The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-08-27
NEWS OF THE STATE
AND o0uNrlEslovEa THE.soRDtRi
TIE cIarl.burr Falr-AH.w 0. A. q. post-lLlr.
lag sk.lston-A Boy Fatally Shot BY Accident.
Eattsrrin aartla's Ferry aud Bsllairs.
General Ssusfrcm Every Qsartsr.

Pryor Station, on the B., z. & O., two miles
east Of SunmeIfsld, shipped fifty thousand
pounds Of wool last week.
Postoflces have been established ut Mills
boro, Marshall county. and Pioneer, Marshall
county, W. Va, and Z. B smith and John
Booth appointed PosllnAstsrs, respectively.
A.syHtiCEts OF oil men has been formed In
Parkerburg togiye the Stillwell region . deep
we'll test A well OF twelve or sixteen hun.
bred feet deep will Immediately be put down.
A few days since while John Mcdowell
was engaged In building school-house in
Monroe county, large black spider got on
his neck, He attempted TO brush II of and
The Eesh began 70 swell Immediately ana Mr..
Mcdowell becoming very sick, his friends at
once took him 10 bis home few miles dis
tAnt, where he has since remained In very
dangerous stats.
The people OF Hardy county are to be called
on to vote $25 600 subscription to the Coal
and Iron Railroad Comoany. The Moore
field Examiner says: "What are the people
going To do about III It's al important
question, and ought TO b. thoroughly dis
oussVd. The amount Is certainly very small
for this county to pay for the convenience OF
railroad transportation. Wethink the county
can well afford to vote the above subscription
and be the gamer by 1t"
Noble Post no. 3iS, G. AR, of West Alex.
ander. Pa, will be mustered by Col Chill
w. Hazard on Tuursdsy, August 80. All
members are requested TO be present with
their discharge papers, and to bring with
them any other comrades who wish to
)ois the Post The mastering OF this
Post has been delayed for several weeks on
account OF The Mastering Officer being alb
sent attendi 6 the National Eacampment at
Denver, Col. Col. Hazard has now returned
and will muster the Post on the above date,
ard will be assisted by comrades from
Monongahela City, BurgettstSwn, Canont-
burg aud Washington, Pa.
The Seventeenth Annual Fair OF the West
Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical soci-
ely is 10 be held at Clarksbnrg on the 18Th,
10 h and oO.h OF September. The officers are:
A. FL. osborn, president; j. NJ. Lyon, vice
president; 7. s. spa.es, treasurer George
BAstAble, secretary. This Society has in the
past been highly successful and starts of
this year with plenty Of money on hand an
prospects brighter than ever before. It's ex.
hibitions haye been productive Of great pub
lie good, in melting farmers and graziers to
improve their methods Of farming and stock
breeding as we'll as melting the manufac.
turors aud mechanics to Improve.
Last Wednesday morning WILDER Gunion,
Tom Nelson and Michael Pas orus OF Wells
burg, started out hunting, going In the direc-
tloa OF Cross Creek. After hunting until
about four o'clock they stopped at spring
JUST back OF Benz. Antle's house to get a
drink aud To rest, laying their guns down on
the ground. While sitting there on the
ground, young Gunion saw q squirrel aud
reaching out for n gun caught 1t BY the BAL
rel and drew II toward him. While IN this
act the hammer Of the gun caught on the
ground and was raised far enough 10 dis
charge The contents, heavy load OF SHOT,
into the boys body Tue load passed through
hts heart killing him instantly, and without
moments warning His age was about fif-
teen.
The Braxton Democrat says Abraham
Critics, OF Critss' mountain, this county, Is q
ply steal curiosity. His case Is certainly an
interesting one. He has been an invalid for
nearly Ave yeara, and low he has lived a ]
this iime is surprising. Mr. Critics, before
his affection, was a large man, weighing
abJut 1870 pounds His weight at t is time
will mol exceed 10 pounds. His disease Is a
wasting one, as he gradually declines In
a:sh. At this time he might be termed q
walking skeleton. His thign can be easily
spanned by al ordinary hand. His armsand
the rest Of his person are equally afflicted,
the whole presenting u CHASTITY and unnatu-
raj sight. When lying on his back in bed,
Mr.. Urites' backbone can be plainly felt by
pressing ones hand on his stomach. His
kidneys can also.be felt with the hand. with
all this ter ibIe burden, the most interesting
fact In the case 10 that he can walk, some
| times being able 10 walk out OF the hoese.