Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-02-09
Items of Interest.

tackled by large silver eagle, which
tore his clothes and flesh. Foster
sought refuge behind tree. The
eagle attacked the hunter, knocking
him down and darling at him vicious
ly. The suddenness of the attack
knocked the hunters gun from his
hands and for time he was at the
mercy Of the big bird. Then he man.
aged to get the weapon, after the
bird had beaten him severely, and
gave the eagle death wound. The
bird fought fercely until he put Sec
ond bullet into its body. The eagle
measured seven feet from tip to tip,
the claws measuring two and one-half
inches in length. Ambrose lost the
fox.
Daniel Downey, Waynesboro
Young man, about town attending to
his business Wednesday, when he met
Sheridan Cressler. The latter had
not seen David for some time, and
was so overjoyed at the meeting that
common hand-shake would not ex-
press the love he felt for his friend.
Cressler folded David in his brawny
arms and when he was released from
the embrace he was in a state of
collapse and had to be taken to a
physicians office where it was found
rib had been broken. Downey
went home and declares he will use
a pitchlolk to protect himself from
such lovers in the future The ques-
ton is how Cressler's sweetheart can
endure his crushing embraces.
George Rogers, known in the vicin-
ity in which he lived as the "bogie
man" died in Chicago the other day
in the county hospital of rare dis
ease which the physicians call acrome-
galy, Or swelling of the bones. His
bands and feet were swollen and his
Jaw Was over four times the normal
length. The distance from the from
tai bone to the chin in the ordinary
man is eight to ten inches, and in
Rogers this had grown to 20 inches.
He was so sensitive over his appear
ance that he lived in barn in an OBJ
Scure part of the city. He was taken
to the hospital in a starving condition
Mrs. Sarah L. Bricker wife Of Rev.
Henry Bricker who lived not far
from Hagerstown, died of dropsy,
aged seventy years. She weighed $50
pounds and the coffin $50 pounds
She was a member of the Mennonite
Church. 1t is said to be the practice
in this communion not to have more
than four pallbearers, in order that
there be no unnecessary display. In
the case of Mrs. Brokers funeral the
rule had to be set aside, as the coffin
was too heavy for four men to bear,
so two additional bearers had to be
called in to assist.
An exchange has found out that
this world is peculiar. When
farmer wishes to retire he moves to
town. When town people wish to re-
tire they move to the country. A
farmer has poor health and he moves
in to town to rest up and get well
where he will not be bothered with
hard work. The town man, when he
has poor health, will 50 to the country
with his tent and pitch it under some
shade tree, where he may enjoy the
country air and rusticats IN the enjoy
ment of a perpetual picnic.
The other night the ticket agent
employed by Col. Bob Ingersoll ran
away with all the proceeds of the ev-
ening's lecture. When the famous in
fdel heard of it he said "If there is
no hell, there should be one. -"
It is reported that quantity of
canned beef recently bought by the
government for issue to Cuban suffer-
ers wa. put up for the japanese army
in the Japan-China war several years
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