The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-10-19
The Weekly Register
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MURDER AT THE ASYLUM. = The
Wheeling Register gives the following
account of a serious affair that hap
pened at the Asylum ut Weston, on
Friday night: "a patient named
Blaine Starry, heretofore considered
harmless, who had been confined in
an apartment which was divided In
to several rooms, the partitions Of
which do not extend 10 the ceiling,
scaled the partition in the night and
dropped into a room occupied by two
old men. He became very violent
and choked one of the men, John
Rose Of Mason county, to death. He
nearly beat the other occupant a man
named Danal, to death. The cries of
the patients brough the attendant
to the scene who had some difficulty
in capturing the maniac; in fact his
life. would have been imperiled had
he not called assistance. The alb.
streperous individual was finally put
into a strong ROOM"
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SAD.-We are Informed that Mr..
Lon Porter, If MERGERS Bottom, lost
four children last week, by DEATH
They had been afflicted with the
whooping cough, and the parents
gave them some patent medicine,
which was claimed as n cure for this
disease, and which the Doctor who
was called, said had poisoned the
children and caused their death. 1t
is time people were getting over the
foolish habit of trying all patent
nostiums that are put upon the mar.
ket, and largely advertised as a cure
for almost every conceivable disease
A Mr.. Winters of the same locality,
also lost an infant child, on Monday
Of last week, but not from the same
cause.
SuRGlcAL-Dr Hoy Of our town
performed very difficult and dan
gerous operation on u Mr.. Pritchard,
last Monday afternoon. 1t will be
remembered Mr.. Pritchard was shot
last May in the forehead with rifle
ball, and the Surgeons in charge of
the case failed to fluid he direction
Of the ball. He consulted DR.. Hoy
and he advised him to undergo ali
operation. The ball was cut ful
Monday,and found imbedded between
the two Hater layers of bone in the
skull, just above the righteye. The
operation was performed in 20 min.
utes, aud the patient stood it finely.
MYSTERIOUS DlsAppEARANcE-
last Sunday week Il stranger called
at the residence Of Capt. John NJ
Phelps, on Kanawha, haying in his
possession u horse, and asked to be-
kept all right, stating that he wa,
going to work on the railroad the
next morning. The Captain put,
away his horse and gave him his sup
per, after which he went ont. Since
that time nothing has been heard Of
him, and no one found who had seen
him. He gave his name as Ran
dolph, from Letart Falls. The horse
is still in possession of Capt. Phelps.
KILLED.-A dispatch from Charles.
ton to the Cincinnati Enquirer Of
Monday, says: II. a. Schmidt, a ma.
tive Of Staunton, Va, and in the en-
rloy of the Chesapeake and Ohio, in
the Coal Valley, W. Va, shalting
yard, fell between the cars and was
killed yesterday evening. He was
carried to the Cogshill House, but
was unconscious, and expired i'm.
mediately. He was single, and about
twenty-five years of age.
We understand from some of our
citizens who attended the State Fair
at Wheeling, that it was a decided
success. Ohio and Pennsylvania
were well represented in stock, while
our own State showed y wonderful
interest in the enterprise. They
have one of the best race tracks in
the State, and the grounds and build.
Ings are excellent. Had it not been
for the low water Mason county
would have sent some of hnr fine