Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-18
Items of Interest.

the selling of liquor.
The old paper mill near Winchester,
Va, is to be turned into screw fac
tory.
Capt. Ham Shepperd, well-known
Virginian and ex-Confederate, died
last week
Mrs. Ollie Meray committed suicide
at Atlanta by taking poison and swal-
lowing her false teeth.
John Underwood, aged FIVE years,
left alone with his baby sister, in st.
Joseph, No, blew her head off with
shotgun.
NJ. L. Denlinger was sentenced at
Lancaster, Pa, to $1,000 fine and
three years in the penitentiary for
selling obscene literature.
Two men stopped the driver Of the
mail and express wagon near Cripple
Creek, Colo, the other day and robbed
him of $4,000 he was hauling to the
mines.
Lottie and Annie Apologize, sisters,
aged six and eight years, respectively,
were killed by train at Bethlehem,
Pa, on Saturday, while returning from
an Easter festival.
DR.. Richard Platz, of Jacksonville,
n. Y, committed suicide the other
day because he believed he had been
responsible for exposing the people of
the town to smallpox.
State Senator William Goebel shot
and instantly killed John L. Sanford,
a bank cashier, in a street fight in
Covington, KY, a few days ago. They
were at odds over politics.
Rev. H. w. Hoffmeier, brother of
Rev. T. F. Hofmeier, pastor Of the
Middletown md Reformed Church,
died rather suddenly at the home of
his brother, aged 81 years.
Rev. Sam Small has gotten enough
of the newspaper business, and has re-
tired from the management Of the Nor
folk Pilot. He will practice law and
SAYS he will have nothing more to do
with politics.
Because of the increase in the price
Of beef Secretary Morton, of the Agri-
cultural Department, has issued an
order under which Mexican cattle will
be admitted into the United States af-
ter a rigid inspection.
There is still some trouble in the
management Of the West Virginia
University. Charges of neglect Of
duty have been made against Lieuten-
ant Ramsey, commandant of cadets,
and DR.. Hartigan, of the department
Of biology.
Prof. Richard NJ. Smith has deter
mined to retire from the chair Of
Greek at Randolph, Macon College, at
Ashland, Va, and from the Methodist
Church because his views on certain
questions are not in line with those OF
that church. He has accepted Pc.
sition at Bethel Academy, in Fauquier
county.
Louis Frank, carpenter, and Kate
Kolb, a young country girl, committed
suicide together near ST. Louis. Both
had swallowed rat poison and gashec
their throats with a clasp knife. They
left letter saying they were tired o.
living and had decided to die together
The couple had been engaged for q
year.
The meanest man on record live.
in Pennsylvania. He sold his son-ln
law one-half interest in a COW ant
then refused to divide the milk main
tanning he only sold the front half
The buyer was also required to pro
vide the feed the COW consumed AM
to carry water to her three times
day. Recently the COW hooked thu
old man, and he is suing the son-in
law for damages.
Rev. J. NJ. Jessup, an aged PRINT
tive Baptist preacher, while delivering
his sermon at Sandy Ridge, Ala, sud
denly fell to the floor in spasms an,
died with his awe-stricken congrega
ton about him. It afterward devel
oped that he had taken lot Of strych
nine, which he carried in his pocket
on bread crumbs to poison Englls
sparrows that infested his yard. h
was also in the habit Of carrying suga
in his pocket to clear his throat for hi
sermon. He took the strychnine b.
mistake.