The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-04-18
NEIGmnoRnooD NEWS.


]. Dallas Ewing and wife, Of Wheeling,
spent Sunday here.
Ms. ]. ]. West returned from Harrison
county Saturday, accompanied by her sister,
Miss Esta West, who will remain several
weeks here.
Mr.: Neagle, son-in-law Of Geo. swartz. of
the First ward, IL spending some days here he
having been injured by collision on the q,
30. IL r., where he Is employed as a fire.
man.
The stone work Of The Kloman Mill fur
naces Is now completed and ready for the
brick. The work Of erecting q frame build.
Ing over the new furnaces viii DO commenced
at once. i will be separated from tho main
mill building BY a roadway Of sufficient
width to permit the passage Of teams. II IL
not thought BY employees at tile mill that
operations will be resumed for at least q
week yet
Urs, StCdgar, Bruce aud McCarrihAn held
post mortem examination upon the body Of
VIM GrIndStalr yesterday afternoon, and
ascertained that death resulted from rup.
tured blood vessel, but whether the rup.
ture was caused by jumping from the chr or
not, the physicians could not Of course dc.
termine, although the natural inference
would be that such wus the case. have
heard 1t asserted that II death was from
natural causes the heirs would not be en-.
titled 10 the u & insurance, but cannot
say whether or not such Is the fact.
James Y. Horner returned from PArkers.
burg on the stoCkdAle Sunday. He fully
identified Geo. Warner, who was on trial
there charged with stealing twenty-five
chickens. Tie jury brought In verdict Of
guilty, fixing the penalty nj three years IN
the penitentiary, TO which tho Judge will add
I'VE additional years upon account OF former
conviction, lie has served a four wear
term In the State prison on charge OF grand
larceny committed In Taylor county, and has
only been at liberty little over year. a
number OF other prisoners are In Jail ut
ParkersbuTg, charged with felOnles WHO will
be tried during The present term Of the Cir.
cult Court there. Wood county can be count.
ed upon every time for furnishing her quota
to the prison population.
The engineer OF the 445A. NJ. west bound
passenger train, on approaching the Grave
creek bridge Just east OF town. Sunday
night, discovered that structure to be on
fire, The train was stopped and owing TO
tue want OF buckets with which to apply
water, about one hour was Occupied extin.
gushing the flames, when the train passed
over, the damage done not being of sufficient
extent TO impair the strength Of the bridge
very much. The fire is supposed to have
originated from Goals falling from the fur.
mace OF passing freight engines Fortunate.
ly engipemen approaching this bridge from
the east have an uninterrupted view uf the
track for considerable distance, which gave
the train ample time to stop before coming
TO the bridge, orr In all probability both Tic
engineer and fireman would have Jumped of
their engine upon discovering the fire, thus
ndtngerng their lives or limbs
Sheriff RAIDER, of Webster county, brought
one HOmrack to the prison yesterday, con.
victed OF barn burning, and sentenced to a
three years term. 1.-TWO other men Of that
name, cousins OF this one, are now serving
sentences In that institution on similar
charges. The Sheriff started with his charge
Monday last, arriving here Sunday evening
on the Stockdale. He came by way Of Hunt.
ington, travelling about seventy miles Of the
distance on horseback. In reply to the Ques.
ton why he did not take the much more tli.
rect route, via Weston and the narrow guage,
he replied: The roads are so awful muddy
from our place to Weston is one reason, and
another is we don't like to travel that route
lmeaninG the road from Webster county to
Weston) with prisoners, on account OF the
danger OF attempted rescue OF the prisoners
BY persons living between the two points,
The expense incurred in bringing Hamrack
to the prison was Sl37, to which will be added
the cost Of the return trip OF the Sheriff and
TWO guards. Mr. RAIDER reports the peach
and early apple crop in his county destroyed
by the cold snap OF last week. The wheat, he
thinks, is not injured.