The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1877-11-29
FROM JAMES Gun.
hINGIaAM, JR.
The High water Along Ihe Balti'
more a Ohio R. Il.
Gov. Jacob Trying a Murder Case
NJ heyser.
Extract from Ez.spsIsr weleb's Ipeoch.
KKYsER, Nov. 20, 1877.


KKYsER, Nov. 20, 1877.
EdlL0n tniSllleeneer;
This section Of country has been visited
by one Of the greSteStrGintAlls occurring
within the last twenty years, and the
North Branch Of the Potomac, and sill
It's tributaries, have been higher than
ever before known. The rain commenced
falling on Wednesday, and came down in
an almost uninterrupted torrent until
Saturday night. Thestreams did not rise
much until late Friday night. About
eleven o'clock on that night the people
on the low grounds Of New Creek, the
Georges Creek, and the North Branch Of
the Potomac, observed that these streams
we're rising at the rate Of u foot an hour,
and began to seek places Of safety. lie.
fore midnight, however, this rate enor'
mously increased and il was with the
greatest difficulty come persons managed
to e,care With their lives. Mrs. Hines,
an aged lady, ia trying to effect her "a.
cape from her house, which the Potomac
had surrounded, about one mile above
Piedmont, was swept away and drowned.
The entire Flower part oil Piedmont was
submerged and the rushing waters poured
down the railway track through the
Ghops, carrying everything before it. For
titne the railway bridge and the county
bridge, which connects Piedmont with
WesIernport, we're in great danger, but
By prompt measures we're saved. The
Piedmont & Cumberland Road, which
runs through the coal region TO Frost
burg, was almost literally carried away,
and traffic cannot be resumed for several
days. The track Of the Baltimore 4
Ohio was closed and in mAny places
washed away, between Piedmont and
Cumberland, but is now open 10 Cumber-
land. The "Birm," or south bank oil the
Chesa peake and Ohio Canal, has also
been damaged to such on extent as to
stop all traffic on that important tohrough
fare this seAson. The damage done is
simply immense and no estimate can be
formed at this writing, The dam Of the
Loehiel Lumber Company at Blooming
ton, on the Savage river, has been swcpt
away and pine logs lost sggregatipg $40
600. Had the booms and dams Of the
DAVIS Bros. given way on the upper Po-
tomac, the town Of Piedmont would have
been united With that Of Keyser withouE
any special effort on the part Of It's i'm
habitsnts, and the important question "a
to the permanency OF the division termin-
US at Keyser would have been forever
settled.
Circuit Court has been in session at
Keyser for some time, and under the rule
of Judge Armstrong has been increasing
the population Of Moandsville to some
extent Among the practicing lawyers
present / observe our former Governor,
Hon. Jno. J. Jacob. An important muir.
der trial, the FIRST in Mineral county
since its formation, has just closed. The
prisoners, two young men, brothers, In.
dicted for the murder OF John Condry
last May al the Hampshire dump, were
the defendants, and were ably and elo'
quenlly defended by Mr.. Price, OF Min.
erSl county, Hon. John J. Jacob, and
Hon. Mr.. Welch, our former Speaker oi
the House OF Delegates. The Governors
closing speech was a grand grafton. The
speech Of Mr.. WEIGH was also n magni6.
cent effort, and l cannot refrain from
quoting his closing remarks. After re.
viewing the course and actions Of the
prisoners on trial, in speaking of the un.
fortunate man who lost his life, he said
"But, gentlemen Of the Jury, let Us follow thu
foOisErpsol the man who lost his life In tho conflict
Of that night Hels not er!oylng himself with hli
mpRniOnS, with bitterness In bis heart and brood
ing over fIncied ETouSS, heITlndJ Rlocf from The
pleaautes Of the hour, and al at once his hhaenC.
Is noted. Thtse three witnesses on their way home
meet him \ short distance from the teens
Of the fatal erc9uDtGr stalking towlrls The
house. he "a armed With teGfIl blud6.
/ con, oV,r Two feet lo1g and two Inehe.
thick. HelS next seen ut tho houSe; he stands b.
fore tie pTi'oueT leaning upon his IuutderOul
weapon; he never tpe1ks, but be looks him Ia lhC
nou, meGninsf that look; the te!egrapble SsbIa.
canoe Of that dumb ElsncG, To this man II vii
the relentless messenger 81 death to this man Q
yAwning gu wns spread IN Hes pathway; to thI'
uan the lights the music TIE hllRrty Of the night
were charged with the murky atmosphere Of In.
pending death. Wei might he say In that 81.
lTrre mon5int Of danger abd alarm: Come. boSJ
let Us 90 home lie might have added, let Us EC
Al JWhere from fate. AEd now the sequel bTeaEs
upon US. They 81 thsy take the old fImillII
pile, Standing upon the side Of TIL, pa'hwly
is ihs eInissaIy Of DEATH ready for his bloody
work. They meet "A it4Ttlcd exclamation q
GlSrm breaks iTUm The priIoue:! In Iecoud o.
time the Ominous words % teldly import, Of derve
reyeuSe OF uLcOntrOlltble hatred rings In his can
do Iou remember who you struck with rocks lISi
Sunday7" Then he fearful and deadly imprecI-
| tlcb, You sou 81 4 - ~ aud then the murder
Gus Seapou dCseends crashing upon the priSotet'.
Iknll The blow hurts the bludGeOn from the n.
atlantis grasp; he selEes the Prsoner and dlshes
him 10 the ground. they regain thelr feet; this
man, giant beside the prllober grSsps him ~ abe
thIoat and presses him blrk-blcE where there Is
no TetrOAt-b4ck Literally As tho law demInds,
asalnSt the wall Of that hou:e, end then with Ill
retreat cut ~, with but step between the prison.
er aud death, he stIe les the fatal blow. Genileneu
a man would Be false TO socety, false to the an;
Law Of nature, LalSe to God, Who would not dTife
then, aud strike sure and deep"
The prisoner who struck the fatal
blow was sentenced 70 two years in the
Penitentiary, and the other was cleared.
A motion was made for new trial which
has not yet been argued. Primal cause
Of the whole affair Wss whisky.
Our temperance reform meetings have
been grandly successful 80 far, although
the storm at once put stop TO them, the
quantity Of water being greater than the
demand. However, we resume them
again tonight. Mr.. Kemple has been
rendering me considerable help, bat prior
engagements called him home today.
We have been enabled under God to en-.
roll many Of the citizens in the work, and
can only trust great work has been
done. James l. Barrick, President OF the
keyper Union, and our old friend T. K.
Carsksdon, Esq, Chairman OF the E1ecu.
tive Committee, are indeFatigable work.
ers, and are buildingup q powerful sen.
timent at Keyser. They are men who
do not look back when they take hold Of
anything and have done me signal ser
vice here at Piedmont.
Ihave Just heard that the South Brarch
has swept its valley clear Of everything,
and that PatteEsonS Greek has also swept
away crops and everything. No commu,
n iHafinr n.sN ~ N,,pH ha.lanJ - ,ki, 81.