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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06
A Terrific Explosion.

At half-past five o'clock last Satur-
day afternoon, while a shipment Of
over eight hundred quarts of nitro
glycerine was being taken up the Ohio
river by August Cooley, employed by
James Hines, Of Petroleum, en- route
to the Burning Springs oil region, the
cargo exploded when near Parkers-
burg, this State, with terrific violence.
Cooley was killed and several persons
were wounded, and property through
out Parkersburg was damaged to the
total amount of 100000. The con-
cussion was something terrible, being
heard for over thirty miles, and the
city and whole surrounding country
were shaken as though by an earth
quake. Portions of the city along the
river front were greatly injured, doors
being torn from their hinges, windows
shattered, chimneys tumbling and
walls of buildings caved in, while sew
eral structures were leyeled to the
earth.
The only fragment of Cooley's body
found was a fragment of three ribs,
and this was exhibited in Boreman' S
drug store window. The conclusion
badly wrecked the property of the
Parkersburg mill company, even the
heavy boilers being torn from their
foundations, while the whole end OF
the main building facing the river was
torn out. The loss to the mill COM
pany alone will be $4,000. Nearly
all of the fine plate glass windows in
the city were broken, besides hundreds
of common windows, the streets being
covered with shattered glass. There
was intense excitement all over the
city.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06
MARRIED..

At the Presbyterian Manse in
Charlestown, May 80, 1895, by Rev.
A. C. Hopkins, Mr.. VIM. E. PAINTER
and Miss MoLLIE CLIP, daughter Of
Mr.. VIM. Clipp, both of this county.
In the NJ. P. Church at Harper $
Ferry, May 90, 1895, by Rev. A. A.
Harryman, Rev. CHARLES K. McCAS-
LIN and Miss MoLLIE L. PEREGoY,
only child of Mr.. and Mrs. William
Peregoy.
May 80, 1895, in Hagerstown, at the
U. B. Parsonage, by Rev. J, T. Spang-
Ter, Mr.. ISAAC E. SCHARFF and Miss
ANNIE NJ. KRUMBINE, both Of Mar
tinsburg.
Monday, June 8, 1895, at the resi-
dence of Margaret Ford, by Rev, j.
7. Spangler, Mr.. JOHN J. FUNK and
Miss FLORENCE NJ. FORD, both Of Ha-
gerstown. Mr.. Funk formerly lived
in Shepherdstown.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06
Does not Work Miracles.

Intelligent people see nothing strange
about the great variety of diseases which
Hoods Sarsaparilla is capable of curing.
They know that large majority of all
mentS are caused by impure blood and
they have learned that Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla is the great blood purifier. Hood 5
Sarsaparilla does not perform miracles.
1t acts according to natural laws. 1t
makes pure, rich, healthy blood, thus
laying the foundation for good health,
and then good health follows as a matter
of course. A recent illustration of the
blood purifying powers of Hoods SarSa-
parilla is found in the case of George
Hildebrant, 1872 Hays ST., San Francisco,
California. He says:
Il suffered with sort of rash which
came out all over me, and l could do
nothing but scratch. took three bot
ties of Hoods Sarsaparilla and the rash
has entirely disappeared and feel much
better"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06
A Development Company Suit.

R. B. Tippett, of Baltimore, and
Armstrong and Scott, of Hagerstown,
solicitors for the Southern Develop
ment Company of Washington county,
have fled bill in the court Of equity
against Rev. Cornelius L. Keedy and
his brother-in -law, Henry c. Mumma,
to recover $4,000 and to secure sew
eral forms of relief. The petition al
leges that DR.. Keedy was a promoter
along with his brother, Mr.. Samuel H.
Keedy, of the Southern Development
Company, which was incorporated
March u, 1891, the purpose of the
company being the purchase of the
Straub farm, in the southern suburbs
of Hagerstown, which was to be laid
off in building lots. DR.. Keedy, the
bill alleges, sold about $24, 900 Of stock,
the buyers being chiefly Baltimoreans.
The Straub farm was purchased
through Henry c. Mumma for 500, 900
but decided by Mr.. Mumma to DR..
Keedy for $4,000. The petition al
leges Mr.. Mumma received $50 as in
terventor. and that DR.. Keedy refused
to deliver up the books of the COM
pany and to attend the company's
meetings, though requested to do SO,
and the court is asked that he be COM
PEELED to give an accounting and re-
lieying of the lands from the mortgage
upon it in favor Of DR.. Keedy for
S5,195.94.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06

There is more Catarrh in this section
of the country than all other diseases
put together, and until the last few years
was supposed to be incurable. For Il
great many years doctors pronounced 1t
local disease, and prescribed local rem
edieS and by constantly failing to cure
with local treatment, pronounced it in
durable. Science has proven catarrh to
be a constitutional disease and therefore
requires constitutional treatment. Hall, s
Catarrh Cure, manufactured by +. j..
Cheney & Co., Toledo Ohio is the only
constitutional cure on the market. 1t is
taken internally in doses from 10 drops to
a teaspoonful 1t acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces of the system.
They offer one hundred dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for circulars
and testimonials Address
f. J. CHENEY II Co., Toledo, Q.
cB-Sold by Druggists, 15c.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06
Like a Sieve.

The chief function OF the kidneys is to sep
arate from the blood, in its passage through
them, of certain impurities and watery par
ticles which make their final exit through
the bladder. The retention of these, in con-
sequence of inactivity of the kidneys, is pro-
ductive OF Bright's disease, dropsy, diabetes,
albuminuria and other malaaies with fatal
tendency. Hostetters stomach Bltters,
bighIy Sanctioned diuretic and blood depur-
emit impels the kidneys when inactive TO re-
new their sitting function, and strain from
the vital current impurities which infest IL
and threaten their own existence as organs
of the body. Catarrh OF the bladder, gravel
and retention of the urine are also naladies
arrested or averted by this benign promoter
and restorative of organic action. Malaria,
rheumatism, constipation, biliousness and
dyspepsia also yield to the Bitters. which is
also speedily beneficial TO the weak and
nervous.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06

have two little grandchildren who
are teething this hot summer weather
and are troubled with bowel complaint.
l give them Chamberlains Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy and it
acts like charm. l earnestly recon-
mend it for children with bowel trou-
bles. I was myself taken with a Sc
we're attack of bloody fux, with cramps
and pains in my stomach, One-third of
a bottle of this remedy cured me.
Within twenty-four hours was out of
bed and doing my house work. Mrs.
w. L. DUNAGAN, Bon-aqua, Hickman
Co., Tenn. For sale by j. G. Gibson,
druggist.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06

Heros Won Borcke, the six-foot four
inches Prussian, who was chief Of staff
for Lieut.. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart, died
in Berlin last Monday. He was one
of the bravest of men, and his immense
figure at the head of cavalry charge
was one of the picturesque visions Of
the war. He had an immense sword
which was presented him by the Com
monwsalth Of Virginia, and which no
ordinary man could lift He came to
this country at the Yorktown Centen-
NAL celebration and came to Staunton
to pay his respects to the widow of
the great cavalry commander, Mrs J.
E. B. Stuart. Those who met him
then were charmed with him. After
he returned to Germany he wrote
book on the civil war and his personal
experience under the great cavalry
commander.-Stalut0n VHdlcator.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.

James Wirgnan, ST., died in Rom
ney last week, aged ninety-one years.
The Supreme Lodge of the Shield of
Honor of the United States is in ses-
sion at Wheeling.
There is to be reunion of McNeills
Confederate Rangers at Moore6eld
August 81 and %
Thomas Phillips, well-known and
universally liked telegraph operator,
committed suicide at Hinton last Sun
day.
James McCourtney, ten-year-old
son of a wealthy Wheeling manufact-
urer, was killed by the machinery Of a
ferryboat few days ago.
NJ. W. Mullen, of Parkersburg, is
the only dealer in the State who has
taken out a license to sell cigarettes
under the new law. The license costs
$500.
Governor MacCorkle has pardoned
from the penitentiary Granville Nc
Daniels, sent up for nine years from
Kanawha county for murder in 1888.
Failing health was the reason for
granting the pardon.
The strike of coal miners in the Flat
Top region seems to be nearing an end.
New hands and some Of the old men
are returning to work at the reduc-
tons named by the operators The
Virginia troops were withdrawn, but
later were sent back.
At Charleston Bernard Conley cir
culated stories rejecting on Mrs. Ella
Moran. The woman went with her
husband and brother to Conley's house,
and while the two men held him the
woman beat him on his bare back
with a cowhide until he was almost
dead.
The following examinations Of APP
plicants for State teachers certificates
are announced by the State board of
examiners: Moundsville, June 9TH and
8th; Wheeling, June 18th and l4th ;
Grafton, June 9th and %; Shepherds
town, July 1st and Cd; Bluefeld, June
10th and 18th Concord Church, June
14th and 18th; Huntington, June 9TH
and 9th; Parkersburg, June 18th and
18th.
A riot occurred at the Gaylord Coal
Works neal Wheeling Tuesday morn
ing. Two hundred miners from Dill
onvale and Laurelton, accompanied by
a brass band, and armed with evolvers,
pick-handles, and clubs, marched
across the country to the Gaylord
works and forced out the thirty men
who were at work there Some of
the working miners were given an
awful beating. Others concealed
themselves in the mines and the woods,
and others fled for their lives.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06
sklRMIsHINe FOR POSITION.

The Republicans leaders who have
their eyes on the next presidential
nomination are doing some interesting
maneuvering just now. Ex-President
Harrison, who wants a vindlcatlon,
has lust left New York after visit OF
several weeks, in which he was feeling
the pulse of the party. His first i'm
pressions were very favorable, but later
cold chills crept up and down his
spinal column when he found that ex-
Vice President Morton had feelerS out
in the same direction. Governor Nor
ton has been playing very fine game
and Mr.. Harrison was so provoked at
its success that he refused to visit him.
Governor William Mckinley, who
had such an encouraging trip through
the South, and who was making good
Roadway towards the nomination, got
a serious setback in Ohio last week,
when he allowed Foraker to gain a
signal victory in the State convention
A Knockout blow in his own State
may be an injury that Mr.. Mckinley
connot ovarcOme
The latest, and therefore the most
promising, boom is that of Senator
Allison, of Iowa. His shouters have
Just invaded New York and are now
singing the praises of their candidate
in the most seductive manner. They
say, which is probably true, that he is
the safest man yet named and that he
has less enemies than any other prom
inent Republican. As his boom has
just commenced, nothing can be said as
to its staying powers.
The Hon. Thomas B. Reed is in the
top of the tallest pine tree in the thick
est woods in the State of Maine. From
his lofty and inaccessible perch he is
eagerly scanning every part of the po-
litical horizon, offering every oppor-
tunity for presidential lightning to
strike his way.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06
Hot Weather Advice.

Health Commissioner McShane, of
Baltimore, has given out some instruc-
tons concerning precautions that peo-
pie should use during extremely hot
weather. He says:
Ozark, close-ftting clothing, and
such as congresses the chest and neck,
should be avoided during the heated
term. For those obliged to labor in
the sun light clothing and straw or
light hat, permitting free circulation
of air, are preferable.
"On very hot days one should drink
frequently, but in small quantities. A
large amount of ice-water, cold beer,
soda water, mineral water or other
iced drinks entering the stomach at
one time is injurious.
"Cool water, into which oatmeal has
been stirred, is a safe and refreshing
drink. Water should not be drunk
in considerable quantities at lower
temperature than spring water, name
ly, Sc degrees Fahrenheit. Immediate
death is often caused by "ice-cold
drinks. The immoderate use of alec
holic beverages is also dangerous.
1.-The sleeping-room should be freely
ventilated and cool. Constipation Of
the bowels should be avoided. When
overheated, work slowly, frequently
cooling the head, chest and back with
cold water. Keep wet cloth or
some green leaves in the hat on the
head, frequently wetting them with
cold water. When, on a very hot
day, the skin becomes dry and un
comfortably hot, burning sensation
is felt in the head, and the face is
flushed and the eyes blood-shot, the
person should Immediately quit work,
retire to cool place and rest in quiet
ness, and, if not speedily relieved from
the sensation of heat, take a cold bath.
"Symptoms.-The attack may be
very sudden and take the form Of de-
lirium, in which the patient rushes
wildly about and may attack those
around him; or he may become weak
and sink to the ground, as if in faint
ing spell or stupor. Loss of conscious
ness and mental disturbance may be
only partial. Nausea or sickness at
the stomach often precedes the onset.
Commissions may occur. Sunstroke
must be carefully distinguished from
heat exhaustion, in which the general
symptoms are similar to those of sun
stroke, but the bodily temperature is
below the normal. The difference can
be at once recognized by feeling the
skin underneath the clothing in sun
stroke the skin feels burning hot, IN
heat exhaustion it is cold.
The treatment of patients overcome
by heat is as follows at the City Hos
pital in Baltimore: The patients
clothes are removed and he is quickly
laid on his back on table. Blocks
of ice are applied to the head and the
hose is turned on the patient, When
the temperature is reduced the assist
ants carry the patient to an upstairs
room, where he is placed in a tub of
cold water and kept there until the
temperature is reduced to normal, when
he is put to bed. 1t frequently occurs
that the patients are exhausted after
they undergo the treatment with ice
and the bath. In these cases mild
stimulant is administered,
In New York this week at one of
the hospitals it is claimed that the
lives of two persons were saved by
bleeding them and then packing them
IN ice
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06
Pierce .. sss:- a CURE
OR MONEY RETURNED.

John R. Harmon was shot and in
stantly killed by his wife, Mary Har-
mon, at Falls Church, Va, on Sunday
last. The murdered man is described
as being worthless fellow who has
been living apart from his wife for
some time. Sunday he called at the
house and, talking through window,
asked her to again live with him, but
she refused. He then attempted to
get into the house through the window
when she picked up a gun, and fired.
Mrs. Harmon asserts that she did not
know the gun was loaded, and took it
ouly for the purpose Of frightening her
husband off. She surrendered her.
self, and was locked up in jail. The
woman has been supporting her light
children since her separation from her
husband.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06
MOrgan'S Grove Trap Shoot.

The superintendent of the trap
shooting department ofMorgans Grove
has contracted with the Interstate
Trap Shooting Association to take ex-
elusive charge this year Of the shoot
ing tournament. They will give
two days shoot, September 4th and
9TH. The manager OF the Interstate
Association says he will bring their
entire outfit, which is the finest in the
United States-latest improved cleo
trio pulls and traps, gun racks, tents,
cashiers Office, blackboards, etc. Nor
CANS Grove association offers fine L.
c. Smith hammerless gun as their
trophy, entrance free, open to the
world. Also a county cup, entrance
free, open to all bona fde residents of
Frederick and Washington counties,
Md, and Jefferson and Berkeley coun-
ties, W. Va. This viii be the largest
shoot ever held in this State. The
Interstate Association has a national
reputation and an immense following
of expert shots. Our local shooters
are going into active practice and the
man who carries off the Morgan's
Grove trophies will not have any goose
eggs in his score. The programmes
will soon be out and can be obtained
from Elmer E. Shaner, Manager, l22
Diamond Market, Pittsburg, Pa, or 7.
c. Stotler, Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06
DIED..

In Washington, D. c., June3, 1895,
Mr.. JOINS. GALLAHER, aged 76 years,
7 months and l day, oldest son Of the
late Hon. John S. Gallaher, formerly
Third Auditor of the U. S. Treasury.
The deceased was a son of the founder
of the Charlestown Free Press.
At the County Infrmary, May "a,
1895, Mr.. JOHN FLYNN, aged 90
NearS
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06

JUDGE E. BOYD FAULKNER, in COM
menting on the election cases at
Charlestown, took occasion to express
his opinion on a very interesting fea-
ture of our election law. The law re-
quires that voter, if challenged, cam
not vote unless he makes an affidavit,
in which he states his residence, ETC.,
and swears to it. The usual opinion
heretofore has been that the election
commissioners were compelled to take
the vote then, though the voter could
afterward, if the affidavit was false, be
prosecuted both for perjury and for
illegal voting. Judge Faulkner de-
clared that if the commissioners know
a voter is not entitled to vote, they
have a right to refuse to let him vote,
the affidavit to the contrary notwith-
standing. In other words, the COM
missioners should not receive the vote
if they know it is illegal. This is a
wise, just and legal opinion sustained
by common sense and justice.-lIar-
tinS5arg Independent.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06

]. T. Lovett, former resident Of
Loudoun county, died recently in
Ohio. Mr.. Lovett was known by his
neighbors as a very peculiar man, but
they had no idea that he was a miser
until after his death, when gold and
paper money amounting to over
$4,000 was found hidden in an old
trunk in his house.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06

We see that Shepherdstown is to have
another paper. 1t strikes us that four
papers are about as many as can thrive
in jefferson county Besides, the peo-
pie of Shepherdstown can congratulate
themselves already on having about the
best local paper in the State. Snyder's
REGISTER is as bright as silver dollar
and as newsy as bee.-Hampshfre Re
vieU.
ACCEPT the assurance of our most dis
tinguished consideration, friend Corn
well. Like an omnibus, the newspaper
business always seems to have room for
one more. Sometimes the passengers
may be crowded little, but conditions
will adjust themselves eventually.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06

MANY of the citizens of Rainsville,
Indiana, are never without a bottle of
Chamberlain Cough Remedy in the
house, says Jacob Brown, the leading
merchant of the place. This Remedy
has proven of so much value for colds,
Group and whooping cough in children
that few mothers who know its worth
are willing to be without it. For sale
by J. G. Gibson, druggist.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06

WE would like to know just what
the silverites mean by advocating
"the restoration of silver to the place
it occupied before the crime Of 1878. ,
Do they want to annihilate the $780,
100000 of silver money we have now?
That is what a true restoration would
involve. For forty years prior to 1878
there were no standard silver dollars
in circulation in this country. Even
the fractional coins were being shipped
rapidly away until Congress in 1858
reduced their weight so that they were
not worth their face value, and they
have so remained ever since. The
true position of silver was simply this:
1t was nominally entitled to free COIN
age, but upon such terms that it took
more than a gold dollars worth Of sill
yer bullion to make a silver dollar.
Nobody could afford to have it coined
at that rate and so we had no silver
dollars. From 1884 silver was Just
as absolutely demonetized, by natural
laws, as ever it was by the law Of 1878.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06

The Romney RSvieaO paid deserved
compliment to the ShepherdStOwn REG
IRTER when it said it was the best county
paper published in the State.-BerkeIey
Springs Meas.
THANKS, gentlemen, hearty thanks.
1t makes body feel good to hear such
pleasant things. In this same cOnnec-
ton well-known public official of
this State recently remarked that he
did not know of paper in West Vir-
ginia that had better conducted edi-
torial page than the REGISTER.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06
HATS For MEN AND BOYS

suitable for the summer season. iucud.
ing Straw Hats. DerbieS and Soft Hat,
All these goods will be- sold at low
prices for cash. Honest value WI, Dee
given for every penny spent respect.
fully solicit portion of the public pa.
tronage. II h. LINE
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06

MCKINLEY STOCK is getting pretty
low in Ohio. The little Napoleon had
a Waterloo last week when Foraker
Wellingtoned him.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06

YES, Br'er Morris, we have seen the
Keyser Echo; but as it generally
keeps off our grass pretty we'll we will
let it alone this time.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06

A DENVER clergyman says that
10000 men are going to hell on bl-
cycles. Well, why doesn't he strew
lacks in their path.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06
Everywhere We Go

We find someone who has been cured by
Hoods Sarsaparilla, and people OF all hands
are praising this great medicine for what IL
has done for them and their friends. Iaken
in time Hoods SaIsaparilla prevents serious
illness by keeping the blood pure and all the
organs in a healthy condition. II Is the great
blood purifier.
HOODS PILLS become the favorte cathar-
ic with everyone who tries them. 25c box.
Cliff City Lodge No. D. Shield OF Honor,
meets the second and fourth Tuesdays 10
each month at =. m
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06
CAST OUT,

the disorders, diseases, and weaknesses pecu-
liar to women-by the prompt action Of DR..
Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It's pow
erful, invigorating tonic, and a strengthen
ing nervine 1t brings relief for sleepless-
ness, backache and beaIing-down sensations.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06

CONGRESSMAN BoUTELLE, of Maine,
never harmed the living Confederates
very much, but he is after the dead
ones with sharp stick.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-06-06

ONE point is quite clear: The Re-
publicans propose to dodge the silver
issue. All the party leaders are
straddling, except Senator Elkins, who
takes both sides according to circum-
stances