The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-08-14
CASUALTIES.
Five Men SuGocated.

giving lni0rmatlon OF nve men IN tnat
city being killed to-day by foul air in a
gas pit. The dispatch says: 81 have
just returned from the coal bank OF Mr.
W. 6. Briggs, where 1 saw just taken
from a shaft the corpses OF five men.
Their names are W. G. Briggs, George
Briggs, Moptil Briggs, A. Briggs and
Ed. Oracle. A son of VIM. Briggs had
gone down in the shaft to dip water and
put it in tub for watering stock when
he was suffocated. Moptii went down
to get him out and succeeded in getting
him into the tub when he was overcome.
W. G. Briggs and Ed Oracle then went
down in succession and were overcome.
'"'"'--.- " n-:.s- --nnld nrobably have
been our next county representative.
StaDDeu.
New YORK, August IA man
named John OConnor quarreled with
John Collern today, when he was stab
bed in the abdomen by the latter He
ia still alive but death is hourly e1-
pected.
Accident.
DAYTON, o., August ,2.-Yesterday
while John Mesner, William Hare and
c. Mesner were engaged in plastering
the ceiling of Clagg's Hall, the scaffold-
ing gave way, precipitating them to the
floor, distance of sixteen feet, injuring
them severely but not fatally.
Drowned.
PORTSMOUTH, O., August 1.-Two
horses attached to an express wagon, in
which was a blind woman named
Thurston and her son five years of age
run into the river at the city wharf yes
terday afternoon. The hoy and horses
were drowned, but the woman was
saved
Foul Play.
New YORK, August l2.-About one
o'clock this morning an officer on duty
near the corner of 36th street and
Eighth avenue, found PROSTATE man
on the sidewalk, bleeding from large
wound on the head. The officer called
assistance, but when the injured man
was taken to the station house he was
found to be dead. The wound appeared
to have been inflicted by some blunt in
strument, which completely shattered
the skull. There was every indication
that a foul murder had been done. and
the police are actively engaged working
up the case.
Escape OF Prisoners.
The police here have received infor-
nation that six burglars, comprising
the most desperate prisoners in the
Queens county jail, made their escape
last night. They wrenched the lock off
the door of the outer corridor in which
they were confined, and scaled the fence.
The TAILOR was aroused by the noise, and
succeeded in preventing the escape OF
the other prisoners.
Death from Morphine.
MEMPHIS, August l2.-John Smith,
a watchman at the NJ. & C. R. r. depot,
took an extensive dose of morphine last
night, and will be buried by his friends
to-day He leaves wife and family.
Railroad Accident.
An accident occurred to a freight
train on the eastern division Of the
Memphis and Charleston railroad, by a
MISPLACED switch, by which eight or ten
cars were ditched. Nobody was in
iured, fortunately.
Death OF Hermit.
An old hermit named Snyder, died
here yesterday in his hovel, in the out
skirts of the city. There was found
several thousand dollars in gold con-
cealed under u plank in the floor.
Arrested.
Quincy, August 12-John Frame,
who shot and attempted to kill Mr.. Lo'
gan, on July 81, near Lewis Station
Henderson county, Ill, was arrested
here this morning. He confesses the
shooting, but says he did it in self de-
fence.
Long BRANCH, August ia terrible
accident occurred here to-day. A man
named Edward L. Dunn, passenger
on the 6:3OP. NJ. train,in attempting to
lump from a car at the depot, fell under
the wheels and was crushed to death.
Riot.
ST. PAUL, August IA serious riot
is in progress among the laborers and
roughs at the junction of the Northern
Pacific and Lake Superior Midland
railroads. They threaten to burn down
the railroad companies buildings.
While Sheriff Garrett, of Corther
county, was trying to quell the not he
was Shot dead. The United States
Marshal Of this city, with twenty well
armed men, went on special train to
the scene OF the riot.
Double Murder.
DENVER, August IA double mur
der was committed last evening, thirteen
miles up the Platte from Denver. Geo
NJ. Bonacina and Mrs. Newton, his sis
ter, were shot by German farm hand
by the name OF Theodore Meyer. Bona
cina is dead and Mrs. Newton is moi
expected to live. Meyer is still at large
and large reward is offered for his ar
rest. Mrs. Newton thinks that Meyel
was hired to murder them. 1t appears
that she was married last summer tc
one Freedenhal, who owned the prop
erty, but after the marriage decided 1t to
her A quarrel occurring soon after
Freedenhal left, and Mrs. Newton AM
her brother have since lived on tn
place. Suspicion naturally points t.