The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-12-23
STATE NEWS.

The Weston Dcmocrutsays; Astonc
pipe was found on the farm Of sam
uel Goldman, on Hackers creek.
which is supposed to- have belonged
to Chief TccumseS. Tradition says,
that on one of the raids the Indians
in this county, Teensuseh lost hiS
pipe, and that he andhis tribe, spent
considerable time looking for tit
being that with the hiss of his pipe
Tccumsch's fame as 4 warrior was
gone. From what we were told, 1t
certainly is an old relic Of some
kind.
Grafton has taken steps towards
making all tramps who visit that city,
earn their own living. That idea
seems to be generally gaining ground.
We published tsss week an article
from the Clsrksburg Telegraph giving
what purpo8cd to be a confession Of
a Mr.. Shect5 that he murdered one
James Casee many years ago. The
same paper now says:
I'VE arc reliably informed that
there. is not the slightest foundation
fer the story, and furthcr, that the
barn in which the confes$ioa-waS SAID
to have been found, was tors Sown
several wears ago. Thereport, wl'ics
has been floating about the county
s,r some time, is evidently the work
Of some malicious person with a
wonderful inventive faculty and bat
little to Co."
It is reported that woFlSnen. en-
cared in widening the roadbcd Of the
BaNimere.e Ohio railroad have dis
covered a petrifcd forest ;short dis
tancewcst of Portkn2S& Ffcstoncoun-
ty W. Va Trees and leaves of var
ious kinds are found-all beautifully
done in stone, with nature as the
The Grccnbricr hdTeaderf c:Ees
the following account ola sad and ap--
palling accident which occurred on
creek that county near the
residence of Mr.. J. Harvey Hanna,
who lives about two miles north Of
White Oak Chapel: 1t seems that
Mr.. Samuel Mathews, who lives near
Falling Springs, in Greenbricr, was
returning home from 4 visit to his
fathcr-in-law, with his wife and IN
FAINT child, in q one-horse buggy, when
the horse took fright from some cause
unknown, and became unmanagable.
In Mathews attempt to control him
he broke the rcins. He then jumped
out of the vehicle to get ahead Of the
horse at aturn in the road in advance
of him. Before he succeeded, how
ever, the buggy was drawn against
an embankment in the road and up
set, throwing Mrs. Mathews against
a rail fence with such force as to
knock it down for several panels
buisins her badly, and leaving her
The child dashed up
on bed Of rocks BY the road side,
and, the buggy striking it upon the
head broke its skull. 1t died almost
instantly. DR.. Smith, of Frankford,
was sent for Immediately, and is now
in attendance on the patient. He
reports her doing well.
The smallpox scourge Is in our
midst, and great fears are entertain
ed that it will spread. One death
has occurred, and the family of the
victim are said to be Frustrated with
it. Prompt measures, looking to its
to the infected neighbor
hood, have been taken by the author
itics, and it remains to 4 great eN-
tent with our citizens as to whether
its ravages shall be stayed or not
Quarantine has been established, and
a hospital provided, to which, should
itbe necessary, all persons contracting
it will be moved.-Fraaklin Ne'es.
The Centennial Coal and Timber
Company has been organized to oper-
ate in the Coal River country. lthas
about ten thousand acres of coal and
timber land to begin with, and con-
templates building q railroad TO con-
meet with the Chesapeake d Ohio
line.
Young Mclaughlin, Of Pocahontas
county, convicted Of purloininsa let
ter from the mail bag, has been par
-, ,.Io,,,i ny ttn prrSil,u.