The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-15
FATAL ACCIDENTS
ANp oTHgR srArg oeoORaENcss.
Klll,d b. ly.lllnr Tree, r4tally Burned, ClubStt
TO D.atA By a Coca auntsr-sara Burnsd-is.
tl,l.y 10 aAtion-TObleeo Crop-L Csa.
tsaaArIaa D.aa-Llbsl Salts, Etc.


tsauArIsa D.ad-Llbsl Salts, Bic.
Lewis Canterbury has atarted salt furnace
ut Little Otter, Braxton county, sir miles De-
low Sutton, the county seat. n.y. u
The Centennial OF Lswisburg and Fall
ing Spring was celebrated In Lewisburg last
Friday. There was large attendance. 4
A colored man diedat Cotton Hill, Fsyetle
county, the other day, aged i02 years. He
bad beer married three times and was the ia
Their "a children. ,.s-.l
Eight weddings took place during the fair
at Ripley, Jackson county, six on the fair
grounds and two in Joe Petty's picture tent
near toe fair grounds. x ~ :, 49,
Z Weston is.to have q new paper 1t will
make its appearance about December LIST and
he under The editorial management of Mrs.
E. N. Gibson. 1t viii be independent.
Greenbrier county Is building. "a $500
bridge at Fort Spring. The piers and a0nt1
fnens are built Of fine blue limestone found
in that neighborhood and said 10 be OF the
very best quality. tIIN4 N Jay !
A barn on the farm OF Dr.. Yokum, Ran
dnlph county, on which Mr. JEFF N trteny re-
sid s, was burned Thursday aiernoonS fhe
fire was not discovered by Mrs. MSrtiney
until the roofof the building was In Il amos.
The loss OF contents was light, as II had been
used as a storage place for tools, etc. The
origin Of the fire Is mystery.
@. L. Thompson, editotof the Hinton Her
aid, 10 recent article In connection with
the contested election ca9e 10 Summers
oou atty. spoke Of one Of the lawyers, Ebert
Fowler by name, ~ "a smart, Inscriptions
lawyer" and Fowler hos sucd him for libel,
fixing his damsges at $1,000. Fowler Is OF
the firm OF Fowler & Miller, who Fave the
largest practice In Summers county court.
On Tuesday last while some men were
quarryipg rock U be used In one OF the
booms OF the Ronceyerts Boom aud Manu-.
featuring Company, two miles aboue Ronct.
yerte, on the Gssenbrier river, they gradual
ly undermined tree, which Unexpectedly
fell, cruising Porter Morgan, youth about
twelve years OF ago. He fingered several
hours In an ipsensible condition before he
died. -.
John s. Carnahan, son OF Il. Carrahan, OF
Cadjz, was fourth among the compstitorsf for
admission to the Naval ACADEMY at AnnsF-
oils. Some Steubenville boys were ahead OF
John. But, Mt Annapolis, No. /, for some
reason didn't go in, Nos. 2and 8 failed on ex-
animation, and John passed the exAHiina-
| ton and was admitted. His BROTHER Frank
went to West POiat from the district at the
last examination.
On Thursday last, Two young men from
Harmar, ly the name Of Bill Deiizel aud Hs
Hallistar were out hunting on the West Wiz.
GINA side Of the river. They had killed
some rabbits, and after placidg their gus In
the bottom OF the skif Deitzel threw the rab-
bits into the boat and they fell on one Of the
guns which went of, lodging the contents Of
one barrel In the shoulder Of De tzel. The
wound Is very painful and amput.tion will
be necessary.
| The Bsrneevllis Enterprise says:..!MA few
crops OF tobacco still rsniaiI In the fields, but
large proportion in this Vicinity has been
housed and Is out of the reach Of frosls. The
crop will be small, not over halt m average,
last year. The dashing rains IN the. spring
we're great njury TO the young plsuis, and
the drouth in The latter part OF summer re-
tasded the growth then. The price will prob
ably be much the same as last SEASON."
A serious row occurred few days ag, in
the edge OF Lewis scounty near the Braxton
line, between a man named Warner aud
Buster Wi'sIn, son Of w. X Wilson,
member OF the Legislature from Lswis coun-
| ty. Young Wilson and man named Prince
freed coon on Warmers land, and went to
Warmers hors, 10 get an Ak TO cut the tree
down. Warner went with them to the tree,
and 1t being fine tree and also line tree 10
his land, he objected to them cutting it
down. An alteration ensued, which re-
suited In Wilson striking Warner on the
head with club. knocking him sanseless.
at LIS; accounts Warner was lying very low,
with the blood issuing from b mouth, nose
and ears. HIS recovery 10 very doubtful.
DR.. Charles Il. B!umentl A., man OF con,
siderable note, died suddenly at his home In
New York, Thursday last. His friends tried
to make arrangements for the incarceration OF
bis remains with the itauagers OF the creme-
tory 10 Philadelphia, bat received no
answer to their inquiries. and he will be Gre
mated on Tues lay ia the LeMoyne furnace,
at Little Washington. Tle body OF O person
who died In Chicago will also likely be inoin-
Grated In the LeMoyne creGat0ry shortly.
The body being emba med was AT frat refused,
but q correspondence On the sub sct brought
the matter into such shape that II the
friends Of the deceSs,d will enclose the
remains In a box and have the whole thing
burned, 80 there will be no necessity to tan-
die the corpse, the incineration will take
place. ....#.-
The Tyler county Star says IL was rumor-
efon our streets Tu' sday that J. II. Camp
ball, railroad contractor, intended to enter
suit against D. W. Custer, editor OF the Inde.
pendent, ior libel. Meeting Mr. Campbell We
Inquired the report vas true, and he in
employ Messrs. Mcknight and Parks, Of this
place, aud Caldwell and Lsoraed, OF Parken-
burg, to prosecute the case, ald that the
damage asked would be $l0,0y9 The diff
Guilty grew out Of no article published In the
Independent, in which grave and serious
charges were made against Campbell. The
substance OF the article was published In sew
eral papers and Campbell thinks the only
way out Is through the courts, " is learned
that be was sway nhuslness and hsd no Idea
Of Astounding. He expects to have his Oh 0
River railroad contract completed within
two weeks. "'
One evening the early part OF the week the
wife OF Mrs. Thomas P. Frame, OF Braxton
county, Was horribly burned and died that
evening. She was about 10 years OF ege, and
her mind was somewhat impaired. She was
In room by herself, and one OF her daughters
being In an adjoining room was attracted by
a noise made BY her mother. The daughter
ran into the room and wan Mortified by seeing
her mother enveloped In flames She did all
Ia her power TO e4tiuguish the flames, but
was unable to accomplish 1t. Toe girl was
very badly burned about the bapds aad arms,
60 much that portion Of the flesh has fallen
from her hands The clothing was entirely
burned from the old lady, and her body wa
burned 10 crisp. The manner In which the
HreUriginated 10 not known, but III Is supposed
that che sas trying to light her pipe by the
fire In the fire place, when the flames ignited
her clothing. 5n'7 r.'s'
RELLAlRE, N"p