14 Aug 1885
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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1885
Page
1
The column surveys public figures and incidents from politics to society. It notes Parson Newman planning a book, centenarian A. S. Apent's birthday, New York aid to Grant, naval ship contracts, political graft, and frontier army assignments, ending with a grim family murder in Alabama.
A Washington pedestrian records a warm day incident where sparrows became stuck in tar as a sparrow attempted a grasshopper meal and seventeen birds were counted in tar by 3 10 o clock. A Newton Indiana man reports his wife cured by Dr Ring s New Discovery after twenty five years of cough with free trial bottles at Gibson s Drug Store.
A Baltimore Sun report quotes expert figures on the Philadelphia extension from Baltimore, noting total cash outlay over five million dollars and a 12 500 000 loan likely covering full completion. It discusses steel rail pricing shifts since 1884 and the impact of steam shovels on railroad construction costs.
Mrs Charles long suffered neuralgia and brain congestion leading to total blindness. After four months of useless medical care her daughter’s frightening outbreak of fire alarm startled her, restoring nerve function and partial sight. Doctors believe shock revived weakened optic nerves and expect full recovery. San Francisco Call.
A. Markey and father sue Charles W. Milter postmaster at Frederick for ten thousand dollars in slander. The suit stems from Miller accusing Markey of embezzling thirty dollars as a former post office clerk. Officials note a post office fund shortage near nine hundred dollars, with three hundred dollars also missing from Miller personal funds. Markey denies the charge and an official investigation is anticipated. The case draws local attention as prominent citizens are involved.
A tramp boarded a Baltimore and Ohio freight car near Cumberland seeking a ride to the city. The car door sealed at Cumberland, then opened at Tocust Point after a Monday seal break. He claimed no food and was released after Justice Talbot found nothing missing. The incident ends with the tramp identified as Geo Fohes.
Notices record multiple marriages including John B Jones of Newark Ohio to Ida V Miller of Martinsburg West Virginia and William H H Payman to Lottie Kieffer of New York City. Obituaries list Catherine Fouke of Philadelphia age 63 and infants Ethel Hines of Norfolk and Golden Kimes of Charlestown with dates and relations.
A New York letter outlines Mrs. Grant's anticipated income from book royalties at $225,000 plus widow's allowance and rental income, totaling about $15,000 to $16,000 yearly, independent of a $250,000 trust. It notes uncertainty until the will is public. Electric Bitters ad promises cure for various ailments. In Atlanta George P. Humphries, architect, was fatally injured after being dragged by a tram wheel following a collision.
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