Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-09-25
West Virginia Items.

JohnI. Worley, father OF State Sen
ator W. G. Morley. of Kingwood, died
on Monday last.
Hon. Owen Mckinney predicts that
he will defeat Capt. B. B. Dovener for
Congress in the first district.
In a riot in a "speak-easy" at
Berrysburg, Saturday, three Italian
miners were killed and one badly
wounded.
By an explosion of gas in the Stat
ford coal mines near Fairmont on
Monday four men were killed and six
badly injured.
Col. John T. McGraw begins his
congressional campaign in Hampshire
county today. where he is booked to
deliver several speeches.
The fourth-class postofices at Par
sons and Berkeley Springs have been
advanced to presidential offices, with
salary at LOO each.
There was a big fire at Shinnston,
near Clarksburg, yesterday. The
Central Hotel and several other build
ings were burned, causing a loss of
$4,000.
The Democratic congressional head
quarters for the second district has
been opened at Keyser. j. Cornwell,
of Romney, is chairman, and William
Macdonald, of Keyser, secretary.
The West Virginia University
opened last week with about 300 new
students, and it is believed that the
attendance this year will reach 1000.
The prospects for the coming year are
very bright.
E. Clifton Greenwade, who was from
Keyser, this State, but who has been
in business in Cumberland, committed
suicide last Saturday night by shoot
ing himself in the head. He was in
love with a young lady who did not
reciprocate, and he determined to die.
He was % years old.
At a meeting of the board Of regents
of the West Virginia University Tues
day at Morgantown S. W. Fletcher,
of Washington State University, was
elected professor Of Horticulture Will
liam NJ. Morgan, Of New York, assist
ant horticulturlst, and John Fl. Cox, Of
the University Of South Dakota, pro-
fessor of philOlogy.
The producers of soft coal in West
Virginia have recently again advanced
the price of coal, the latest increase
being fifty cents ton. The coal men
are making money hand over fist now.
The shortage of anthracite coal has
greatly increased the demand for BIZ
luminous coal, and the mines are
running to their full capacity. Prices
are higher than they have ever been
and the profits are princelY.
A week or two ago the REGISTER
told how man by the name of Gill
lespie had established a town of his
own in Tucker county for the sole pur-
pose of running a saloon. The saloon
has borne its first fruits. The post
master at Hambleton was robbed in
or near the saloon, then killed and
his body thrown into the Black Fork
river. The Herald says that the Ii
censing of that one saloon will cost
the county $4,000 year.
Fourteen hundred dollars in gold
and silver coin and about $4,000 in
mutilated currency lay scattered over
the floor of the First National Bank of
Friendly, this State at 4 o'clock last
Saturday morning, when President
Hugh Thorne, in his night clothes,
fought his way single-handed into the
bank, firing as be went, and driving
four robbers before him. They had
blown open the outer and inner doors
of the vault and the safe and had put
too heavy charge Of powder into the
iron cash box inside, blowing the CT
rency into pieces. Many shots were
exchanged between Mr.. Thorne and
the robbers, but they escaped to Ohio,
though they got none Of the money.