Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-02-06
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Charles Bradlaugh, the English in
fidel and a member of Parliament, is
dead.

Charles Bradlaugh, the English in
fidel and a member of Parliament, is
dead.
The Maine State Commissioner OF
Labor reports that there are S.3lS
abandoned farms in the State.
A case of leprosy is reported at
Madison, Wis. The patient is a Nor
wegian woman who recently came
from the old country.
An epidemic OF diphtheria is raging
at Adair, Ill. Five children in one
family have died within the last ten
days, and there are numerous severe
cases in other families.
Eighteen men were drowned in a
coal mine at GAINESVILLE, Pa, Wed
nesday morning, by sudden rush OF
water from an abandoned mine con-
tiguous TO that in which they were
working.
Two sisters, a bride and her brides
maid, have sued Messrs Woodward
& Lothrop. Washington City mer-
chants, and their private detective,
for OBTAINING them on false charge
OF theft. Damages 70 $4,000 are
claimed.
Considerable excitement was ere
ated at Palestine, Texas, on Tuesday
by an attack on Sam Jones, the
evangelist, by Mayor j. J. Word.
The mayor beat Sam with a cane,
and Sam took the cane away from
him. and save him several hard cracks.
Both were pretty badly used up.
One hundred old blue barrels were
rolled out Of the U. s. Mint at Phila-
delphia recently, containing the daily
sweepings which are thick with the
dust of fine particles OF bullion.
Each barrel of the dirt weighs 800
pounds and its value is estimated at
$4,000. 1t is put in furnace and the
metal gotten out OF II.
William Bradley, a brakeman, OF
Barry, l., was discharged on account
OF drunkenness. He went to see his
sweetheart. but in his inebriated con-
dition she would have nothing to do
with him, and he proceeded to her
brothers blacksmith shop, heated an
iron red-hot, fitted it III a wise and
then pressed against it. The CLEAN
ing weapon penetrated his body and
he will die.
VIM. A. Smith, nineteen-year-o old
son of J. A. Smith, a prominent mer-
chant Of Gettysburg, Pa, committed
suicide in that place by shooting him
self through the head. II is under
stood that he killed himself because
his sweetheart danced with another
Young man. The young man was
found early Thursday morning in
sitting posture in an allev stone dead.
A bullet hole in his forehead told how
his life had gone out.
At Friar's Point, Miss, the alarm OF
fire called out nearly the whole town
early Sunday morning to find the
town Jail in flames and the prisoners
shrieking for aid. The marshal, who
had the key, lived some distance
from the Jail, and before his arrival
the prisoners were beyond human
aid. Next morning only charred
heaps OF bones were found. The
prisoners were three negroes, who
were confined on trivial charges.
They started the fire by trying TO
burn the door down that they might
escape.
Miss Lent, who taught a country
school near Winnebago, Mimi, has
lust died from brutal assault made
upon her by family named Cruzen
Miss Lent had occasion to punish the
daughter of the Cruzens, when the
girls sister ran home and told her pa
rents. They became so enraged thar
they went to the house and assaulted
the teacher. Mr.. Cruzen struck Miss
Lent with a school book and knocked
her down. The enraged mother then
grabbed Miss Lent by the hair, which
was hanging loose over her shout
ders, and dragged her around the
room until the cap Of the skull was
partially torn from its place. With
the aid Of her husband, the wife
picked up the PROSTATE form OF the
teacher and threw her out of an open
window. the head striking a stone.
The Cruzens-father, mother and
daughter-were arrested and have
been placed in Jail.
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