Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-08-11
West Virginia Items.

Wade Counts and his son were killed
by lightning near Charleston, while
taking shelter under tree.
Lille Blair attempted to commit
suicide the other day at Parksrsburg
by taking a big dose Of laudanum.
She was gloomy over love affair.
Harris Moore, the negro who at
temped to poison the family Of Judge
John ]. Jackson at Parksrsburg some
weeks ago, has been sentenced to the
penitentiary for life.
In West Virginia there will be if
teen Senators to elect this year-two
more than usual, Senators Pearson and
Getzendanner having lost their seats
by going into the volunteer army.
The Davis Coal and Coke Company
has been awarded the government
contract to furnish the navy yard at
Washington for the fiscal year with
coal and coke, aggregating more than
10000 tons.
Through the influence Of Senator
Elkins Capt. Edward A, Avis, re-
tired officer Of the regular army, has
been designated by the War Depart
ment as commandant Of the cadets Of
the West Virginia University.
There is complaint among some Of
the soldiers of the Second Regiment,
stationed near Charleston, that they
do not get enough to eat, and that the
bread furnished on contract is not
properly baked. The matter will be
investigated.
Mrs. Mary Jackson Rufner, presi-
dent of the board Of the home for In
curables, has addressed a letter to the
president of each county court in the
State asking him to furnish the board
with the number of such persons IN
his county. Mrs. Rufner announces
that the home will be open for the re-
ception Of patients December 10, and
that it will accommodate fifty. She
will 60 before the next Legislature and
urge an appropriation for enlarging
the home. 1t will be located at
Huntington.
The Second West Virginia Regi
ment is now fully equipped and ready
to 90 to the front. The guns have
been issued and were used in regimen
tai dress parade Saturday evening.
They are Springfield rifles, fOrty-fve
calibre, with all the modern attach
ments. Last Saturday Governor At
kinson presented the two beautiful
flags recently purchased for the regi-
ment by the ladies Of Charleston. One
is a State flag, with the coat Of arms
Of West Virginia embroidered on each
side and other suitable inscription, and
the other the regulation regimental
colors.
A most pathetic occurrence trans
PRED near Unger's Store, Morgan
county, last week. Diphtheria has
been raging in that vicinity and Ella,
the 18-year-old daughter Of Mr.. Mont
gomery Unger, acquired the fatal
malady, sickened and died on Friday.
On Saturday when Undertaken Shan
holtz went to the residence to bury
the remains, he found the body had
not been prepared, so great was the
fear of the neighbors that the contagi-
Gus disease would be contracted. At
the same time Mrs. Unger was also Ill
with a combination Of quinsy and
diphtheria. A number Of men volun-
tered to undertake the disagreeable
but civilized act Of preparing the re-
mains for burial and they were inter-
red. The sorrow-stricken familys
grief became more pungsnt when the
mother died on Monday. Again were
neighbors afraid to venture to the
house, in consequence Of which she
was hastily buried by her husband
and the undertaken assistants with
out religious ceremony. A grand
child is also i'll with the disease. Mr..
Unger is a respected citizen Of that
community and has the sympathy Of
all in his hours of deep distress.
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