Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-02-28
items Of interest.

Samuel BrengIe, of Frederick, Nd,
a well-known horseman, died last Fri
day.
Rev. M. L. Beard, of Middletown,
Nd, brought suit for 500 against
Thaddeus Hauver, teacher of the
high school, for whipping Mr.. Beard s
daughter. He got verdict for S25
and costs.
w. G. Hammer, teller of the First
National Bank of Lynchburg, Va,
| was arrested last Saturday, upon a
charge of embezzling $4,000 of the
banks funds. He had been teller
for twenty years.
A detective named VIM. H. Harri-
son was 'shadewing" Mrs. McTaylor,
at Guthrie, o. T., trying to obtain evi-
dence for her husband to use in di-
vorce suit. The woman grew tired OF
having her steps logged by the de-
tective, and the other day shot his
head off.
A fight between the Smith-Cox fac
tons in Dickinson county, Va, near
the Kentucky border, last week, result
ed in four men being shot and killed.
The feud had existed for long time,
and eight of the Smiths and four of the
Coxes have been killed. Both families
are now wiped out.
A. N. Bell, of Rockbridge county
Va, attempted to commit suicide by
cutting his throat. He was driven to
it by the loss of $4,000, the savings
of life, which went up in the looting
of the Bank of Lexington by 0. M.
Figgatt, the Ascending cashier. There
is no record on the banks books OF
this deposit.
Charles T. Mickey, of Waynesboro,
a student at the Institution for the
Deaf and Dumb at Mt. Airy, Pa, at
tempted to knock over a snow man
by jumping against it, from which he
received injuries that caused his death.
The snow man by melting and freezing
had become solid mass. Mickey
was l9 years old.
The North Carolina Legislature re-
fused to adjourn in honor Of General
Lees birthday on January 10Th, and
also failed to observe the 22d of Feb
ruary. The Legislature, however, by
vote of 80 to %, adjourned last week
as a mark of respect to Fred Douglass,
the negro who married white woman.
There something rotten in North Car
DINA.
The horse-raisers in the far Western
States are thinking of introducing
horse-fesh in the meat markets, the
general use Of electricity and other
rapid-transit methods having nearly
ruined the market for horses. It has
been proposed to establish packing
houses for the preparation of horse
meat for shipment to France and other
foreign countries.
A Virginia horse dealer wrote to
Washington liveryman, saying that he
had fine team of roadsters to dis
pose of and understood there was a
demand for good horses in Washington
and would like the liveryman to make
a sale for him. The liveryman re-
piled as follows: Every man, woman
and child in the District of Columbia
rides bicycle. Our street cars are
propelled by trolley and cable, and
Congress is run by asses. That is as
near horses as we come in this town.
You have been misinformed."
The young lady who is librarian of
the public library of Los Angeles,
Cal, has sued a minister Of that city
for praying for her in public. She is
most worthy young woman, but re-
Gently incurred the enmity of a few
people by advising the purchase Of
certain books for the library. The
offensive prayer was as follows; 40,
Lord, vouchsafe thy saving grace to
the Librarian of the Los Angeles City
Library and cleanse hsr from all SID
and make her worthy of her
The prayer stirred up terrible COM
motion, and the young lady's friends
declared it to be slanderous. So>she
demands $4,000 for the defamation Of
her character in public.