The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-01

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lp. from the Exchanges. d.
& ~Ironton, Ohio, lost by the late food, $780,.
$50. S
Near Wsyuesburg, Pa, a few days since,
the residence and store OF Daniel Shirk were
destroyed by fire. Loss about $40, 900.
Jsmes Martin has been arrested for hos
| ealing in Greenhrier county. He is now / 10
jsil at Lewisburg awaiting trial at the next
term OF court.
Hinton is ve1ed with a set Of burglars.
The store Of A. B. Perkins wa7 broken open
lately, but from some cause the thieves left
before securing any booty. This IL the sec
ond attempt within the past few weeks.
Kingwood district, Preston county, has a
permanent organization OF ex-soldiers, look.
ing toward the reunion next summer,
Joseph NJ. Goodwin has been elected Captain,
Leroy Shaw First Lieutenant, aud James Z.
Murdoch. Second Lieutenant.
The people Of Wel!sburg at a mass meet
ing held a few days ago, passed a resolution
thanking the cit:zsns Of Wheeling, Pitts.
burgh, Washington, Pa, Durgst.stown, Cadiz
and other points for generous donations
during the time Of the trouble.
Ills not oftsn that a man can gather Il
family OF six or eight OF his own children
about him to celebrate his ninth birthday,
and yet Washington, always keeping al the
head Of the procession, furnishes such q citi.
zen 10 the person Of George Lowe. the green.
house man. George way bern in England,
February 10Th, 1913, aud consequently hai
only been able to enjoy eight occurrences Of
titled to celebrate it in the good old fashioned
style OF "Merris England" = Washington Daily
Reporter.
s resident OF M%onongalia county entered
the store of Messrs. T. w. Fleming e. Bros,
OF Fairmont, in the early part Of tho week,
He stood and locked around the establish.
ment for som,e time, till thinking no one was
looking he helped himself to u pair OF shoss.
The act was seen and the thief overtakep and
aeked to disgorge. At first he denied the
theft, but at laa. owned up and offered to buy
the shoes at any price. The man has a fsmi.
ly, Is in good circumstances aud his father Is
said to ba Que Of the wealthy men OF Monon.
gala county. 500
Some tima in 1877 q Mr.. Jared Rodshesur
had herse stolen from him, presumably BY
one Seth mckinney. Believing him to DO Ut
his home In 6tarke county, Ohio, he wrote
10 the sheriff OF that county and in reply re-
ceiyed the following letter: Yours received
making inquiry as To Beth Mckinney.
know him. He wns raised about ten miles
from this city. He committed a crime In
Michigan and fed from that State TO his old
homo. He then went 10 Indiana 10 an upcls
OF bis, and In an alteration with a cousin OF
bis by the name Of Miller, was shot aud
killed in his tracks. This was about two
years ago."
z The Preston county Jou17la, publishes the
following: On Friday night, the 18th, MIR.
Abraham Elsey, who,lived about two mill
from Painters Mills, set fire 10 his house and
burnt ittup,T with all its contents. Hs de.
clares that some ..forcign miners" had under.
mined his house, that he frequently saw the
building rise; that gus having the odor OF
burning oil escaped from the mine and
iSnited in his cooking stove, and that he had
seen smoke Issue from the mine aud 20 up Ia
the corner Of his house. To destroy the vii.
lains, he set fire to the building. He desired
to surprise the foreign miners,n and there.
fore wanted TO have a quick fire, 80 be nut a
fame 10 his chaf tick. 1t not, burning as
freely as he expected, he put out the fire with
water, and tried several other plans before he
succeeded in getting the flames to burn 10
suit his fancy. When the %ueighbors arrived
they found Mr.. Eissy running to and fro
from the fire, declaiming and gestioulatinc
wildly. He saved nothing except a suit Of
clothes, and these be must, according to- bis
story, have put on after he 60. out Of the house,
for he says that he hung his coat on the
palinss while he was putting on bis trousers.
and the FIRE burnt a hole in the lining of the
coat He Was arrested and pronounced In.
sane. About I'VE or si1 years ago be wa at
the Asylum ut Weston for a year.
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