Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-06-25
West Virginia Items.

The next annual meeting Of the
West Virginia Editorial Association
will be held in Charleston in Septem-
Der.
Ex-Governor MacCorkle, Of West
Virginia, was one of a company to
buy $4,000 acres Of coal land for
$486,OOO.
Julian Barcklay, of Bethany, was
awarded the university scholarship in
In English and modern language by
the Yale faculty.
Clarksburg is to have a $4,000
brewery, with capacity of 100000
barrels of beer year. 1t seems to
us it will keep the Clarksburgers busy
to consume the output.
The Adjutant-Geneial announced
that Huntington has been chosen for
the brigade encampment Of the West
Virginia National Guard, the encamp-
ment to begin August 4 and continue
10 days.
Mrs. Jennie Youtcy, of Arthur, Ill,
committed suicide Monday in Hunt
ington, by taking morphine. She is
said to have been the wife of highly
respected citizen of Arthur and went
to Huntington, distance Of almost
1000 miles, to end her life.
George Ray, of Petersburg, W. Va,
was arrested in Cumberland Sunday,
charged with bigsmy by his wife, La
vinia Ray. He was married at Thomas,
w. Va, to Miss Florence House.
Rays defense is that he had served
term in Jail and thought this was sui
fcient to divorce him.
At Parkersburg Monday night
John James dreamed that MS home
was on FIRE and that his escape by the
stairway was cut off. He rushed to
the window and jumped from the Sec
ond floor in his night clothes, fractur-
ing an ankle and seriously injuring
himself Internally. There was no fire.
James E. Fox, prominent resident
of Columbus, Ohio, arrived at Clarks-
burg last Thursday and went directly
to the clerks office and secured Ii
cense to marry his fancee, Miss Dora
Starr. Upon presenting himself at the
home of his intended he was informed
that she married the previous day to
Mr.. Karl ReHsch, schoolmate. Mr..
Fox returned to his home that even
ing.
Mrs. Alex. Johnson, who claimed
her husband had been made drunk at
Mike Quinn's alleged speak easy"
in Parkersburg, went to his place Of
business and drove a dozen men into
a corner of the room by fourishing
revolver. Keeping them covered
with the pistol she smashed every bot
tie and jug in the place with a hatch
ct and then walked out with the re-
mark: Il don't think you will get
my husband drunk again soon. La
ter bomb was exploded near the
place and part of the wall was blown
in, but the place was deserted. This
time no one was hurt Mrs Johnson
has not been arrested
A party of mountaineers, led by
Floyd Mccoy, a member of the Nc
Coy Hatfield feudists, went to the
mining town of keystone, Mcdowell
county, Sunday night and insulted
many people. John Reynolds an en-
ployee of a brewery, resented this.
McCoy's crowd crossed the railroad
and opened fire on Reynolds. a
large crowd gathered aud the entire
police went in pursuit. Mccoy re-
treated 400 yards, took his stand and
opened fire on the officers and pitched
battle ragged in the darkness. One Of
McCoy's men was killed and another
fatally wounded, others also being in
jured. The police escaped injury.
The Mccoy crowd escaped to the
mountains, taking their dead and
wounded with them. The nameI are
unknown.