Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-07-13
West Virginia Items.

Over two hundred students enrolled
for the summer quarter at the West
Virginia University, and this number
will be largely increased.
Orman Randolph, editor of the indie
pendent-State, Addison, has been sued
by the county court of Webster county
for $4,000 for alleged defamation of
character.
A locomotive on the Clinch Valley
division of the Norfolk & Western
Railway exploded at Tiptop a few
days ago, killing the engineer, fireman
and brakeman.
Governor Atkinson has secured for
the city of Charleston one of the large
cannons captured from the Spanish
during the late war. 1t will be hand
somely mounted in the Capitol
grounds.
Howard Atkinson, son of Governor
Atkinson, has been named as a cap
tain and VIM. H. Monroe and Fan
Collet, of Parkersburg, as lieutenants
to form a part of the ten new regl-
ments to be sent to the Philippines.
John and Thomas Morrison and
Harrison and Harry Anderson, OF
Winchester, the young men extradited
for the alleged robbery Of Charles
Cooper, near Capon Bridge, were held
in ST. 200 bail each for September
court after preliminary hearing at
Romney last Saturday.
James Alkire and Louis Bauer, of
Pickens, Randolph county, young men
of good parentage, fell out while
drinking together and while in the
scuffle Bauer was struck in the fore
head with a piece of iron, which pene-
trated the brain, causing instant death.
Alkire is in Jail at Beverly.
Bishop C. C. Penick has rendered
his resignation as rector Of st. Marks
Protestant Episcopal Church, Rich
mond, to accept call to Fairmont,
w. Va. He will leave his present
charge on the 18th of August. Bish-
op Penick went to st. Mark Church
about three years ago. He had pre-
viously been engaged in missionary
work in Africa, when he filled the Of
fee Of Bishop,
A grand picnic was given July to
the inmates of the hospital for the in
sane at Weston. All the patients that
could go out at all, nearly 1000, were
taken to the grove and on the lawn in
front of the hospital, where they were
given all the lemonade, cake and candy
they wanted. Over ten thousand
small cakes and ten barrels of lemon
ade were consumed. The entire force
of the hospital, both day and night
employees, were on duty.
The steamship Portia, from New
York for Halifax, struck on the rocks
fifteen miles east of Halifax Monday
night, and went to the bottom in
short time. She had 70 passengers
and a crew of "a, all of whom were
rescued, save one boy. Among the
passengers was John ]. Cornwell, edi-
tor of the Romney Reveew, and State
Senator from the twelfth district of
West Virginia. He received no in
jury but lost all his baggage.
The four supervisors Of census for
West Virginia have been agreed upon
and their names will be forwarded to
the Senate for confirmation at the
opening of the coming session of Con-
gress. The appointees are : First dis
trict, Harvey W. Harmer, Of Clarks-
burg; Second district, Lamar G. Pow
ell, of Fairmont Third district, E. L.
Dunn; Fourth district, T. A. Brown.
The pay will be $1,000 a year and
the job will last about three years.
Over fifteen years ago Joshua Day,
residing near Franklin, w. Va, was
robbed of 81 800, which he had in his
pocket, while he was asleep at his home.
He has never given up the search for
the thief. The grand jury in session
at Franklin has returned an indict-
ment against Rev. Henry Cunningham,
a local minister of high standing, charg-
ing him with the robbery. Rev, Cum
bingham was arrested soon after the
finding of the jury, and has been re-
leased on $4,000 bail. He says he
will be able to prove his innocence Of
the crime.
Governor Atkinson and his private
secretary, E. L. Boggs, spent couple
of days this week at Gray Station, on
the Norfolk and Western Railroad,
the scene of the killing of H. E. Ellis
by Elias Hatfield. The Governor
mission is to make personal investiga-
ton into the facts of the murder, as
pressure has been brought to bear up
on him ever since its occurrence to
take steps to prevent another out
break of the Hatfield Mccoy feud.
Later and more correct reports state
that Hatfield killed Ellis in self-de-
Tense, the latter having been the ag-
gressor. Tuesday, in accordance with
a previous agreement, Hatfield sur
to the Governor and his
guards. He crossed the Tug river
from Kentucky, shook hands with
the Governor and delivered himself
up. Governor Atkinson declares the
law shall have its course. Hatfield
is confident of acquittal, claiming he
shot Ellis in self-defence. The party
left for Huntington, where he was
taken for protection.