The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-11

morning, while engaged In placing q slate
roof Oh the house Of Charles Doughesty, In
South Wsllsburg, suddenly slipped and fell
to the ground, n distanc OF twenty.6ys feat,
Sir king on his side. 1t Is feared that he may
BE- Injured internally. ,5 a,t 80,
On Monday night OF last weck a barn be.
longing to Wm. Funk, who resides ssvaD
miles from Rowelsburg, Vas destroyad ty
fire. A Hiule valued at 1900 psrished in the
barn before NJ. Funk could llbe1ata him
The barn, 1t Ia supposed, was sst on IRE for
the purpoee Of destroying the mule. EC
The Progress, Of Mcdowell county, Gays:
This skull and some Of tbs bones Of mum. n
boAy were found recently In q cavs near IL o
head OF Grapevine, this county. From ali
Indications 1t II supposed that they are the
remaina OF a woman, = Victim OF foul play,
possibly, and had lain In the pisce where
discovered for fifteen or twenty years.
Blanche Haney, aged about IS, living on
Three Fork craek, 10 Taylor county, was
sfnce. When found her head aud shoulders
we're cover.d with wator, the rest Of the bod,
teing upon the shore. AL tho circumstances
surrounding tho matter point 10 suic;d-.
domestic troubles are supposed 10 DO the
cause. Va "@Il ~ n
Willis Given, living Ia the lower eud o.
Brax,on county, was badly injured a few
nights since By a gun bursting. He had
been out with sersnnding party, and on re.
lurnibg home Il led OF his gun, which burst.
I'd. eeyarsl OF the rieces taking effect ID Els
arms aud body. A. small piece of the barrel
II vt in one Of his arms md the wound is
very taiuiui. Ee received FERROUS iri1rie,
Ga the head and IL said ~ bs In q dangerous
q )ndition. ,.ia II GE
The Csyton.Rics murder case Is to b. taken
from Doddriofe county aud tried al Olsrks.
burg on the 0 b OF next month before judge
atesley. TIE cithculty u procuring Jury IN
Roc tfigs county Is assigned as the reason 70,
tubs change OF vebus. The s.sts vii! bs r. o.
sentcd by lngle, Wilson and Gapo, viii I.
S,uns., blair and John J. Davis will defend
him. The trial will be tedious one, isstine
protaty two we.ks. The best exeriious OF
the cculssl will oe put forth. $40
The Greenbsctsrs Of tbs Fourth Con.
erets!onnl dia,rits held q convention at Par.
keEsbarg on Friday and nominated Col. i.
R. Basbes, OF Mason county, for Congress
He v a. chost IA | y alienation. r. Il. Freer,
Z g., vas made tas nomines Ter Presideu,tai
eltctor. Writ R. Neale Esq OF Wood coun.
", presided. Among other resolutions
ADOPTED was the following: that VIC ayai
ouraelvts OF this opportunity to appovs Of
the present friendly relstious which e1!s
bstwe0u the Green back Labor party xpd the
Republican party Of this Congressional dis.
trict, and hops that the patriotic spirit ex.
hibited BY each may continue until the
pre-. snt dominant parry In the S.a.s Is mad,
20 fully real z, the fact thrt the ''psoplt
must rule" I=55sJEg, - o.ys,,..1ir
John r. Coe, the mn rderer OF Calvin
Wttliams, was s?futeneod by Judge jackson
at Parkersburg Saturday TO twelve ycsrs in.
prisonment II the psnitentiary, alter several
motions looking towards the securing #
another trial, hs1 been m,de by the able
counsel the murderer bad. Tbs sentence i,
hut light nunisbment tor his crime. Ha wss
found guilty OF murder in the cond decree.
fhe Jolnal in socakisg Of the verdict SAYS:
Justice Is about played out In Wood
county. II Is not a crime any more to shon,
down or kill 3 human bting, but an acni
dent due to hsste and an accelerated pulse
Wood county has had aeveral red-hsnded
murdsrers on trisl in the p,ss four year,
ard every ono has 60. of with penalties tba,
oder premium en- c:ime, rather than serve
as warning It Is time to call halt, A
few smart lawyers cannot stand forever be.
tween Justice and and its victims. II Calvin
Wi1tisns wasn't murdered what killed him
BE Is dead, that is certain. Aud what, pray,
is the pen l'y? We do not dcaile TO atir ii,
passion or arouse public indignation unjust.
y, but the way mn tiers have gone on IRON
bad TO worse and tho ,cslsr!.y with which
red.handed murderera sre let OF with few
mouths or q few yesrs Of prison life Is con.
duciye neither tn respect for the law nor 10,
the sacsedoes. Of public life. Ills high time
for CHANGE fz go