Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-09-21
Notes From Nearby.

There are between thirty and for
ty cases of diphtheria in Hagerstown.
Samuel Thrush, weH-known resi-
dent of Hagerstown, died last Sunday
in Hagerstown, aged IA years.
1t is said that there are number
of cases of diphtheria among The chill
dren on the canal-boats on the G. & o..
canal.
Thomas A. Ardinger, of Washing
ton county, Nd, and Miss Florence S.
Poisal, of Hedgesville, W. Va, were
married in Chambersburg last week.
A burglar who gave his name as
Charles Leroy, of Reading, Pa, was
captured in the act of robbing L. c.
Gerling's house in Martinsburg last
week.
NJ. Carey, foreman of B. & 0. track
hands, living at Sandy Hook, was run
over Tuesday by a way train shifting
cars. The train backed upon him, kill
ing him instantly. He leaves a wife
and FIVE children. The same train
struck a boy and cut his toes Oft.
On October 1st the Crawford bicy-
Gle works at Hagerstown will be
turned over to the trust. All en-
plovees have been notified that their
EMPLOYMENT ceases on that day.
Whether the plant will be kept run
ming or not is yet unknown.
A board of trade has been organized
at Martinsburg, with H. T. Cushwa,
president; G. A. Miller, secretary, and
P. E. Deatrich, treasurer. The board
will endeavor to establish an industry
in the shop buildings recently vacated
by the Baltimore and Ohio, and do
what else it can to promote the indus
trial welfare Of the city.
There will be reunion of Mosby s
men at Front Royal, Va, on Saturday
of this week, when a monument will
be unveiled that has just been erected
in memory of the seven Confederate
prisoners who were hung by order of
General Custer September %, 1864.
The reunion and dedication Saturday
will be very interesting affair.
The town council of Berryville has
awarded to the w. Riley Weaver Con-
struction Company of Baltimore the
contract to construct a system of water
works. The total cost will be about
S25, 1000, and the town will be bonded
to raise the money. The water will
be piped from springs on the Blue
Ridge mountains, eight miles distant.
The system is to be completed by the
18th of next January.
Mrs. Kate O'Neal met with an aw-
ful death at her home in Williamsport
early last Friday morning. About 2
a. m. her husband was awakened by
her shrieks, and found her on the floor,
huddled in a corner, mass Of flames.
Her body was burned into crisp from
head to foot, and very stitch OF cloth
ing on her was consumed. Even her
hair was burned off her head leaving
her most pitiable and horrible object
to behold. She was also burned inter-
nally having inhaled the flames. She
was conscious until death and rec
ognized her husband and neighbors
who were present. She begged them
repeatedly to kill her and end her
agony, and in the throes Of her excru-
ciating suffering she clutched at her
breast and arms, tearingaway pieces
of the charred flesh. The scene is des-
cribed by persons who were present as
being the most heartrending they ever
witnessed. 1t is not known how she
set herself afre. Mrs. O'Neal, it is
said, has been weak-minded for some
years.
A large Hagenbeck lion got out Of
his cage in an express car while en-
route to Philadelphia from Chicago
over the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
the other day and took full possession.
There were three other lions in cages
and dog, not Gagged, in the car, all
consigned to Hagenbeck, at Philadel-
phia, and unaccompanied by train
er. The express officials were warned
to keep away from the car, but an
expressman at Cumberland opened the
door of the car by mistake and almost
stumbled on the escaped lion and the
dog, which were lying quietly togeth-
er. The interior of the car presented
a scene of blood and destruction.
The lion, which weighed over 500
pounds, had demolished nearly dozen
crates Of chickens which were in the
express car, and the interior was a
mass of blood and feathers These
stuck also to the lions coat, giving him
a grotesque as well as frightful ap-
pearance. Scores of chickens which
had escaped him were roosting high
in the top of the car. The lion was
Gagged at Washington.
As usually treated a sprain will dis