Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-23
West Virginia Items.

A new Episcopal church is to be
built at Davis, this State.
L. A. Carr, a prominent busIn ess
man of Charleston, died Monday.
A large wood working plant, en-
ploving about 200 men, is to be moved
from Oswego, n Y, to Keyser, VIVA.
A special election is to be held in
Charleston to decide whether bonds
shall be issued to pay for site for
the capitol annex.
DR.. John H. Pipes, a prominent
Wheeling physician, died in New Mex
leo last week, where he had gone for
the benefit Of his health
In the circuit court of Tucker coun-
ty, Miss Minnie Friel obtained a judg-
ment for s., 800 against w. NJ. Stewart
for alleged breach Of promise.
At Naugatuck, small station on
the Norfolk and Western Railroad
not far from Huntington, William
Hensley, a section foreman, quarreled
with his wife, when the latter plunged
a long-bladed knife into his abdomen,
inhcting what will doubtless prove a
mortal wound. She Immediately sur
rendered.
Piney Fork, an oil town in Wetzel
county, was destroyed by fire early
Saturday morning. Two hotels. seven
teen dwelling houses and several stores
were burned, and the loss Is placed at
$4,000. G.. H. Traynor & Bros,
general merchants, are the heaviest
losers, their entire stock, valued at
$4,000, being destroyed.
At Douglas, on the West Virginia
Central Railroad, Charles Magruder,
a miner, found his wife and a man
named John Jackson together at his
home. The euraged husband furious
" attacked the couple with a bed
slat. He beat out his wifes brains,
and Jackson was so badly hurt that
he too is reported to be dead. Ma
gruder was arrested.
The Parkersburg Sentinel says:
Collector \. B. White received this
morning a check for so, 800 as an in
heritance tax. The check is the
largest yet received by the collector
for such purpose and represents an
estate of half million. To be COM
PEELED to pay the government such an
amount for war tax has discouraged
many of the wealthy from dying until
after the tax is repealed.
Miss Lille G.. Wlseman and Mr..
Bruce Shihett, Of Randolph county,
were married on the passenger train
running between Beverly and Huttons-
Vile, last Thursday. The young coup
lie boarded the train at small sta
ton. When it was well under way
a minister was seen to whisper conf
dentially a moment and then he in
vited all into the baggage coach ahead,
where there was more room. Here
the couple were married in the pres
ence of the passengers, Rev j. Ed.
Kildow, editor of the Beverly Enter
prise. officiating The train was run
ming at full speed at the time.
Three freight trains We're wrecked
near Buefeld, on the Norfolk and
Western Railroad, last Sunday morn
ing. Fireman Van Landingham,
Brakeman S. A. Graham and two
tramps were killed Several others
were more or less injured. The three
trains were coming east and running
down grade, when the first in line
stopped. The second train broke in
the middle and the engineer was run
ming to escape crash from the wild
cars, when he ran into the rear Of the
first train. The wild section of train
No 2, then crashed into the wreck and
was soon followed by the third train
which, in the wild confusion, had not
been tagged.
Governor Atkinson/has made the
following appointments W. Morley,
of Kingwood, to be a member Of the
Board of Directors Of the Reform
School at Pruntytown Miss Minnie
McWhorter, of Charleston, and Still
man Young, of Sullman, to be mem
bers of the West Virginia Home for
Girls, at Salem; Miss Krnnie Smith
Parkersburg, to be member Of the
Board of Regents of the Home for In
curables, at Huntington, and the fol-
lowing persons to constitute the Board
of Miners Hospital No ,, for Fayette
and Kanawha counties, one Of the IN
stitutions created by the recent Leg
islature: w. II. II Toler of East
Bank, Rev. R. D. Roller, of Charleston,
J. c. Sullivan, of Colt, and Dr.. ) A.
Wood, Of Fire Greek.
Beware of Ontments for Catarrh that