Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-20
Items of Interest.

At Jacksonville, Florida, last oat-
urday, P. NJ. W. Baldwin shot and
fatally wounded Andrew Youman,
whom he found in Mrs Baldwin
room. After shooting Youman the
husband compelled his wife to call in
the neighbors before he permitted her
to dress. Mrs. Baldwin said Mr.. YOU
man was in the room to keep off burg
lars, and is bitter against her husband
for the shooting.
The other night st. Louis police
man arrested somnambulist who was
wandering about the street in his
night-dress. When the somnambulist
awoke he exclaimed Surely you
are not going to arrest me | am not
responsible, as | am somnambullst.
II don't care what church you are a
member of, said the officer, "you
can't walk the streets Of ST. Louis IN
your shirt tail if you belong to all the
churches in the city,
Pawnee Bills herd of Buffalo got
frightened last week when the Wild
West was showing at Port Jeryis, n.
j., and went believing to the Del
aware river, plunged in and SWAIN
across. The Indians and COW boys
followed on their mustangs and lassoed
them. One of the COW boys, who
started to swim the river on his pony,
came near drowning, but was rescued
from the cruel waves by another COW
boy who threw his lasso and caught
him.
A hard battle with rats was fought
at Womelsdorf, Pa, Saturday night
by Frank Manderback. Hearing a
connection in his cellar, he went down
with a lamp to investigate. As soon
as he reached the foot Of the stairs he
was attacked by large number of
rats. They were big, hungry fellows,
and they fought furiously. Mander-
back seized a cleaver and battled with
all his might, killing 81 of the rodents.
The struggle was desperate and the
rats ran all over his body, biting him
in number of places before he con-
quered them.
Two wives of Thomas Love, boss
painter, who was fatally injured while
at work week ago, met for the first
time over his dead body in the Pres
byterian Hospital, New York, on Sun
day. Their meeting made known that
the painter had been the father OF
eleven children, five by No. l and SIN
by No. 2. None of the latter are yet
ten years old. After comparing notes
the two Mrs. Love refused to have
anything to do with the dead man
body. The women were very angry
when they learned each others story,
and denounced the dead man as a
scoundrel and knave.
They say that two Indians belong
ing to one of the large American
shows of life in the wild West while
Visiting London were much interested
in the sights to be seen in the London
streets. Day after day they would
walk up and down the most crowded
streets and gaze on the people and IN
to the shop windows like pair OF
children at the circus. One day they
stopped before the shop window Of a
wig-maker, and stared at the many
varieties of wigs on exhibition there
until their eyes nearly fell out. Finally
one of them nudged the other, and
with a shake of his head remarked
ugh mighty brave man, Bigfghter;
much scalp
Between July l, 1894, and April l,
1895, we received l40, $50 immigrants,
of which number "A, $50 were from the
united Kingdom, France, Germany and
Scandinavia, while from the less easily
assimilable populations of Russia, Po-
land, Italy and Austria-Hungary 3D.
76I were received. The total Of mon
ey brought into the country by immi-
grants was 1896, $40, or about ST
per capita. There were 1861 shut
out by various laws, the number of
paupers excluded being l,07l. OF
the immigrants from Northwestern
Europe less than 10 per cent were
illiterate, but of those from Italy the
illiterate were Sc per cent, from Po-
land 81 per cent, from Austria-Hun-
gary % per cent and from Russia 26
per cent.