Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-11-23
rHE STATE AT LARGE.
The Doisxs and sayings OF Our countr
Cousins.

| The Doisss and sayings OF Our Country
Cousins. "
Raleigh Index: Some time ago Jas. I.
McCreery, of this county. purchased at
commissioners sale in Wyoming county
about 1000 acres ofland at nominal sum.
BY q late decision of thei Supreme Court of
this State Mr.. McCreery gets perfect title
to bis purchase which consists OF y very val.
liable tract of land, underlsyed with ten
foot wien Of coal, known as the Pocahontas
vein, and three other large veins. 1t Is
also covered with timber OF very valuable
varieties. The land is worth at least $500
per acre and truly Mr.. McCreery is in luck.
why mote
Clarksburg News: A salmon weighing
ten pounds was captured in the river near
here few days since. II will be remem-
bered that in 1879 the Fish Commissioner
sent a large number of salmon here, which
were placed in the West fork. Why not ap-
ply for moreH
Desecrating Graves.
Morgan Mercury: There seems to be great
complaint from lot owners in the cemetery
of persons desecrating graves by destroying
flowers and shrubbery placed there Mr.. j:
I. Siler last spring purchased and planted
in his lot some nice eVergreens which have
been pulled and plucked at until they are
now smaller than when first planted. Mr..
Michael Pentoney, Jr., who had some very
fine flowers and shrubbery planted in his
lot, went there one day recently 10 look att
er them and found all but one plant pulled
up and thrown on the ground, dead. The
town council should at once adopt an ordi-
nance imposing fine on AMI person or per
sons caught at such work.
Fatal Accident
Harrison Democrat: Mr.. Rice G. Sass
fell from his wagon near James SCOTS on
Hunger's Creek, Summers county, on last
Thursday about noon and received injuries
from the wheels striking him, from which
he died IN about twelve hours.
The American Eagle Killed.
Clarksburg Telegram: Mr.. John J. Nor
rls brought to this office on Monday last,
the head aud talon of an American grey
eagle, which he recently killed in Braxton
county. The eagle weighed 2l} pounds,
and measured seven feet from tip to tip of
the wings.
buck aSue.
South Branch Gazette: Last Saturday
there was q deer hunt up North Mill Creek.
The party was composed Of MessrS. Henry
Harness, Geo S. Harness and two Of his
sons, George and Marshal, Ike and Abe
Shobe and several others. They succeeded
in killing two deer-a small one and large
one. Considerable fun was had and several
of the boys had the buck ague" severely.
George Harness, Jr., was sitting at
his crossing when FIVE deer, all together,
ran right up to him. If it had been one
deer he could have stood it, but FIVE deer,
all at once, was too much for his nerves,
aud threw him into a very bad case Of fever,
and forgetting he had gun, set up ter
rife yelling. He recovered his faculties,
however, and commenced shooting. The
bows say they thought George had shot two
or three times; but he had fired eight shots
from his sixteen shooter, and the result was
three crippled deer. The dogs caught one OF
the wounded deer and the other succeedediu
getting away. Another deer ventured out
of the brush and after being fired on about
seven times fell with two bullets in his car
cass. When he first camein Ike ShObe
and Marshal Harness ran down the road to
head him of. Ike ran by the deer, but
fired at him as he crossed behind. But
Marshal left his horse and ran along the
fence, when the deer came right to him and
Jumped over the fence not ten feet from
Marshal, who fired at him with one barrel of
his gun and was so excited that he couldn't
find the hammer to the other barrel "Oh!
| couldn't take any aim" Marshal
told the boys. Henry Harness got
a shot and struck it, and several others shot
at it. Most of the party went up the road
further. One of the dogs came to the road
at Mr. David Sites shop. He drove the dog
off and it started home. The dog had gone
but short distance when it met man on
his way home from Petersburg, The man
chaught the dog and cut its throat 1t was
a bold trick and narrow escape. Had he
not been in bend of the road he would
have been caught in the act, as Abe Shobe
came up and found the dog before it was
dead. So the party got two deer and lost
one of their best dogr.
Coal in CRbell.
State Journal; A very fine four foot
vein # coal has been found near limiting
ION, in an accidental manner. Last
springs storms blew down an old monarch
Of the forest aud this, falling against an
other, bore it also to the ground. A farmer
living near there who had been miner,
CHANGED to pass the spot and noticed what
he thought at the time was the blossom Of
coal. He brought msttock and very soon
ascertained that his surmise was correct.
Further developments showed four feet OF
first rate coal without parting strip Of slate
or other material The mine is now being
worked day and night