The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-04-20
.SEEBN.HoURS.lNsPER
A, FeaRFUG ADVENTURE AFLoAT,
Al Old ia.l'. s.ly los, BY RsbS.rI-l Erlll
0hls Wsnaa-RsakIs has ARSW-t Sake
s.stOtI-PO.totis. RoDbsd.A Hunter, D.l.h. >
~, R.lltold.r. iiiiart-y.rIoaiI Other Notes. q

s.StOtI-Postoiiss Robbsd..A Hunter sDsath. >
R.lltOsdsr iurt-yarIoas Other Notes. %
H gs.e a-=--- s''.e q. -s
Allen Alestslk, colored man Of Clay coun.
~, died on the 9th OF April leaving no known
relatives, and possessed Uncomfortable pro.
perty. 2 10 -fEiHe.i' = . at iH3lulJ. III
President Wilson, OF the State University,
Congrtsman.Alect FROM the Second District,
left last week for South Carolina to be gone
several days. I'D s..C4 rt.lst, iFai
William Hackney. au employe at Gonld's
tunnel, on tho Pan Handle road near Steu.
benyille, was run over by a car last evening
ana one foot was badly crushed and internal
lipjurta sustained.
Tie Barutsvilh EltzTnIe says: 1.-THE dogs
made n raid gu the Sneep OF VIM. Bundy,
near Burton's station; the foekl consisted Of
forty choice Yethers, seventeen OF which were
killed or wounded. Flock masters should
keep an eye upon their hocks and take meas!
ures TO eTterminste the increasing boards Of
worthless ours that infest the oountry.p'g
OF late numerous country stores, in which
are situated postoiiices, have been robbed In
this State aud vicinity. The latest one was
at Stafford, Monroe county, o I, last Friday
night. The burglars first stole their tools
| rum DihCAbkultL, uIOkneE VI 'uc uleIuuhui
into whose store they broke. They did not
steal from the store but the postotiice suffered
ABOUT SIS loss In stamps and small change,
aud Nj Ullman, the merchant, had his sale
iuined.
It will be remembered that LEO Kann, a
young Jew who had been clerking In the
store Of B. Gallenberg Charleston, disap,
peared about two weeks ago under rather
mysterious circumstances Tuesday alter.
noon two boyswere lounging along the river
bank, when they noticed the body Of man
noating by. They put out In skiG and
catching the body lowed Il ashore A watch
i taken from the body was Identified as Kann'a
and the superstition Is that he. came 10 hi,
death BY violence. "+l p 70 ''
A sad and fatal accident occurred recently
In Monongalia county. JAMES D. Stmmei
had been out cunning and on his returl,
stopped at Hagsdorn's mill, to chat with
some acquaintance. While standing at the
mill door IL ;ning upon the muEzIeof bis gun,
the stock slipped from the board upon which
II rested, the lock striking the board and dis
charging q heavy load Of shot which lodged
In his abdouan, killing him almost Instantly.
The unfortunate man, though not yet OF age,
leaves q wife and child. ..,..' n, NM,
The following big story comes from Can.
onsburR, Pa: "Mr. VIM. Richey recently
erected block OF buildings on Pike street aud
while e1cavatlng In the rear Of the building,
on the 18th, struck the old ice vault connect.
ed with the old Briceland Hotel at depth OF
4 ten feet below the surface. a quhntity OF
!, straw was found In good state OF preserva.
ton, and While the removal OF the same was
In process . cake Of Ice was found two
and half inches in thickness, ten inches
wide and twenty inches In length. Neither
the straw OF. ice had been in the daylight for
the last fifty year" .r-. I'D ~, ,..-s
A few evenings since, a young man named
Molmaster went 10 the Tunnel, near Iron
ton, 10 call on a girl named Mary Williams.
Shortly after they were interrupted by two
men (brothers) John and James Adams, the
latter OF whom about two months ago was
released from the State prison. Short words
passed betweenthe and finally they came
10 fghting-the two brothers against Mol!
master. Mary, In trying to defend Molmaster
received severe wound. She Is in pre-
carious condition, and James Adams who
Inflicted the wound, shas fled. He was pur.
sued by James McGowan, constable. ef
The season for snake stories has arrived
and has been auspiciously opened BY the
Greenb'ier iadependent, which gets off the
following: whilst Messrs. Wallace Walkup
and j. Frank Brown, OF Falling Spring Dis
trlct, in Greenbrier couHty, were engaged In
clearing up field, they pulled up large
stump with yoke ofoxen, when; to their
amEzement,g they found den OF snakes
blowing vipers-ffty-six In number, and a
nest Of snake eggs, the eggs measuring from
. peck to q half bushel in quantity The
snakes were killed and the eggs demolished"
| The name OF Hon. d. "a Holling,worth,
State Senator from the counties oiIIaArfison
and Belmont, o., is prominently mentioned
In connection with the appointment to the
position Of Attorney General of Ohio, made
vacant by the appointment of General Nash
10 the Supreme Court Commission. The
Governor would afford great satisfaction to
Republicans In that part OF the State BY The
nomination OF Senator Hollingsworth. He
prudent aud wise head 10 the law department
Of the State.
The fures seemed 10 have been let loose
on East Liverpool Tuesday night. A riot
occur ed on the corner OF Fifth street and
Market, by Ted Leslie shooting at Charley
Wheatfeld, who was riding along on horse.
Wheatfield dismounted and the fight began.
In less than three minutes there were no less
than 400 people on the square, 1t lasted
about ten minutes, when the police came 10
the rescue Of each, as both were willing 10
quit before they got hurt loo badly a. o.
Rankin being In town. II was expected that
there would be some words between him and
John Wick, who had given bis testimony In
the Wallace Kinley contest, and that
night they met and in few minutes words
were succeeded by blows, until they were
parted by the crowd. s#a 20 ~ .--IH
a THRrILISo RIDE In CHEAT RIVER .RGriDs.
One day last week two yoang men named
Raleigh GreAthouse and Roy Eyerly, who
reside In Preston county. near the Mononga.
liza line, In section that bears the euphon.
ious name Of "Hackelbarbey" met with an
adventure thatis not likely 10 be forgotten
by either very soon. They were on the north
side Of Cheat river, and decided rather than
walk two or three miles up or down the river
70 secure skifr or boat, they would construct
a raft and ride the surging pillows OF Cheat
rapids About IL NJ. they launched their
craft but soon found II unmanageble In the
swift cataract they encountered. Greathouse
concluded TO leave the raft and swim 10 shore,
and 30 advised Eyerly to follow.
But Everley could not swim, and
had to: hold to the raft, which went down
the, river at lightning speed-fint on the
water, then under for fifty yards at time.
In this condition the raft lodged on rock. |
Their friends were by this time notified and
going 70 the rescue risked their lives several
times in endeayoring 70 save the unfortun-
ate man. Ropes were tied together, and
'.Hank" Barker swan To rock In the stream |
and from It attempted 10 throw the rope to |
Everly, but the current was too strong and I
carried the rope away from him. Forum.
ately after Barker had to relinquish his hold |
on the rope, owing to the power OF the cur
rent, the rope driiled TO the raft and Everly |
got one end and the other end drifted TO |
shore. The rope was then fastened TO the |
rait and TOT tree on shore, and Eyerly |
attempted to pull himse ( TO LAND, but the raft |
struck rock and fastened, Night was now
on them, and still the, man was not layed. |
at last they decided 70 cut the rope and let
II ride the current. Down the rapids went
the craft, diving like q duck, yet Eserly held |
to bis only chance Of safety, and reached the |
still water, where he was finally rescued, |
after being in this awful position for seven |
ia n0ara thAaa UAntlaTn an dId ~ - F7tIl -