Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-03-04
Items Of Interest.

making the Jefferson Davis mansion
in Richmend, a safe receptacle for
valuable Confederate relics.
An uncle of Miss Carrie Jewell, of
st. Louis, Mo, offered to give her
$4,000 if she would forego her in
tention to become a Catholic nun.
She refused his offer. Miss Hulda
Duestrow, the richest girl in st. Louis,
has also decided to enter Catholic
convent, and her income of $4,000
year will go to the church.
A definite reply has been received
from Hon. William Jennings Bryan,
accepting the invitation extended him
some time ago to deliver the final ad,
dress before the two literary societies
Of the University at Charlottesville
Va, during commencement week. Mr.
Bryan has given as his subject, "Jef-
forson Still Lives and will deliver
the address on Tuesday evening, June
18th.
A dispatch from Leesburg, GA, says:
"a party arrived from Macon Friday
night to shoot doves near this place on
the Lamar plantation. The members
killed from 5000 to 5000 doves. The
slaughter of doves near this place for
the past two seasons has been so great
the party was disappointed by not find
ing many. AT the present rate of
slaughter there will be no doves left
soon. Little less than $4,000 doves
have been killed in Lee county in the
last two seasons. 1t is said a move
may be made to have the Legislature
take hand to prevent the wholesale
slaughter of doves. "
The criminal docket, containing
about sixty cases, was taken up in the
circuit court at Hagerstown on Mon
day. Judge Edward Stake warned
the prisoners before they were arraign-
ed that they would be given the high
est penalty allowed by law if they re-
fused to plead guilty when they knew
they were guilty and knew there was
clear case against them. He stated
he proposed breaking up the practice
of allowing counsel to prisoners who
knew themselves to be guilty just for
the fun of having a trial, thus putting
more expense on the taxpayers, where
upon ten prisoners pleaded guilty to
indictments for larceny and other
felonies.
Excitement prevailed at Stauntop
Va, among the colored people over a
very singular occurrence. 1t had been
reported that Harry Coleman, once a
political figure and much respected
colored man, had died at Petersburg.
His colored brethren and Masonic
friends ordered the body sent for IN
torment. 1t came and the colored Ma
sons in their regalia paraded and met
the body at the depot and took it In
solemn procession to the cemetery
about mile from town. After the
services at the grave sister desired to
look at her brother, and the friends
proceeded to open the case, which tc
their surprise, was fastened with long
wrought nails. When the face was eX-
posed to view, it was not Coleman al
all, but a stranger, totally unknown
to the colored people there. The col
ored people were very much incensed.
They have spent their money and failed
to get the body Of their friend.
Loaded guns sometimes 60 off at
the breech. On December last Frank
White, a negro, swore out warrant
against David Spencer, also black
charging him with felonious assault
upon little negro girl aged y years,
the alleged assault occurring in vicinl-
ty of Rippon, where all the parties
live. The warrant has been lying here,
and on Monday Spencer was arrested
and had his hearing Thursday before
Justice C. F. Gallaher At the trial
the little negro girl denied the truth
of any and all Of the charges, leaving
Whites accusations without any sup
port whatever, and completely exhon-
Grating the accused, who, by the way,
is a respectable, well behaved negro,
possessing the respect and confidence
of those who know him. a warrant
was Immediately sworn out charging
Frank White with perjury. He was
tried on the spot and jailed to await
the action of the next grand jury. He
will have abundant opportunity to re-
feet upon the danger of digging pits
and then tumbling in them. Mr.. ].
F. Engle represented Spencer and Col
onel F. w. Brown appeared for the