Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-10-13
West Virginia Items.

landed IN the Gllmer county jail Dy
revenue officers.
Rev. Matt S. Hughes, who was at
one time local editor of a weekly pa
per in Morgantown, has recently gone
to Kansas City as pastor of the First
Methodist Church of that city at
salary of $4,000. Well bet he never
made half as much as an editor.
A very disastrous fire occurred at
Terra Alta last Saturday morning,
when the two-story planning mill of
Freeland & Cassidy, the three-story
wholesale grocery store of Pugh q
Beavers, the two-story steam -four mill
of Freeland & Cassida, two dwelling
houses and stable belonging to the
same parties were totally destroyed in
the business section of the town. The
loss was about 500, 900, on which there
was no insurance at all.
George Oily was killed at Romeo
verte, this State, few days ago. He
was travelling with circus, and leased
a female elephant and her baby. The
animal became greatly enraged, and
after Oily had left and laid down to
sleep on the ground in the tent, she
succeeded in freeing herself from the
stake to which she was fastened, and
going to where the man was sleeping,
seized him in her trunk and beat him
to death on the ground, making sure
of his death by crushing him under
her feet
While Sheriff Patton, Of Richie
county, was attending sick prisoners
in the Jail Lee Samples, the noted
forger, awaiting trial, escaped from
the jail and was not missed by the
sheriff for some time. When his abb
sence was noticed a posse was formed
and went in pursuit, securing the
country for miles around. After a
ten-hour search, and while on their
way home, one Of party noticed Sam
plies perched upon the topmost limb
of huge beech tree. He was cap
tured and returned to the Jail.
VIM. Shackleford, private of Com
pany l, Second West Virginia Volun-
teers, died at the Todd Hospital at
Carlisle, Pa, last week, Of typhoid
fever. No relatives or friends were
present. His home is in Clarksburg.
Lieutenant Pierson is i'll at the Todd
Hospital. He was a West Virginia
State Senator. There are now seven
teen soldier patients from the Second
West Virginia Volunteers at the lnstl-
tuition. Thirteen more are at the
York Hospital, and sickness seems to
be on the increase among the soldiers.
John c. Haines, Of Company A, died
at Camp Meade last week.
Here's a rather tough poker story
that comes by way Of Parkersburg
During a severe electrical storm at
Creston, last night, peculiar accident
happened to four poker players who
had sat down to a game under huge
cliff, large rock being used as a table.
Over hundred dollars was in the jack
pot when suddenly a severe shock was
felt by the players, lightning striking
the centre of the table and hurting
aside the men with terrible force. All
four were badly shocked but none Sc
riously injured. The Jackpot was
equally divided, one half Of the money
falling on either side of the imprO-
vised table.
Lieut. Col. Clarence L. Smith, of
the First West Virginia Volunteer
Infantry, now at Camp Poland, Knox
vile, Tenn, writing to his paper, the
Fairmont Hlder, says: "a few nights
ago Private Golf, a prisoner confined
in the guard-house, undertook to make
his escape. He ran in the direction Of
the camp of the Sixth Ohio, which pre-
vented the sentry from shooting him.
He had gone but short distance when
he fell down an embankment, but soon
got up and made his escape. The next
morning he was found in the woods,
nearly half a mile from the guard
house, dead. Upon examination it was
found that his neck was broken.
A party of fishermen found near
Great Cacapon the badly decomposed
remains of man lodged in the bushes
on the West Virginia shore of the Po-
tomac River, and buried the remains
on the river bank, near where they
were found. Decomposition had so
far advanced that it was impossible to
ascertain the cause of death. The
man was about five feet, eight inches
in height, light complexion, with SAN
dy colored hair, and probably twenty
three years old. He was dressed
in cheap coat and vest, and blue
overalls, and had on a pair of new
shoes. A lead pencil, pocket comb
and pair Of new cotton hose were in
his pockets.
Rev. Charles E. Shaw, late pastor
Of the NJ. E. Church here, rather sur
prised his flock last week, by preach
ing his farewell sermon Sunday and
leaving for conference in session at
Warrington, as was supposed by
everybody here, but he only got as
far as Grafton, where he attended the
Episcopal Church Tuesday night and
was duly confirmed in that faith by
Bishop Peterkin, who was there to
take in a class. Rev. Shaw was at
once assigned to work in the ministry
of the Episcopal Church and sent to
Charlestown, Jefferson county, and is
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