Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-03-28
Items of Interest.

Wyo.. last week.
Lycurgus Dalton, postmaster OF the
House Of Representatives, died IN
Washington Monday.
Major ]. B. Mantor, formerly OF
Berryville, Va, died recently in "a hos
pital at Argentine, Kan.
Luther HORNE, a farmer, was crushed
to death at Frederick, Md, on Tues
day while trying to stop runaway
! team.
Richard Vaux, well-known Phil
adelphia Democrat, and an ex-Con-
gresham and ex-mayor, died last week.
aged 70 years.
EFF. Coffin, poor telegraph oper-
ator at Glidden Station, Texas, has
fallen heir to $2,5O0,000 left by an
uncle in Brazil.
James F. Haswell, the dental stu
dent whose attempt at suicide IN Bal
timore was reported last week, has
died of his injuries.
Phoenis Christensen's house at Mi
not, North Dakota, was burned Tues
day night. Five children, ranging IN
age from three to fifteen years, perished
in the flames.
Seven members of the family of John
Frantz, living in Toledo, O., are suffer-
ing frightful agony from trichinosis:
Upon an examination of sample OF
the sausage eaten it was found to be
alive with the parasites.
While Mrs. Emma Ramie, of Wash
ington, was filling small gasoline
stove with the fluid it exploded and
covered her with oil. She ran along
the street enveloped in flames until she
fell unconscious. She died in a few
hours.
Lightning struck the residence of
Jeptha Williams, a farmer, near Pine
Hill. Monroe county, Ala, Saturday,
instantly killing Mrs. Williams and
son, James W. Williams, aged ten
wears. Mr. Williams was rendered
totally blind.
A school girl, fourteen years of age,
daughter of Jacob Dean, of Harmony,
Caroline county, Nd, was murdered
Tuesday by some one unknown and
her body thrown into stream. Her
throat was cut while going to or re-
turning from school.
At Denver, Col, Saturday, four fire.
men lost their lives in fire in the St.
James Hotel. They went down with
the floor of the rotunda and were hor-
ribly mangled and burned. There
were-l65 guests in the hotel, all OF
whom escaped uninjured.
Lieut.. William H. Beach, Of Mil
waukee, Wis, served during the war
in the First New York Lincoln Cavalry
under Averill, Sheridan and others, In
the Shenandoah Valley, and as the
historian of the regiment will make a
tour of the valley on bicycle this
summer for the collection of material
for his work.
Among appointments announced at
the White House last Thursday were
those of VIM. NJ. Springer, of Illinois,
to be Judge of the United States Court
of the Northern district of Indian Ter
ritorv, and Constantine Buckley Xii.
gore, of Texas, to be Judge Of United
/ States Court of the Southern district OF
the same Territory.
An attempt was made to burn St.
Patrick's and St. Dominic's Catholic
Churches in Washington last Thursday
afternoon. An insane woman named
Mary Delaney has been arrested and is
believed to be the incendiary. The
| fires were discovered before much dam
age was done. Only about half hour
elapsed between the first and second
fires.
General Ransom, the new minister
to Mexico, with a friend from his
State, called on the President last
Monday. During the call the friend
told Mr.. Cleveland that an old negro
living in the Generals neighborhood,
when he heard of his appointment,
said he was glad "Marse Mat done
pinted minister, but he feared he'd
bring scandal on de church, cause he s
so fond Nv de ladies.
Saltwater, Minnesota, has an ordi-
nance providing that all children I'M
der sixteen years of age shall leave the
streets at 9 O'Clock, when curfew rings.
Any child found on the street after 9
o'clock is compelled to give good
account of himself, and if he cannot
do so is taken either home or to the
city jail and parents notified that they
must aid in enforcing the ordinance.
The ordinance has been very satisfact-
DRY thus far.
Rev. DR.. William Brown Yonce,
professor of ancient languages at Roa-
noke College, Salem, Va, dropped
dead from apople1y last Friday even
ing at the Lutheran Church in Salem
Just before the commencement of SER
vices. He was in his usual health APP
parently till few minutes before his
death. He was sixty-eight years old
and native of Southwest Virginia.
He had been a professor at Roanoke
College since 1855. He was widow
er and leaves three grown sons.