Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-05-30
Items of Interest.

An effort is to be made in Cumber-
land to recover the Baltimore and
Ohio rolling mill property. The
ground occupied by this property was
purchased by the city of Cumberland
and given to the B. & 0. Railroad
Company on condition that when the
company failed to operate the plant
the property should revert to the
city.
An exchange says that woman
character has been ikened to postage
stamp-one black mark ruins it.
Mans like a treasury note-no matter
how many stains it still passes at par.
When a woman falls from grace her
character is usually ruined forever.
While on the other hand a man may
straighten up and be received into
the best society again. All Of which
is too true.
At Pensacola, Fla, John T. Wilker-
son was struck by lightning in his shop
door and was killed. He was stand
ing by telegraph instrument, which
was disconnected from any wire, but
a loose wire was in contact with his
body. The other end of the wire was
fastened to a pine tree about 100 feet
away. When Wilkerson's body was
undressed, a perfect picture of the pine
tree, from the top to the point at
which the wire was tied, was found
photographed on each side just under
the arms.
Saturday, while Mrs Philip Swartz-
welder, of Flintstone neighborhood,
Allegany county, Nd, and her two
children and Mrs. Jonathan McElfsh
were driving near Gilpin, their horse
became frightened at a dog and ran
off. Mrs. McElfsh attempted to jump
out and fell, striking her head against
rock, killing her instantly. Mrs.
Swartzwelder dropped one Of her chill
dren out of the vehicle while the horse
was running and remained in with the
other one until the horse fell. They
escaped uninjured.
An exchange says: We heard a
gentleman remark the other day that
when hard times struck the average
citizen the first thing he did was to
stop his paper; stop his children from
school and the next to quit paying the
preacher, and thus imagine that he
was practicing economy and the gen.
tleman told the truth. Great econo-
my isn't it? Kill off the preacher, the
teacher and the newspaper-the three
great factors in the intellectual and
moral life of any community, and then
imagine that such was economy.
The splendid country house which
Mr.. G.. w. Vanderbilt has been build
ing near Asheville, n. c., is now near
ing completion and he expects, 50 it is
said, to spend next Christmas in it.
This will probably be the finest coun-
try place in America. The cost Of the
building alone is reported to be some
thing like six million dollars. 1t is
surrounded by a domain of nearly
fifty square miles of land, which Mr..
Vanderbilt has purchased, and large
portion of which is in forest A mag
nifcent park has been made.
A few days ago Henry Cooley, of
Middleboro, Ky, eloped with Sallie
Dains. They went over to West Viz
ginia, where they were married. Miss
Dains's brothers had long opposed the
suit Of Cooley, and when they learned
of the elopement they declared their
intention of killing their sisters hus-
band. Marshall Cooley, brother Of
Henry, intercepted the newly married
couple at Pound Gap, and warned
them of the threats. While they were
celebrating on what was best to do
the Dams brothers came up and a
fight followed. Marshall Cooley and
George Dams were killed outright.
Henry Cooley and his bride escaped
injury.