The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-04-14
INHUMAN WRETCHES
AND THEIR DolNas IN saAxroNc co.
A Miscellaneous Budget Of dthsral .Nsus Item,
from, vaflou, pRrts Of tbs State Called from
EIehansss-Nsws from Bsliairs
.r4.". and Other Nearby FlsciB. VIZ
GuyaadoL,e has elected 40 ant..liccps.

GuyAado!te has elected 40 ant!.licers,
ticket. ~. T.gl...5- go
There are only twonty candidates In Bar.
hour county Tor Assessor, according to latest
adyices. And the returns are not all In yst.
Hon. L. W. Wilson has been chosen BY
the Democrats Of Hardy county d cast thor
vote In tbs Charleston convention provided
none Of the delegates elected nrs present.
Ono day last week as VIII Sheppard, CT
Writ county, was travelling through wood
during a wind storm dead tree was broken
down. In falling II struck the young man
and broke one OF his legs. u.
Editor Thompson, OF the Hinton Herald,
hus been making an extensive trip on horse
back through the counties OF Logan md
wyoming, making II vigorous and active
canvass for tho Democratic nomination for
Auditor, ..-l ,... g...s ~ sI.-.ua.II ~
A new depot, new pulp mill, new fire
Alarm syateni, q new transportation com.
Pany, new railroad, new business blocks,
and other projected iuatterJ OF minor import
ance, show that Parksrsburg Is looking up In
the world. .5. :"
The remains Of Paul v. O. Thilly, OF Gin.
cInnati, wero incineiatsd In the LsMoyus
lurnace at Little Washington on Saturday.
Contrary 10 tho usual rule number OF nor.
sons other than the relatives, were permitted
10 witness the incinera,ion. rI aEg.
A farmer OF Lswls county named Ye,key
was fey days since, badly injured by his
horse. lie was seated on the auinlal when
It bscame outraged Ut somsthing aud turning
Its head ssizsd tho mans thigh In lis mouth
and literally stripped tho flesh ir,m Tho
bone. -. 07I =. =
An old man named William Mccartney,
living In Bfa1ton county, tied his len. zeal
old son to a tree QUO day last week and 10,
sosno trivial oAsnse whipped him almost to
dsaih. His back was cut all TO pieces. Had
not his mother interiered heinhumau father
would probably have killed the boy.
Tho Braxton Central says: "rre schoul
houss on Spruce Fork vi sait Lick was
burned last week. As there was no school In
tho honse at ths time, 1t Is pain that II Ia
the work Ct an inceudisry. Braxtoa has Lost
eight school houses within tho last eighteen
months by il'e." VNI'l ~
The officers reports submitted at the IL !.
ing OF the Grand Lodge, X. OF f., held In
Huntington les! week, showed eighteen SD.
bordinate lodges In the State, with mem.
bsrship OF Sl2, being an ircreass of twontY.
one during the year 1888. Eve deaths oc.
CURED uuring The past year. Tne deceased
mamhtrs Rad paid into the bsnefi. fund
sCse75. and their bonsilaisrie, drew out SO, :
010. -
Ada Kurtz. daughter OF tho sheriff OF
franklin county, Pa, has besn regularly
sworn In as his deputy. A g!ancs CT tbs ego
aud bawilching smile will surely make tho
tardy taxpayers OF Franklin county shell
out, No guilty psrly will escape. She Is
tSsnty-shreo y ars OF sgo, accomplished, und
we'll qualified for the position. As soon ~
sworn in ohe proceeded to Greeucas,le,
where abe tesvsd several warrants.
John J. McCumbsrs, OF Braxton county,
was arrested and lodged in jul last week Of.
u warrant charging that MCCumhsrs, In the
fall OF 1883 ssduced Emma Nora Cadla.
daughter OF James Cadlc, by and with her
consent, aad hes since abducted her fem
home and sill depriYes Cadls OF her posses.
sion. The girl is said to bs under Twelve
years old, and, II true, it constitutes rape.
The penalty for such crime is death, c, con-
linement III the penitsptisty. Ali OF the
parties live on the West Fork, near tbs Cal
houn county line. .,-.,l5s