The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-28
NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS.
NUMEROUS INTERESTING ITEMS.
Another Death by Rurnlng-A Batch OF Railroad
III Matters-Persoual Notes from Various Places.
Occurrences out or the Ordinary all
s, over the Home News Held.

A new literary society has been instituted
ut Potomac this county.
Tho ponds about Little Washington are
frozen hard enough to allow skating.
The Wolnans Temperance Union OF
Wayncsburg has opened reading room,
The new Opera House at Cadiz, Ohio, will
be dedIcAted ln holiday week. The scaling
capacity win BIZ 900,
At Huntington there IL one case OF small.
pox. The Board Of Health has however,
taken every precaution 10 prevent i.sspread.
A number fnew buildingsare being erect.
ed over at 4Etnavilie, aHtl Il number have
been contracted for, to be built In tho spring.
The water from large number OF wells In
Little Washington has been Analysed by
Professor Linn and found pure In nearly ev.
cry instance. ~
Lust week Il package containing two silk
dress patterns was sent from Little Washing.
ton to Claysville, by express, and OH reach.
ing that place was stolen or taken away by
mIstake. The package was worth $50 to SD.
The Taegart Bros. OF Valloy Grove have
sawed 5000 feet OF timber oil their contract
work, besides various bills for transient Gus.
toners. They anticipate purchasing shortly
q large timber tract In order 10 fHcde the
heavy demands for TIMBER usa
A wheel broke under ono Of two loaded
mine cars OFT Eiis Garden plane at Piedmont
Saturday, causing them to break apart. One
ran oil, striking md fatally injuring Thos.
Brown, labotet who was standing OH 4 load
house at the foot OF the plane.
Saturday morning last Feston joyce, n
section hand OIL the Panhandle railroad, iiy-
Ing ut Golfers station, attempted to cross
the track by crawling under car, When the
train started and before he could escape, the
wheels passed over his leg, cutting 1t of ut
the joint 5ST- :
The Point Pleasant Rrgister speaking Of the
railroad brldgeat that point, says: The ex-
cavation for the bridge piers has disclosed
the fact tina. heavy vein Of iron orc Under.
lies tho river.at this place. They drilled into
II about fee. aud did not get through It.
The piers all rest on this Iron bed"
Friday evening last n terrible accident han.
pened ut the home OF John Paul, near Lone
Fine, Washington county, which resulted iu
the death oil Mrs. Lydia Walton, aged -
years. In passing the grate her apron took
lire Before aid arrived SHE was terribly
buried, and expired oil Saturday morning.
Last Wednesday evening the first passenger
train over the Ohio Central railway arrived
III the west end of Charleston with number
OF prominent OHIO gentlemen OH board
They were on business connected with the
new enterptige and 10 see If the half had
been told them OF that land OF mineral
weaItli-thc kanawba Valley.
A very sad accident occurred Mt the resi-
dence OF Mr.. Taylor Sines, Nh energetic young
farmer. residing near Oakland, on the
ioughiougheny river, last week, resultnc In
the death o[ his little daughter, Rebecca LII
creiia, aged 8years. Abont o'clock in the
evening the liule child was sitting ut II stand
studying her lessons, by The light OF Il coal
oil lamp, with newspaper spread upon the
stand upon which the lamp was standing A
smaller child took hold Of the newspaper and
pulled the lamp off the stand and into the
lap Of Rebecca, when the lamp almost in.
stant!y exploded, covering her clothing with
the burning fluid. The upper portion Of her
body was burned to u crisp and she died
soon after.
| z TO- MouSDsvILLE.
George Swarsz is having an addition built
10 his dwelling.
An additional set Of bar rolls were received
ythe kloman mill last Saturday.
Mr. Melvin Richards and daughters OF
| Wheeling, were in town on Saturday.
The katic s,ockdale put Oft 40 ions OF mir
metal for the klomun mill on her up TIN.
| Tie number OF cases OF scarlet fever among
the children here isincreasing at an alarming
rate.
A second one of William Jefterson's chil,
dren, u four year old boy, died Of scarlet
fever yesterday morning
The Marshall county Herald will b. re.
| ~ t,t s,N
proved in several respects.
Messrs; Weaver, I'ardall 4 Co., Of the prison
broom shop, received big lot OF sewing
twine, abouta ton, yesterday.
About twenty miners are employed Mt the
Union Goal Works. and new rooms" are be.
ing opened near the bottom OF the slope.
which largely increase the amount of coa!
put out.
Two er thrae attempts 10 bt,rglarize S. A.
Waltons lewelry store. in the lower ward,
were made during the past week, the would
pc hMrglnrs being scared away each time by
Mr.. Walton.
On Thursday evening next Mr.. Addison
harris Will take unto hiHseif wife in the
person OF Miss Jessie Richardson. sistcr.in.
law OF C. 4. Weaver, Esq, OF the Second
wArd, ut whose residence the ceremony will
be performed.
A uitagainst one OF our saloonists charged
with violation 0: the liquor license ordinance,
was decided against the town. The witness
testlfying that he did not pay for the liquor
obtained at the time, and that he did not in
tend to pay for it.
Charley senseney assumed command Of
quite numerous squad OF sportsmcu Satui.
day evening last, and started ont on a raid
against the 'coons Of tho surrounding county,
for the pHrEass OF laying in a supply OF
Thanksgiving meat.
William Porter, who was serving an eleven
months sentence In our county iail for rs.
sault upon Captain stotsberry, and was par
doned by the Governor two months ago, was
not able on account OF Sickness to be re,
moved until last week.
When W. S. Douglass, the Grant county
murderer, and Jones, the Harrison county
shootist, were being handcu;led together pre.
paratory. "a. starting to Wheeling SATURDAY.
Jones said, ip reply to the question what G,.
thought would be the result OF lis new trial
well, l expect to get about ten wears and
Douglass will be hung, snre." Not especially
consoling to his fellow prisoner,