The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-03-24
WASHINGTON COUNTY.

From The Reporter.
z,EsOAPED FROM JArIG-MilltRm Fem.
pleton, Of misplace, convicted at the last
court term Of selling liquor without license
and sentenced to q tefm Of imprisonment,
escaped from jail on Saturday evening. 1t
seems that his wife paid him visit at the
time in question In company with two or
three other women, relatives Of different
inmates Of the jail, and had provided her.
self with two dresses, one Of which she
give to the prisoner, who cnsconccd him
SelFin It and passed out with the rest I'M
suspected by the jailor or Sheriff. Hcwas
not missed for some time afterwards, and
the manner Of his escape would scarcely
have been discovered but thnt some Of the
inmates Of the female department Of the
iail whose window overlooked the cell Of
Tclnpleton, had noticed the change Of at
tire. Search was Immediately instituted,
but up till this writing he has not hccn
discovered. .
"A GAME DISSER-A certain waggisll
sportnan in town went out some time
since In pursuit Of game but could man
agc 10 bug nothing except IN owl Ro.
turning home he cut of the head, legs and
tail, and proceeding TO u certain private
whisky shop, somewhere in the vicinity
Of the old graveyard, disposed Of i TO the
keeper for small mOdicum Of benzinc,
telling her Il was u pheasant and very
large one" This was on Saturday even
ing, and the next morning the prOprie.
tress Of the place sent around to each OF
her iav0ritC customers an invitation to
partakC Of Il game dinner" Tho party
convened at the appointed time and found
the Dlcthoric pheasant smoking upon the
hosnitable boird. Assisted by Coplous
draughts Of fluid they managed to dis
pose Of the bird, although more tllnn one
remarked that 1t chad id strange taste
for n pheasant" Their feelings can be
better imagined than described when they
finally discovered what 1t was they had
eaten. s' sH. . I"U
ACCIDENTALLY Su0T.-A. II. Ecker, Esq,
Of tho Rcricw, shot himself accidentally In
Pittsburgh one day lust week. The ball
PASSED through the tleshy part Of two OF
tho fingers on his right hand and lodged
deeply in his thigh. Tho wound is quite
serious and painful.
KICKED BY A HoRsE.-W. A. Mickey,
Of Hopewcll township, was seriously in
iurcd by kick from one Of his horses on
Friday or Saturday last: The animal
struck him in the region Of the cyl. smash
ing his check bone badly and cutting him
severely above the eyebrow. His wound
i not regarded uS dangerous.
JAS. +. GABuY, Of Franklin township
was kicked by u horse on Saturday last
while passing through his stAble. One OF
bis teeth was knocked this lower lip cut
open, and his chest slightly injured. Tho
hurts are quito PAINFUL but not dangerous
Ar u meeting Of colorcd citizens Of
CanOnsburg, on the 18th, the following
among other resolutions was adopted:
Reslrel, That this meeting endorse the
resolution adopted by the COlorcd citizens
Of Wilmington, Delaware, namely, that
VIC hereby pledge ourselves TO prove the
fitness OF the trust by the Workings Of
our conduct. That realizing tho RESPONSE
billties resting upon lls, We mean 10 use
tho ballot for no merely narrow or selfish
ends, but for the best good Of the State
and Nation, thereby aiding to pcrpetuatc
Union which our fathers and brothers
helped to save. .f