The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-08-09
STATE NEWS.
ffom % ClarkrLlA rlsnnph.

"A grand reunion Of the soldIera oil
Upshur and adjoining counties will be
held at BuckhAnnon on September lOlb
and 18th. Gen. T. NJ. HarrIs will de,
liver an address on the occasion.
From the Ma!On County Journal,
BY private note from friend VIC
learn that 0 most fatal and heaFt-rend.
Ing accident occurred on last Sunday
evening, near the town Of New Haven
10 this county, by. which boy named
Roush, aged about 10 years, and son OIL
Adam ROuSb, lost his life at the hands
OF bis cousin, q boy aged II or Il years
and sou Of Lewis Roush. Our cores
pondent Informs Us that the boys were
playing with q loaded revolver that had
been left In q Shanty or small housE
that was used as q shelter for thost
guarding melon patch, when Il Reci'
IDENTIFY went of, With the result men
toned above.
From he Bt[0dI0 Independent.
I'VE learn that some OF the stock.
holders OF the Riverside Iron Work.
at Wheeling have purchased land neal
the mouth OF CampbelpS Greek, h
AANAS"AN SSuAhyt Wh0I1 tuoY PROPOSE
erecting an Iron furnace at once.
We learn from the farmers In thIi
vicinity, that the wheat crop has beer
damaged by the late rains TO the OK.
tent OF at least 25 per cent, This, Of
course, ls confined 10 the wheat atands
Ing In the shock.
"A little girl, daughter Of Mrs,
johnson, residing In Arbuckle, was
bitten By a rattleSnake, last week, and
came very near dying. But prompt
and energetic means used by theiI
neighbors saved her life, and she Is re,
covering.
From the MomltlSvtls National.
The camp meeting which Is 10 com
mence on the 18th, will be- Of unusual
proportions. The number Of plots al,
ready engaged for tents 10 more thar
double that OF last year.
On Wednesday OF last week, little
child Of Mr.. II. J. Bowers, was playing
near the feet Of young colt, belonging
to Mr.. l.. Lindsey. From some I'm.
known cause, the animal kicked tht
child on the forehead, decorating thf
skin very badly. A physician wal
called and the wound dressed.
The wool crop in Marshall county
Is steadily on the increase. It Ia found
by old and experienced farmers, 10 bC
more profitable than rGiaIng grain, and
the usual routine ofiarmers' work, The
hills are as fruitful OF pasture, and the
climate about as suitable for raising
sheep as the more northern sheep coun.
ties Of Ohio, and our farmers are giving
more attention 10 this branch Of farm.
Ing. A Wool Growers Association has
been recently formed In the county,
which holds regular meetings once
every two weeks.
AT a recent meeting OF the Masonic
Lodge Of MoundsvIlle, a pleasing Incl
dent occurred. DR.. W. +. Ritcher arose
and In behalf Of u numcsr OF friends
and brethren, presented to W. II
SbowaCre, Esq, large and elegant
Bible, valued ut SlS. Mr.. Showacre
accepted the gift with few happy and
appropriate remarks, which may be
taken as u guarantee that his zeal Ia
Masonry will continue undated.
From the Mor01n!otVn Pot
Dora, little daughter Of Mary
Dorsey, OF this place, fell from porch
on Tuesday and broke her arm.
j. NJ. Hagans was severely poison.
ed on the face, hands and arms while
fishing on Cheat river few days ago
Some time ago Mr.. Thos. McBee, O.
this county, felled poplar tree on hii
place which measured, when ready fol
saving, sixty feet. II was eighteen fee
In circumference at the butt, and made
{, $50 feet Of good marketable umber-
the first twelve feet making 200 feet O.
lumber worth 81 90 per hundred.
Eom Lhe Point Pleasant Rt0tstsr.
The Oldest inhabItant hardly recol,
lectS when the excellent root called the
potato was in such abundance here
abouts "a at the present time. They
are very fine and cheap.
Last Sunday a man by the nam,
OF Byrne, fell over cliff some eight!
feet high at West Columbia. He wa
but slightly injured.
On the Goth ult., Sim son Roy, ESQ
and Samuel Aumiller, Esq, died. ON
was q resident Of Hartford city, and thu
other lived near Hartford. They werl
among the Oldest citizens in that part
ofthe country, and were greatly res,
pec!ed BY all who knew them.
From The FatT7'l0nt YES! Frgtni1n
Our young bachelor friend, Franz
Z. Nichols, for some time past en-
ployed as book-keeper In the Norway
Iron Works, Wheeling, made flylnI
visit home on Monday, and on Tues.
day lett for Fairfield, H., where he ex
poets 10 go into business.
g. W. Swisher, a we'll known ant
highly respectable citizen and produce
merchant in the vicinity OF Hoodsvllle
started TO Falrmont recently With
load OF butter aud eggs and hay rake
In company with lady, and Yhel
near the town Of Rlvesvllle, his wagoI
was upset, and Mr.. s. was thrown out
alighting upon bis face In the middl
OF a mudhole. His passenger was also
thrown out, falling on the hay rake
that implement lying directly across
Mr.. Swlsher's back. Fortunately, ]
s. Matheny happened along, and Mr.
SwlSher was soon extricRted from his
perllous position,
From the berkeley Union.
AT a recent meeting Of The Board o
Education OF Martlnsburg Township
the levy for the current year was lait
at sixty cents on one hundred dollars
-0n Tuesday last, a scaffold at Mr.
c. NJ. Shatfer's new building gave way
Mr.. Shatier was on 1t at the time, Blu
managed 10 save himself by making 9
quick leap, alightinH on his feet, far.
ring him considerably, but received NJ
painful injury save the dlsloca!lon o
one Of his toes.
From the PdrkTIJurg Gazette.
On Sunday last, while ]. T. Hart
Esq, OF Marietta, was riding 10 church
with Lis family, the horses became I'M.
goVernAble, through difficulty be.
tween u man on the box and the mar
driving, Runaway, breaking the car.
r!aGe In pieces, killing the mother oil
Mr.. Hart. and lpjurinK 4 young lady,
1t Is feared, fatally. Mr.. II. escaped
Without Injury.
"A laborer named Riley was killed
at the quarry In Ohio, above Belpre, or
Friday last, by the fall OF a stone upor
him while at work In the quarry. HC
left u family to which be was the only
stay and support.
On Tuesday morning a gentleman
named A. Henry, from Havana, pro
cured q horse and buggy from th,
livery stable, near the U. 8. Hotel, Il
take two ladies TO friends In thl
country. Passing down Ann street
the horse took fright at the noise mad(
by buggy, ran Wildly, caught thI