The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1882-11-24
STATE AND VICINITY.
LATE HAPPENINGS 3 NEAR HOME.
4 Record ofPasslhk Events Ia varlou, Sections Of
the Local Wotld-The Nsusof Western Penn. \
lil1ahlu, Eastern Ohio and W,xt Viz.
slala-A " oman. Horrible Death.

| tl,l,ahia, Eastern Ohio and WIS, Viz.
slala--A " omaa's Horrible heath.
Brother Morris, OF the Richie Gazette, pro.
poses George 7. satgent, OF the barbour
tJegtrsoafan. for scrgeantat.Arms Of the House
0i Delegates. I1, asll ST. rg pa4nG
w. II. Miller, OF ClaysYllle, IN the employ
OF the Baltimore Il Ohio Company, while
coupling cars Wednesday had one hand
mashed TO u jelly. IA Al
The West Virginia Press Association will
probably convene In Huntington, about the
2lst Of Derember, ifagreeable all around. So
says President Morris. l5'I.l'I MN
Colonel J. H. Pcyton. for Il nuinber Of years
clerk Of the House Of Delegates, Is a Gun.
didAte Tor re election. lie IL an excellent OF.
tlcer and deservedly popular. ~.
The Cambridge, Ohio, Chapter Of tho Royal
Arch Masons, after lying dormant for num-.
Der Of years, Is Hguin resuscituied md the
brothers have gone 10 work with enthusiasm.
A stalk OF cabbage, containing twenty-five
heads, Was grown by lien amin Bailey, Of
l'arnesyillc, o., this season, The heads, Of
course: aIe all small, but are solid and well
formed. r.' TIL. IT. 80
Thomas Marshall, OF Littletou, ". VA.
while returning from the East, nnd when
near his home Tuesday night, stepped of the
train and In the darkness missed his footing.
~ Tell oyer an eaibaakR,eBt thirty fee, lfigii,
killing himself almost Instantly. I35D
About forty families from Morgan and
washington countless Ohio, started In tho
old overland style for Kansas, last week.
they VII! be Joined IN the spring by at lea,t
one hundred more families, and intend TO
settle and improve u whole county.
Rev. ]. S. romeroy, Of Moundsyillc, who Is
one OF the best posted men in the State on
affairs OF The day and National politics. hasa
lecture that he has delivered In several places
that Is said to be very interesting. lis title
Is Sights and Scenes III Washington City"
The Parkersburg Sentinel says: Mr.. W. A,
Cooper, QUO OF the delegates elect from this
county, is very sick and it Is questionable II
he will be able TO take his scat when the Irp.
stature assemblies. We understand that lie
WI leave Tor Florida next Thursday with
Tho hope OF improving his health. He Is
suffering from some pulmonary trouble.
The PosteGce Balle'in coutains the follow.
Ing We:t Virginia news: 4 postoulce hus been
established 1t Antioch, Mineral county, with
has also heen established ut Bruin, Calhoun
county, with Samuel =. Lockney rs postn,as.
ter. John ". NJ. Appleton has been an.
pointed postmaster Mt Salt Sulphur Springs.
The Raleigh couffty Iadcr has this to say
oil subject of Importance: "rhe timber re-.
sources OF Raleigh and Wyoming counties
are much greater tksn is supposed by those
why nre unacquainted with this wild and
mountainous section OF West Virginia, rs /,
is generally called. In no sectlUn Is timber
TO be found III greater quantity, and the
quality cannot be cxceied. Tho vast forests
Of these counties, with few exceptions, re-.
main untouched; but the day is not far dis.
tant when this timber must be marketed 10
supply the increasing demand We vel.
come the day, for It will bring With It meal
culube wealth, and Raleigh and Wyoming
Will rank among the wealthy counties of the
State" .G -
| BURNED ToA cElSr.
Last Tuesday norning Mrs. Moses Welly.
of Monongahelu county, died. l,er death be.
| Ing the result Of 4 dreadful accident that oc.
cured the night before On Monday Mrs,
Wells, With Lee MeElroy ana Mpreland Gil.
mer. went TO Jakes Run, that County; 10 ny
sist in moving her son Harvey to Morgan.
town. The trip being 100 Tong one To be
nude IN day, the party concluded to re.
main over night aud take good start Tues.
day morning. The house being small the
] party was compelled to improyIse uccommo-
dations ior The night, Mis-. wells being
fomewhat handy in such matters, with a
straw bed tick nnd some clothing prepared
| herselfa comfortable resting place tor the
night near The fire p!uce. Some time during
| the night one Of the men was awakened by
the smell Of smoke and discovered that Mrs..
Wells was enveloped in flames and seemed to
be unconscious. She was uroGced BY being
snatched from her .hed und upon awaiting
was SO terrified that she ran from the house.
Finally after all the clothes were burned
from Lef body she fell to the ground sense
less. The messenger %ho brought the news
stated the flesh WIS burned to crispal over
her body. "
The wife Of Rev. J. X. McBallip is quite
sick, r = ~
Mr., A. Wallirs Is back alter al absence Of
some days.
The Ladies' Aid Society meets at Mr.. A. L,
Wetherald's this evening.
Misses Emma Hills aud Minnie Powers. Of |
GAINESVILLE, are the guest, OF Mrs. Walter !
Darraf. 49, .l,.'~'' -"
Tile family Of DR.. Stccre have come 10 Bel.
iaire and have taken up their abode in the
First ward.
Waller DsErah's Stable Vas so much i'll.
jared by the other days fire n, Suliyau's that
he has bud it torn down.
Tie derrick Is ready for raising the stones
OF the soldiers monument and oil the stones
are finished and the statue is on hand.
Major Dane is TO be here December lst,
Friday evening OF neS. wc0k. Dellaire pco.
PIC have heard enough Of his lectures at
otter towns about us 10 know they will like
him BE Is said to be al interesting taksr
and actor. s.,
The body OF J. II. Baush, The. workman
Killed in the Baltimore & Ohio yards, near
the stock pen, wag taken 10 Marb!utown, near
WarnocS's, by tbs Parents yesterday. 1t Is
thought eighteen cars and Il locomotive ran
over his body. 1.6 '0..,7 = r..
Andrew schic1.is contemplating establish.
Ing coal yard here for anthracite coal. The
use OF this coal has become tolcrabiy wide.
spread In other towns like Bclai,c, and oven
Bellaire has laid In supply OF quite mem.
Der OF ear loads OF hard coal this fall. =
The Swift Refrigerator Company has not
been frightened out Of lis course by tic
threatened combination OF the railroads and
shippers OF live stock, for the ice house for
replenlslinE the cars hese haa been hurried
70 compilation, and vii! be filled from the
river at the Arst opportunity. 1.-THE Ice crop
here be failure, it will be filed from, the
lakes. '5s,ia' ~ M sil' ''sI7'.. - -
q q 4t.s, NEW CUMBERLAND
The old hand have built themselves COW
band room in upper town-havc II painted
up in first class style and the walls decorated
with pictures OF different characters. Such
enterprise deserves recognition by the public,
aAa no doubt viii receive it on the 30th, at
the bands festival. e ss5a,7e ilIEl'E -,
Yesterday morning, while W. J. Fickcs
and others were making att excavation at thc
Clifton Brick Works, Il landslide caught
him. completely burying him beneath il.