Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-04-21
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The News From Every Section OF tho
Blttle Mountain state.

David w. Gall, of Philippi, has filed
an application for the position oil
chief OF the stamp division in the In
ternal revenue bureau.
Last Saturday the residence OF Ga be
Bryan, on Browns creek, hanawha
county. caught fire and was destroyed.
| During the fire Mrs. Bryan ran into
the yard and fell dead from heart dis
| ease.
DIR. w. p. Crumback has been APP
pointed superintendent of the insane
asylum at Weston in place OF DR.. ). y.
Lewis. Other changes in the man
asement of this institution have been
made.
1t is not generally known, says the
Wayne Neps, that President Cleve-
land is interested in mineral lands in
WAYNE county, but it is nevertheless
true. He has an interest in the Miller
and Sands lands Part OF these lands
have been leased TO the Wells Branch
Coal Company and are being mined.
A sensation was created in business
circles in Wheeling u few days ago by
the arrest OF b. a. Wilson, represen-
tative of the Metropolitan Life In
surance Company, Oh charges OF de
frauding both the company and
policy-owners. Charles Steninger,
solicitor for the company, was also
arrested.
A dispatch from Bluefeld on Tues
day saws: J. w. Stafford, druggist,
committed suicide today by shooting
himself through the heart with PTS
| tol. Death was instantaneous. He
| leaves widow and two children ana
q valuable estate. lll-health was the
cause OF the act, which was commit
| ted at Graham, two miles from Blue
| field.
Artemus Stone and G.. w. Nswberry
were arrested at Ceredo, this State,
Wednesday and taken before United
States Commissioner Gibson, on a
charge of raising 81 bills to SO. One
hundred and seventy specimens OF
bills so raised were found on them,
and they have circulated considerable
money. The men claim TO be from
Virginia.
Last Friday Lewis Hall and son,
who live at Davy, Mcdowell county,
got on a spree together and ran
across q man named Stancil, who Is
engaged in the railroad business, and
started a quarrel with HIN. AS soon
as the row wa. started the Halls be-
gan pelting Stancil with stones. He
was so badly beaten that he died Fri
day night.
A shocking discovery was made by
81, 1t of RriHUpnnrf
a suburb OF Wheeling, on Tuesday.
In an Italian boarding house Mrs. M.
Bossia and a babe few days old
were found in the last stages OF e1-
haustion from starvation and neglect.
The mother and child, the latter
then one day old, were shut up in
room Saturday by the husband, who
went of on spree. Tine cries OF the
infant attracting attention, officers
entered the room, but too late to save
either the infant or the mother, BON
dying Tuesday evening.
The biennial report of the West
Virginia Deaf and Blind Asylum, ht
Romney, shows the expenses of main
tanning the institution for the two
years to have been $66, 735, whilst for
the same time the receipts were
S72,2l3. The attendance for the two
wears embraced As deaf males, Sc deaf
females, 81 blind males, 80 blind fe
males. OF these some were totally
deficient, while others were partially
lacking the senses. The principal re
ports there are many others in the
State who should avail themselves Of
the opportunities of the institution.
Last Thursday evening MIR. Alex.
w. Quarter, of Charleston, and Miss
Ella Young, Of Kansas City, Mo, who
was visiting in the former city, went
boat riding on the Kanawha river in
canvas canoe. Since that time
nothing has been heard Of them. and
il is certain that they were drowned
by waves froII a passing steamer.
Just after dark screams were heard
from the river in front OF the city,
and it is supposed that they Were
from the young lady. Mr.. Quarter
was a clerk in the secretary OF States
| office. A broken paddle, which is
supposed to have belonged to MIR.
Quarter, was found at Lock next
morning. Their bodies have not yet
been recovered.
Last Friday while Tom Williams
and Chas. j. johnson We're engaged
in looking for stray steer near Burn
ing Spring, above Maiden, they dis
covered and killed, they say. a large
rattlesnake which, upon being killed,
measured nine feet three inches III
length and five inches in diameter.
The RATHER had fifteen rattles and
button. Messrs. Williams and John
son shot at him eight times with
Winchester rifle, seven out of eight
shots taking effect. When the snake
was cut open the body Of a pig, weigh
ing about eight pounds, and noun
tain rabbit were found in the stomach.
The reptile was skinned and the hide
will be fixed up and sent to the
Worlds Fair at Chicago as u West
Virginia production.-Chdrlest Ga
zette
There are three hundred and sew
enty-five inmates now in the Mounds
willie penitentiary. Thirty three of
| these are confined for life. In the in
stitution now there are one hundred
and forty-one colored persons. There
are eleven women, six Of whom are
colored and five white. The young
est child recorded as having been put
| in confinement was boy II years OF
age, put in for horse stealing for ten
years. He is now fifteen years Of age,
and seems happy. Great improve
ments are to be made this summer.
One hundred and four new iron cells
will be built, for which there is
$40, OOOappropriation. There is 50, 900
for the putting in OF an elevator, and
the general improvement of the war
den's building, and for the finishing
of the new hospital, $1,000.
Thursday of last week Josiah Tig-
ner, aged thirty-two years, cal led at
the county clerks Office in Charleston
and secured license to marry Miss
Sarah n. Joblin, but this seemed to
have been case where the course