The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-10-24
mOunDSVILLE.
Pa,nfuI Accident-OhiO River Railwa,
aud Prison News.

aud Prison News.
CAPTAIN Lowe, of the prison guards, was
taken seriously sick Sunday night last, and
Is still confined To his room.
Mr.. True, the contractor for furnishing
cr6ss.tie8 for this division Of the o. L. R., has
rented Mr.. Rulong's house, in the First ward,
and brought his family here to reside.
The County Commissioners again advertise
for proposals for adding TO the security. OF
the county Jail, as a place OF detention, by
lining the inside OF the walls with iron or
stone.
Charley Rhodes, the butcher, met with a
very painful accident yesterday evening. he
was hanging up NEST In the ice room OF
Rsody & Weidebusch's First wsrd meat
store, when he slipped and fell, his left wrist
striking a meat hook. which penetrated and
passed almost entirely through the wrist at
the jIint.
A convict ramed Henry Roak was dis
charged from the prison Saturday last, after
serving q two year term. Rtax, although
young In years, appears to be pretty we'll ad.
yanced In crime, he having been discharged
from the Ohio PenitenIary but q short time
Def IRE coming here
A Mrs. Rayl, wife OF Lewis Rayl, formerly
a Miss Foster, OF Webster district, and the
mother of three small children, became VIC
lently insane a short time ago, aud wsS on
Saturday last committed to the keeping OF
Jallor Matthews. The woman 1t Is said, has
been since girlhood subject to attacks or
spells OF insanity, having at one time before
marriage bees entirely bereft OF reason.
The suit of Alley vs.. Gesney,. was com.
menced yesterday morning, aad is still on
trial. This suit grew out OF q difficulty be.
tween Alley, q saloon keeper, and Gosnty,
which occurr,dat Loudensvills last summer
during the prosrtss OF which Alley was
knocked, or pushed of a high porch, or plat.
form, and his leg broken, and henow appeals
tn the law for redress In the shape OF
damages.
J. b. McLure. Esq will conclude the ar.
gumentin the Charles Noller injunction suit
sea;ust the O. R, Railroad to-day. This case
has been watched wi h considerable interest
BY members OF the Ohio county bar, IS the
points involved are identical with those OF
the suit OF McAdams VI. the Elm Grove
Railway Company, and the result OF the ap.
| p!ication for an Injunction in this case will
virtually decide the McAdams cas-.
A trip hammer and several other additions
have been made 10 the labor-saving machine.
~ In the Webster Wsgon Company's chops
al the PRISM. This was found necessary In
order to keep up the output OF wagons
reached when more nonyicts were employed
BY the company. Under the terms OF the
late letting Of convict labor all incoming
prisoners are to be assigned to Messrs: Wsa'
YER and BArdall until their full complement
OF 125 men 10 Outlined, and until that time
the numbec worked by ,he Webster Wagon
Company will s.ealily decrease, by the expi
ration Of sentence CT those in their employ.
About $50 feet OF new railroad track wss
laid les. week, connecting with the kloman
mill siding, when work was d s;ontinued and
delay Is said to be tue sticking of the barges
loaded With crcs t es, en- route for this place
from down tbs river. A gentleman who
came up from New M%artinsville yesterday
says the bridge across Fishing creek, at that
place, will be completed this week, aud that
the grading and trestle work between here
and that point IA about done. The abut.
ments OF the Little Grave creek bridge are
yet 10 be raised about six feet each, when II
will be ready for the super traCture, which
10 here ready for being PLACED In position.
Low water, and consequent inability 10 OBJ
tain building stone, has retarded the work
very much at this bridge. A boat load was
resolved yesterday.
The regular winding up Of the weeks row
occurred on Water street just after dark Sat.
urday evening last, and resulted In Dick JET,
~ferson, q colored railroad laborer, getting a
terrible beating about the head and face with
brass or steel knuckles, aud a heavy skiif oar.
As is usually the case, II is impossible TO oh
tain reliable particulars OF the brutal affair,
but as far as can be learned the attack upon
the colored man was entirely nnproyoked and
unjustiaable. The town authorities learned
Sunday, 1t Is said, thst the assault WIS made
by two white men named Lysle aud Pettitt,
but before information that was deemed by
them sufi ,iently reliable to warrant making
arrests was obtained, the two men left town,
and are still absent. tits currently rumored
that Lysle, who Is q stone cater In the EN-,
p.oy Of the O. v Z. R., ives the principal
actor In the sssault, but as to the correctness
OF the report the writer has no personal
knowledge. Lysls succeeded 10 obtaining
bis pay on Sunday, and 1t is supposed will
not return.