Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-02-13
Items of Interest.


cigarettes, while New York makes
$780, 100000. The whole output OF
the United States is 36,O0O,OO0,OO
1t takes $4,000, 900 dudes to smoke
them all in year.
A plan has been made for a 2Oo
story house in New York. 1t will
contain 100000 offices and have room
to accommodate 100000 people. 1t
sounds like wild dream, but it is
claimed it can be built of steel and
iron.
A log house in Marengo township
Mich, occupied by two families named
Page, was destroyed by fire last week,
aud Mr.. and Mrs Harvey Page and
their two sons, one three years of age
and the other three months old, were
cremated. Harvey Page was awakened
by the flames and aroused his brother
Wilbur, and the latters wife, who
slept in another part Of the house.
Wilbur and his wife escaped. Harvey
tried to save his wife and children and
persisted with them.
One hundred and fifty guests had
assembled at the home of Albert H.
Baker, near Sandusky, Ohio, the other
night, to attend the wedding of Bakers
daughter. Just as the ceremony was
about to begin the floor suddenly gave
way, precipitahag about 70 persons
into the cellar. Fortunately the lamp
was extinguished, but candles set fire
to the clothing of some of the women
and a panic eusued. The guests were
piled four and five deep, and it was
some time before the fire was exiting
uished and they were extricated from
the cellar. One person was fatally IN
iured, several were badly hurt, while
many others received less serious in
juries.
Mrs. Jane Houston, bank presi-
dent s wife, at Wellfeet, Nebr., lost
diamonds and other iewelry the other
night, valued at $1,000. Mort Green,
whom the authorities were shadowing
as dangerous suspect, dropped into
the Free Methodist revival meeting
lust in time to hear Mrs. Houston ex-
planning, in giving her experience,
that she had Just discarded her dia-
monds and other jewelry, since she
thought it ungodly to wear them. She
said she left all of her fnery on her
dresser when she left hen house for
church. Green, it is said, left the
church, broke into the Houston resi-
dence and found that she had told the
truth. He took everything in sight,
and left note saying he was glad he
could remove temptation from the good
woman The authorities are eater him.
The Atlanta Journal states that the
financial results of the Cotton States
Exposition have been finally figured
out by experts. According to the re-
ports of these experts the receipts of
the exposition company have been
$l,2l1, $1,000, while the total expen-
ditures reach ,241,366.44. This
leaves a deficit of $29,8O9.14. This
amount, however, does not include the
loss sustained by stockholders, bond
holders and the railroads 1t is the
amount that will be lost by the holders
of the floating claims. According to
the report of the treasurer, the COM
pany was unable to pay $4,000 of its
income bonds and Will be unable to
pay about 40 per cent of its issue OF
100000 of mortgage bonds. The
company received $238,00o in sub
scriptions from the city and citizens Of
Atlanta, for which stock was issued.
This will be a total loss, as there will
be no funds with which to pay the
amount. This statement shows that
Atlanta invested 1851, SOC in an expo
sition.