Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-12-21
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS
The News From Every Section of the
Little VI fountain State.

L1ttIe Statrs
Ex.Sheriff WIN. j. Fleece. one of
the oldest resident Of Morgan county,
died last week.
Our exchanges report the death of
a number of old persons in various
sections of the State.
The public schools at Fairmont
closed last week on account of so
much sickness in the community.
DR.. Robert Hogg, talented young
physician of Mcdowell county, acct
dentally killed himself Tuesday while
handling a revolver.
The farmers congress, in session
at Savannah, Ga. adjourned last
week to meet in Parkersburg, this
State, October 3, 1894.
Charles Redman, a carpenter Of
Parkersburg. fell through the loof of
building fifty feet to the ground.
and died in short time.
Ct. G.. Irving, a Parkersburg mer-
chant. committed suicide last Sunday
bv taking chloroform. He was u
Kelley graduate, but had since been
drinking hard.
At Piedmont last week James How
ard, aged "a years, and his wife,
almost a. old, died within a few
hours of each other They were
buried Sunday in the same grave.
Last Saturday j. b. Robinson, Of
Fairmont, deliberately threw himself
in front of a b. & o. freight engine
at Frenchs Station and was crushed
10 death. He was about 60 years old.
J. G.. Blair, an old soldier, living
near Huntington, went to town the
other day TO get his pension check
cashed. Hegot drunk with the money
and Oh his way home fell from his
horse and was fatally injured.
Monday morning, near Ellenboro,
while out hunting with his twelve
year-old son, Enoch II. Smith slipped
and fell with his loaded gun i'll his
hands. The weapon was discharged.
the load entering the stomach OF the
boy, causing instant death.
The Ten. Mile Coal and Coke Com
pany, of Harrison county, with a cap
ital Of 81, 0n0,0 00 has just been char
tered. This goes to show the extent
Of the alarm among practical West
Virginia coal operators ct the pros
pect OF coal being put on the free list.
Wheeting Register.
Mamie Portmess, wife of j. Robert
Portmess, Of Petersburg, attended
at Little Capon the funeral Of her
brother-in-law, S. ID. Fortunes, who
was killed by train at Harpers
Ferry, on the 3rd inst The exposure
she incurred induced pneumonia
which resulted in her death on the
Sth inst shortly after herreturn home.
One day last week a real deer strayed
into town and was discovered by some
one who made haste TO notify our CITY
nimrodS, who at once started III hot
pursuit, and after shooting several
times managed to so excite the deer
as TO drive it out in the country, where
an old farmer joined the procession
and killed the deer.-PGrSORS Democrat.
p. f. Haldeman, superintendent of
the Franklin coal mines, near Pied
mont, this State, was killed last Fri.
day night. A villain from behind
struck i'm a terrible blow with some
blunt instrument. Nearly $4,000, the
two weeks pay of the miners, was
| taken from his person. There is no
clue to the murderer. A large reward
is offered for the villains apprehen
sion.
Col. ID. d. Johnson died at his home
at Long Reach, TYLER county, Monday
evening. after lingering illness. He
was born in Virginia. April 20, 1886,
aud early moved to Tyler county.
In 1866 he was member of the Legls-
lature. He has since been prominent
in Democratic politi ., and was
twice a candidate for Congress, but
was defeated. He was reSS2t Of
the State UNIVERSITY.
Judge Alpheus F. Raymond died at
| his home in Fairmont last Friday,
aged seventy years. He had been an
| invalid from Bright's disease for the
past six months. Judge Haymond
was elected to the State supreme
bench in 1872, and was reelected in
| 1878 for ten years, but resigned before
his term had expired. He also served
a term as circuit Judge, aud was a
mem Der of the Legislature of 1885.
A disastrous explosion of dynamite
occurred Monday near Hendricks.
! Three railroad laborers were moving
fifty pounds of the explosive when d
slight jolt caused it TO explode.
J. Homer Houston, of Beverly, was
d:s-mboweled and his legs blown off.
! Charles Swartz was torn TO pieces,
one leg falling on the other side of
the river. The mangled body of an
Italian belonging at Parsons was
whirled fifty yards and his head
thrown against some rocks quite a
! Instance away. The explosion was