Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-03-18
West Virginia Items.


peals decided that subscriptions by
magisterial districts for the building
of railroads and other public improve
ments are constitutional and that
bonds issued for that purpose are valid.
Rev. Rodney Rush Swope, D. D..
prominent Episcopal minister Of
Wheeling, has accepted a call to the
Protestant Episcopal Church at Bllt-
more, N. c., where Mr. George Gould,
the New York millionaire, has his
magnificent estate.
George Socks died suddenly Sun
day night at Halfway, Washington
county, aged about seventy-fve years.
He was sitting in chair after supper
conversing with his family, when he
was seized with a stroke Of paralysis
and expired in few minutes.
Ex-State Superintendent Of Schools
Virgil A. Lewis will establish school
at Mason City, Mason county. He
has associated with himself number
Of accomplished teachers, and his main
object Will be to prepare students to
enter colleges We wish him success.
Nathan Lee, a farmer living near
Parkersburg, was victimized by three
green-goods men out of $500 Monday.
The fakirs played the old trick with
good money, but when Lee examined
his rol' lie found nothing but slips of
plain paper, with genuine 81 note
on the outside.
The "TriB,aae" and the "NepS,'
the two Democratic papers Of Harri-
son county, will consolidate, and be
owned by joint stock company in
which w. Brent Maxwell and T.
Moore jackson will be the principal
stockholders. The former editors will
retire and the new paper will be
STYLED the "NeacS- Tribune" issued
semi-weekly, and edited by Howard
L. Smith.
John Harriss and his brother
Charles, two prominent citizens Of
Patterson's Creek, while waiting for
breakfast the other day, engaged in
friendly boxing bout, the effort being
to knock off each others hats. The
exercise became rather violent, both
being big men. Suddenly Charles
dropped to the ground. All efforts to
revive HIM proved unavailing and he
died in few minutes. Heart disease
is supposed TO be the cause.
The town of Moundsville voted on
license or no license last week, and
the temperance advocates won by a
handsome majority. When the result
of the election was known, the mem
bers of the two Methodist churches
hired brass band and paraded the
streets. The procession was made up
of many Of the most prominent men,
bers of the church, and they sang
hymns and offered prayers celebrating
the first anti-hcense victory III the
history of the town.
The enterprising town Of Elklns,
this State, which was named for Sena
tor Elkins and which is his home, suf-
fered a heavy loss from fire last Sun
day morning. The flames started in
the large building Of the Elkins Fur
niture and Hardware Company, and
as the fre-fghting equipment Of the
town was of the most primitive nature
the flames spread until twelve business
houses, the Bank Of Elkins, the office
of the Inter- Mountain newspaper, the
West Virginia Hotel, large livery
stable, the Opera-House, six residences
and several smaller buildings were de-
stroyed, with nearly all their contents.
Help was asked for from Davis, Tucker
county, and the department Of that
town went to Elkins by a special train,
but did not arrive in time to be Of
much service.
A recent dispatch from Washington
says: West Virginia Republican pol
iticians have perfected proposition
which, if successfully carried out, will
add very considerably to the federal
patronage in that State, and be, as an
ticipated, of much party benefit. Sen
ator Elkins and Representative Day
ton are the principal movers in the
matter. 1t is proposed to create an
additional United States District Court
for the State, and it is understood
bill for this purpose will be presented
at the ensuing extra session Of Con-
gress. Four more frst-class federal
Offices will be created, Judge, clerk,
a United States attorney and mar
shall, with salaries ranging from four
to five thousand per annum. 1t is as
serted that Senator Faulkner will not
oppose the bill, and in this case its
chances for favorable action would
seem to be quite good. Judge jack
son, of the United States District Court
for West Virginia, is, however, strong
ly opposed to the proposition, and de-
clares that he is capable of attending
to all the federal business in the State.
desire to attest to the merits of