The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-03
AN OHIO SENSATION
ANooTHRR NEWS
sasp,clcIou, Death Of = Young GIrl At Qaaksr Clty.
Candidates for State en- M-Flu-rstAi
Fall Of 4 Tise-A HomaA'a sulcide-Ol
Property Sold-Dynimi!e GctsGr,

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Rcse ball clubs are being organized In
nearly all the toEns throughont tho State.
Efforts are being made to establish q tele.
phone line from ". George, Tucker county,
TO Rowleaburg, Preston county.
Measles are prevailing extensively in Tsy.
Tor and adloiuing counties. +, In some local..
t'es the disease Lag assumed a very nialig.
nant type.
The coraer stone OF The new Episcopal
church ht Anderson wac laid by tho Masonic
fraternity. ]. w. Arbuckle, EsQ., OF LEVITT
burg, acted as the Most Worthy Grand Mas.
ter. @
Tho dedication Of tho Church OF Christ
will take plscs at Maysville, Grant county,
W. Va, May l1th, 1884. Elder r. 8. Rhoade,
m Cuckoo, Va, will preach on the occa.
sion. Vi.
The Grtcnbacker names Dr.. Barbas Tor Gov.
ernor, J. N. Kendall, OF Richie county, for
superintendent Of Free Schools. and uays
that J. H. Burt, Of this city, can DO Auditor
II ho wants 1t.
Alex, Robinson, an old citixsn OF Green.
brier county, Lying near Ronceyerte, cop,.
United suicide by hanging himself with a
tracs chain, In his barn, Isst Friday. His
mind has been unsettled for some lime.
The Camden Light Artillery OF Martins.
burg has received Two sections Of its battery
and the War Department will forward tho
other sections this month. This company
bids fair to be q crack one in every respect.
The Point Pleasant Register 10 never happy
unless nominating ZONE one to I'LL a State
office. Tho latest candidate II brings out Is
Mo " ~ TAntlfpuNp ~ Afaaap an...tt
who II wants nominated for the Supreme
Bench. 1..al ,0.-|'
The 6leubenyills Herald has the following
sporting notes. w. T. Matkls has purchased
the celebrated tfotting mare Matte H.;
price, u. 600. Sharp & Burns sold to John
McCliuton the roam ge!ding Lex, for @. W.
McCleary. He is said 10 he a promising
young horae.
A few days since John Newkirk, OF Sum.
meTs county, was engaged In cutting down 0
tree, when It Suddenly fell, and before be Or
a boy named Lewis Gully, that was a~ssiatiug
him, could get out Of tho way, both were
caught. Tho boy was Instantly killed and
Nswkirk had his leg broken. ~
The explosion Of fifty pounds oil dynamite,
ct Brady'a tunnel, on Wednesday, night,
shook nearly every hense In Little Washing.
| kVut AAklluuRu q llAS ulekhuls IL III uuueI.
stood that many t0nsof this terrific explosive
are stored on tina hill over the tunnel, and
should 1t DO exploded the town would DO Low.
eled as by AZ earthquake.
Mr,. Emma Bond, OF Barnesvillc, commit
ted suicide & few days sincs BY hanging her.
| self. Ever since the deuth OF her husband,
und on several occasions mads arrangements
to make way with herself. She was u very
eelimable m aud had many friends.
She leaves three children, the oldest aged IL
years, 10 fight lifs'H battles.
The people OF Palatine, Taylor county,
who have been sndeavoring to obtain the
| right OF way through the town for the F.,
NJ. & P. r. R., have not yet succeeded in ac-
complishiIg al! that they desired. The
property holderB within the corporate linitn
have reducad tho price OF right Of way from
SIS. COOL about IS. 1000, which uum is still
believed BY many 10 be too high.
Pittsburgh parties have Gpplied-so and OBJ
tniutd from the Secretary Of State, OF Ohio,
articles Of incorporation tudor the name
and style OF The S%teubenyille Fuel and Gas
Company. The object and purpose OF the
company 10 to supply heat and light to the
people OF steubenviile by means OF natural
gas, conducted through pipes laid under
ground from Washington cauuty, Pc.
The Wellsburg Herald says: Mr.. Ford, the
plate glass manufacturer, was In town several
days last week, looking up property near the
big grs well, with the Intention, we under
stand, OF locatipga works here, il be can Oh
tain suitable ground at a reasonable figure.
He expects to be back in 3 week or 80. He
says Wellaburg is the bes. gas site he knows
Of, and tie new well the biggest oae yet.
The dwelling house of Henry Price about
three miles west OF GAINESVILLE, vas burned
a about no,n q few days since. The fire
originated from burning 800. falling
upon tho roo!. When discovered it
it had gained but little Roadway, having not
burned over Z !cw square tset, but q strong
breeze was blowing, and before a ladder
could be procured from thu barn, it was be-
yond control, aud the entire building was
soon in ruins. Tho less WAS not less than
So 600, on which there was III insurance OF
500.
Tho property Of the Yves. Virginia Oil and
Ol Land Company was soll in Parkersburg
Thursday afternoon. An effort w6s made In
the morning to hAve the court again postpone
tle sale, bur the motion was overrulet; the
court, however, will not confirm the sale
until the juno term. The properly was
siarted ut $50. 0G0 and finally knocked down
at $lG3 COO, to G. Fl. Shattuck, Of Parkers-.
burg. This ends tie remarkable controversy
over this land, cnd nothing now remains 10
BIZ done, save the continuation ci tue sale
aud tie payment Of the money.
The Fairmont lrtet Trginian contains the
following account OF u mysterious case of
uoisonirg; Last veet Miszes Della and Anna
Jaueu, daughters Of George James, who &c:
sides near Adamsviile, Harrison county,
were poisoned with almost fatal effect under
circullstances most mysterious. It 'seens,
according 10 the !nesgrs information at hand,
that one OF the young 'iadics-aliss Della
received g sealed package containing o COM
mon variety Of sugar, accompanied by 8
note purporting to be from her
coEsin, a daughter OF James Nor.
ria, which i~rstructed her to eat the
sugar and burn the euyelote containing 1t
and tho note. The young lady belieying't the
affair 10 be o joke upon the part OF her cous.
in, divided the sugar With her Biater, pnd
both ate Of It. The result proved that the
sugar ives poisoned, AID at last accounts
Miss Della wes not expected To recover
from its effects. A clue has been obtained
to the pe.pstrator OF the inhumuu atzoctty,
and it Is hoped The clue will lead to detec-
ton AMI conviction. q
The town and neighborhood Of QUAKER
City, o., is stirred unusually just now by Il
sensation of the darkest and mcst saddening
nature. A death has occurred under strange
circumstances end auspicion points to a near
relative OF the deceased IS guilty OF q foul
crimc. About four years ago Mahlou Hart
ley married Que John Jones. Al the time
Mrs. Hartley first met him he was q. singing
teacher, with q passsble appearance and
moderately good general reputation. That
was his stock in trade. He married Mrs.
Hartley, settled down upon tho farm, became
a$member and finally q "~pillar" OF the
church. Mrs. Hartley lad thros children by
htrA first marriage, one Of whom, named
Phebe, grew up to be q bright girl OF ninc-
teen, handsome in every way and
with Va character above reprosoh,