Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-12-21
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The West Virginia State Grange is
ia session at Clarksburg.

in session at Clarksburg.
The Presbyterian congregation of
Romney has extended call to Rev.
DR.. Brooke, of Alexandria.
At Huntington the other day Miss
Lizzie O'Mara killed herself by drink
ing carbolic acid because she failed to
receive letter from her sweetheart.
Miss Daisy Wilkinson, a young
school teacher of Logan county, shot
and killed a negro who attacked her
as she was returning from her school.
William Golliday fell into big
tank of boiling extract at the Rio Ex-
tract Company's plant in Hampshire
county one day last week and was
cooked to death.
The large plant of the Engletree
Wooden Mills Company at Guseman,
Preston county, was completely de-
stroyed by fire last week, causing a
loss of 5000 and throwing so per.
sons out of employment.
Lamor G. Powell, who has been one
of the publishers of the Fairmont West
Virginian for about forty years, has
sold out his interest in that paper to
NJ. G. Tough. Mr.. Tough is an &C.
tive and able newspaper man.
Moses W. Donnelly, of Charleston,
has thrown up the contract to do the
State printing for West Virginia
says he couldn't comply with the
terms. They ought to make Nose
stick to the contract. He has made
enough off of the State, one way and
another, to suffer little loss now.
The largest bear ever seen in the
Alleghenies is reported to have Just
been killed in the Mullinix woods,
near the Pendleton county line, by
Everett Barley, aged 20 years.
The bear weighed 789 pounds and
across the ball OF the foot he measur-
ed eight inches and between the ears
nine inches. The pelt was nine feet
long. 1t is estimated that the bear
had destroyed 40 sheep this season.
1t was aroused from a thicket by
small dog and Barley shot the en-.
ragged animal as he was being chased
around large oak tree.
Superintendent o. E. Darnall, the
competent superintendent Of the West
Virginia Reform School at Prunty-
town, last week rendered his resigna-
ton to Governor Dawson to accept
much more desirable appointment,
having been offered the position of
superintendent of the Boys Reform
School of the District of Columbia,
near Washington. Mr.. Darnall can
not be blamed for accepting such an
offer, but we are very sorry to have
him leave West Virginia, where his
services have been so acceptable and
where he has done such splendid
work. He will enter upon his new
duties about the 1st Of February.
We notice in yesterdays paper that
the main building of the schoolin the
District, which housed about 800
boys, was entirely destroyed by fire.
What effect this will have upon Mr..
Darnall's plans we do not know.
The Hon. Charlie Dorr, the pic.
turesque statesman from Webster
county, has had another Pullman car
scrape, if the following story is true.
A dispatch from Connellsville, Pa,
last Thursday says: "Ex-Congress-
man G. P. Dorr, of Webster Springs,
W. Va, was taken of Baltimore &
Ohio train No. 9, west-bound, early
yesterday morning and locked up
here on a charge of disturbing the
peace. L. NJ. Selig, Of Pittsburg,
preferred the charges. Mr. Selig al
leges that at point near lockwood,
Dorr pulled aside the curtains of his
berth in Pullman car. and with a
volley of oaths declared he was going
to kill him. Mr. Selig ran for por-
ter and dressed as rapidly as possible.
When he emerged from his berth,
Dorr started to laugh, rolled into the
berth vacated by Selig and went to
sleep. Selig made information be-
fore Justice of the Peace W. P. Clark
but later withdrew it. Dorr said lie
was en- route to Dayton, Pa, to pres
ecute case. He said he was men,
Der OF the Fifty.6ftL Congress and
stated he owned property in Pitts
burg. After being confined in cell
at the local police station for several
hours, Attorney W. 81. Brown came
to his aid and he was released"