Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-03-31
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The News From Every section of the
Little Mountain state.

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Goodwin Atkins ard Mrs. Isaac
! Nelson, of Wavne county, have Just
| been married. Adkins made only
one call upon the lady, and "a hours
after was married TO her
The West Virginia exhibits for the
words fair were shipped TO Chicago
this week, aud the office of the presi-
! dent of the State board will be opened
in Chicago on April 18th
A child was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Long of Logansport with three fully
developed arms. The third arm is at
! the nape Of the neck. The child is
healthy and in every other respect
perfectly formed.
The dead body Of Mrs. WIN. Danser
was found by her husband last Mon
dav hanging from the limb of a tree
a few wards from the family residence
near Wheeling. She had risen from
bed ct 3 a. III. and taken her life. In
sanity is the supposed cause.
Stephen B. Elkins, Henry G. Davis
and K. G. Kerens have agreed TO take
part and place the balance OF enough
bonds to pay for the building OF q
town hall at Elkins, erecting water
works, piping the streets aud provid-
ing an electric light plant for the
town.
AL. Kellar, q farmer, and Minnie
Hickman, his cousin, a young woman
of 20 wears, were arrested at Wheeling
on Monday charged with attempting
TO poison kellar's wife. The poison
was put in medicine prescribed by
Mrs. kellar's physician. tbs claimed
the pair were in love with each other
and wished to get Mrs. Kellar out of
the way.
William Miller, of Wheeling, was
talking TO a neighbor last Thursday,
and suddenly remarking he believed
be would commit suicide he left him
and went into the house. In few
minutes a revolver shot was heard
and when the family entered Miller's
bedroom his dead body wss found on
the floor. He had shot himself
through the head.
A fire broke out at DeKalb, in Gil
mer county, at an early hour We'd
nesday morning, that consumed the
store of Wilson Bros, general mer-
chants, and also the residence OF
Ward Stonake, postmaster OF that
place. All the postotlice property
was destroyed and but little of the
goods in the store saved. Loss be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000. No iDsur-
ance.
Through an advertisement in
daily paper correspondence began
between Mr.. John Chapman, Of Key
ser, and Mrs Maggie Chem, OF Ne
wark, n. j., which resulted in ro-
mantle wedding at keyser the other
night on the arrival of the train No.
| from the East. Between four and
five hundred people were at the train
to meet Mrs. Chem, who was a wild
ow of prepossessing appearance.
While standing before an open
CRATE al her home in Brooke county
a young daughter of John MalOy had
her clothes set on fire by Il spark aud
she was burned TO death. A sad part
in connection with the affair was that
only three years ago another daugh-
ter only thirteen years old was also
burned 70 death. She was using ker
osene in starting a fire. The car eX-
plOded and she suffered injuries from
which she died.
The three-story brick block on Main
street, Keyser, this State, owned by
Mr.. CarskadoD, and occupied by j. &.
Kephart 4 Co, general merchandise,
and the Misses Liller, boarding house
keepers, was destroyed by fire early
last Sunday morning. When the fire
was discovered a rear side door was
open aud the fire burning furiously
up the elevator shaft and was beyond
control. kephart l. Co. lost their en-
tire stock and Misses Liler part Of
their furniture. The Piedmont and
Cumberland fire companies respond
ed, each using special train over the
Baltimore and Ohio Road. By hard
work the fire was confined 70 the one
block, and the Keystone National
Bank, next door, was saved. A man
who attempted TO cut the Piedmont
company's hose during the fire was
roughly handled, but he got away in
the dark The loss is heavy aud COW
cred by insurance, except the furni-
ture. This makes three large fires at
Keyser within few weeks and all be-
heVed 10 be of an iucendiary origin.