Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-04-17
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

General Francis Spinola, Member
of Congress from New York, died il
/ Washington on Tuesday.
Mrs. "Stonewall' Jackson 10 in New
York arranging for the publication Of
history of her husband.
Mr.. McKaig, who was elected tC
/ Congress last fall, has resigned the
position of mayor of Cumberland, Md.
sHenry X. PETER, for many years
proprietor of the the Carlisle pa.
Sentinel died on Monday, aged IS
years.
4 colored preacher at Havenhill
Mass. has just married young and
pretty white woman. We pity the
colored man.
Texas has a Hogg for Governor, n
Pigg for Judge, a Lamb for senator, a
Durham for representative, and a
Buffalo for sheriff.
At Altoona, Pa, Alphonso Sitter
drank twenty-five glasses of beer and
several pints OF whiskey. He'll never
drink anything else.
At Cedar Rapids, Iowa, John Tar
kal, while temporarily insane from
the effects of the grippe, blew his head
off with shot gun.
William Bales murdered Policeman
Harper at kenton, Ohio, last week.
Thursday night mob took him out
of jail and hanged him.
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dug up and ate lot of wild parsulps
the other day. Three OF them died
and the others were made frightiully
i'll.
4 five-vear-old boy. because he had
not been in good health lately, made
a deliberate attempt 10 commit sui
eide by hanging III Syracuse, y. y,
the other day.
Near Oneonta, Ala, Ed Strange,
farmer. while loading his rifle to shoot
hawks. accidentally shot and killed
his wife. 10 whom he had been mar
ried only two months.
John Carroll, rairoader living in
Usage City, Kansas, was tired of liv-
inr. He suicided most successfully by
putting dynamite cartridge in his
mouth and then setting fire 10 the
fuse.
Count Lewenhaupt, an estimable
Swedish gentleman, and Miss Ella
Bavard, daughter Of eN-Secretary
Bayard. were married on April 2d. On
April 18th the Count died from ty-
phoid fever
The Executive Committee of the
Grand Lodge !. O. q. II. held a meet
Ing in Grafton last week, and ar
ranged for u canvass OF the State in
the interest of the order, by three dis
tinguished lecturers.
An epidemic of poisoning cases oc-
cured in Chattanooga, Tennessee,
fourteen victims having so far been
reported altough none have proved
fatal The cause was cream pulls
bought from confectionery
Robbers broke into the residence OF
Customs Inspector j. Granville
Richards. in Cecil county, Md, sun
day night, and he was shot and Sc
verelv wounded, while his wife was
killed by bullets fired by the burglars.
Senator German, in response 10 the
tender Of IA reception by the Mammal
tan Club, in appreciation Of his efforts
in the defeat Of the elections bill, eI-
pressed himself as iudisposed TO accept
honors which he felt in no respect be
longed to him personally.
At Washington, Pa, some boys
found an old can that had contained
nitro-glycerine. They set it up and
threw stones at it. One of the stones
hit it aud the next thing two OF the
BOYS were scattered all over the field.
They were literally blown to atoms.
The dwelling Of Joseph Wright on
the Bell farm, near White Post,
Clarke county, was burned 10 the
ground on Saturday night. Mr..
Wright lost everything he had and
his wife was compelled TO walk anil,
while thinly clad, TO the house Of
neighboI for assistance.