Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-01-15
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.

formed at Wheeling last week.
Miss Rebecca McAllister, aged nine
| y-four. died at her home, near Par
kersburg, Sunday night.
A fire at Charleston last Friday
night destroyed the old opera house
and caused $4,000 damage.
Burglars and sneak thieves are hav-
| ing high time in Charleston. The
police can't do anything with them.
James Proud, of Coketon, lost his
way in the mountains of Tucker couh-
| ~ last week He was found on Mon
day, frozen TO death.
Vincent lilly, of Kanawha county,
mas been arrested on the charge OF
| >illine his brother-in-l law, Edward
fsurcwen, by stabbing him through
| the heart. The killing grew out of
quarrel over dog.
Henry Ramsey, Of Bristol Tenn,
was killed on the main line of the Is
and o. Railroad, near Rowlesburg.
| w. Va. Ramsey was attempting to
cross the track when he was struck
by a westbound train.
hliIOD udS tltCltC a. ulN iuuili
cipal ticket, probably through the i'll
| fluence of President Ingalls,, of the
! Chesapeake & Ohio Railway, who de-
! sires TO remove the temptation to
| drunkenness for the men who run
| the trains on his road.
At the meeting Of the West Nlr-
ginia Bar Association at Petersburg
last week Judge Okey Johnson was
elected president; b. NJ. Ambler, sec
rotary; w. n. Miller, treasurer;
Robert McEldowney. ID. G. West, n
haver. S. l.. Flournoy and John a.
Hutchinson, presidents.
F:snkford, Greenbrier county, wa
visited by d destructive fire early
Thursday morning. The fire origi-
mated in the storehouse Of Overholt
& Payne. which, with the contents,
was destroyed. Major Shields, drug
gist, lost nearly everything; L. Shields,
hardware, total loss; j. Walton's
house burned saved some furniture;
q storehouse OF Overholt d Payne,
used by the latter for rdware, &c,
burned, but most of the contents
saved.
Mr.. Michael Reilly, a well-known
and very wealthy citizen of Wheeling,
died last week, aged "a years. tie
leaves all his property, valued at
81 500. 600, to Bishop j. j. hain and 10
Mgr. Sullivan of the Catholic Church
as trustees until the heirs now living
are dead. The property is then to be
divided among their heirs. The VIII
also directs that nothing whatever
shall be given to the church or charity.
Reilly had six children, but was es-
tranged from all of them. They will
contest the will.
An extraordinary elOpement IL re
ported from Calhoun county. Satur-
dav night while Mr.. Garretson was
diving his house caught fire and was
totally destroyed, the owner being
rescued with difficulty. only to breathe
his last in a few hours. While the
house was burning, Abraham Carrot
son stole his fatt er's horses, abandon
ed his wife and seven children, and
eloped with Mrs Marion Boyce, who
left her husband and two children. 1t
is suspected that young Garretson
fired his fathers house that he might
get safely away during the excitement.
The Rev. Mr.. Taylor is the pastor
OF the Methodist Church at Meadow
Fork Last Sunday night interest in
the services crowded the church until
the aisles were filled. The minister
peremptorily ordered the aisles clear
ed. 4 Young man named White was
striving hard TO reach the front, when
the preacher ordered him out and he
refused to go. The minister then said
he would put him out, telling the con
gregation to carry on the meeting.
The minister and the young man had
a set-to, and, the preacher forcing the
Young man &c the wall, the latter
struck him. The preacher struck
back, missed his aim and then sur
rendered.
Elwood Brown, postal clerk on the
Grafton and Greenbriei road, met
with hard luck Thursday of last week.
While he was at dinner in Belington
the train left without him, and the
rainmen did not discover he was not
aboard until they had gone several
miles. Conductor Flanagan then re-
fused TO go back When Elwood learn
ed the train was gone he started after
il aud for about five miles he kept on
a run. a times being in hearing OF tn .
train Then he lost ground, but kept
on coming, reaching Grafton footsore
and weary about II 90 o'clock that
night. having left Belington, AZ miles
distant, right after dinner or about
o'clock. He was a sight. The rain
had soaked him through and through,
and his pantaloons were stiff with
mud TO the knees, while new pair Of
shoes were literally worn out. The
tramp was enough to kill him, but,
strange TO say, he has been on duty
ever since, with no worse damage than
a severe soreness.