Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-08-22
Items of Interest.
A Confederate reunion is to be held
at Fishers Hill August 30th.

at Fishers Hill August 30th.
Ex-Associate Justice Strong, of the
Supreme Court, died on Monday.
Mrs. Ella Brown, wife of Jason
Brown, who is the only living child of
John Brown, of Harper's Ferry fame,
died recently at Akron, Ohio.
Jacob Wilhelm was killed near York,
Pa, by accidentally slipping from a
grain NOW into a thrashing machine
His body from the waist down was
ground to pulp.
DR.. Leslie Phillips, well-known
scientist, warns the new woman against
wearing her hair short, and says that
the cause of badness in man is due TO
the fact that he cuts his hair.
Arthur Zimmerman, a boy twelve
years old living near Reading, Pa,
committed suicide a few days ago by
taking Paris Green. The boy said he
had gotten tired of working on farm.
Rev. DR.. VIM. 7. Richardson; editor
of the Central Presbyterian, and one
of the most prominent ministers Of that
denomination in Virginia, died IN
Richmond last week, in his seventy
seventh year.
Postmaster-General Wilson has form
ally accepted the invitation Of the
National Letter Carriers Union to be
present at their convention at Phila-
delphia next month. He will review
the parade and call the convention to
order.
The Republicans of Maryland, in
convention at Cambridge last week,
nominated the following ticket: For
Governor, Lloyd Lowndes, Of Allegany
county for attorney general, Harry
NJ. Clabaugh, of Carroll county for
comptroller, Robert P. Graham, OF
Wicomico county.
John Towers, son of a pension Office
clerk, and Harry Alden, son Of post
Office clerk, Of Washington, were bad
~ injured by being thrown and kicked
by a horse near BerryvilIe, Va. Both
lads tried to mount a horse in the pas
ture, when the animal so injured Alden
that he is not expected to live, and
threw young Towers with great vio-
lence, injuring him.
Henry McClain, a farmer living
near Lancaster, Pa, met death through
a wheat beard which became lodged
in his throat. A few days ago, while
threshing, he inhaled the beard. All
efforts to remove it proved fruitless
and his throat finally festered. 1t
swelled to such proportions that he
was unable to swallow any noursh-
ment and literally starved to death.
H. X. Maxwell, one Of the Oldest
telegraphers in the United States, died
at Little Rock, Ark, few days ago.
He was sixty-six years of age and had
been an operator for forty-six years.
He served in the Confederate army as
a telegrapher and it was be who noti-
fed Harper Ferry by wire when John
Brown was marching on that place.
He q fteryvarJ witnessed Brown ; exc
cution.
Duringa thunderstorm in Leesburg,
Va, last Friday Lightning struck a
house occupied by George Smallwood,
and instantly killed his son-in-law,
Samuel J. Cooke. The bolt struck Mr..
Cooke as he was passing from one room
to another. His shoes and the cloth
ing from the lower portion Of his body
were torn into shreds Five other
persons were in the house, but were
not hurt.
On Saturday Hiram Gaver, Of Crea-
gerstown, Nd, purchased a quantity
Of dynamite in Frederick for the pur-
pose Of removing stumps on his farm,
and, taking it home, placed it IN a
small store-room. While at work IN
his field Monday morning Mr.. Gaver
heard loud report, and fastening to
the store-room found a middle-aged
man named Michael, in his employ, in
an unconscious condition, partly dis
emboweled and one side of his face en-
tirely blown away. The store-room
was almost demolished from the effect
of the explosion. 1t is thought that
Michael, in attempting tomove the dyn-
amite, must have let it fall.
Gen. John D. Imboden, the famous
Confederate cavalry general, died at
Arlington, Va, on Saturday last. He
was a native of Augusta county, Vir-
GINA, and graduate Of the Virginia
Military Institute. At the beginning
of the civil war he raised company
and'entered the Confederate army. He
rose rapidly to the command Of a
cavalry brigade and participated in all
the principal battles. After the war
he engaged largely in mining and rail
road enterprises He met with fire.
quent reyerses, however, and died a
poor man. He was seventy-fye years
old and had been married four times.
His last wife and several children sur
vive him.
Almost everything has been found
in a blacksnakes stomach. In sever
al instances after having been killed,
full grown rabbit would come to
light, but it was left until Tuslay for
a brood Of young chickens to be found
in the stomach Of the crawler. An