The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-17
THE BLIND RESTORED.
AN LEGENDARY GETS IN HIS WORK.
AWOmaa Commits salcIds The Murderer Of
Hmquls, Sentenced to sixteen Years Iuprls.
oap.nt-B.Illirs and New Cambsrlsnd
matters = Various state Itsm.

county, are about to erect q house OF worship.
On the S7th inst. circular fox hunt will
take place In Washington county, Pa. Much
sport 10 anticipated.
John Youst and J. s. Cofiman, two luna
tics, recently escaped from the Weston Asy.
lam and were captured In Harrison county.
An election will be held in West Union on
the second Tuesday in January, for the pnr-
pose Of elected Mayor, Recorder and 1--we
Councilmeu.
The mutllation Of school house property
still goes on with impunity In Barbour
county. The latest thing Is to shoot the
glass out Of the windows.
There 10 4 little girl in the Cabell county
Poor House who should be adopted by some
one. She has fair complexion and blue
eyes and Is pretty. She Is seven years old.
Last week Ruhanna 8. Cunningham, living
at the foot OF Allegheny mountain, on the
Parkenburg and Staunton pike, committed
suicide by hanging herself. She was insane.
William Beckman, living near Oakland,
who was accidently shot about two weeks ago
by his wife, died on Thursday. He was in his
42d year. His witeis almost frantic over the
occurrence.
The stories that come from soMe OF the
wild counties OF this Stakeholder for ex-
ampie-are enough 70 make an old hunters
blood quicken. They abound in all manner
Of game this season.
The firm OF I. Armstrong & Son, OF Bruce
ton, Preston county, recently bought and
shipped to the Connellsyille coke region TO-
oC0 turkeys and chickens. This in addition
to their other shipments.
One day last week ]. D. Wintz and John N.
Thomson, Of Randolph, had an encounter,
in which Thomson had one OF his fingers
bitten off by his antagonist Winiz gave
bond to appear before the grand jury at Its
next sitting.
Next month the citizens Of Keyser will be
called on to vote on the question OF Issuing
bonds TO the amount OF $4,000 to aid In
building new school house, which Is very
modations are cramped.
Two young men named Psrsinger and
Teter were engaged in fight at Cutlip's
Mills on the Little Kanawha river, in Bar
bour couaty, q few days ago, and being
"clip ched," and in their struggles getting too
near the edge Of the road, they rolled into
the river. They did not relinquish their
holds until they had sunk to the bottom,
which was about ten feet. Wien they rose
TO the top they had had enough.
While concert was being given by the
Colored Band in the Lewisburg Town Hall,
last week, difficulty occurred between sew
eral members Of the audience, white and
colored Before the disturbance was ouelled
| by the officers pistols and knives were drawn,
and clubs and slung.shots were freely used,
but no one was seriously hurt The trouble
was caused by three white men-two Judys
and Hinkle-who were distributing the
contents OF q whisky jug too freely among
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The Pochontas Times says: About ten
years and eight months ago, John Garnet, q
| colored resident of this county, lost his eye
sight. Since that time he has been entirely
blind and county charge. On the 4!h inst,
his wife went away from the cabin to do some
work for the neighbors, leaving Garnetin the
care Of one OF the children. She did not re-
turn until late in the evening, and as she
neared the house was astonished TO hear a
loud shouting and stamping inside, and on
reaching the door found 1t was her husband
who was making the noise. He greeted her
entrance with the shout, blessed Jesus
can i.e once more There comes my wife
that haven't seen before for ten years lh
in total darkness, 1t seemed as II bandage
dropped from his eyes and he could zee as
well as ever.
JUsspu Iault LIZ sIhyeI VI tNeuueA hhI4uL5t
second degree IN the Wood county court, YVES
sentenced Saturday 10 10 years imprison.
ment In the penitentary. The judge took
into consideration the tune he had already
spent In iail-nearly two years. The pri-
soner received bis sentence very composedly.
According to the laws Of this State Paul will
be credited with forty-fye months 10 be
taken off the time Of his sentence, provided
he conducts himself in q proper manner,
which will reduce his sentence to twelve
years and three months. As Paul Is now q
man OF over fifty years, he will be quite an
old man by the time he is released, provided
he lives out the time or 10 not pardoned.
Should lie get out, 1t is reported that be will
have 10 answer for murder committed In
Writ county several years ago.
In Greenbrier county, few nights SINCE q
large barn belonging to John Sims was burned,
entailipg quite severe loss. The work was
that OF an incendiary. II seems that Jack
DePnest the accused person, set the barn on
Ore and then went 10 Sims house and kept
him engaged In conversation until the light
was seen glimmeripg underneath the door.
On going TO the door he found the barn en-.
veloped In flames. Sims was accompanied
by DePriest to the burning barn, who inform
ed Mr.. 8. that the mischief had been done by
person with whom Sims had had some
trouble. But after eims accused him OF
burning The barn he acknowlsd that he did
the burning, but said he had been persuaded
by other parties. Sheriff Knight and James
A. Church spent two days and night In
Bennetts mountain searching for him, but
returned to Lewisburg leaving the object OF
their search at large. The same night the
Mount Vernon school house In that county
was destroyed by FIRE. The origin of this last