Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-06-23
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The News From Every Section Of the
Little Mountain State.

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remove to that city permanently ii
the fall.
Karl Smith, a brakeman on the
West Virginia Central Railroad, wa:
run over by gondola car at Ridge
ley on Saturday and so badly injured
that he died two hours after.
Acquila Bolton Caldwell, the first
attorney general of West Virginia
from 1868 to 1865, and who again filled
the same Office from 1867 TO 1871, died
in Wheeling last Sunday, aged eighty
years.
The West Virginia World is the title
of a very creditable looking paper
lust started at Cameron, this State.
Its editors are w. p. Robinson and
w. A. PETER, Jr. The latter is a SOL
Of Senator w. y. PETER.
At Brownstown Grant Corcoran
followed his cousin, David Corcoran
into three different saloons for the
purpose, as he said, of killing him
Unable to avoid a conflict, David
plunged knife into his assailant,
who will die.
Charles Clayton, who is a constable
and a well-knUwn citizen of Newark,
Writ county, vas arrested and taken
to Parkersburg Monday charged with
writing and sending through the Uni
ted States mails an obscene letter &c
Mrs. Lydia Creel, wife of J. w. Creel,
of Newark.
\ family of nine persons, Of Wayne
county, four men and five women,
who went to Colorado four years ago
in wagons, came back in the same
way, arriving home this week, hav
ing travelled 1860 miles. They left
Colorado March IA, and travelled
without stop except at night.
Edward Payne and George Phillips
quarreled over ball game at Paint
Creek. Phillips threw Payne down
and laid knife-blade against his jug
ular. He begged for mercy so hard
that Phillips let him up and started
away. Payne then drew u revolver
and emptied three shots in Phillips
back, producing fatal wounds.
The West Virginia State Building
at the Worlds Fair, Chicago, was
dedicated on Tuesday, June Goth.
Large Crowds of visitors attending
the exhibition were present at the
appropriate exercises. We return
thanks to the board of managers OF
West Virginia for an invitation to be
present.
Barring Gould, representative OF
the Barring Bros, London, England,
is in Charleston examining the miner
al deposits of West Virginia, and land
titles, with view of investing IL large
amount of capital IL this State. II
everything is as it has been represent
ed to Mr.. Barring Gould, a London
syndicate will invest $40, 200, 600 in
West Virginia.
B. b. Enoch, a deck hand on the
steamer William Ernest, fell off the
wall at lock >, Brownstown, and was
drowned. His body was recovered an
hour later aud II coroner's inquest de
veloped the fact that the deck hand
was II physician of Freeport, Writ
county, that he was married and had
family and was compelled to get
work as a deck hand to support his
family.
In "A collision between freight trains
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
thirty eight miles east Of Wheeling
at an early hour Saturday morning,
Fireman q. Fisher and Brakeman W.
f. Adelsberger were killed and En-
gineer w. +. Gehring and Brakemen
Il. Pcarce and p. S. Koran were ser
iously injured. All the men lived al
Wheeling. Both engines and sever
al cars were badly wrecked.
Cardinal McCIoskey, a notorious
citizen Of Greenbrier, attempted &c
assault Mrs. Dudley. Mrs. Dudley es
capped from the house and sent heI
children after her husband. She Dor
rowed gun and gave it to him just
as McCloskey came out Of the woods
McCloSkey threatened to kill Dudley
who then shot him. McCloskey died
of his wounds. Dudley gave himself
up, but was released on his own rec
OgniZance.
Information has been received in
Charleston that Green Justice, who
lived on Gness Fork of Knox creek, il
Mcdowell county, was shot and killed
few days ago by Larkin Justice,
who shot and killed his brother-in
law in 1887. Green Justice and Alex
Gileman were passing Larkin JUS
tees house when the latter came out
with Winchester rifle and fired al
his victim The ball passed through
his lung. He died within few hours
The shooting is the result of an old
family quarrel.
The other day r p. Adams, of Key
ser, picked up n bat Of an old gun bar
rel that lookci 50 rusty that he
thought it mig, be u relic of the
war. Thinking il might be Of use for
some purpose he put ii in his kitchen
stove to burn off the rust and dirt.
\ few minutes later, while the whole
family, fortunately, were ont of the
room, there was big explosion.
Rushing into the kitchen they found
that the stove had been blown to
fragments and the house somewhat
damaged and set on fire.
The prisoners have been walking
out of the West Virginia jails the past
week. At Huntington early Monday
morning four men charged with felony
and confined in part of the prison
separated from the other dug through
the walls with tools that had been
handed in TO them during the night
and with ropes let themselves down
to the ground. They are George b.
Porter, white, noted criminal, and
William Davis, of Clifton Forge, Ed
low Jackson and John Alexander
colored. \ bold and successful at
tempt at jail-breaking occurred al
Buckhannon Saturday night, in
which Pat Stanton, John Stanton
Franz Hoades and Harry Tripett,
colored, confined for selling whiskey
without license, made their escape
by filing through the iron bars in the
outside door. They were aided in
their work by outside parties.
During a recess in the proceeding:
of the L. 5. Circuit Court at Parkers-
burg last week Judge Jackson had
United States Commissioner Thomp-
son, an old commissioner, called in
together with eXDeputy Marshals
Massey and Herndon. The judge or
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