Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST.


valued at $4,000, died in Dayton,
Ohio, this week.
Mrs. Henry r. Updegrave, Of Potts
vile, Pa. is only AZ years old, but she
is a great-grandmother.
Albert w. Bissell, Baltimore ba-
ker, committed suicide the other day
by drowning himself in a bathtub.
Louis Miller. aged fourteen years,
stabbed and killed Milton Wood, aged
seventeen, in Baltimore, few day
ago.
The Valley Virginia. one of the best
newspapers in Virginia, has been re-
moved from Stanton to Clifton
Forge.
Four prisoners made an effort to
saw their way out of the Frederick,
Md, Jail, but their plans were discov-
cred in the nick of time.
Three weeks ago little Agnes Gold
beater was bitten by mad dog in
Philadelphia. Monday she died of
hydrophobia in the greatest agony.
A tobacco trust is in course Of for
nation. The factories of q. W. Gail
g. AK and Marburg Brothers, of Bal
timore, have been bought by the
syndicate.
Mrs. Bette Easton, sister Of Pres
ident Harrison, was thrown from her
carriage at Mort Bend, Kansas, on
Sunday, and received injuries that
may prove fatal.
A terrific explosion near Rome last
Thursday caused immense damage to
that historic city, besides the death
and injury of a number of persons.
The Vatican was among the famous
buildings that were injured
d. J. Hunt, who killed Private Mil
Ter in gambling quarrel Wednesday
night at Walla Walla, Wash, was
lynched Friday night by soldiers from
the garrison. The soldiers took pos
session of the town, captured the jail
and took Hunt TO the courthouse and
shot him.
&c. Furr, a farmer, who resided
near Concord, n. c., retiring about
$50 o'clock in his usual health, re-
Gently remarked: Il have not lain on
my right side for many years; | will
try it, Just then he began to turn,
and before reaching the desired posi-
ton he expired.
Chas. w. Hardy, two children and
aunt, residing in Winchester, Va,
were taken violently i'll at the break
fast table, supposed to be from arsenic
in the ground coffee. The can con-
tanning the coffee had not been used
for some time. The physicians hope
to save their lives.
There was an atrocious murder in
New York City last week. A disrepu-
table old woman was murdered in a
low den and her body ripped to pieces.
The crime was very much like those
committed by Jack the Ripper in
London. The police have not yet
caught the murderer.
At Laurance, Kansas, the other
night Newton Lamson took Miss
Alice Beebe out buggy riding. He
didn't brig her back until o'clock
in the morning, but he found the
whole family waiting for him. The
girls mother went for him with a
club and nearly beat him to death.
{ L. b. Soper, a butcher Of Archie,
Mo-, killed his wife and two children
with an axe and left the town. He
: left letter saying lit was best for
, Inc thus to act rather than desert
: them. | have slain them. What
, could they have done for a living?
They would have lived miserably."
Mrs. James G. Blaine, Jr., is in
Sioux Falls, 5. D.. where she will file
suit for divorce. South Dakota is
!. easy to divorce applicants. All that
is required is ninety days residence
,, and sixty-eight days Of publication.
Mrs Blaine is still in poor health and
has not recovered from her recent ill
ness.
, The town Of Chillicothe, H., is eX-
l cited over the action of II teacher in
: one of the public schools. She tied
l the hands of two little children to
a stovepipe in the school-room and
! lighted lot of paper in the stove &c
7 punish them. The children's hands
were severely burned. The teacher
= was dismissed.
Two sporting men, Nick Flood, Of
Lynchburg, and Charles Ross, oil
, Washington. had desperate fight in
Roanoke, Va, on Tuesday They
emptied their revolversat each other
and when the fracas was over Ross
lay dead on the floor and Flood haC
, several wounds that may possibl!
cause his death.
A gang of five white robbers broke
| open several stores in Alfalfa, Ala.
Friday night, and terrorized the com
munity by shooting ut random. \
3 posse of citizens pursued and surround
ed them and apitched battle followed
, j. s. Wilson, alderman of Alfalfa
was fatally injured and William Bent
, lev, one of the robbers, is dying, and
all the gang are arrested but two.
David Wise, the son OF Hon. p. S
+ Wise, of Buena Vista, Va, while Out
r driving Sunday afternoon near Buena
{ Vista with a young lady, recklessl!
|, pulled out a pistoland began firing al
some trees. After eXhausting all bu'
one cartridge, he playfully turned anC
pointed the pistol at the young lady
head She protested, when in spir
, it of bravado he turned it on himself
E and said: What would people say
| should it go off p Hardly had he fin
ished the sentence when the pistol ex
ploded, the ball pierced his brain, anc
death was instantaneous.
A dispatch from Danville, Va, says
$ mr.. w. w. Cardwell, of Petersburg
Y and Miss f. NJ. Richardson, of MOTTO
: way county, were married Wednes
3 day in most romantic sort Of fash
ion. Mr.. Cardwell telegraphed tc
Rev. T. H. Walker, OF Pelham, n. c.
to meet him at that place on the ar
I rival of the south-bound train from
: Richmond, armed with a marriage
; license, and prepared to go to Reds
vile, n. G. The plan was for the
: preacher to board the train at Pelham
and perform the marriage ceremony
: while the train was rushing on it,
way, but it so happened that the
: knot was tied on the Pullman CA
: while the train was at the station