Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-10-26
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The News From Every Section of the
Little Mountain state.

Elsie Morgan, sixteen years OF age,
OF Wood county, fell from "a chestnut
tree and sustained fatal injuries.
Elmer Chaddock, on trial at Par
kersburg for the murder of William
Pollen. was found guilty and SEN
fenced to Imprisonment for life.
At Kenova, on the Norfolk and
Western Railroad, Saturday night
last, Henry hurry, the night bag
gage-master, shot and killed Ell
Smith. who had assaulted him with
out provocation.
Owen Pleasant and Willard Well
man, two colorc1 BARRIERS, had Il
quarrel at Hnnti igton Sunday over
a dollar that one owed the other.
Wellman stabbed Pleasant in the
side. whereupon tile latter shot and
killed Wellman.
Last Friday evening, near Lime
Rock. on the West Virginia Central
Railroad, a construction train ran in
! to a hand-car on which were six sec
! ton men. ID. X. Sumlnertield was
killed outright and Andrew Riggle-
man fatally injured.
Harry Nelson, near Capon Bridge,
committed suicide by shooting him
self through the head Friday with
rifle ball. He has been acting
strangely for some time and his pa
rents have watched him carefully,
but he succeeded in taking his life.
J. H. Miller, perhaps the oldest post
master in the United States, died at
GauIev Friday night. He was eighty
eight years old, was appointed III 1882
by President Jackson, and has been
postmaster at Gauley continuously
since. He was appointed by every
President since Jackson.
Last Tuesday evening while small
boy was passing along road near
Ronceverte, Greenbrier county, he
met large bear walking on its bind
feet. The boy fled in one direction
and the bear in another. The animal
was afterwards traced to cave but
could not be gotten out.
Tho dwelling of William Waggy,
about three miles from Weston, WAS
totally destroyed by fire Thursday
night. His daughters were curling
their bangs and by some means the
lace curtains became ignitsd, and on
account Of the scarcity of water 1t be
came unmanageab No insurance.
While en- route to Clarksburg last
Friday morning over the Is. y y.
Railroad TWO sections of the Barnun
& Bailey circus trains came together
at Bridgeport, wrecking several cars
and killing George Everett ard
wounding five other employees Of the
show. The circus property was dam
aged considerably.
At Vivian, Mcdowell county, on
the line of the Norfolk and Western
Railway. Insss Howard, a colored
woman, became jealous of q white
man named Henry Jones. She and
Thena Scott, another negress, shot
him dead while he was passing
through the woods Monday night.
Both women have been arrested and
are now in jail.
Burglars raided the postoflice at
Grafton last Saturday night, blowing
open the safe aud carrying of
about. Sab in postage stamps, 500 in
cash and twenty-four registered pack
ages Of unknown value. Entrance
was effected in the full glare Of an
electric light. The safe was opened
with dynamite, but no one seems to
have either seen or heard of the
cracksmen.
Governor MacCorkle has appointed
the following delegates to represent
West Virginia al the meeting of the
farmers congress in Savannah, Ga,
December 12th: r. q. Hammett, of
Peasants county; T.. w. McNeal,
Hardy county; Henry NJ. Clark, Po-
cahontas county; Jacob Bumgard-
nsr, Writ county; Perry q. Cunning
ham, Roane county; Col. K. p. Chew,
Jefferson county.
Col. Lucien GriSsby, an ex-Confed
crate soldier, committed suicide last
week in Mercer county, by shooting
the top of his head of. Colonel
Grigsby was about seventy years Of
aye and had been in bad health for
some time. He was Il brave soldier
and had boon prominent citizen of
Mercer county. His rash act can on
ly be accounted for by the fact that
his health was bad.