10 Jul 1885
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Newspaper
Shepherdstown Register
Location
Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1885
Page
1
Fragmentary column notes satire and gossip from a late 19th century paper. Mentions tax reformers, stock fluctuations, and editor perspectives. Clippings reference Ohio prohibitionists, President Cleveland, Spain, and a proposed presidential vacation while peppered with humorous asides about weather clerks and bonnet lawsuits.
A Bengal tiger named Dickie at the Cincinnati Zoological Garden underwent a watchful surgical claw removal. Directors and staff, led by Superintendent Stephen, directed a makeshift cage and ropes to restrain the animal as a sharp knife and pincers removed the deformed claw, the tiger snarling fiercely throughout.
West Virginia news reports a Wyoming county man James Barrett killed by a rolling saw log near Logan Court House. It notes suits by Singer Sewing Machine Co to test a new license law and indictments in Wayne County over dynamite fish killings. Also covered are sheep struck by lightning in Wheeling Valley, a Clarksburg free medical dispensary plan, a snake found in a bed in Morgan County, and state officials attending a cattle and horse growers meeting in St Louis. Also mentioned are a purported absconder from Catholic Knights funds and a Ky bail.
A string of brief items reports diverse incidents and curiosities. An officer commits suicide at Cattaro by firing a cannon with a match. Wealthy estate worth 5.77 million dollars is appraised for John W. Garrett. Cleveland allegedly sends a silk scarf to a Virginia woman. A Montgomery woman, 76, burns to death in bed after a candle and mosquito net ignite. A Fort Worth Fourth of July meal leads to eleven food-poisoning cases from canned meat. A Starin Place cannon misfires. William Van Voast dies and Charles Maxwell is fatally injured. A purse fight in East St Clair town ship ends with a fatal stab. A Port Jackson seamstress injures finger in machine. rope and needle hazard. Rose Veland’s book on George Eliot is popular. demand hits 100,000 copies. Ithaca youth falls 400 feet to death in gorge. Near East Springfield freight trains collide on trestle, heavy damage.
Aged farmer calls the wheat crop light with only a day or two left to finish. Osborne self binder praised for clean work, but drought cripples corn and grass. Mrs Elizabeth Kable, 90, bedridden after a six month visit to Staunton, Va, hopes for recovery. Visitors Mamie Bowers and Maggie Hendricks charm Shepherdstown. Occasional.
An old advertisement extols iron rich blood as essential for vigor and health. It promotes Brown's Iron Bitters as the safe iron tonic that enriches the blood, strengthens the body, and enhances enjoyment of life.
Married notices describe nuptials at Carter House Charlestown occurring noon July 7 18 with Charles and Miss Malinda Sinpe married earlier on July 1 1885 at Martinsburg residence of parents in Moorefield officiated by Thomas TU with Reverend White and Reverend Metre assisting in a fragmented marriage docket.
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