West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-28
1ESTVIRGENIAFREEMAN.
vest VA. NEWS AND NOTES.

In ES3 a. MI ~ ~ A'O o'
Tup DROWNING OF HEzEKIAH
rp,zrER.-We gather the following
,articulars of the drowning of Mr.
Erazier at Gallipolis, from the Bull
Tin of last week: He had been
N town most of the day buying
Goods He was noticed to be
|,omewhat under the influence of
|iiouor, though not to say drunk,
|n1til evening. In the evening he
became considerably intoxicated,
and going down to the wharf boat
| to take the Kanawha boat, was
|botherlng around a good deal, and
was warned several times to oe
careful or he would get in the riv-
7 er, and finally, when no one was
near, did get in,-Lines and poles
we're thrown to him, as he appear
+ ed to b. floating by on the ice, and
he would answer "all right" but
seemed to make no effort to save
himself, and It being at the time
d. fine ice first came down and was
carrying apparently everything be-
| fore it, ali was confusion and ex-
| citement, and had skiffs been put
! out they could not have lived in
- the ice. A gentleman who went
up on the Telephone that might,
and who had endeavored to get
/ him to go to bed early in the eve
ming but failed to do so, penned
| note containing the sad intelli-
gence, and had it ready to hand
. TO some one at Frazier's landing,
for his wife. When the boat land
ED his wife and their twin babies
were there, waiting to receive the
husband and father, who would
never return. He was a brother
+ Of the last wife of the late DR.. Ma
! ret. He is said to have had coneid-
cradle money on his person when
|drowned."
r R. AccIDENT.-TuesdaY was
an unlucky day for the c. IL O.
\ Railway There were two coils
/ iors on the Clifton Forge and
Huntington Division, on that day,
|One at Back bone, between freight
trains, in which Engineer Geo. w.
Howard had his wrist broken, and
= M&hany, fireman, his ankle
broken. A number of cars were
broken up
The second wreck occurred near
Gauley station, where a section of
N. 8 collided with the way freight,
slightly injuring Engineer Monks,
Fireman Cunoitf, and brakeman
Counsey.--Mt. Herald.
SHOT HIS 1toRsE.-A young man
named Boyce at New Salem. the
|other day was riding on horseback
and started TO ride over IL piece
| Of ground belonging to his father
when the latter forbade him doing
30. The young man took 10 heed
ana rode on, when the father de-
iDerately took aim with a gun and
|snot the horse from under him.
About this time Boyce's brother
arrived on the scene, and Il fight
|ensued, which resulted in the old
man being scyerely'thrashed'-Ex-
change.
FATAL ACCIDENT.-Mr. George
Adwell was killed near Barksdale's
saw = mill, just below Hinton, last
Friday, by being crushed beneath
|Some heavy saw logs, which he was
bringing to the mill on a car. 1t
|seemS the car jumped the track of
'he tram-road, causing the logs to
roll OH, and Mr. Adwell was caught
lhaer them and mashed to death.
Mt. Herald.
FIRE,-A fire in the Charleston
|1all, last Thursday, came near de-
Is'foylng the lives of the prisoners !;
nara work on their part saved
|nem' The building was damaged
70 the extent Of $50O--Hinton Re-
publican.
BURGLARY.-The house of r. N.
|Feck, Clerk of the Court of Sum
|ners county,was entered by thieves
lTho took his money and tobacco.
Luckily they got more tobacco
han money.-Fx