The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-12-03
NEWS PROM THE STATE.
A variety of IniercstIng Happenings
Briefly Recorded.

A miner named Robert Haddy, employed
at the Hampshire mines, ct Piedmont, was
instantly killed Saturday morning by the
fall OF breast OF coal.
A3.year-old child OF Mrs. n. D. Hall, Of
Doddridge county, while left alone for q few
moments, got toonear the fire and its clothes
catching, Il was burned to death.
A barn containing farm implements and
1000 bushels OF whea'. belonging tola man
named Vorous, was recently destroyed by
fire in Jefferson county. II wfs insured for
$500 In ths Rtna OF Hartford.
William Beckman, married man living
near Oakland, accidentally shot himself with
revolver Sundsy evening. The ball
entered 10 the region OF the heart. At last
accounishe was not expected to live.
In 1872, the mails were carriei from Wei.
ton 10 Jane Lsw on foot. Now there are Eve
daily trains each way, with excellent mail
facilities Ia every direction. The State Is
developing. Wtat will 1t do duliag the next
ten Yeas?
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Company
two years ago placed 000 fish In theiEksat
Deer Park, aud last year 5000 moro were
putin. Most OF The fijn were carp and NOUN
tain trout, and now they are 90 plent!fal
they can almost bc shoyeled up. sy't
Nswcomertown, O., hasorganized COM
pany to bore for natural gSs. aud ausolution
Is before the council giving to the company
the exclusive privilege Of laying pipes and
heating the town for twenty ystrE AGW
company hes also been organized at Cosboe-
ton.
A large cave has been discovered In Richie
county which has attracted considerable a.
teution. The cave Is quite small at the en-:
lrauce but soon expands into nice u d
roous, which are as Emoo.h as II they he'd
been dressed by mason. II has been ex-
plored some thirty yards.
Hon. 9. J. ?. Cr.s,p, Of Randolph county,
j3lly "Pln" Cres,p, The "Bluchern Of the
a mighty hunter. he was riding along
quietly when ho heard the hounds stsrt o
deer. Soon after, posting himself IS solitary
picket on the ontpost he saw the deer come
rustling through the brush. As soon as the
deer struck the opening the Go'oael put bis
horse al full spsed and is soon es he was In
shooting range fred, killing his game.
Mr.. Jacob stalusker, Lying few miles
from Beverly, Randolph county, killed two
deer at one shot last week, Mr.. sIalnaker
was ont on "still hunt' aud came up with
an old zoe. He approached within some
eighty yards Of her, and as he WIS drawing
his gun 10 his shoulder, fAwn, which had
bsen lying down, arose and crossed necks
with Its dam. Mr.. s.alnaktr feed, breaking
the neck OF the doe and cuttirg the main
artery In the neck OF the lawn, thus sccom-
plishing the rare feat Of killing two deer at
one shot.
Several OF the Randolph county sportsmen
proross at an eariy day to participate in an
ol6-sashioned bra. hunt. Numerous Ri2pS OF
bear have been tteu ID the hills near Beverly
and nuabar OF bar have bsen seen by oiti-
zens living near thers, and the only thing
that has protected bruin thus far II the lack
Of dogs lhst would run them, mcst OF the
dogs being deer hounds; tits now proposed
to get the tam.us dogs belonging 70 Aessrs.
Wamsleys, Scott and Others, OF Huttousville,
and capture . few OF the many bear that In.
habit the surrounding woods.
Messrs. J. NJ Hamilton, NJ. ). Hohert, Jro.
W. Ball, NJ. Hardman & Bro, and s. n. Coy,
OF Calhoun couGty, D. @. Casto, ]. II, Buu.
garner aud J. H4rdna1, OF Writ county, and
G. L. Spencer and 8. F. SLaw, cfI
Wood coanty, are out in call,
az followS: "WHEGEAs The railroad mating
held at Spencer on November 20, 1888, was
unsatisfactory in its deliberations aGd coz
clusors; therefore Resoirei, That tha people
oi Calhoun, GIlmer, Rlane, Wood aud Writ
counties be requested to send dclegatss to
repreIent thsm at. R,mteting at Burning
Springs, on Wednesday, December 10, 1883,
to consider ths p ojscs OF building narrow
gauge rosd from Parkersburg tn G enyille
and beyond" The Parkersburg State Journal
urges the people CT Wood county to take
action.