The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-05-07
NEIGMnoRuooD NEWS.
Escape from Pen,acntlnry--Reoap.


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From the MouMdSrItte National Of yesterday
In the forenoon of Friday last, four
prisoners named Chas. Moore, Chas
Myers, James Starr and Gibbs, u color.
ed man, made a bold attempt to escape
from the walls of the Penitentiary. The
guard being discovered asleep In bis
box, plank was placed against the
stockade, by which they climbed over
and were free. They Immediately took
to their heels and fled for the bills.
Another guard saw them running, and
aroused those employed about the pri-
son, who started in pursuit. Shots
were fired, but without effect. The
whole gang were caught before going
far, and brought back and put in safe
keeping. Gibbs hid himself under a
culvert, and was there caught.
Myers, the originator of the plot ia OF
Swiss birth, and came from Jackson
county. He has great resources, and ia
most dangerous character. He and
Moore are in prison for attempted muir
der and robbery of an old man in jack
son county.
ROLLING MILL Observation-Disclosures
meeting is announced to be held in the
Court House on Saturday evening next.
Several rolling mill men from Wheel
Ing and BenwOod, intend 10 be in at
tendance.
FRUIT.-The present indications are
that this sec'ion of the country will be
favored this season with the greatest
fruit crop on record.
PREPARED TT LEAvE.-A three cor
nered die was toG"u the other day be
tween the real and false sole of a shoe
OF II convict named Tom McCauIly, a
boaTder at the large stone building be-.
hind the Mound. II it hadn't been ac-
cidentaIly picked up. he would likely
hAva h,A ha nf ia
cell.
From The Belmont ChrOrt I> of yesterday.
BIG PREMIUM.-Tho st. Clairsville
Building Association sold loan of two
hundred dollars on Monday night, at
16H per cent. premium.
A BOLD BURGLARY. - On Sunday
night of last week, the store of Solomon
Hogue, of SOmerton, i'll this county,
was entered by burglars and his safe
blown open and its contents in money,
with some thirty yards OF fine black
silk, and a lot of kid gloves were taken.
The amount stolen was about 5000.
GEN. LOGAN, of Illinois, passed wesf-
ward over the B. Il o. r. r. yesterday,
on his way home from Washington.
Gen. Hancock who leaves Washington
In day or two for his new Command
in the Northwest, will come bv the
same route.
THE young people OF Fairmont are
going to have May party on or about
the 9th.
SERIOUSLY HURT.-LIeut. B. F. Coo
gle, living in the vicinity of Hoult
Town, in this county, met with Il se-
rious accident on Monday last. which
It Is feared will prove fatal. Our in
formant did not hear all the particulars,
but it is thought Mr.. Google was up in
the hay NOW and fell from the loft, a
distance OF about ten or twelve feet,
lighting upon his back upon pile OF
rails. When he was found his position
on the floor suggested this fact, though
he has been unconscious since, and
nothing reliable can be asCertained.-
F'GiIm01It Vest Vir9iniGn.
ACC1DENTs-FataI.-We learn that a
Mrs. Swisher, an aged lady living near
Newport, In this county, accidently fell
on Saturday, Gath ult., and dislocated
shoulder, besides sustaining other
painful and serious injuries.
FdtGt DIFFERENTIATION Wednesday
last, little child ofNMr. Levi Swisher,
ana grand-child of the lady above al
4uded TO, while playing around kettle
OF poilng water, by some means STUN
pIeu INTO the Kettle, and before it could
oe rescued. was scalded so badly that
1t died In few hours The childJs
mother was engaged washinp. and had
lifted the kettle off the fire for some
purpose, never dreaming of what On
soon occurred, and a few monents az
forwards the child fell in as stated
phySicien was called but arrival too
late to accomplish much, other than to
relieve the torturing pain, and the little
one soon expired'-West VfT0iHiGn.