The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-05-05
LOTS OF NEWS NOTES.
PLACES NEARANp FER
FIrs', Shooting scripo and other Scrsp.s In the
State and YleInltI-A Man Arrested for 4
Nearly Forgotten Murdss-E .GcIsrnur
Mathew Funeral StrvlctI, stc., eie.

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Mathew Funeral s.rvIeu, s,e,, dc.
The Clarktburg City Council has passed an
ordinance compelling c~itiz,ua to keep their
ga!es closed.
Two indictments were recently found In
Braxton against John 7. McCumbers, one for
abduction and one for rape.
The berry box manufacturers at Barnes
vile have already manufactured and sold
lsS. 600 boxes for the coming berry season.
Ex-senator W, Fl. Tar, OF Brooke .ounty,
Is out q, Il candidate for State Senator from
this district subject 10 the Democratic nomi.
nation.
Charlie Caldwell, Of Parkerabhrg, he oiths
historic linen duster, has announced himself
as n candidate for prosecuting attorney OF
Wood county.
@. p. Hogue, OF Coalbnrg, KanawhA
county, undertook to lit 4 barrel Of oil, and
in 80 doing burst d blood vessel, causing the
blood 10 il1w into the vitreous chamber OF
the eye. producing total blindness
Miss Battle P. Jonss, daughter OF John P.
Jones, Esq one OF Preston %county's most
accomplished young ladies, has graduated
from the Women's Medical College at Bslti-
more. She was awarded the second honorH.
A driving park association has been form.
ed at Steubenvillo with eighty or more mem.
bars. W. r. Donaldson Is president and a
full board OF directors has bssn chosen. DR..
Croskey'a Hill Top driving park has been
leased. :
The Democrats Of Barbour county will
hold a county convention to-day, for the
purpose Of nominating tnlssrs. As there
are about five Democrats willing to accept
each c lice, the prospects for a lively limo are
favorable. d
Capt. J. ]. soipio Hass!sr is reported as
feeling very sauguine Of SUCCESS In his con.
test for the nomination fs State Auditor, and
says that he will get the Second distric,
solid, the Fourth nearly SO, two.thirdH CT The
First and a few votes from the Third.
Asa 6quireasnd Michael Lloyd, both young
men Of good standing In Bra1ton county,
had a misunderstanding over some trivial
affair and Lloyd drew a knife md cut squircs
in the face and abdomen. Lloyd left the
County. It Is believed that Squires will re.
cover.
The West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh
railway has been completed 10 Fnlrisx, AZ
miles from Piedmont, and the first train
passed over the new portion Of the road
Thuraday. The rosd had previously been
completed 10 Elkins, % miles from Pied.
mont.
James W. Tasker, q well-to-do farmer liy
ing near oakland, has bssn arrested charged
with the ruin Of his daughter. Heis45 yeart
old and the father Of q large family. The
charge was brought by q neiehbor named
Wesley Lee. The girl has bsen in Virginia
for over ak months, having bssn sent there
by her father. r.,
Mr.. HARRY A. LEE, business manager O.
the Bunch tf Keys" company, was in the
city Saturday arranging for the presentation
ol this famous comedy farce ut the Wheeling
Opera House, May Is and lG "Alvyn Jos.
lyn," Haverly's Msstodons and Joe Emmett,
in "Fritz as 8 Bohemian" will follow this, and
close the Ia s)n.
A faw nights since the store house of L..
faye!te Vinson, Of Wayne, county, caught
fire and was burned to the ground. A,large
stock OF goods was In the building OF the
lime and was entirely destroyed. The lots
will reach about 5000. There was no in.
surence. II is a very serious loss to Viaaon,
aud one that it will be hard for him to bear.
Dr.. II. A. Nash, of Graham Coal Mine,
Eauawhs county, u man Of culture and co.
cial position, under the ga'ss OF medical al.
wiser, has, the Charleston Leader says, '.suc.
ceeded in corrupting and ruiniug = beautiful
girl, the daughter OF his neighbor and his
friend. This man Is well known in Charles.
ton ard vicinity, and from what we know OF
his former antecedsn:s world not hesitate to
Commit the oiIsnse OF which he is accused
The result OF the postmortsm upon the
body Of PL.soe Hsrtly OF Quaker City o., the
girl whnn 1t wss supposed had been seduced
ny Jones, her step-fathsr, showed that abe
had taken ergot. The Guernsey. Times says:
E.Nolhing WIS developed that would tend to
tusten guilt upon JONES', the step-fsthsr. 1t
Is believed by quite a number that the real
secucer Ta3 u young nan named Long, as
deceased at one time mads siilisivt, but
many yet believe that Jones is the guilty
party and accessory to her DEATH"
A young man named Tom Merzsy, oil
Torch, Wood county, has been arrested
charged with the murder OF Ben Langti,t.
Lapghts's mangled corpse wss found about q
year ago on the railroad track near that
plsce. The head wss almost severed from
the body, but there was not a particle OF blood
on the track where no was killed, and yet nl.
most Al hour Get1ra his mSngIed remSins
were found he had been put 10
bed in an intoxicated condition; it hardly
tseemed probable that he would get up and
deliberately plsco himself across the track.
MeHziy has told many contradictory ate
ries Of the affair, aud tha. was one OF the
principal means of srousing suspicion. He
explained the blood in the bed occupied by
Lanettt, which had penetrated through ail
the bedding, as coming from u bleeding nose.
The Greenbrier. independent says of the
funeral Of Ex-Governor Mathews: Yesterday
morning all that wss mortal Of our emi.
Ieut friend and generous fsllow-citiz,n was
consigned to the grave in the family burying
ground Of the duccssed in the Lswisoufg
Cemetery. Tho funeral sermon, 8 very feel.
Ing and comforting address, was preached by
Rev. J. W. Hosebro, pastor Of tho Lewishurg
Presbyterian Church, 10 IN immense audi
ence, from the l4:h chapter OF John, be.
ginning with the first verse: list not your
heart be touched, y utc. Tho nall bearerQ on
tho occasion were: Judge Homer A. Holt,
Judge J. NJ. McWhorter, Col. James W. Davis,
Majors John W. Harris and Fl. Fl. Harrisons
Capt. i. y. Dennis. Dl. VIM. P. Rucksr, aud
Thos. H. Dennis, John W. Arhuokle. John
Withrow, John A. Preston, John G. Cox,
Jas. O.. Mapi,srson, H. CLAY Cabell, John
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