Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18
West Virginia News.

The President has appointed Chas.
F. Scott, former West Virginian, to
be police Judge in Washington City,
succeeding the late Judge Miller.
Col. H. Samuel Cooper, of Hamp-
shire county, fell from. wagon few
DAYS ago and sustained injuries which
caused his death. He served with dis
tinction in the Confederate army.
The mayors of all the cities and
towns OF West Virginia will meet in
Clarksburg on the 29th and 30th, to
oranize State association, and to in
terchange ideas on all subjects pertain
ing to municipalities.
Mr.. Mortimer G. Totten, merchant
of Piedmont, this State, died at the
City Hospital in Baltimore on Mon
day, aged 60 years. He was post
master at Piedmont for q number of
years and served in the West Vir-
ginia Legislature.
Albert Voters was hanged at Fay
etteville last Friday in the presence Of
a great crowd of people. He was the
last of the Lewis gang Of murderers
and thieves and was hanged for the
murder of Charles Gibson, at Mont
gomery, April %, 1896.
1t is again asserted that the anthra-
cite coal in the neighborhood Of Cher
ry Run, Morgan county, is to be de-
veloped. The statement is made that
a syndicate of Western Pennsylvania
coal operators headed by Mr.. Stoufer,
of Scottsdale, has purchased 5000
acres ofland in the vicinity and will
open up the coal veins.
Ridiculous as it seems III civilized
land, the eccentricities of an old man
by the name of Frank Wiseman were
gratifed by Rev. Mr.. Ireland preach
ing his funeral sermon at Vadls, W.
Va, while the former attended the
service. A Mrs. Carson tainted. The
whole programme from the beginning
to end was sensational in the extreme
DR.. w. J. Sargent, living near Nor
gantown, while excavating for cellar
at his home on Friday struck an open
ing in the earth out of which popped
a rattlesnake. Before he could dis
patch the snake others came out, and
he was compelled to call some work
men to his assistance. A battle en-
sued, and when it was over Isl snake
had been killed-50 cOpperheads, 81
rattlers and 40 blacksnakes.
Acting under instructions from the
War Department at Washington, Ma
ior C. F. Powell, engineer in charge
of the Monongahela river improve,
ments, has awarded the contract fol
the six dams to be built between Nor
gantown and Fairmont to G. |. Nc
Donald & Co., of Pittsburg, thus end
ing a long controversy among the
contractors who bid on the work
Mcdonald & Co.'S bid was $600,S14,
and the work is to be completed IL
four years.
Several farmers about Jane Lew
West Milford, Cherry Camp and Salem
of Harrison county, have been victim
lied by green goods men. Among
those arrested, charged with the Of
tense of using the mails of the United
States fraudulently, are: William
Haskins, Homer Nutter and Tilden
Nutter. There are twenty-three spe'
cifc charges against Haskins. Tilder
Nutter has been discharged. 1t il
very evident that quite number o
farmers were willing to give 81 for 81
but when the victims squealed ther
followed the arrests. 1t is said there
will be sensational developments, and
when it is made public who were
victimized for the green good" every
body will be surprised at the promi
nence of the people and how many o
them are professed members Of
churches.