Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-12-05
Items of Interest.

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making an enemy is like needle 60
ing through piece of cloth without
thread.
The trustees of the Episcopal High
School near Alexandria, Va, have re-
newed the lease of the school to Mr..
L. NJ. Blackford until 1900.
The grand jury of Talbot county,
Nd, has indicted Dr. Frederick Dun
ming and DR.. James Merritt for giving
illegal prescriptions for whiskey.
A gang of thieves is rObbing churches
in the Cumberland Valley. At Cham
bersburg the other night everything
of value in the Episcopal church was
carried off.
A young man Of Martinsburg black
ened his mustache with stove backing
the other evening and then went a
counting. The next morning his sweet
hearts face looked like a war map Of
Asia Minor
The Pope will shortly be the pos
SCISSOR of probably the most valuable
chair on earth. 1t is constructed of
solid silver, and is of the value of $40,-
900. 1t is the gift of Mr.. Troop,
wealthy American banker.
1t is said to that there are in the
State of Kansas twenty well built
towns without a single inhabitant,
and that Saratoga, in that State, now
absolutely uninhabited, has among 9th
er building a $4,000 theatre.
The H. C. Frick Coke Company has
bought the property of the Mcclure
Coke Company for about 1000, 600
and has almost complete control Of the
great Connellsville coke industry. 1t
employs now about 10000 men.
The William.port Leader says: 80
ciety is composed Of two great classes,
those who have more appetite than
dinner, and those who have more dim
ner than appetite. 1t is needless to
state to which class country editors
belongs.
A Frenchman has invented a bicy-
Gle that can be taken apart, packed in
a valise and carried, it is claimed, with
ease and comfort whenever the wheel
man is travelingby rail. If the wheel
breaks down on the road the rider can
uncouple the parts and carry it slung
over his shoulder.
An Albemarle, Va, fruit-raiser has
made three shipments OF Pippins to
England this season, the first netting
him $50 per barrel, the second 1902
and the third $3.50. One shipment
ofWinesapsto New York yielded $3.50
per barrel net, and some dealers have
received as high as Sc.
Another man with broken back is
being kept alive by the doctors, and
has fair chance of recovering in
great degree. He is 7. S. Riley of La
fayette, Ind. He fell from handcar
few days ago and broke his back. He
is now in a plaster cast from his hips
to his armpits, and, though he is suf-
fering greatly, the doctors think he
may pull through.
Next year, 1896, will be leap year.
The girls will do well to make the most
of the opportunity, for it will be eight
years before another comes. The year
1900 will not be a leap year. The
year is 365 days and six hours long,
less Il minutes. The eleven minutes
amounts to one day in ole hundred
years, when leap year is dispensed
with. The year 1900 will, therefore,
not be leapyear.
What will be the biggest bridge in
Central America is now building at
Oakland, California. After it is COM
pleted it will be taken apart and then
shipped to its destination 1t is to
span the Rio de Lempa, near the city
Of San Salvador, in the republic Of
that name, and will be $50 feet long,
in two spans of 43O feet each. After
being landed at the nearest port the
sections of the bridge will be hauled
to their place by OK teams.
Peter King, lumberman of Grass
Valley, recently met with terrible
accident whereby he lost one Of his
arms in a planning machine. The
severed limb was buried in such a
manner that when subsequently dis
inferred it was found that the hand
and wrist were twisted The strange
feature of the affair is the fact that
King suffered considerable pain until
the buried member was dug up and
Strengthened, when the cramped and
strained feeling entirely vanished.