The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-17
STATE AND VICINITY.
All BsFIs Of 6easFrom all PAria Of iIie
Lotal FIELD.


The Democrats Of Monroe county had a
grand jolliflcatiOn at Woodpfisli last Cver.
log over the recent Democratic vict0ry III
that State. There was display OF fireworks
Alex McComn aud Clsl Nicely, two young
men residing with their parents In Hunting
ton, were arrested Sunday evening and sent
TO CatlettsbuTg, whore II is charged they
broke into q freight car and carried away
seventeen suits OF clothes about two weeks
ago. A railroad detective worked the case
up.
About the arst OF last June there appeared
In smithville, little village in MerCar
county, man named John Ravens, ftcm
Clay county. He passed himself of o. Q
single man and won the affections OF Miss
Catherine French, An attractive young lady,
who few DAYS ago eloped with him. HA-
vens has wife aud two children living in
Clay county.
Anumber Of persons recently visited the
carp pond Of Geos~E. Showers OF Myrtins-
burg, The water was drawn of, and good
view. of the fislT was had. In November,
1885,, Mr.. Showers put % young carp into his
pond. They WERE about an inch long when
put in. When tho water was drawn of the
pond contained thousands OF carp. ranging
In size from the small minnow to fish that
weighed six pounds, II was sight worth
seeing. The fish have few bones, and the
flesh is'of fine flavor. The fish spawned In
June last, will now weighabout half pound,
and by this time next year, will weigh about
three pounds.
Several weeks ago John Ingleka, who halls
from the Valley Of Virginia, shot @. A. vii,
liams, who was engaged In the lumber bust
ness near Shauklin's Ferry, Monroe county.
The ball entered the mouth and came out al
the back Of the neck. Iugleka claims II to
have bean accidental. The parties were on q
trade. Ipgleka was trying 10 trade horse fol
some cattle and made proposition that led
Williams to remark IN & Joke that II hi
had pistol he would shoot him. and at the
same time called 10 by-stander 10 hand
him pistol, whereupon lngeka drew pit.
tie from his hip pocket and 1t falling 10 aoi
right, he replaced II aud drew one from bill
pants pocket and fired. Mr.. Iugleka Is al
large.
For some time pa,t quite an excitemen
has been raised amoug the people OF Leather
wood, Guerns ~ county, by seeing snake Of
an enormous size gliding among the rocks or
the Clary farm. Various were the reports
heard about II, but the following facta In re-
gard to the same were obtained from reliable
and responsible men. They say that It Il
from fifteen 70 twenty feet In length and Ia ii
big around the body as common stOvepIpe
and Ia OF n Jet black color, with a white rims
around Its neck. Dogs that will hunt SNAKE!
OF all kinds almost, have been found barking
at 1t, but could not be induced to go close t
It. It sheds annually, and its coat has beer
found several times. A mans team became
frightened at 1t the other day and ran away.
The same snake was seen thirteen years ago
and has been seen at different times by
different persons since
Last fall Richard Smell, then supenntend
emit Of the Kanawha Poor Farm, lost valu
able horse. Upon examination it was dis
covered that the hor.s had been poisoned
and suspicion was fastened upon one Rev
]. NJ. Yeager, perambulatipg itinerant
whose theological school was OF the elastic
kind. suited to the nsighborhood where, tbs
reverend gentleman happened TO be. Yesgel
was arrested and bound over to autwer ~ tue
Circuit Court An indictment was found
against him at the spring term. He had the
case continued and gave bail. At the June
term he was non est. Some weeks ago Mar.
shal Hubbard received letter from the
Marshal OF Henderson, Kentucky, asking II
Yeager was not wanted In Kanawhe. A
correspondence between the Sheriff AND
Marshal followed, when 1t appeared thai
Yeager had been arrested In Kentucky fol
petit larceny, convicted aud s,nt 10 Jail fol
sixty days. Sheriff Hubbard waited the *
piration Of the sixty days, obtained requi
sition and then sent after the parson, wEo Il
now In jail.