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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
TOBACCO MARKET.
Richmond. Va. Jun

Richmond, Va, June :, l9oo.
Private sales to-day We're light.
Inspections to-day were: Bright, 125
hogsheads. Reviews-BriSht ~ hoSs-
heads.
Loose sales at Stonewall Warehouse
yesterday were 9.4D pounds-hlghest
Warehouses report to-day 81 hogs
heads received and is hogsheads de-
livered
Internal revenue collections were: To-
bacco. $2,174.SO; cigars, $3.olo-o4- Total,
Loose sales for the week We're as
pounds-highest price, $50.
The report of Inspector Winfree for
the month ending May 31st is as follows:
Receipts for month of May, 1900, }, So
hogsheads and PAT tierces; deliveries,
1856 hogsheads and LAC rierces.
81, 1900, 1872 hogsheads and 49, tierces:
deliveries, 11,96S hogsheads and 1l6G
tierces.
Stocks on hand-Inspected, 5,774 hogs
heads and 1,005 tierces; uninspected, t,o32
hogsheads and 1913 tierces; total stock,
13. 800 hogsheads and 1,15S tierces
Receipts of loose tobacco-For month
of May, 1900, 371,153 pounds; for eight
months ending May 81, 1900, 7,7oS 3e5
81, 1899 5,377. $50 pounds; for same time
1898, 4.940.196 pounds; for same time
1897 5,O2767T pounds; for same time
1896, 3,622, 425 pounds.
Inspections for month OF May. Eoo,
1 $40 hogsheads and 149 tierces; reinspec-
tons, 267 hogsheads and II herces.- 70.
tai sampline. 1907 hogsheads and l6O
Inspections for eight months ending
MAY 81, 1900, 5.642 hogsheads and 56I
tierces; reinspections, LOGS hogsheads
and sc tierces. Total sampling, Clio
hogsheads and e3s tierces.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
HAS A GOOD EFFECT.
Pekin Quieter Since the Arrival of the
Foreign Guards

PEKIN, Friday, June l.-American and
other foreign guards, numbering 349 ar
rived here in the midst of the Dragon
FESTIVAL. TIE streets were unusually
crowded, and though the people were great
" interested in the annual spectacle, no
manifestation OF hostility was made. The
presence of the guards has already had a
marked effect upon the bearing of the
Chinese toward foreigners. The excite
ment in the adjacent country has been
much allayed, but many Christ tan refugees
are still flockng into the city.
The Boxers are evidently afield. I'm
fortunately no leaders of the Boxers"
have been arrested, though their capture
would have been easy. All the Govern
ment has done has been to occupy the
scenes Of the disturbances. and no real
repressiye measures have been taken
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03

July s71 a7ss SIS ss7a BIS.
5sRs ~; - - ~ Sc Sc ~
: July ..:.;11.oo 11-12ss LOO 1.o5
4l1sstfD --lH) To-
Sept. e.ss.a e.65 geo $50
July -. 6. 42!s e.471a e.42h e.47s
Sept. 80. s .42lls GATE 6.42iis 6.45ii5
- 5l.e,I atetat1.ns ~ere ms follows: Flour
steady No. 2 spring wheat, 65ls6661hc-::
10. s2assc ,ze no 2 corn, s7kas &c
No. 2 white, 241a@251lac.; No. white. %
barley, 36Iac.; fair to choice mailing, 80
6iac.; No. Il flaxseed, sS1.S0; No. / north
western, S1.S0. Prime timothy seed,
50 40aDo 1919 Mess pork, per barrel, $500
G11.io. Lard; per 100 pounds. SC; 1905 SO
Short rib sides loose, $6.3oG6. 80; dry
sailed shoulders boxed, sc. 509675; short
clear sides boxed, S6:9O0I. Whiskey,
basis OF high wines, s1-2s. Sugars I'M
changed. Clover. contract grade. $50.
Butter steady; Dreamer 159191sc.:
SIC. Eggs steady; fresh, lie.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
.Iucksou-Ward. Case.

Mr. William Il RoyaII has had notices.
served upon ali the contestees in The
Jackson Ward case that ne win begin
taking dispositions at 10 O'Clock Tuesday
morning.
At o'clock that day ne viii appear
in the Hastings Court and make q mo.
ton before Judge Wiz in regard TO an
order permitting an inspection OF .ha
ballots cost in Jackson Ward.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
RUNAWAYS IN JAIL.
A Married Man Eloped With Young
Cix,I

SUFFOLK, VA, June Especial
George Whitley, aged about forty years,
and Sarah Brantley, a rosy-cheeked,
bright-eyed girl, who says she is sixteen
years old, We're arrested here to-day on a
telegram from the girls father IN Halifax
county, N. c. Both were locked up IN
Nansemond county jail to await iurther
word from North Carolina.
1t is charged that Whitley took the girl
this morning at her home. near Palmyra,
and drove to Meals Station, where they
boarded train for Suffolk.
The man has a living wife. He denied
it at first, but later said he had a wife,
who was not boarding with him
He claims that the girls father treated
her badly and that her mother assisted
her to get away.
Whitley alleges that he meant to get a
situation for the girl, and marry her when
ne had gotten a divorce.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
ESCAPED THE GALLONS.
Lula Smith Gains Her Freedom After
Ono Year in Jail.

BEDFORD CITY, VA. June 2.-Spe-
cial-Lula Smith {coloreD, who was sen
fenced to hang by the County Court Tor
the murder of her husband by strychn1ne
poison, to-day obtained her liberty after
about a year in jail. by reason OF the
condition of her health her counsel oo-
tanned for her a reprieve Of two months.
Judge J. A. Dupuy. of the Circuit Court.
on appeal. reversed the County Court, on
the grounds Of insufficient evidence, the
evidence being circumstantial. as no anal
yss was made of the mans stomach.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
viii They Continue.

On going through the list of the numer,
Gus American. . National United
States. - lAinaigaTaated, Consolidated,
United" and other I,onpously named m
dustrial coni4pa MES. now paying from 10
s per cent. per annum dividends. few can
be found the stocks of which do not seii
at prices on which the return, II the pres
than from to 10 per cent. The question
is for how long viii they continue 10
keep ND the dividends. las it STANDS now
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
Will Meet III Raleigh.

ATLANTA, GA, June 2.--Secretary
Royai Daniel. of the Cotton States Asso-
ciation of the Commissioners of Agri-
culture. announced this morning that the
next Annual convention would be held In
.Ra1eigh. N. C., August 18th. continuing
three days. All Southern States will
probably be represented
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
A Negro. Man Cut.

John4 Jay, colored, was attacked by
unknown parties at Ninth and Byrd
streets last night at II: 80 O'Clock and quite
ahad!y cut. The ambulance responded, and
the physician found the negro hadIre-
cefved a. cut on the forehead, three cuts
on the head and a stab wound in the
shoulder. NO arrests have been made.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
KAUFM ANN & CO., 4th and Broad.
For Woman and Child.

of the Castle Square Company. and stage
manager OF Paiuers Little Christopher"
Other prominent members are Hazel Da-
venport, Polly FairIain. H. VI. Gooitstadr,
Clam A Gorrity, Franklin Fox. and JACK
Leslie
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
They Are a Cinch

To buy on margin, for your broker will
charge you per cent. on unpaid balances,
and the stock viii pay you from 6 to 10
per cent. on. the purchase price, while per-
haps you may not have UP over $40 per
share margin, which would be a big
enough return for anybody. If you do not
feel bullish on the IndustriaIs, how do you
feel on Railroads? II the crops are as
good as present prospects indicate, the
Railroads should be a purchase, but if you
do not feel bullish on the crops why not
buy wheat or corn? We can execute or
ders for Grain. Provisions. Stocks or Cot
ton for cash or on margin. Sends for our
free book.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03

NEW YORK, June oo.-coTToN-sEEDs
oIL-Was dull and easier with all grades
rendina, downward at the close. Prime
crude, barrels, l3:3lac.; PRIME summer yell
low. Soc. nominal: off summer yellow,
;su-sc.: butter grades, 3I@SSc.; prime Win
ter yellow, 39040c-; prime white, 39c-
Prime meal, 81.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
PEANUT MARKETS.

NORFOLK. VA, June 2.-PEANUTS,L
Farmers stocE-Fancy, 2Ac.; strictly
prime, 21sc. prime. 24c.; common, &c
pound Spanish. $1oo bushei Zone OF
m rket quiet.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
wEEK-ESDrIckErs f.

Commencing Saturday, June I'd, and con-
tin,.ing during the Summer. the Richmond.
Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
Company will sell round-trip tickets fron;
Richmond to stations It's line on sat
urtlays al the one fare rate. good to return
until the following Mondays. Tickets af
sale only at Byrd Street station.
w. z TAYLOR.
Traffic Manager.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.
PORT OF RICHMOND. JUNE 2, 1900.
ARRIVED.

ARRIVED.
Steamer Rosa Lee Glover, Norfolk, mer-
chandise and passengers, Old Dominion
Line.
Steamer Gull. Stream, Tunnel, sPhiladel-
phia, Pa, merchandise and passengers,
Clyde Line.
Steamer Pocahontas. Graves. James
River landings and Norfolk, merchandise
and passengers, Virginia Navigation
Schooner Alice venable. signaigo,
James River merchandise and oaSsen-
gers, Warner Moore & Co.
SAILED.
Steamer Rosa Lee, Glover. Norfolk. mer-
chandise and passengers. Old Dominion
Line.
JUNE SD.
Steamer Gulf Stream, Tunnel, Philadel-
phia, Pa, merchandise and passengers,
Clyde Line.
PORT NEWPORT NEWS, JUNE 2, 1900.
ARRIVED.
Steamer knight Errant. Liverpool
Steamer Shenandoah. LIVERPOOL:
Steamer Santanderino, Pensacola
SAILED.
British transport Montezuma, New Or
Steamer santanderino, Liverpool
PORT OF WEST POINT, JUNE .. 1900.
ARRIVED.
Steamship Accomac, Thompson, Nor
folk. passengers and general cargo.
SAILED.
Steamship Accomac, Thompson. Nor
folk. passengers and general cargo
PORT BERMUDA HUNDRED, JUNE ..
ARRIVED.
Barge Mary c. McNally, to load rail-
road ties.
R.ree John j. Brady, Allen, loaded
,a;irosd ties, for Philadelphia.
Mr.. Rawlings Improving.
Hon. r. Rawlings who is i'll at the
osG dominion Hospital. is recovering.
He was said last night to be much better
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
NAVAL STORES.

CHARLESTON, S. c., June 2.-TUR-
PENTINLMarket quiet at 46115c-; sales,
RosIN-Quiet and unchanged; sales.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03

Is sold In all ars.-class hotels. restau<
rants and cafes
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03

WILMINGTON, ~ c., June 2.-sPIR-
ITS OF TURPENTINE-Stead and IN
changed; receipts, 9S casks.
RosIN-steady at s103@110; receipts,
$50 barrels.
CRUDE TURPENTINE-Firm at s1.55
@250; receipts, SO barrels.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03

SAVANNAH. CA, June 2.-SPIR1TS
OF TURPENTINE-Firm at 4G315c.: re-
ceipts, ,1S9 casks; sales, S24 casks; ex-
ROSIN-r,,.in and unchanged: receipts.
2,306 barrels: sales, 1852 barrels; ex-
ports, / ,43S barrels.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
HOME BEER

Home Beer is made here.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
HOME BEER

is good for nursing mothers.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03

EIs MALT EXTRACT
il nnrs product.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03

WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.-The
bank statement for the ilNe business
DAYS Of this week shows the following
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-06-03
corroN-s,cED OIL MARKET

LIVERPOOL, Juno 2-COTTON-To
6ay was a holidaytin the cotton market.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-11
Communicated.
MoLER's. W. Va

MoLER's. W. Va, Jan. 8. 1900.
Mr.. EDIToR-I noticed in the REGIS
TER week or two ago a communication
from Harper's Ferry. signed "Civis,
stating that candidates were quite
numerous around the Ferry, principal
IL those for the asseSSorship, and that
it was quite amusing the way the can
didates for the assesSorship were cleo
tioneering-in very apologetlcal way
in case Mr.. Gardner does not want the
office. have been electiOneering some
about the Ferry. and if "Civis' has
mum bered me as one of his amusers he
is greatly mistaken and has misquoted
me. | am a candidate for the office
whether Mr. Gardner wants it or not.
1t is an office that belongs TO the people
of the county. and | am just as much
entitled to and deserving Of it as Mr..
Gardner or any one else. II | should be
elected will guarantee that will I'LL
the Office acceptably TO the people. |
have no apologies whatever TO make.
and have never electioneered in any
apologetical way.
| have put myself in the hands OF the
grand old Democracy of jefferson coun-
ty, and trust that ii may favor me with
the office this time.
Very respectfully yours,
c. L. LAMAR.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-11
A Lively Fight at a Dance.

A dispatch from Charlestown to the
Baltimore Sun of today says: AT a
dance last night at the home of James
Melvin, who resides st of this place,
a Quarrel arose between Edward Strl-
der, of Halltown, and George S. Lew
is, eweler, of this place, over the
attentions of Lewis to one of the young
ladies present. which aroused Strlder :
jealousy. After the dance Strldsr
aud Edward Dunlap, his friend, as
sinlted Lewis, and this drew into the
fght J. Nj. Miley, coal dealer OF
this place, who went to the assistance
of Lewis, and John Spinks, who aided
the other two parties In the tight
Srrider cut deep cash in the right
wrist of Mllry, aud Lewis was stabbed
IN the chest aud twice in the back
with knife alleged to be in the hands
of John Spinks. Strider and Dunlap
were badly beaten. Lewis and Mlley
came to this place and their wounds
were dressed by Dr. Nelll.- Warrants
will be sworn out, 1t is said, by them
for the other parties, charging mali
cious cutting.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-11
About Public Sales.

To those persons who intend to
have sale this season we want TO com
mend the REGISTER Office as place
to have the sale bills printed and this
paper as the medium for advertising
the same. There is no office III this
State that can turn out larger or more
attractive bills We pint them quick
" and neatly and of any size desired
The REGISTER, we believe, has larger
circulation than any other paper IN
this section, nearly LOO copies being
regularly issued every week. Jetfer-
son and Berkeley counties are
thoroughly covered, with many sub
scribers in Frederick, Loudoun and
Clarke counties, Md. An advertise
ment in this paper will be widely cir
culated and is certain to bring good
results. Our prices are very reasona-
bic, and we will be glad to quote
rates to any person interested. II
Won intend TO have sale. call at the
REGISTER office or write TO us.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-11
PERSONALS.
Record Of the Coming and ooIns of the
People That You Know.

Among the guests recently enter
tanned at Mr.. N. S. ]. Striders at
Uvilla were Messrs. Harry ]. Warbler
and Harry Saers and Miss Cora Barse.
of Washington, D. G. Miss Barse,
who is now visiting Miss Georgia
Grove in Harper's Ferry, will spend
the month of January with the Misses
Strider.
DR.. Wilson and his wife have To-
Gated permanently in Shepherd stown
and have gone to housekeeping in the
dwelling on Princess street in which
DR.. Wilson has had his Office for some
time past. We welcome them to
Shepherdstown.
Messrs. William Campbell of Charles
town, and Blair Bannister, of Virgin
ia, were in Shepherdstown yester-
day in the interest Of the Home Life
Insurance Company.
Mr.. H. Poffenberger, one of the pub
fishers of the Bulletin, Freeport, Hi
nois, spent the past week with his
brother, Mr.. L. w. Poffenberger, in
this place.
Mr.. ]. w. Snyder, of Bluefeld, and
Mrs. L. T. Hout, of Warrenton, have
been here this week visiting their pa
rents, Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Snyder.
Miss Genevieve Rightstine, who
spent the holidays with her parents
in this place, has returned to Hamp-
shire county, where she is teaching.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B Fleming and
their children, of Wllliamsport, Nd,
visited the family o: Mr.. J. S Elem
ing in this place the past week.
Mr. Ross Fayman, who was pinched
between two cars last week at Hagers-
town, was in Shepherdstown yester-
day. He has to use crutches.
Mrs D. G Henkle, of the neighbor-
hood of Uvilla, is in Washington,
under treatment of DR.. w. V. Mar
mion for an eye affection.
Messrs. John Moore and Adam B
Moler, of the Bakerton neighbol hood,
We're among the callers at tue REGIS
TER Office yesterday.
Mrs H W. Kearney, Of Alexandria,
Va, is visiting her sister-in-law, Mrs.
Wm. 7. McQmlkin, Sr., near town.
Mr.. Joe Newcomer, of Norfolk, Va,
formerly OF this place, is visiting at
Mr. VIM. R Mllrr's this week.
Mr.. J. Henry Smith, of Washing
ton county, made us al agreeable call
last Saturday.
Mr.. Harry Adams, of Roanoke, Va,
visited his parents In this place the
past week.
Mrs. Lee H Moler spent last week
with her son, Mr.. Lee Moler, in Bruins
wick, Nd.
Among our callers yesterday was
Mr.. J. H. Blackiord, of Shenandoah
Junction.
Postmaster Chapline spent last
Monday i'll Hagerstown.
Mr.. S. W. Hunter,of Dufields, called
at our office yesterday.
Mrs Zeph BAne, Jr., is i'll at her
home near Charlestown.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-11
Notes of the Churches,

The administration of the Lord s
supper at the Lutheran church of
Shepherdstown next Sabbath morning
at II o'clock. Offerings for synOdical
benevolence. Service preparatory to
the communion on Saturday previous
at $50 o'clock. Iufant baptism on
Saturday or Sunday afternoon. Reg
ular council meeting at $50 o'clock
p. m. Saturday. Union evangelistic
service at night.
Elders Henry Reynolds and John
H. Show and Deacons James P. Sta
ley and J. Lewis Sheetz were installed
in their respective Offices in the Re-
formed church last Sunday. Two new
members were received into the
church.
The sacrament of the Lords sup
per will be celebrated, at Zion on next
Sabbath at p. m. A most cordial
invitation is extended to all Chris
tians to participate in the same.
PASTOR.
Services in the Catholic church will
be held next Sunday as follows Mass
at II a. m, benediction and lnstIuc-
tion at 7 p. m. Mass the following
day at s a. II.
Preaching services Sunday in the
NJ. E. church at Mt. Wesley at II a.
m, prayer meeting at 6 P. m. Ep-
worth League at ShepherdstOwn at
5.45 P. m.
G. NJ. Beltzhoover, Esq, has been
reelected superintendent Of the Luz
theran Sunday school of this place
and II. S. Baker assistant superlnten-
dent.
There will be services in the Pres
byterian church, if Providence per-
mits, Sunday at Kearneysvllle at II
4. IN, and III ShepherdstoGn at 3 p. N.
There will be service in the Re-
formed church on Sunday in Shep-
heldstown at II a m. and at Kear-
neysvilie at 3 p. m.
NJ. Z. Church South: Bethesda
9 so a. IN, UylIIa II a In. Junior
League 5 80 and EpwOrth League 6p.
no.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-11
A Honest Man.

Abont twenty years ago, when the
railroad bridge across the Potomac at
Shepherdstown was being built, among
the workmen was Il man by the name
of Tetzel. While he was here Tetzel
took subscriptions for magazine or
paper, among the subscribers being
Mrs. Walker. For some cause she
never received the paper, and as Tet-
Eel had moved away she did not get
back the dollar she had paid. Last
week Tetzel came to Shepherdstown
to refund the money. He found that
Mrs. Walker had long since been
head, but be persisted in his intention
to do the honest thing, and finally
found Mrs. Margaret Miller, "a sister
of Mrs. Walker, to whom he made his
explanations. He would not be salts
fed until Mrs Miller agreed to take
the money and try and send it to the
daughters of Mrs Walker. Mr. Tet-
Eel has been living in Pennsylvania,
but recently moved to the Sharpsburg
neighborhood, when he lost no time
in doing what he thought honesty de-
manded. He may be safely set down
as an honest man.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-11
Communicated.

Mr. EDITOR An appreciative reader
of the REGISTER read in the issue OF Jan
uary 4th the communication from Har-
per's Ferry and heartily agrees with the
suggestion, and believes James Watson,
Moses Trussell. p p Marshall. Ben F.
Langdon and ID. Grove Henkle richly
deserve the support Of the entire coun-
ty. Our friend ID. Grove Heukle has
never asked for an Office under the coun-
ty, and it is an universal feeling OF the
people to take him up II is the earn
est hope Of the majority of sound-think-
ing taxpayers Of Jefferson county that
there will be no friction over the pas
sage of the new ticket, which should be
unanimously adopted. a monopoly is
a tireSome thing, even in county cleo
tiups. A TAXPAYER
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-11
A Bad Man Jailed.

Robert Lee is a colored gent who
has made frequent and vociferous
boasts that he was not a man to be
easily arrested. Nevertheless be is
now safe in jail at Martinsburg, and
nobody has been hurt. Mr.. Lee Is
regarded as a bad man in general. He
was first heard of in Shepherdstown
couple of years ago. when he fed to
this place to escape arrest for shooting
man in Wllliamsport, Nd. He was
not regarded as a desirable addition
to the population of Shepherdstown,
for he was turbulent and quarrelsome
when he got drunk, which was not IN
frequent. Last July Lee got into
trouble in Martinsburg, where he
stole lot Of clothing, revolver and
a sum Of money from George Newell,
colored A warrant for his arrest
was issued, out ne was never caught,
as he was very slippery fellow and
an artful dodger of officers OF the law.
He came to Shepherdstown Saturday,
and laid in supply of whiskey that
indicated that he was going to have
good time Sunday. Our watchful
Town Sergeant, John F. Maddox,
learned where Lee was staying, and
telegraphed the Martinsburg officers,
who came here Sunday night. Lee
had gone to the country, however, and
they missed him. Monday he came
to town again. Sergeant Maddox To-
Gated him in a house in the western
end of town, and determined to nab
him.
He got J. D. Billmyer and Leonard
Rogers to help capture the game. They
got double barreled shotguns and post
Ell themselves at the front and rear OF
the house, while Sergeant Maddox
walked in upon Lee and his friends.
Lee is fleet of foot and Of ugly dlspo-
sition, but when he saw how he was
trapped his nerve left him and be
quietly submitted TO arrest, badly
scared darky. He was lodged in jail,
and later in the day Deputy Sheriff
Hollis and Constable Russler came
down from Martinsburg, got their man
and the same night gave him safe
quarters in the Berkeley county bas-
Tile.
The grand jury found an indict-
ment for felony against him on Tues
day.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-11

Mr.. EDToR-ls II true that TINS year
$1,000 is not Il leap year
AMELIA.
We regret to have to say to Anne
liza, and to others of her sex to whom
leap wear is time of opportunity,
that this year of our Lord is not
leap year. They have our coincidence,
but they will have to await with pa
thence four years longer for the
chances that come with this happy
period. The reason why 1900 will
not be leap year, although it is d.
visible by four, is that according to
the Gregorian system, on which our
calendar is based, the closing year of
a century is never a leap year unless
it is exactly divisible by 400 The
next leap year will be 1904, the last
having been 1896. Ever since 1900
the leap years at the end of century
have been separated by a gap OF eight
wears, but the year 1000 will inter-
rupt the series.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-11

After being severely wounded four
times during t;e civil war, John Mil
Ter, of New Market, Va, died from
the effects of a cats scratch. On
January l, wrlle fondling the pet
house-cat, the feline plsyfully scratched
him on the hand The abrasion was
scarcely noticeable, vet the hand be-
gan to swell, and after suffering IN
tense agony for'hve days Mr. Miller
died of blood,poisonrng The de-
ceased served IN the Confederate army
AS member Of .he Stonewsll Brigade.
He Was 60 year, Of age.