Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-11-30
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,,eyplosion at the chemical works in
.,,,,tn, Ont, caused loss OF Sl5, 900.
x.,ssnisl Lee, an aged and respected
-, was swindled out Of S, 500 at Mad
~. Ird., by three card monte men.
,,rrbsns, O., Serelda E. Belden has
-. Granted a divorce from Emery Bel
w. op tie ground Of willful absence.
~ George W. Bsgby, the humorist,
,...r,r and correspondent, died in Rich
.,rJ yss:erlay, aged fiity-three years.
The iary in the case of W. A. Garvin,
l.,,,J with forgery, st Bsllefontaine,
n returned verdict OF guilty Tuesday
night
trsin from Macon to Savannah. Ca,
-.,,s,say killed Ann Williams and Ed.
y,r y, crcss. Their bodies were terribly
autiiatsd.
Scarlet fever prevails to a considerable
,,.s,t at Urbana, .. VIM. Stewart re-
,.pt,y l,st three children in two days by
,hs dread disease.
The trisl OF James Hawn, a well known
citizen Of Nswcomerstown, o., on a charge
dp.rfury, came up in the Guernsey coun-
~ Ccu,t Wednesday.
An Indianapolis dispatch says that Prof.
SAMUEL X. Heshour, the distinguished ed
n,,,rrof that S.ate, died there yesterday
s ;Le advanced age OF eighty.
thcruughbred horse va,-ed at s., 500,
which was being imported by t,I'hIIuf X
srsr,,r. o, F ndlsy, o., died on arr.rias at
New York City, of pneumonia.
S,ye-sl days ago John Thompson, a
rrcmia,nt citizen of Kingston, Champaign
copn,v. Ohio, was severely gored by a
y:,.or, hull which he was leading.
Marshal Sherman, a member Of the Belle
.sr,g.-e o. City Council, is charged with
rrcis,al conduct, and committee ap-
pcin;sa looking toward impeachment.
Gloucester, Mass, sdvices state that fears
s., ,r'e-tained taat six fishing schooners
wee lot during the gale of the twelfth
srd ,ilr,,enth, with seventy-five men.
AI..u. Ind. dispatch says that T. ".
.ppN Co, agricultural machine works,
have sssigned with Joseph G. Blythe re-
,s.vsr. Liabilities, sl5O,OOo; assets,
5000
; varney. Ark, special says: After
gus.-el yesterday Frank Williams blew
his vi!es brains out by firing both barrels
o. shot gun. He escaped, but a large
c:OHd are in pursuit.
A tire, yesterday morning, burned the
tt,, part CT the town OF Ocslla, Florida, in
Guiding a new brick hotel, the Office of the
8srner and several stores and residences.
The loss is over $4,000.
Ala meeting OF citizens, of Nenia, Ohio,
Tuesday night, to inaugurate reform
movement in municipal affairs, il WAS de-
c;ded to nominate William J. Alexandec,
Irsminent Democrat, for mayor.
An unsuccessful attempt was made to
burn some buildings on Washington street,
o., early Wednesday morn
inc, but the FIRE was discovered and extiu-
suish,d before much damage was done.
A. the Brighton Beach races, yesterday,
n the three. quarter mile dash Riddle won
time lI2I The sew n-eighths mile, for
year olts, was won by Barbarian; time
/ aa'.. Caramel won the mile dash; time
10
Ca,rain Adams, an Old London whaler,
expresses fear that the Greedy expedition
has !o-, its bearings, and says that Eng
ard should do something toward res
rue. Captain Adams was ready to join in
the search.
News was received by friends OF VI. p.
Church. one OF the most popular young
men Of Findlay, o., who has been engaged
IN the Northern Pacific Railroad for the
2As, yesr. thet he accidentally shot aud
killed himself at Helena, Montana, Wednes-
isy.
Wm. 5. McMillen, an old man, while
oCkirg st the movements OF a switch en-
inc near the Cincinnati. Hamilton Il Day
on depot, in Cincinnati yesterday, Was
n, cked down ard run over by the stree.
ar srd instantly killed. The car was
.cn:rs down the grade and rounding
.uivp. The driver and conductor were ar
'ts;ed
A.,r,on gang OF firemen on had car
.etrrning home on the Southern Ohio di,
vision of the Indiana, Bloomington and
Western railroad, near Bethesda, o., yes
,erday evening, were overtaken by c)n-
,ruction engine running wild. William
Clay and Michael Mccormick were killed,
snd Wm. NJ rtimer sev, rely, and others
slightly, injured.
Great excitement prevails throughout
WsTtrr Montana over rich mineral dis
coyeries in the Coeur de Alene mountains.
Miners and prospectors who returned state
Ihs;c has been nothing in the history o'
the Western States aud Territories eInaI to
the richness and volume OF the newly dis
covered fields. The minerals consist OF Sill
yer, trilurium aud free milling gold, one
Luuc;ed dollars per man per day being
tastl our OF the rim roCksot the gulches,
While in the guichss 50 to So pc. man per
day is Pauned out.
TIE regress iect urer, Sojourner Truth,
ws> buried yesterday At Battle Creek,
Maryland. Services were held 10
the Congregational and Presbyterian
Chu:,t,s throughout the city. A letter
from RE eTick Douglas received there says
OF her: ''Nrne rable for age, distinguished
for insight into human nature, remarkable
icE Independence and Courageous sell
assertion, devoted 10 the welfare OF her
rae" ne hss been tor the last forty years
sn cti.ct of respect and admiration to
'ocia. roiormsIs everywhere" Wendell
Hills writes: The anecdotes OF her
Ee'|y NJ; aud qu'ck, striking replies are
tUnh,'.,ss But the whole together gives
On; ii;il" idea OF the r;ch, quaint, poetic
and often profound speech of most re-
msrsso!e person, who used to say to me,
ICU Iesd books; God himself talks to
ne"
Ssuetsry Teller has rendered q decision
n s'sse recently reported 10 the General
'aId ,'lr,e from Washington Territory, in