Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-11-26
Items Of Interest.

a Connecticut man mas Dequedtho"
100000 to Dwight L. Moody, the
evangelist.
Postmaster General Wilson has Is
sued an order prohibiting such notices
as please Send Out or please Paste
Up" being placed on the wrappers of
third-class mail matter. Such notices
will subject the matter to frst-class
rates. The words Persona" or ITO
Be Called For" are deemed part of
the address, and are permissible.
Monmouth township, Warren coun-
ty, H., has completed 5000 feet of
brick pavement, which is said to be
the first hard country road ever put
down in the United States. The
brick is single course laid on sixinch-
es of sand and supported on each side
by two and ahalf feet of crushed stone.
The cost will be less than s. 900 a
mile
Rev. Jos. P. Wilson, former pastor
of the Calvert Circuit Methodist Epis-
copal Church now stationed at Win
chester Va has received Intelligence
of the death of his uncle, Jacob T..
Davis, Of San Francisco, which occurred
October Doth. Mr.. Davis was a piO-
neer of 40 and his operations in realty
were very profitable. He leaves an
estate valued at about $6,000,O0O.
Mr.. Davis left no family, and Rev.
Mr.. Wilson and his brother and sister
are brought into a direct line Of heir
ship.-Bahimore SIM.
Lucien Bacigalupl, the totally blind
son of the keeper Of public * ray
display, in San Francisco, has discov-
cred that by the aid of the Roentgen
ray he can see sufficiently to distin-
guish objects. The lad was given the
Horoscope and he at once said he could
see light. Keys, nails and other me-
tallic objects were placed behind blocks
of wood and in purses and the lad
distinguished the forms readily. The
test was made complete and such a stir
has it made among medical and scien-
tifc men that a number Of experiments
will be made with other persons who
are blind.
In Mrs. Vanderbilt's collection Of
thimbles, which is the envy Of all her
feminine friends, there are several that
are not only very beautiful, but histor-
ically valuable as well. Among the
latter and probably most highly valued
by their fortunate owner, Is one which
was originally worn by Queen Eliza
beth another, which shows its royal
owner knew its use, was the property
Of Princess Alice, still another dainty
conception in gold and enamel which
once belonged to the Princess of Wales,
while most valued of all, is one said to
have been used by Queen Victoria
whe she was a girl of fourteen
The following swindle is being
worked in different counties in Ohio
Swindler No. l calls upon farmer
with a patent wagon tongue, and in
forms him that he is on his way home,
having made good thing of it, and
has only one county to sell. He tells
the farmer he can have it for $3.50
and if he wants it to write to him. In
a few days swindler No. 2 comes along.
He has heard that the farmer has the
right of the county for the patent wa
gon tongue, and, as he made bic
thing of it in Pennsylvania, he wants
to buy the right of the county, and
offers the farmer $500 and pays $40
to bind the bargain. The farmer writes
No. l and sends to him his note fol
$3.50. He never hears of either of the
men again, but his note comes up for
collection in neighboring town, and
he is out $240.