Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-06-29
West Virginia Items.


Near Davis the other day Frank
Anderson was caught under falling
tree and instantly killed.
At West Union the other day Chas.
Stalnaker tried to kill himself because
his sweetheart refused to kiss him.
Lightning struck the spire of the
handsome Presbyterian church at Ell
kins last Saturday and damaged it to
a considerable extent.
A splendid new pipe organ to cost
about $4,000 is to be built for the
chapel of the West Virginia Universe
ty. A large part of the money was
raised by private subscription.
The large wooden factory of John
D. Riggs at Terra Alta was burned to
the ground Monday morning. The
loss is estimated at $4,000, with in
surance Of $4,000. Forty employees
are left without work.
At Parkersburg a few days ago Col.
Baldwin D. Spilman was presented
with loving cup by the officers Of
the First West Virginia Volunteers.
The cup is a beautiful work Of art, IS
inches high and s inches in circumfer-
ence, of solid silver lined with pure
gold.
At the meeting of the State Board
of Agriculture held at Morgantown,
plans were formulated to enforce more
rigidly the State law pertaining to
diseased animals. 1t was stated to
the board that the spread Of disease
among cattle and horses in the State
is more alarming than has been sup
posed.
Governor Atkinson on Monday sent
the following telegram to Adjutant-
General Corbin: u am confident that
I can provide the Government, for
the Philippines, practically intact, the
two West Virginia regiments drilled
and equipped last year for the Spanish
war, and | sincerely hope you will al
low me to do it. These two regiments
can be gotten together in my judg-
ment inside of two weeks, if you will
call for them.
At Adamston, near Clarksburg,
boy was worrying a man whom he
supposed was tramp. The man
threw a stone at the boy, which struck
him and fractured his skull. A police
man chased the man, who tried to es-
cape by swimming across creek. A
boy named Broughton shot at the man
and killed him. He proved to be E.
A. Young, a weakminded son Of a
respectable family of Buckhannon, who
was given at times to wandering about
the country.
A recent dispatch from Morgantown
says: Lightning is playing some
strange pranks in this section. Early
this spring it killed George Sturgeon,
a farmer, who lived near here over
the edge of Preston county. His two
sons were standing at his side and
neither Of them felt the force Of the
shock. Since he has been buried two
more strange things have happened.
The grave of the dead man has been
struck twice. The matter is being
generally talked of in the vicinity Of
his resting place and has caused a
great deal Of comment.
Mr.. William A. Ohley and Miss
Marie Louise Downtain, of Charleston,
w. Va, arrived at Norfolk, Va, on
Monday, accompanied by the brides
father, Major James G. Downtain, of
Washington, D. c., and were married
at noon in St. Paul's Episcopal Church
in the presence of a few intimate
friends. The celebrant was Rev. DR..
B. D. Tucker, rector Of the church.
1t was the preference Of the bride that
the wedding should occur in Norfolk.
The groom was formerly Secretary Of
State of West Virginia, and is we'll
known Democratic politician. The
bride is well-known young lady, and
was formerly librarian at the State
House in Charleston.