Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1882-09-10
WASHINGTON BUDGET,
Heavy sheep Shipment-HOrses Stolen
-Threshing Machine Accidental Boy
Burned-RailrO road Accident-General
News.

Heavy sheep Shipment-HOrses Stolen
-Threshing Machine Accidental Boy
Burned-RailrOad dAccident-General
News.
Special Dispatch TO the Sunday Register.
WAsHISGToN, fA., September 9.-Dpring
this week the Little Bros. shipped fifteen
hundred fine sheep to Texas. They we're
bound to San Antonio and did not expect
to unload their sheep until they arrived at
their destination, as they had prepared the
cars for feeding and watering the stock
without removing them from the cars.
Another feature of this shipment was max.
ing the cars treble-deckers and placing 2iO
sheep in each car.
A District meeting of the Women's
Christian Temperance Union will be held
in Beaver on September l5. The district is
the same as the Congressional District, be-
ing composed of Washington, Beaver and
Lawrence counties.
Two horses we're stolen from the stable OF
Lewis Valentine, near West Alexander, on
Thursday evening last. Saddles and brides
were also stolen. One of the horses was a
bay and the other a cream color, and they
were traced into West Virginia and have
since been recovered in your city.
An accident occurred in Amwell town
ship, on Thursday, which may prove fatal.
II lnreSDlllR uldCulnc was dt WIN Oh 1hO
fam of Hiram Smart, when
The Coupling Shaft Broke
and whirled around, striking Mr.. Smart a
severe blow on the left eye and left temple.
He is seventy years of age, and may not re-
cover from the blow. David Smart was
also struck on the back of the head, near
the base of the brain, but the extent OF his
injuries have not been developed. Two
years ago Nicholas Andrew was killed upon
this farm by falling into the threSher while
il was running.
Another attempt was made one night
this week TO burglarize the store OF NJ. L..
Stillwagen, of Claysville. An entrance
was effected by boring through the cellar
door, but dog in the store-room prevented
the thief from going up stairs. Nothing
was taken out of the cellar.
pet" Miller, a boy about sixteen years
of sge, working at the Washington lead
works, was seriously and probably fatally
burned last evening. He had been clean
ing his clothes with benzine when he
struck match to light cigar and
His Clothes Caught Fire.
His abdomen, legs and one arm are burned.
An accident occurred yesterday on the
Waynesburg and Washington Railroad at
West Union. The train was thrown on
the track and number.of cattle were
killed, but none of the passengers were in
iured ID. B. McIlvaine, OF your city, was
among the passengers.
Fairs will be held in this county during
the fall as follows: Canonsburg, Septem-
Der 10Th, 27th and 2Sth; Washington, DC
tober 4th, 5th and 9Th; CanOnsburg DC
tober Sd. 4th, 5th and 9th; HillsborO, Oc-
tober 18th, 18th and 10Th. In Greene
county as follows: Waynesburg, SePtem-
ber Goth, 2lst and 22d; Jacksonville, Sep
tember 10Th and 2lst Carmichaels, Septem-
Der 2Sth and 18th.
N, r. Baker. clerk to the county com.
Iuissluners who was SelectedtO overhaul
the books of the Washington Savings Bank,
has made his report to the receiver, Ten.
John Hall. He places Ruth's defalcation
at $40 600. Just twice the amount acKnoWI'
edged hy Ruth in his confession.
The RepubliCan cOnfereeS for this Con-
gressional and Senatorial district have again
failed to select candidates for the two po-
sitiOnS.
..The Congregational COnferees"
met at Pittsburgh on Thursday, and the
members from each county cast their votes
for the candidate for their own county ana
the vote stood: Washington county, three
for Lawrence; Beaver county, three for
Shallenbergcr; Lawrence county, three for
Jackson. They tried balloting again yes
terday but with the same result. They
then adjourned until September 10. The
Senatorial conferees had no better luck at
their meeting yesterday. as Beaver county
cast three votes for Agnew and Washing
ton county three votes for Allison, when
they adjourned until September q. ..
John NJ. Miller, one OF our prominent
stock breeders, has received the appoint
ment as member of the committee ON cat
lie for the State fair of New York and Mass
achusetts, receiving s. per day and all ex'
perSes for services.
The coming autumn meeting of the Penn,
sylyania Board of Agriculture which Will
lie held at Washington, Pa. commencing on
Wednesday. October Is, lSSZ, promises u
be an interesting affair.