last week, aged So years.
Near Carlisle, Pa, four young men
got lot Of whiskey and drank It,
One died from the effects, and one
lay out in the snow until both legs
were frozen and had to be amputated.
Two young men named Bell were
frozen to death in Kansas last week,
having lost their way in dreadful
blizzard when only 200 feet from their
home.
An attachee OF the Fish Commits
sion at Washington recently put 10, 900
carp and 5000 English tench in the
Monocacy river, not far from the
Potomac.
The family Of Benjamin Sours, at
Luray, Va, were poisoned last week
by eating pumpkin pies In which rat
poison had been placed. They came
near dying.
The Masonic Temple in Baltimore
was completely destroyed by fire on
Christmas Day, together with large
part or its contents. The total loss Is
about 100000
At Prof. Kable's military school in
Stanton, Va, few days ago, A. X.
hathaway accidentally shot and
killed James Whitworth. Both were
students from Texas.
The handsome residence on Du-
pont Circle, Washington, owned by
Secretary Blaine and occupied by Mr..
l.. q. Letter, of Chicago, was greatly
damaged by fire on New Years
day.
At Los Angeles, Cal, Frank H.
Vaudeville shot twice at Mrs. Millie
Shaw, trying his best to Kill her.
Both bullets struck her corset steel
and glanced of, thus saving her
life.
Miss Mildred Fuller, daughter Of
Chief Justice Fuller, was married in
Washington on Monday to Mr.. Hugh
G.. Wallace. There are seven or eight
marriageable daughters left, even
now.
The Indian war is still on, but SO
far there have been no decisive bat
ties. There have been a number OF
skirmishes. in which it appears that
almost as many Indian women and
children were killed as warriors were.
Mr.. Walter r. Abel, one Of the
sons of the late A. S. Abel and one
of the proprietors Of the Baltimore
Sun, died suddenly of neuralgia OF
the heart on Saturday morning at
his residence in that city, in the 42d
year of his age.
The new barn on the farm Of the
Misses Ramsburg, in Frederick
comfy, Md, was destroyed by fire
Saturday, together with ten head OF
cate, two horses. 800 bushels Of
wheat, $50 barrels OF corn and a lot of
nay and fodder. Ii was of incen-
diary origin.
A man in Jackson county, Oregon,
has been blowing this fall with a
steain-engine and has found that it
works quite successfully. He rulls
eight plows with his engine al d turns
over the soil at the rate of sixteen
acres per day. The cost Of running
the outfit is not over IS per day.
Two years ago New York landla-
DIV took in out OF the cold poor old
man 70 years old, and agreed TO rent
him a room very cheap. He hardly
ever paid the rent, but she claritab bly,
kept a roof over his head. Last
week he died aud astonished the land
lady by leaving her 81, 700 in cash.
Near Albany. Ga, Richard Ried
and another negro known as Bill stole
and ate some food belonging to Joe
Moore, also colored, and then laugh
ingly told him of the joke they had
played on him. Moore put strychnine
on some fish, cooked it, and at his in
vitation the other two Toasted on it.
They are dead and Moore has fled.
Washington Sample, an old man
living alonei in Frederick county, Md,
was found dead the other day. A
coroner's investigation disclosed the
fact that he was preparing his gun
for a hunt when the weapon acct
L nj hi, ha nd
OF. Being alone, and fearing the
misery OF bleeding to death, he
seized a razor and cut his throat
from ear TO ear.
The business failures occurring
throughout the United States for the
entire year 1890, as reported to K. q.
Dun 4 Co., the mercantile agency,
are 10,907 in number, being but
twenty-five greater than III the year
1889, when the number was 10,SS9.
rne liabilities, however, show very
large increase over 1899. being $780,
OO0. 900 as against S14S, 900, 900, an in
crease of S4l, 900, 900. These are the
largest liabilities since 1854, when
they amounted to 1925, 100000
A special from Norfolk, Va, reports
that shocking accident occurred at
Savage's Crossing, Nansemond coun
", two days ago, which resulted in
the death of Mr.. John NJ. Taylor, a
farmer. While getting into his cart
with u loaded double barreled shot
gun in his hand his foot slipped and
struck the hammer OF the gun, caus-
ing it TO discharge its contents into
hi faca HAVING off the ton Of his
head and scattering his brains in
every direction and on the garments
of many bystanders who witnessed
the horrible accident.