Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-01-12
Items of Interest.

Christmas trees were used IN the
United States for the recent celebra-
tior.
Helen Wertz, bright and attract
i've school girl of Pine Grove, Pa,
shot and killed herself because her
aunt had scolded her.
James L. Luke, manager of the ex-
tensive pulp and paper mills at Luke,
Nj, opposite Piedmont, died last
Monday from pneumonia, aged As
years.
Five persons were burned to death
last week by an explosion OF gasoline
in temporary house along the Wabash
construction near Cumberland. They
were all foreigners.
The biggest hog reported this sea-
son was killed recently in Lebanon
county, Pa. 1t weighed l,060 pounds
alive and Melted 936pounds. One of
the hams weighed IS pounds. 1t be-
longed to Albert Weierback.
Caught in a gigantic SNOWFALL, Mrs.
Arnold Murphy and her pet poodle,
were the unwilling passengers in
wild and awful ride in Pottsviile, Pa,
the other day. a dozen boys startei
the ball rolling at the top of steep
hill, and it struck Mrs. Arnold and her
dog. They were caught up in the
mass of snow and whirled along with it
until it burst some distance further
on. Mrs. Arnold was terribly bruised
and nearly sufocated. The dog was
crushed to death
Chief Engineer Wallace, ofthe 18TH
mian Canal Commission, reports in
favor OF sea-level canal at Panama,
which he estimates would cost about
$300,000,000. He says such canal
would be less expensive to maintain
and operate; that time would be saved
in passage through it, and that it
could be widened or deepened with
out interfering with traffic. The re.
port of Mr.. Wallace will probably be
adopted, and it is likely that the Pan
ANA canal will be made the means of
an intefminable drain upon the treas
ury and taxpayers Of this country.
At Hagerstown Judge Keedy grant
ed divorce to Mary Jane Marshall
from her husband, Martin V. Mar
shall, on statutory grounds. The
couple were married in November,
1898, end as result Steven Grimes,
who procured the license, was arrest
ed for perjury. having sworn to the
best of his knowledge that the parties
were of age. The bride was Mary j.
Kerfoot, daughter of Thomas Kerfoot,
and not 16, but she had donned
long Dress for the occasion. 1t is al
legged that the couple never lived to-
gether as man and wife.
A serious, although it is thought
not fatal, stabbing ARRAY occurred in
Martinsburg on Sunday night last.
William Brown, of Baltimore, and
Samuel Pifer, of Williamsport, became
engaged in an alteration. A fight
ensued and Pifer drew a knife, with
which he stabbed Brown twice, in
ficting dangerous but not necessarily
fatal wounds. Pifer Immediately
ran, pursued by officers, but escaped.
According to the statement Of Brown,
the wounded man, Pifer became en-
ragged when requested to repay asmall
sum of money he had borrowed from
Brown a few days ago. Brown will
recover.
Probate Officer W. G. Johnson, Of
Kansas City, addressing an audience
of several hundred persons, said "Of
all the boys who have been taken in
to the juvenile court 95 per cent were
cigarette smokers. never saw boy
that played hockey from school that
did not also smoke cigarettes. This
habit is the beginning of crime. l
know little fellow on the West side
WHO lies on the bed for two and three
hours at time smoking cigarettes.
has become addicted to the habit and
says he cannot stop it. He will be
sent to a reformschool where he cant
get the poisonous things. Two boys
were caught stealing in store not
long ago. Each was a cigarette
smoker. In nearly every case where
a boy breaks into a store the first
thing he steals is tobacco"
Wonderful Nerve