The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-01
THROUGH THE STATE,
AND in NElaAsoalNa COUNTIES.

Recent DolaES Of west ylrslniaaa and Their
NsishbSn-A Dlshoa.st CeatrastOr-rWo Fires
oter In OhIO-Patal Aecldsnt--rhs Com.
lag Pres Association Meeting, Ite.
Friday night the store Of George Coleman
at GrandvieW, was totally destroyed by fire.
The Wellsburg Fair after paying all ex-
penses has balance Of fifty dollars In the
treasury.
The town sergeant Of Morgsntown, while
arrcsting a drunken, 6bstreperous man, bad
his nose broken.
Anumbsr of young ladies are in attend.
ance ut the State University this year, says
the Netv Dominion,
Senator T. f. Bayatd, when he attends the
Martinsburg Fair, on the 18th inst, will be
the guest OF Hon. O. j. Faulkner.
Twelve divorce suits have been begun in
the past foriy.hye dsys In the Wood GOunty
Circuit Court, eleven OF which are now pend
Ing.
The Standard Oil Works, 1t Is understood,
contemplates erecting large cooper shop ut
Huntington that shall employ from 100 to
200 hands. =.
A rain burst occurred in Doddridge county
thu early part OF last week that caused con-
siderable Damage. Creeks and runs rose rap.
idly and carried everything before them.
President Pendleton, OF Bethany College,
delivered an address In the Disciples Church
at WelIsDurg yesterday. The occasion was
the sixtieth ann.yerssry OF the organization
OF the Wsllsburg church.
Thursday night lsst the large new barn on
the place OF VIM. CLARK, about q mile west Of
81. Ulairsyille, was burned to the ground
with Its contents. The loss Is estimated. at
$500. with an ms, rance OF s, 900 inth
North American. "A threshing machine
bslonging. to. Alvin Berry was burned, en-
failing loss OF $500, with no insurance,
Supposed TO be the work OF an inceadiary.
Yesterday was big day for the cougrssga.
tionalists OF steubenville. The handiome
church edifics recently erected In that city
by this denomination was dedicated. Eight
ministers participated In the services, which
were concluded With the dedication sermon,
nreached by Rev. Dr.. Tenney, OF Cleveland,
last evening. The music was furnished by
the Choral Society, thirty voices being In the
chorus, assisted by brass instruments.
William Woods and Elisha Phillips, two
Taylor county surveyors, recently had u row
over some work they had been doing in Ms
riou county. Woods started to leave. when
Phillips said something which caused Woods
| to turn back. AS he did so Phillips struck
him with large stone, cutting on ugly gash
in the top Of his head and telling him to the
ground. Hewas picked up and carried away
In an insensible condition.
Mrs. Sparks, OF Braxton county, met with
M accident which resulted In her death, O
few days ago; the family were trying ID pen
some large mugs, and Mrs. Sparks YVES tolling
themin al o gap made for that purpose; the
hogs having gone IN she attempted to pals
frightened and tried to escape Knocking tile
psn down upon Mrs Sparks inflicling iu-
juries from which she soon died.
The kanawha Gazette says: 1.-THE Davis
Creek railroad, fifteen miles long. has been
completed, as has also the blast furnace,
and the company is now engaged In coking
coal and mining iron ore, and In October the
| furnace will be started and the question OF
lmsking iron from .he black band iron ore
found In the Davis creek region will be
thoroughly tested, and Il demonstrated to be
a success, tho resulting advantages to this
Lgalley will be almost incalculable."
| "A man named Slaughter was arrested at
the Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs
charged with having stolen q horse from
Mr.. Peterson, of Weston. in Lewis county.
| The man and horse were followed to Green
brier county by Mr.. Peterson, and they were
both identified at the White by the owner
/ OF the horse. The animal was valued at two
hundred dollars. Slaughter had been In
| Greeabrier cuupty for about q weeS past,
and offered to trade or sell the horse TO
number OF parties. -.
Hon. Oh. Faulkner aud his venerable wife
celebrated, Thursday, the 60th anniversary
OF their marriage by giving sumpluous
diuper to the members Of the family and in
yited friends. Tie parlors OF their Martins
/ burg residence were handsomely decorated
with flowers; large pyramid stood in the
room, on one side bearing the inscription
| 1888, on the other 1888; on account OF there
being death in the family the occasion was
not made such as was, formerly projected and
such as would bs fitting oommemoration OF
the event.
J.H. Campbell. ike contractor OF the five
mile section Of the Ohio River road above
Sistsrssille has proven himself a
swindler, having jumped his bills and lett
unpaid debts amounting to nearly 81 600
The independent says: "He was not satisfied
by beating lawyers, doctors, merchants
mechanics, hotels, printers and others out Of
large bills for WORK and material, but bor-
rowed all the money he could from poor
italian laborers who were working for him on
the railroad, and failed TO return q penny Of
heir hard earned savings. The people, on
hearing the way he was doing business,
became cautious OF him, but not until 1t vas
too late" F.
On Monday morning last Mr.. James Hal,
engineer on the @. & o. road, above Kan
awha Falls, ran over q cow which threw his
engine off the track against the bank. Think.
ing to save himself he jumped, alighting
upon the track from which bis engine had
been derailed, and was run over by a car
lees-the right one above the knee and the
left one below the knee. The accident oc-
CURED at II o'clock, and the unfortunate
man ret4ined his consciousness until his
death, which occurred at 3P.u N. It Is somt-
what remarkable that this same engine WIS
thrown from the track by COW, and the en-
eineer and bis fireman were killed, near Hin
ton, just one year ago.
Wayne county comes TO the front this week
with q jail break. The prisoners confined In
tho county jail succeeded In removing y few
brick from under the window sill, on the
eastern side, and Henry Ely and Mart Tabor
succeeded in making their escape, and
In gettisg Q pretty good start before
the alarm was given. An effort was
made by quite number Of citizens to cap.
ture them. but It was unsuccessful. The prs.
oners had been removed from their cells and
given the liberty OF the all for q little air
and exercise, as was usual, and taking I'D.
vantage OF 1t they made their escape. Both
Ely,and Tabor were confined on charge OF
burglary and larceny.
Joseph Mcer,w, of Grafton, has been up.
pointed by Congressman Wilson 10 the va
cauttWest Virginia cadetship at Annapolis
Naval Academy, made 80 by the expulsion
| OF Cadet Trapnell, OF this State, for hazlng
Some OF the young men Of Grafton who were
looking forward to competitive examina-
lion for the vacancy were inclined 10 kick
over the appointment Mr.. Wilson. how.
lSser, was guilty OF no uniairness. TrapnelT
was expelled Friday, and Mr.. Wilson was
telegraphed 10 immediately by the Secretary