Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1882-12-14
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On Saturday last as the ih..lf-past II
accom- uudaLion Was nearing the depot,
the engineer discovered Il min walking
leisurely' along the track ahead of him;
putting. down his breaks he blew his
alarm Whistle, but the man unileedtd it,
and was soon .thereafter struck and in
stantly Killed.. No blame Whatever, at
taches To the railroad. as the ifian was
evidently quite int6xfeated, and seemed
almost TO court death, by his actions: A
search of his person revealed the, only
evidence Of his, .identity-a railroad
ticket from GoshoclpntO Bridgeport and
return, and: the Initials Oh his arm in In
dia ink-W. A. being found. Atelegram
was al once senl to COshocton, and the
answer was thai Win. Allen, >uH a GER
tain day., had purchased the ticket
found. Then he WAS read ly- recognized
as a miner who had been about here ir-
regularly for wear. He was mangled
beyond recognition. He was taken to
the depot, aud the ,t!wnslIip authorities
ordered him buried, Late i'll the eve
ming his brother, in Eellalre, was noti-
fled, and Ae caule.up on Sabbath to iden
Iify the remains, aad take them to Belt.
aire for.interment, WHICH was done on.
Monday, Iii j p M.
AL. Conaway, IA uotoriOusly dangerous
character, probably met .h's death OH
last Saturday, i'm West Wheeling. Al.
has figured JManyi ID fracas, and was
wanted by the Iaethorities here for
some miSdemeanor. Saturday last he
was retui'ffing front nilEellaire,ands stopped
off at West Wheeling, and at once inau-
gurated quarrel with Amos CurIey, an
Etna mill operator, u very indiistriSus,
peaceable niaD Curley ordered and ii -
nall -pjected him from his door, and
| locked ii, wiieIeupon Conaway proceed
ed to batter it in with plank, anG Cur
ley, after repeated warnings, finally shot
him, the ball taking effect in the left
arm near the shoulder, passing through
and on into tie side, and probably the
chest. Dr.. Wagener failed to find the
ball, but as Conaway was very weak,
every indication points to a penetration
of the lung, and internal .hemorrhage
Conaway was taken to his home in West
Bridgeport, and CuIiey gave himself up
to the town authorities, and in default
of 81 900 bail, remained in the lookup
| till Sabbath Afternoon, when the requi
site bail was furnished, and Curley re
leased. THE sympathy of the entire
community is with Curley. AT the ex-
am inatioh before the Mayor Tuesday
afternoon, Cnrley was recessed F.
e0A Saturday, at the Wheeling creek
coal mines, IA man named John Minnirk,
had jostled on his bead from the top, of
a car, piece of iron, inflicting a painful
wound. t'i !: 's,t IN l. ....,. 81!
On the same day Elmer McConnaughey
Ecame home from the L. V, railroad,
pretty effectpally bruised from squeeze
of the cars-while Charley Waterman
has mincemeat made of his right hand
from ipterpesing it-between bumpers on
the T.sV railroad. :. a..s D.. - r,oi
ia pr6tracted meeting is in progress in
the, West Weeeling church, under favor
able auspices, led by Rev. Worthington.
The social at the Presbyterian church,
On Friday night, was very pleasant.
About $50 were realized. is-- 5t-5 al
On Friday night, .Brannum POST G.
AZ r., had a bean supper, which, owing
to tine very cold weather, was not pa
ttronMeHqts libefally as the boys de-
sefvedHbnt, 'withal, was "a delightful
affair." TIE POST. last week, elected the
following officers: C., Samuel Martin !;
5. Y. G., R6bt Giffin; ;e'J.. W. Andrew
Wallace; @. NJ, WIN. Alexander; Sur
geon, j. M. Todd Chaplain, Geo. KIyter,
o. D., Samuel Buoy; 0aG.,J Ohm George
The political potts again iisfrnmering.
| 1Bridgeport Republicans only ask a good
tmanEone. that can and will be elected
Zone that will have' no sores to heal,
friends to reward. or enemies to pun
Ifsh" -one ,that viii rally AL the strength
Of tile party, and enable US to vote as a
| INIT for party success, as superior to the
! personal ambition of any man. Then
Bridgeport will do her full share; toward
his ELECTION Let's have tile man q;
; Reneerstie song:- ms r q, ,...i.,,.-.e..
l,:s;. The saddest word of tongue or pen.
Is that we now own old Unc.e Ben.
T % - Wheeling Jntelfigencer.
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I And the sweetest notes of ali the tunes.
7 Is, "old Uncle Ben1sdidn't s"stealthe spoons
WeicaMe jJeafly having the. greatest
freih our History last week. Eariygin
the moflfihg the cry of "firel" rang out
on the chilly air, and it was discovered
tfhat the Wholesale grocery of A. Bran
mum s. Sons Uas on fireont the first floor.
tThe house was crammed with smoke,
and with much difficulty books and other
livaltabfbs were removed, and. by hercu-
lean efforts the fire was extinguished,
but not till several; hundred dollars
worth of groceries, mainly tea and SOa p,
I were -destreyed. The bilil9irg was also
seriously injured all cOveredJlby insu-
rance. Faulty -fue in an adjoining
building set things on firenext door.
The C. Up. railroad bridge is rapidly
passing away, to make room for the new
and stfongsr One wiIeif it Is PROPOSED to
1pht on Some of the Ieviathan engines
of the north. capable, of drawing i'm d
mense. trains. -. ~ ~ 4H" .
., Tbe most 'Msbkfl change, in our CONF
munity is. in The. ,Mpnderful thrift and
lgreat expansion In both the business and
building interests in process Of coInstrnc-
lon at. ,A!naHiIles altogether the
scenes up there, with the, tiiafyelous
improyemen is. are really past, belief,
until one vifSws the, great Etna, with
her wjdened and heightened dimensions,
while. her ueighbpr and rival, tie huge
.Standard,l .,wlthfjts vast facilities and
superb bappVintments.m ountlpg SkyWard,
and every. other way Lonks Hith the
Etna like two Twin iron monstefEi-7hu-'
man beehives. i,,,:,;,., -. 49,
l. Las :" WIT 9 ne - IT,.
The only physician we. have had in
the family for three years is Pernna.
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