Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1902-02-27
Items Of Interest.

wolves are playing havoc with farm
srs' focks in Pendleton county, this
State.
VIM. F. Burkhart has been COM
missioned as captain of the Martins
burg military company, and c. H.
Maginis as first lieutenant.
The Empress Of China has issued an
edict directing officials to discourage
among the people the practice of bind
ing the feet of female children.
The B. & 0. Railroad is storing D.
900 tons of ice at Brunswick, getting
it from the Potomac river. twill be
used to ice up refrigerator cars next
summer.
VIM. c. Smith, an old Confederate
soldier who was fellow-prisoner with
Jefferson Davis while he was confined
in Fortress Monroe after the civil war,
died in Frederick county, Va, last
week.
There is a belief that oil and gas
may be found in the vicinity Of
Waynesboro and Basic City Va, and
test wells are to be sunk. If oil and
gas are there they ought to be at this
end OF the valley also.
Governor A. B. White, Secretary
of State w. NJ. o Dawson and Fish
Commissioner Geo. NJ. Bowers, have
Just bought 1000 acres of canal lands
in Preston county, this State, for which
they paid $4,000 cash.
A sensational elopement is reported
from Flora, Indiana, where John llgen-
fritz, aged 92 years, and Mrs. Maria
Lands, aged 80, ran away and were
married. 1t is not known whether
he eloped with her or she eloped with
him.
The Undine FIGURING Mills at Will
Transport, Nd, were purchased by
Clarence w. Fearnow, Of Berkeley
county, from the Mechanics Loan
and Savings Institute, Hagerstown
which recently bought in the mills for
about $1,000.
Congressman Dayton has introduced
bill in the House of Representatives
providing for two terms Of the United
States Court at Martinsburg each year
instead of one. The bill is urged by
the Martinsburg bar and approved by
Judge Jackson.
While a herd of fine cattle, owned
by John w. Sion, of Wllliamsport, W.
Va, were being taken across the
South branch of the Potomac river,
near Old Fields, the ice broke with
their weight and all were drowned.
The value of the animals was $3.50.
The railway conductors Of the Nor
folk and Western have demanded
more pay. A committee representing
the Order of Railway Conductors re-
Gently called on General Manager
johnson, and made the request for
more wages. The request has not
been acted on.
A French naturalist asserts that II
the world should become blrdlsss
man could not inhabit it after nine
years time, in spite Of all the sprays
and poisons that could be manufactured
for the destruction of insects. The
insects and slugs would simply eat all
the orchards and crops in that time.
A young woman of weak mind,
named Burnside, near Point Pleasant,
this State, walked scros: the Ono
river on the ice in her bare feet the
other day and continued a half mile
through the snow on the other side.
Both feet were frozen so badly they
had to be smputated, and she will
probably die.
At a recent meeting Of the city
council of Martinsburg, a proposition
WAS made from public-sPirited citizen
whose name is withheld, offering TO
erect . magnificent granite structure
in the public square, in the shape Of a
public drinking fountain, at bis own
expense The offer Was accepted
The structure will cost several thou
sand dollars.
A decree has been entered by the
Circuit Court for Jefferson county II
the case Of Alexander Murphy against
the administrator Of the estate ofMIsi
Kate Field for the sale Of tract o.
FIVE acres of land, on which she bac
located the John Brown fort. Tbs
sale is ordered to be made By special
commissioners Of the court 10 satisfy
debt Of 81 ,ll6, which Miss Field Owed
Murphy for the purchase Of the lan'
and money loaned. This is tn
John Brown fort, with authentic rec