Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-03-10
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The New. From Every section of the
Little Mountain state.

Little VI Ouutatu STATE
| There is trouble at New Cumber
land on count of Ia strike among
brick-inakers.
John Fuller was run over by an eI-
press train on the G. aud o. Railroad
ct Huntington Friday evening and
| killed.
Dr.. Samuel B. Chiffon, a we'll
known resident of the kanawha Val
ley, died last Saturday at ST. Adams
in his fortieth year.
Miss Alice Creel, handsome young
lady Of Writ county, hung herself
with rope halter last Sunday. No
cause for the suicide is known.
Hon. K. F. Kidd, well-known and
popular citizen of Gilmer county, has
been forced to make an assignment.
His liabilities will greatly exceed his
assets.
J. W. Webb and Madison Beaver
have been arrested in Gilmer county
Oh the charge OF counterfsiting. 4
lot OF bogus coin was found in their
possession.
Bruce Harper, popular and esti
mable young man OF Romney, this
State. died last week. aged - years.
H. was the only surviving son OF Mrs.
Sallie Harper, the publisher Of the
South Branch LaseiigeRcer.
The entire West Virginia delegation
has signed paper requesting Presi-
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postmaster at Charleston and APP
point as his successor Mrs John +.
Kenna. widow Of the late Senator.
Rev. \. Merral married a weighty
couple in Mason county, recently.
The groom's name is WIN. Meddsll
and he weighs 2I0 pounds Malinda
krepps is the name OF the bride, who
Is not g years old, bat weighs $50
pounds.
There were two suicides in Wheel
ing last Monday. About 7 o'clock in
The morning Mrs. Hannah Scholar
hanged herself in her bedroom, and
about | o'clock in the afternoon
Thomas Richards blew his brains
out in the Office of city weigher Oh
Tenth street. Insanity was the cause
in the first instance and liquor in the
second.
Gov. A. b. Fleming will return to
Fairmont about the first OF April and
resume his law practice. Auditor
Duffy will engage in the banking bus
mess in Charleston, and Superintend-
ent OF Schools Morgan will also re-
side permanently in that city. Treas
urer Thompson has been appointed
judge of the criminal court OF Cabell
county.
On last Sunday morning son Of
Samuel Haga, Of Bonds Creek. Richie
county. died from eating dried APP
pies. The boz had been sent to q
neighbor To get the apples and on his
way home ate n large quantity, and
on reaching hOme drank freely Of
cold water; "a natural consequence
he was soon in terrible agony. His
stomach burst before he died. The
boy was about 10 years OF age.
Another tragedy occurred in the
southeastern corner OF Wayne coun
" last Sntu rday, making the fourth
murder in that neighborhOod within
a week. John GilkinsOn and George
Adkins renewed an old quarrel at
Cove Gap. Both were determined to
fight to finish, and began shooting.
Fifteen or twenty shots were eN
changed, and each OF the combatants
had been badly wounded, when Ad-
kins fell with bullet in his brain,
and died almost instantly. Gilkinson
got away, closely pursued by officers.
The town OF Rowlesburg is suffer
ing from an epidemic of diphtheria.
The disease has ragged there all the
winter and il seems impossible to con
trol it. There have been very large
number of deaths and there is no
abatement in the death rate. The
physicians are unable 10 account for
prevalence OF the disease The lar &c
number Of deaths have been about
equally divided among the old, the
middle-aged aud the young. A citi-
zen Of the town said there had been
So many interments that the cemetery
had the appearance OF ploughed
field.
A recent dispatch from Morgan
town says: Charles Montgomery,
aged twenty years, a student OF the
Slate University here, a resident OF
Charleston and member OF one OF
the wealthiest families Of the State
capital. and Miss Carrie V. Dent,
daughter of Mr.. NJ. NJ Dent, OF this
place, and a sister OF Supreme Court
Judge NJ. Fl. Dent, eloped TO Oakland,
Md, Saturday and married. Their
silent stealing away on matrimonial
venture, on account of both their
youth and high social standing, WAS a
matter of great surprise TO their any
friends here and caused much com
meut.
At Charleston last Thursday the
clerks in the various departments At
the Capitol and the appointees Of
Governor Fleming assembled in his
private Office. The Governor was
sent for and upon his arrival was pre-
sented by James w. Ewing, in behalf
OF those assembled, with al elegant
gold watch, suitably inscribed, az a
token OF the pleasant relations which
had always existed between them.
Mr.. Ewing made a neat little speech,
hoping the watch might be permitted
10 mark of many years OF happiness
and prosperity. The Governor re-
sponded happily.