Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1882-02-17
SHOOTING AFFRAY.
Serious Aeeidsat-Wsst Wrsiaia riss-As
Insane wasderer-1n. cslSs Aatses-
dents-Sheve,ia IN 4 Critical cssdi-
tioa-Ihat keesiatmsat
REpoMs FROM OUR SPECIAL cosps.

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WASHINGTON, Pa, February i6-Ou Tues.
day evening, . son Of VIM. H. Ulsey, of
zolla,ville, VA playing on the plasforn
Of the coal works BY an empty coal oar.
when both went down the chute. aAd the
boy had his arm broken. wrist disloca.eJ
and head severely cut.
a HheseaaG AGso4 g.
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house Of John CASTOR, oolored. The nets-
rious sut. Butler was ordered out By Co.
ton, when fight ensued, and Butter vas
shot twice by another colored brother,
once in the side. The extent OF the injury
has not been ascertained.
The Appsistoeas
OF George A. Spindler. Commissioner
Clerk, to ill the unexpired term OF Coan.
~ Superintendent OF Public schools, -
telesraphed you last night, has created
great excitement among the Republics
office seekers In this place, as 10 Who shall
obtain the vacant clefkship, Q 81. 30 plum.
Nearly all the old applicants. about twenty.
five in number, have put in an application.
and wire-vorkins and log rolling have
Wsst virsisis fis..
An engineer from the Pennsylvania Rail.
roads main Office, at Altoona, has taken
measurement for permanent hosting dec.
rick and incline for loading ties d Green
Springs transfer. on the Mononsahsla divi-
sion. A stationary engine Is already On
the ground, and Il Is thought that all tie.
brought from the Kanawha valley will b
unloadcd at this point aud sent 10 al points
OF the main line and branches. West vir.
gina ties s-e considered among the best,
and about two thousand are loaded and
SHIPPED daily from the Green SPnnes
transfer.
New Trial.
The motion for q new trial for Jonas
Haywood, found guilty in the first degree
for the murder OF Thomas Forsyth, II be-
ing argued to-day. Among the reasons o.
signed were: That the court erred In IL
answers to the defendants d, eth, 5th,
9th, 7th. and 9th points; thst the defend.
ant has discovered that he can prove thai
Tiny Ferguson aud the man Allen referred
to in the testimony OF Pollock and Hasser-
~ were not killed or put out Of the way by
the defendant; that VIM. Barringsr and
Meshac Haywood, incompetent at the late
trial, are now competent witnesses and viii
testify to facts which show that the killing
was not wilful, deliberate and premedits-
ted; that the District Attorney msde IN.
warranted comments 70 the defendant and
that the verdict was not warranted BY the
law and evidence.
Wsadertsg Refsgee.
A few nights ago q half-dementsd girl
named Elizabeth Astins, was found waa.
dering our streets In q bewildercd condi.
ton. She comes from near West AlsKaa-
der, and was furnished lodging Ia ths hops
that her friends would call for her, but o.
Wednesday she was taken 10 the County
Home.
Reports from New Castle, Pa, give some
Of the woman Coles past history. - fol-
lows: 1T Is probably the same Mrs. An
ME Cole who eloped from here last SUN.
mer with man hamed Smith. and went 70
Chicago. She was the wife OF Elijah Cole.
who ran bakery on Main street. Her has
baud was respectable man. Altar The g.
capade, Elijah moved 10 New Richmoad.
Ohio Annie, his truant wife. was Orig
nslly from Wheeling.
Mteheses's Css1tsbSo.
Later reports from Californis, this coun-
ty. says that shoevlin, who shot Nichese~.
as telegrsphcd TO you last night, has bses
arrested and will be lodged In jail to-day.
Michener is In . very critical condition.
His pulse and temperature are Increasing
and3he is vomiting and splitting blood.