Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-03
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.

Portions OF Mineral county have
suffered recently at the hands of horse
thieves.
Kanawha county will soon begin
the erection Of new courthouse,
which will cost about $4,000
Riley Greenleaf, well-to-do farmer
of Roane county, committed suicide
Sunday by hanging himself with a
rope to tree.
'Taffy Reveal had row with James
Byrd, near Charleston last Saturday.
Reveal threw a stone at Byrd, which
hit him in the head and killed him.
Governor A. b. Fleming, Auditor
p. +. Duffy, Superintendent of schools
b. s. Morgan, Attorney General AL
fred Caldwell and Secretary OF State
VIM. A Ohley, of the Board Of Public
Works, are out on their annual tour,
assessing the railroads of the State.
Wolves are working destruction to
the flocks of Webster county. and sew
eral hundred sheep and lambs have
been killed and destroyed by them
lately. In view of this fact the county
court of Webster has offered a reward
of $50 and the citizens $40 additional
for each wolf scalp.
An example of what railroads are
doing for the interior Of the State is
found in the following from the Bra1-
ton Democrat By the new schedule a
person can 60 from here to Weston,
remain there four hours and return
here the same day. This is quite an
improvement over the old method. 1t
used to take three or four days to
make the round trip.
A Preston county correspondent
saws: ID. S. Gibson, returning from
Bruceton q few evenings ago, was
aroused by large black bear, which
walked into the road in front of him
and stopped. Gathering up some
rocks he threw at it, but it stood its
ground with the utmost firmness, and
he pelted away at it several times,
when it walked out Of the road and
Mr.. Gibson pursued his way home
ward very rapidly.
During a heavy storm Tuesday,
Harvey and jerks Lovehall, of Grass
Lick, jackson county, took refuge I'M
der hay stack. Lightning suddenly
struck a tree fifteen feet from the
stack, killing the latter man and par
alyzing the lower limbs Of the former
The injured man dragged himself two
hundred feet before his cries attract
| ed attention and assistance reached
him. He died in great agony.
There was a double marriage in
town on Thursday The parties were
Stotlers and Catletts. Mother and
daughter married two young men
In giving in the ages of the brides
matters got slightly mixed. The
daughter was 10 years Of age and the
mother %, which would make the
mother years old when the daugh
ter was born. The party and their at
tendants took the street on the hunt
for the parson.-Berkeley Springs News
While out in the barnyard milking
on Saturday evening, Miss Caroline
the 1S-year-old daughter of Solomon
Brenneman of Juniata township near
Huntington, killed an immense wild
cat with her milk pail. 1t was grow
ing dusk, and she had nearly finished
milking her last COW when she wa:
suddenly knocked off the milking
stool by the wildcat, which sprang or
her shoulders from neighborin
tree. The frightened COW made q
jump. and one foot struck the wildcat
powerful blow in the side, stunning
it. Miss Brenneman sprang to her
feet and vigorously pounded the cal
over the head with the pail. She
kept it up until she had nearly bat
tered the cats head to a jelly. The
cat was four feet and two inches long.