West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-11-15

ct Mr.. Shields, at the poor farm,
where he had stopped over night |
on his way home from Harrisville.
An empty laudanum phial found
on his person leads to the inference
that he committed suicide. ANY
thing further said would be merely
sensational. Therefore we forbear.
Richie Democrat.
Train No. 4, East bound, due here
at Z % a. m, was delayed on the
E. L. & B. S. R. R. by a wreck of
freight trains. There was wreck
at Ona Station last night, all of
which delayed the trains from the
West.-CdU.
A MARROW EsCAPE.--While ex-
aiming the Bromine Works above
the city, yesterday, Chas. Howell,
of the Wheeling Register, who is
attending Federal Court in this
city, started across a plank over
the vat. The plank broke and let
Mr.. Howell down into Che bromine
which saturated his clothes and
burned his face. He certainly had
a very narrow escape for his lite.
His clothes resembled old iron this
morning. Ed. l.. Boggs and Ed
mund Booking, together with Mr..
Potterfeld, pulled Mr.. Howell out
of the vat.-CdL.
SAD ACCIDENTAL sad catastrophe
occurred in Martins Ferry Sunday
afternoon which will throw a fami-
Ily into mourning and which is
another case of the fatality of fire.
arms in the hands of boys. Frank
Cowel, a boy of 16, now lies dying,
if not already dead, the victim of a
careless shot from his brother Will,
who didn't know it was loaded.
An unknown man was struck
and instantly killed by train No.
%, going East, near Sir Johns
Run Thursday morning. This
makes the second man that has
met his fate near that point in the
last six days. Nothing on him to
identify who he was.-Pied. DIS.
KILLED One day last week a
man named James Amos, who was
known to many in Hinton, while
intoxicated at Cannelton sat down
on the point of the pilot of an en-
CINE which was standing on the
track, with his feet on the track
Being unobserved the engine was
I started, which threw him headfore-
most, the engine passing over and
tearing him frightfully. After be-
/ ing extricated from his perilous
position he lived for about a half
hour, during which time he cursed
almost incessantly. A sad end was
his. -Hinto1. Republican.
| TERRIBLE DEArH.-On Tuesday
last VIM. McMann, ex-Sheriff of
Monroe County, accompanied by G..
T. Nickles, Esq, went to the rail
road for the purpose of loading
lxmber near Fort Spring. Men
were quarrying stone near by, and
having applied the fuse for blast
ing, the explosion took place, and
piece of the blasted rock fell upon
Mr.. McMann's head, killing him
instantly. The skull bone was lit
eraRy torn to pieces.-CaU.
QUITE AN AccIDENT.--On last
Sunday morning while Mrs. DR..
Gregory was taking her daughter,
Miss Matte, down to her school,
the borse. backed over a bank sew
eral feet high, and both would have
been killed had it not been for the
great presence OF mind of Mrs.
Gregory, who received very bad
and painful bruises.-CaN
TELEcRAPH.-The latest enter
prise is s. contemplated line of tele-
graph connecting Kingwood with
Cranberry A company has been
formed for the purpose, the stock
has been AL taken and ten per cent.
paid in and a charter applied for.
This looks like business--Argus-
A BIG LAND SALE.--J. G. w. and
Fl. P. Thompkins sold last week toI
DR.. David Wand, of Detroit, Mich,
between fifteen and sixteen thou
sand acres of coal land. These
e l.