The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1870-07-07
BELMONT COUNTY.


From he BarneSri3s EnterpFtss.
AFALL.-Ono night last week n young
son OF Mr.. W. A. Talbot, while walking
in his sleep, fell from Il secOnd.stOry win.
dow To the gromd-n distance Of twenty
five feet, Stnngu to say, he was but
slightly injured.
Mill. BURNED.-On Thursday lust, the
.Deersville FIGURING Mill was totally de.
strOycd by fire. 1t contained one thousand
bushels Of wheat, which was also de-
stroyed. 1t Is not known how the fire
originated No insurance on tho building
or Contants. s0t taa 1- S
Curious CAsE.-AbOut month ago, q
man named Joseph LytlC, while using an
adz, accidentally made0 small gash in his
knee. The wound was so trivial that no
attention WINS given 1t, but about week
afterwards it becaue so painful that he
could not walk. Amputation was then
suggested, but the man wHs so debllitated
that II was deemed imprUdent 10 perform
IN operation. His case was dGspaired Of,
and the physicians declared It impossible
for him to live. Strange to say, however,
the symptoms changed, and Mr.. LytlC
commenced 10 get better, and Is now con-
sidercd out Of danger.
ACCIDENT AT A BARN RAIsNG.-On
Thursday last, while party Of men were
raising q barn, three miles northwest Of
Fairview, I'M accident occurred which has
cast a gloom over the entire community.
Three sides of the barn Ind been erected
and while the fourth side was being raised,
the derrick gave way md the entire struct-
urc fell to the ground. A young man by
the name Of David HOlton was so badly
injured by the falling timbers that he died
in half an hour. A wooden pin ran
through his back, and his back and both
legs were broken. John Orr had his leg
broken near the ankle, and David Char
mock received severe internal injuries.
Another man whose name VIC could not
learn, was also injured, but not fatally.
We learn that Gharnock has since died.
A Prous FRAUD On Sunday morning
a EOrlOrn Loo tEitt 4ttupi euIUrgcd from
tho cars attn place, with cane In hand
slowly and painfully cropped his way to-
wards the depot Green goggles upon his
nose performed the double Office OF pro-
tccting his eyes alike from the light Of
day and the too inQuisitivc gaze Of look:
Crs on. 1t was evident that he was blind,
and that sympathy which always leaps
up ut the sight orn fellow mortal bercIt Of
vision, took possession of the hearts oftlo
bystanlers. The poor blind man implored
tic assistance Of u guide, and with wan
dcring stops and slow" went on hiswcary
way. When he arrived ut the American
House he desired that some one should
conduct him to the Methodist minister.
Willingly was the appeal answered,
and ere long u tale was un.
folded that enlisted all the symm-
thics Of tho worthy preacher. The
blind man belonged to church, and
had been imposed upon and cheated out
Of money in his travels. Others heard
the tale, believed 1t. and acted upon it
The unfortunate man disclosed one sight
less orb. POlpably he was "blind in one
eve" but the sympathetic brother who
told lis the story cannot C0nscicntiously
affirm that hC Couldn't sec out Of the
other" Tho green goggles efEeCtually
concealed it. But acting upon the belief
that n man with ono eye destroyed and
green goggles on both, must necessarily
be blind, and worthy object Of charity,
the minister md his friends went earnestly
to work 10 relieve him. Money wns soon
procured to send him home, and he re.
turned to the hotel with light heNrt. AT
8 o'clock on Monday morning he was
assisted on the cars by one Of the hotel
men, oStensibly bound for Morgan coUn-
ty-and that Is the last Of tho blind man.
Nothing ont Of the common in all this,
you will observe. But when the cham
bcrmaid went on her usual rounds that
morning, ClcsOlation had fallen upon the
room Of thc blind man. All, the quilts,
the sheets, and pillows, everything nova.
bic, save tho bed tick and the disConso.
late bCd.stead, bad vanished from the
couch that had rested his weary framc.
That the suppositious "blind man" had
done it there was not the shadow Of q
doubt, but how or when, was a mystery
that must remain forever unsolyetL But
We ralsc the note Of warning, and tell MI
people Of benevolent tendencies tOsbc-
ware Of this pious fraud in green goggles.
The tale Of woe which he will unfold will
prove u lelusivo and snare,