Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-01-21
West Virginia Items.

was burned to death in Hampshire
county last week by her clothing
taking fire.
Floyd Butcher, wealthy timber
dealer, living near Huntington, blew
his brain, out with revolver last
Saturday. He was respondent over
the depression in business.
James Rowell, of Raleigh, who
claims 20 be the husband of four wo-
men. has been arrested at Bluefeld.
He says he was welded to all four
within the past three years.
The Civil Service Commission an
nounces that the regular West Vir-
ginia examination for positions in the
general department service Will be
held at Parkersburg on April %.
The grip" is raging at the State
penitentiary. There are 600 prisoners
confined there, and Monday morning
100 were so i'll they could not leave
their cells. Others are also affected
by the epidemic.
Last Friday Jacob Oyler killed
bear on the knob known as the Devils
Nose, near Little Cacapon, which
weighed three hundred pounds. 1t
was the largest bear killed in that
section for quite long period of time.
The chase began on the day before,
when the bear was wounded.
The other day Frederick Colston,
aged seventeen, a clerk for John Child
ester, of Vandalia, was sent to Weston
on horseback with $500 to deposit in
the Citizens Bank. The boy placed
the money TO his employers credit,
left the horse at a livery stable and
took train for Cincinnati en- route
for Cuba.
The West Virginia Republican AS
ISOLATION in Washington gave q ban
euet last night to the recently-elected
officials and the Congressman from this
State and other guests. Covers were
laid for over hundred persons, and
among the names mentioned we no.
ticed that of Elmer Lambert, of Shop
herdstowD.
Old Aunt Cynthia Carroll, the Oldest
person in West Virginia, died in Lin
coin county last week at the home Of
Samp Burns, with whom she has made
her home for many years. While no
correct record of her age can be found,
vet she is believed to have been one
hundred and twenty years old. She
had retained her faculties fairly well
up to within short time before her
death.
Among the appointments announced
by Governor-elect Atkinson are J. ".
Appleton, of Monroe county, as ad-
iutant general, and Col, D. E. T. Cas-
teel, of Upshur county, as assistant
adiutant general. c. n. Smith, Of
Charleston, has received the appoint
ment of janitor of the State-House,
and Samuel a. Hawk, of Huntington,
has been appointed warden at the
State penitentlary.
William Teller, a patient in the
State insane asylum at Spencer, killed
James Barrows, an attendant, few
days ago. Teller invited Barrows in
to his room and beat him to death
with an iron bar, which he secured by
breaking up his bed Barrows body
was not rescued by other attendants
till the lunatic had beaten his head to
a pulp. Teller was a trusted patient
and was believed to be almost cured.
Frank Cornwall, eighteen years old,
son of the superintendent Of the public
schools Of Taylor county, shot Tom
Hazlipp, B. & o. brakeman, at Graft
on Monday night. Young Cornwall,
who was returning from sick call,
found Hazlipp beating another rail
roader. Interfering, the boy was
knocked down, when, drawing a re-
volver, he placed it at Hazlipp's right
side and fired two shots, inficting fatal
wounds. Cornwall was locked up.
Some excitement was caused by the
arrest of SIX of the prominent Young
men of Morgantown on Monday. They
are charged with having badly dam
aged car while on an excursion to
Fairmont to witness a football game
last fall. Two detectives have been
for some time investigating the affair,
and the arrests are the outcome Of their
labors. The young men gave bond in
the sum of 5000 for their appearance
before the grand jury and were re-
leased. Two of them are students at
the University.
A triple murder occurred late Fri
day night at Flat Rock, few miles
south of Wheeling. Jesse Russell, e.
mer Moore and John Greer went to
the house of Lew Grim, where dance
was in progress and attempted to in
terrupt the festivities. Grim ordered
them away and fight ensued. Co.
ing into the house, Grim secured a
shotgun and fired at the men. Rus
sell was shot in the breast and the
other two men in the back as they
started to run away. All these died
in short time. Grim gave himself up.