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Telegram-herald., 1891-05-09

what Warner Miller and Party 6av-
Fee Obstacles ts Ne Eneountsred.

re- oostSSAes te Ne Eneonntsre1-
WAsHIseros, May s.-fhe Hon. War
nsr Miller, President of the Nicaragua
Canal Company. reached Washington
Thursday afternoon on bis return from
Nicaragua. Mr.. Miller says: ''Com-
mencing At Greytown. the line OF the
canal has been entirely cleared Of the
dense growth of tropical vegetation
which covered Il for q distance OF ten
miles. The actual exploration OF the
canal Was begun about the flrst OF jan
uary OF the present year. The COM
pany has six large and powerful dreoges-
Two of them are now at work ard three
Others will be ready IN . short time.
These dredges are the most powerful
ever constructed, being capable OF ex-
cavating Q canal To a depth OF thirty
five feet. They raise material out OF
the cut and deposit 1t At distance iron,
the bank of the canal so that the ma.
terial does not have to be removed .
second time. The two dredges now at
work have already excavated the canal
for distance of half . mile to q width
OF go feet and q depth of seventeen
feet.
The Route Perfectly Feasible.
Two other dredges will follow these
and complete the excavation to depth
of thirty feet, which is to be the depth
of the completed canal. The company s
railroad along the line is now COM
pleted distance of ten miles, and two
miles more are graded and nearly
ready for track laying. This railroad
will extend to a point on the San Juan
river called Ochoa, where the river 10 10
be damned. This dam will raise the
water Of the San Juan river to the level
of Lake Nicaragua and fill that point To
Lake Nicaragua, distance OF sixty-fiye
miles. The point where the canal leaves
the lake for the Pacific is the lowest
point of land in Nicaragua. and presents
the fewest obstacles to the cutting of
the canal. The highest point Is only
forty -One feet above the water OF the
lake. No difficulties OF any kind pre-
sent themselves on this side. 1t is
simply matter of removing q certain
amount of earth and three locks which
are TO be built will bring the canal down
to the level Of the Pacific ocean. All of
the engineers expressed themselves as
entirely satisfied of the feasibility of
the route and OF the perfection of the
plans of the engineers of the canal.
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-09

msrroos, ill.,. NAY s.~A large efo~t
gathered At tie rebuilt ssthoise Church
yesterday ~ witness TIE tlesssBs of
thfss large tssils, shs largest OF when
seghs zseo Poooda
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-09

HAerforn. Nav s--S. T.. Clemens
Marx IVAN sad fAn,ilv Mi sxss fof
Europe o. Juae s. ard wdl prok,xf,.y y
RESIDE abroad Ter several years.
Telegram-herald., 1891-05-09
eEN's PROPERTY ATTACHED.

Lowell Bank seixes His Realty ON =
Four-Year-Oid Note.
LOWELL, Mass, May s.-Gen. B. F.
Buffers property has been attached for
&i2, 600 by the Prescott National bank
OF this city. The attachment is for
money due on a personal note dis
counted by the bank four years ago.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31

JAPANESE FANS for decorating, cents
y only. new supply o. Flower Pots, large
and small. Hanging Baskets and Vases for
winter fiowers-now is the time TO plant them
from ic TO 81, at
ELLEN WELSHANS'.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31
MansIed to Death by a Horse.

George Ross met a horrible death
at St. Louis last Friday. His employ
er sent him out to drive stray horse
out of the yard adjoining the resi-
dence. When Ross approached the
horse it rushed at him and bit him on
the forehead and cheek. Ross started
TO run across the field, and the horse
pursued him, knocking him down and
attempted to trample on him. Ross
succeeded again in getting out OF the
way, and, jumping 70 his feet. tried
to escape. The horse, however, pur-
sued him, and, biting at his shoulder,
tore large piece of flesh from it. The
man screamed in agony, and the at
tention of a negro who was passing
along was attracted byit. He instant-
ly jumped the fence, and, picking up
a piece Of rail, started toward the man
and beast on run. Before he could
reach them the horse had knocked
Ross to the ground, and this time
stuck him on the head with his hoof,
instantly killing the unfortunate man.
Just at this juncture the negro ar
rived on the spot, but tripped over
the rail and fell to the ground, strik-
ing his head on a stone, and was rem
dered unconscious. The horse paid
no attention to the negro, who, after
the Infatuated beast had been shot,
was brought to uninjured. Ross
body was shockingly bruised, his
whole right cheek was torn out, his
shoulder gone, his head crushed in
and the brains scattered about on the
ground. He leaves a wife and two
children
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31
Baby's Life Saved by a Pigeon.

An incident occurred recently in
i'm Japanese curiosities at 625 Market
street, and u member Of the Pacific
Coast Pigeon Society, which proved
to him in most impressive manner
the valuable services which may
sometimes be rendered by the carrier
pigeon, and probably explains some
of his enthusiasm in that direction.
His little baby boy was taken sud
denly sick with most alarming symp-
toms of diphtheria. The mother,
watching by the bedside of the little
one, dispatched message tied on a
carrier pigeon to her husband at his
store on Market street. In the mes
sage she wrote the nature Of the
child's alarming illness, and made an
urgent appeal for medicine to save its
life. The bird was started from the
home of the family near the Cliff
House, five miles from Mr.. Marsh
Market street store.
The bird flew swiftly to the store,
where Mr.. Marsh received it. He
read the message, called doctor, ex-
planned the child's symptoms as his
WIle ueldlleu tueui III LEI LbessdS- :,
and received the proper medicine
Then tying the little vial containin.
the medicine to the tail of the pigeon,
he let it go.
The pigeon sped away through the
air straight for tie Cliff. 1t made
the distance, five miles, in ten minutes,
a distance which it would have re-
quired the doctor three-quarters Of
an hour to cover.
In twenty minutes from the time
mothers message was sent to her hus-
band the baby was taking the medi-
cine.
Naturally enough Mr.. Marsh is par
tial to pigeons, for he considers that
he owes his baby's life to one.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31
A Tragedy in Roanoke.

Peter Ailiff was shot and killed at
Roanoke, Va, last Thursday by John
Smith. The latter, his wife and three
weeks-old baby lived near Ailitf.
About o'clock Smith beat his wife,
who escaped to Ailiff's, and asked
Mrs. Ailiff to talk to her husband and
ask him not to leave her. Smith soon
passed, and Mrs. Ailiff stopped him.
As they were talking Charles Hollins,
brother-in-law of Smith, came up, and
learning the trouble, was soon en-
gagged in fight with Smith. Ailiff
soon arrived, and ordered the men
out, when Smith cursed and rushed
at him. The men clinched, but We're
separated. Smith tried to borrow a
revolver from those present, declar-
ing that he would kill Ailiff. He then
went uptown and purchased a 3S-cali-
bre hammerless Smith Il Wesson,
soon returned and called Ailiff out.
Ailiff's friends tried to keep him in
the house, but he thought there was
no danger. About half way between
the houses of the two men Smith fired
twice, one ball entering Ailiff and go
ing through the body. Ailitf fingered
until I o'clock at night when he died.
Smith was arrested.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31

At u special meeting of Shepherd
Fire Department held in their Hall,
Thursday evening, July 23rd, 1891,
the following preamble and resolu-
tions were unanimously adopted.
WHEREAS. In view of the loss we
have sustained by the decease of our
friend and associate r. M. Billmyer,
aud of the still heavier loss sustained
by those who were nearest and dear
est to him; therefore be it
Resolred, That it is but a just trib-
ute TO the mrnury Of the departed to
say that in regretting his removal
from our midst we mourn for one who
was in every way worthy of our re-
spect and regard.
ReSolUed, That we sincerely condole
with the family of the deceased on this
dispensation with which it has
pleased Divine Providence to afilict
them, and commend them for conso-
lation to Him who orders all things
for the best, and whose chastisements
are meant in mercy.
Resolced, That this heartfelt testi-
monial of our sympathy and sorrow
be forwarded to the family OF our
departed friend and brother by the
secretary; that they be spread upon
the minutes at our next regular meet
ing and also that they be printed in
the Shepherdstown REGISTER.
r.. II. LICKLIDER,
GEO. w. FERRELL,
j. J. w. Johnson,
Committee.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31
Nervous INDIGESTION.

THE prime cause of most ofthe ner-
vous disorders and ailments with
which humanity is afflicted may be
traced to indigestion. The irritable
man, the unhappy woman, the fret
full child, contrive to make all around
them miserable. They dose them
selves for nervousness, and perhaps
find temporary relief, only to grow
more nervous when the inevitable
reaction comes. 1t is in such cases
that s. S. =. gives almost immediate
relief. 1t builds up the entire system,
purifies the blood, gives tone to the
digestive organs, restores the functions
of the stomach, gives activity to the
liver, and puts all the nerves in tune
with health and good humor. 1t is
natures great remedy, and never fails
to give relief.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31
Between Willamsport. Shippensburg and In
tnrmehiate POINTS.

Blue Mountain Express leaves Baltimore
AT 2.3O p. m, stopping ut Westminster. New
Windsor. Union Bridge, Frederick Junction
Blue Ridge. Buena Vista. Blue Noun tain. :
irving at Hagerstown 6.l5 p. m. Returning,
leave HagerstOwn 6.i5 a. m, stopping at the
above name d stations, also MechHnicstown
Leave Willamsport for Hagerstown, 5.5j,
us. 1855 a. m, and l.3U and o. p. IN.
Leave Hagerstown for WillamspOrt, S.S2 a..
m, and 30, go and sos p. III.
Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsburg. 1910 a.
m, and 3.2j aud 81 p. IN. Arrive at En-
mitsburg lilo ~ m, and i.5j and 7.05 p.
IN.
Leave Emmtsburg for Rocky Ridge, 800 a.
m, aud 80 and 5.ji p. IN. Arrive at
Becky Fridge $50 a. m, and 3.l5 and 6l5 p.
IN.
Leave Frederick Junction for Frederick, 1882
a. m, and 5O2 p. III.
Leave Frederick Junction for Taneytown,
Littlestown, York and Columbia .. 5Sa. III b,
and 3.H p. IN.
ii. & L. X. Il. Trains leave Shlppensburg o. O5
9.f5 a. IN, and 200 and 6.l5 p. m: arrive at
Shlppensburg s.i5 and ll.U5 a. IN. aud 3 IS
and 6.i5 p. IN.
'Daily. Monday. All others Daily. Except
Sunday.
b. II. GRISWOLD, Gen. Pass. Agent
j. NJ. HOOD, Pres. and Gen'l. Manager.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31

At precisely 100 the bolt was shot
back and he fell four feet. A slight
muscular contraction OF the limbs and
all was over. In eight minutes he
was pronounced dead by Drs. Jaeger
and Ballard. In the Perryville Jail
there are two negroes languishing at
the present time, awaiting their turns
on this same gallows. These fellows
were laboring for Contractor Stansill,
of the subdivision OF the Ohio Exten-
sion, and are both held for murder.
r
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31
Resolutions Of Respect.

At a called meeting Of Mt. Nebo
Lodge No. 81, A., F. & A. NJ, held in
their hall July 23rd, 1891, the follow
ing resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS. 1t has pleased the ''Su-
preme Architect of the Universe" to
remove, by death, our esteemed broth
er and Junior Warden, r. NJ. Billmyer,
and that by his sudden and untimely
demise we are caused to grieve,
Resolced. That by his loss our COM
munity is deprived Of good citizen, a
benevolent and kind neighbor, his
wife and little children q devoted hus-
band and fond father, and this Lodge
lost faithful and true member.
Resolred, That his surviving breth-
rem tender to the widow and orphans
the right hand of brotherly comfort
and sympathy, that the usual emblem
of mourning be worn by the members.
and that the Lodge be suitably draped
i'm memory of his death.
Resolued, That copy of these reso.
buttons be recorded in the minutes OF
the Lodge, published in the Shep-
herdstown REGISTER, and a copy sent
to the family of the deceased.
Fraternally Submitted,
b. +. HARRISON,
q. w. BANKS,
A. S. cambridge,
Committee.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31
500 Reward. $500.

The readers of the Shepherdstown
REGISTER will be pleased to learn that
there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in
all its stages, and that is catarrh.
Halls Catarrh Cure is the only posi-
tive cure now known to the medical
fraternity. Catarrh being constitu-
tional treatment, Halls Catarrh Cure
is taken internally, acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up
the constitution and assisting nature
in doing its work. The proprietors
have so much faith in its curative
powers, that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list Of testimonials.
Address, f. j. CHENEY l. CO.,
Toledo, o.
CS-Sold nv DruOpiSts 75c
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31
S-Sold by Druggists, 75c.

The daughter Of the late Confeder-
ate Gen. Harry II. Hays has turned
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
the battle flag of the Fifty-seventh
Ohio Regiment, which her mother de-
sired should be returned to that regi-
ment. Colonel Graham will take the
flag with him to the national encamp-
ment at Detroit next month, and re-
turn it to such survivors OF the regi-
ment as may be found, or to some
typical OhIoan. The flag was cap
tured at the battle of Gettysburg, and
was turned over to General Hays, and
has reposed in the keeping OF his fam
ily until now.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31
"a Back Number.

This is the sighting remark that is
often applied to women who try to
seem young, though they no longer
look so. Sometimes appearances are
deceitful Female weakness, func-
tional troubles, displacements and ir-
regularities will add fifteen years to Il
woman's looks. These are removed
by the use OF DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription. Try this remedy, all
you whose beauty and freshness is
fading from such causes, and no long
er figure in society as back mum
ber." It's guaranteed to give salts
faction in every case, or money paid
FOR it returned. See guarantee on
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31
SPECIFICATIONS

for one school-house in Mlddleway District.
| situated at Swimley's. about miles south
| west OF Mddleway:
BUILDING-Frame, size IS %, height OF
| FOUNDATION-A good lS-in. wall, below
| freezing point, and not less than II inches
| above ground at highest point; also wall
| through center OF building.
! LUMBER-Pine frame, sillS :, plates X
| l. corner posts K 4. studding * 1, lower
j0ists Q, top Joists - s, two feet apart, well
| supported In middle.
width of building, cornice To project 10 Inches
and continue TO gable ends,
! DOORS AND WINDOwS-Eigh az light
! windows 81 feet high TO lower from top and
raise from bottom with catches, one front
! door " in. transom frame. one door In ves-
| thule, jams Of window frames Ia by 81 in.
| 3-in. moulding. one pair batting shutters to
each window with locks and fastenings
! VESTIBULE to be feet with partition
across building.
GERMAN Observation-Disclosures
seasoned pine u Inches wide, grooved and
! dropped.
Fi0ORING-Good dressed yellow pine.
| WAINSCOTrlNG 10 be seasoned plank n.
! high on sides and 2 II. at the teachers end OF
! room, platform feet wide, inches high
across end OF room.
ROOF TO be good slate and properly sheet
| ed with plank, ventilators at each gable end
OF building, entrance to attic by trap-door
and ladder, platform X 5 at front door, rest
| lug on good stills.
FLUE to be brick from top OF jolst ~ feet
! above comb OF the roof.
| PLASTERING-The walls and ceiling TO be
lathed and plastered with two coats Ofbrown
and one ofWhite, OF good sand with lime and
hair.
Necessary blackboards across end.
The contractor TO provide all the material
and perform ali the work in all the branches
necessary to complete the building ready for
occupancy by the LIST day OF September, 1891.
The payments will be made as follows:
| 4. Nsl, han hA faFNn oil Ia
ground; one-third when under roof and the
balance when the building Is completed. Con-
tracts to he handed in TO the Secretary by y.
m. July 3lst 1891.
BY order OF The Board OF Education.
j. w. LEAGUE, Sec'y.
July a. lS9l-2w
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31
Changes of Climate

XIII more people than is generally known.
Particularly Is this the case in Instances
where the constitution is delicate, and
among our immigrant population seeking
and where malaria and typhoid fevers pre-
vail at certain seasons Of the year. The best
preparative for a change of climate, or OF
diet and water which that cnange necessi-
tates, is Hostetters Stomach Bitters, not
only fortifies the system against malaria, a
variable temperature, damp, and the debili-
tating effects OF tropical heat. but 10 also the
leading remedy for constipation, dyspepsia.
liver complaint, bodily troubles specially
apt to attack emigrants and visitors 10 re-
gions near the equator. mariners and tour
lists. Whether used as a safeguard by sea
voyagers, travellers by land. miners, or OF ag-
riculturists In a newly populated districts.
this fine specific has ELECTED the most favor
able testimony.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31
Murdered His Creditor.

A case of treachery and murder i
reported i'm the Mexican press from
the little village Of San Rafael Tlanal-
apan i'm the State of Pueblo. Senior
Jose de Jesus Rivas was an honored
citizen OF the village, and was we'll to
do. He became the creditor OF three
men, Leonardo Gomez and Epifaino
and Carmen Levya, who were not
prompt in settling their accounts,
and were incensed by his repeated
demands for payment. A few weeks
ago Rivas called upon Gomez at the
latter's home to collect his debt.
Gomez declared his inability to pay
Just then, and proposed that Rivas
assist him to clean out his well. Xiv
as consented and descended into the
well, which was about sixty feet deep.
Scarcely had Rivas reached the bot
tom before Gomez began dropping
stones down upon him, following
them up with a large amount OF adobe,
which he evidently had collected for
this purpose. In short time Rivas
was buried alive.
The crime was not discovered until
eight days after ward, and probably
would not then have become known
had not little girl, six years OF age,
the daughter of Leonardo Gomez, in
nocently BETRAYED the secret. Upon
! going to a neighbours house for water
she was asked why she did not take
il from her fathers well, and replied:
Because my papa has a man bur
| led in the we'll"
This remark, in connection with
Rivas's mysterious disappearance,
aroused the suspicious Of the author,
tiles OF Tlanalapan, and Gomez and
the two Levyas were arrested. TO
mez was forced to drain his we'll, and
after thirteen days the body was
found. The opinion Of the physicians
who made the autopsy in the presence
of the court, was that Rivas had died
from asphyxiation.
Gomez and the two Levyas, who
are believed to have been acconplices
have been held for trial.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31
Electric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming so we'll known
and so popular as to need no special menti on.
All who have used Electric Bitters sing the
not exist and IL is guaranteed to do all that
10 claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all dis
eases of the Liver and Kidneys. will remove
Pimples. Bolls, Salt Rhsum and other affec-
lions caused by impure blood. VIII drive
Malaria from the system and prevent rs well
as cure all Malarial fevers. For the cure Of
Headache. Constipation and Indigestion try
Electric Bitters. Entire satisfaction guaran-
teed, or money refunded. Price Scots and 81
per bottle at anyDrug Store.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31

THE Democrats in Ohio have plenty
OF backbone. They are arranging to
give Major Mckinley just about the
hottest fight he has ever had. Among
the Democratic leaders who are eI-
pected to stump the State for Gov
enor Campbell are Mr.. Cleveland,
Governor Hill, General Palmer, Sena-
tor Voorhees, and other big men, while
Senator German will work the wires
In that cool. successful way SO pecu-
liarly his own.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

At Camden, n. j., the other day,
Mrs. Zimmerman spanked her three
year-old son. He had a shOe-button
in his mouth at the time, which be
swallowed. 1t lodged in the trachaea,
and he strangled to death.
The grave of Col. John cambridge,
father OF Martha Washington, has
been discovered in the long-neglected
old st. Georges Churchyard at Fred
ericksburg, Va. The tombstone was
sunk in the earth and was found by
digging.
A terrible railroad accident occurred
in the village of st. Maude, France,
on Sunday. Two passenger trains
were in collision and the wreck caught
fire. Fifty person were killed or
burned to death, and over hundred
injured.
John T. Wilcox, of Shell Bluff, Ga,
has either the lagest watermelons in
the State or the smallest pigs. He
saws that he has watermelons so large
that his pigs, which have been in the
habit Of going into the patch, have
nibbled holes in the ends, gone inside,
eating as they went, and now stay in
side.
Thursday last Capt. J. H. b. Jones,
the surveyor of Rockbridge county,
Va, and one OF its prominent citizens,
fell under a train at Fairfield, on the
Baltimore and Ohio Road, and had
his leg cut Off He died Friday. Cap
tain Jones commanded the Liberty
Hall Volunteers of the Stonewall
Brigade during the late war.
Information has been received at
Norfolk, Va, OF a most daring and
outrageous crime committed by two
negro men named Jack Jordan and
bred Francis upon the person OF u
Young married lady near Margaretts-
Vile, n. c., on the Seaboard and Roa-
noke Railroad The lady and her
husband, who are both young, were
out walking on the road on Thursday
night about dark when they were met
by these two men, who first attac ked
the man and tied him. They then
criminally assaulted the lady and left
both on the road. Some friends who
passed that way found and released
them. In a short time the country
was being secured for the two men
and they were captured. They were
taken to Jackson, n. c., to jail, as
threats of lynching were made.
FOR LOW PRICES OF LUMBER
see advertisement of
IJBBEY. BITTINGER 81 MILLER.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31

THE Ohio Democrats have adopted
the rooster as their emblem, while
the Republicans have taken the
eagle. The rooster is a good, honest,
useful fowl, full Of fight and at the
same time alive to the interests OF his
flock. The eagle is OF no use under
the sun. He is a high-fiier, who car
ries himself way above the common
fowls, and yet is not too prond to
steal a sheep when he is hungry.
May the rooster win every time.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-31
MARRIED..

In Sharpsburg, July 81, 1891, by
Rev. B. F. Cronise, Mr.. JOHN JONES,
of Bridgeport, Md, and Miss MAY
MALONE, of Sharpsburg.
On Tuesday, july 81, 1891, at the l..
b. Parsonage in Martinsburg, by Rev.
j. b. Chamberlain, Mr.. GEORGE h..
WAYBLE and Miss MARGARET ANN
LUCAS, both of Martinsburg.