Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-12-31
Items Of Interest.


best-known pension attorneys IN the
country, died last week.
Ex-Congressman Roswell G. Horn, a
noted Republican stump speaker, died
in Plainfeld, N. j., last Friday.
A man named Curtis, up in New
York State, recently traded his wife
for dog. 1t must have been a mighty
good dog.
Alexander Hermann, the noted
magician and sleight- of-hand perform.
er, died suddenly on the train neal
Bradford, Pa, last week.
The Cumberland Valley Railroad
Company has purchased powerful
snow pillow to be used on the road be,
tween Harrisburg, Pa, and Winches,
ter, Va, this winter.
A very destructive fire occurred al
Radford, Va, on Saturday, destroy
ing a very large hotel and 81 houses
including 8 business houses. Estima-
ted loss about $4,000.
Little Robert Henry, Baltimore
boy who was bitten by a mad dog a
couple of weeks ago, died in terrible
agony from hydrophobia on Monday
He had been treated at the Pasteur
institute in New York, but it did him
no good.
The official returns on the vote in
West Virginia for President were COM
pleted and tabulated a few days ago.
The average vote for Mckinley elect
ors foots up 1O5, 1868; for Bryan elect
ors, 94,4 8O; for Palmer electors, CTS
for lowering electors, 1915; McKin-
ley's plurality, 1O,888, his majority,
1897.
The New York Christian Advocate
thus sums up the religious procEvities
of the newly-elected State officials :
Govarnor-elect Atkinson. of West Vir-
ginia, is an official member Of Fourth
Street Methodist Episcopal Church OF
Wheeling, and Bible teacher in its
Sunday school. Four otter newly
elected officials of this State are Meth.
odists Judge H. c. MacWhorter, now
of the Supreme Court NJ. A. Ken
dali, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Professor
Trotter, Superintendent of Public In
struction, and E. P. Rucker, Attorney
General. The latter is member Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church South
The Danville limited express on.the
Chicago and Eastern Illinois road was
saved by a small boy from plungine
into the Calumet river at Dolton, q
suburb of Chicago, the other day. The
train was heavily loaded and was run
80
ming at high rate of speed. A little
boy saw four feet Of rail out of thu
track lust as he noticed the Danvillc
express coming, and tagged it will
his hat. The engineman thought thu
boy was playing and at first though
he would not stop. Finally, however
he set the air brake and came to ;
standstill few feet from the gap il
the track. The track was repaired
and the express went on, few of tn
passengers knowing how near they ha(
been to death.
Hon. NJ. X. Duty, one Of the best
known lawyers in this State, was muir
dered in his office at Pennsboro b,
Cad Collins last Thursday afternoon
About 5 o'clock Benton Thomas,
client of Lawyer Duty, called on tn
latter to consult him on business
Thomas had been in Duty's Office bu
short time when Collins, who is
well-known oil man, entered and be
gan an abusive attack upon Thomas
Duty ordered Collins to leave the of
fee, whereupon the latter rushed a
Duty with long knife. Duty received
three slashes across the abdomen ant
was so badly cut about the neck anC
head that he died shortly afterward
Before Duty fell he struck Collins owe.
the head with a poker. Lawyer Duty
was the late Democratic candidate foI
circuit Judge of Richie county circuit
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