The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-04
LITTLE HtaL KINNEY
Cats II Ysars-HiS B,il's Trial-Other
State Notss. .GN"U

. state Notes.
IA. J. Harris, q Msrahall county farmer,
lost bio stable and contents by fre one day
last week, Il being Atruck by Lightning.
The two Democratic papers OF Brooke
county are commanding 10 work up the
boom for Brot. W. X. Formulation for Congress
from this distrfct.. The Democratic conveu.
lion Is hardly likely 10 nominate him.
The reported ,als Of the McGugln well 10
tho Wssting house company hrs turusd
out 10 DO without foundation. Capt. Ford.
OF the Plata Glaa, Company. who, with bio
son and MI. WIN Nelson. Of Pittsburgh, arc
tho sole owners, has stated that tho we'll 10
not sold and will not bs sold. d
Tbs Huntington Adyrti,sr with . cool
calmness announces that It Will not put the
names Of candidate, at tho he.d Of IT. col.
umn unlers tho following tariff IL complied
with: For Governor, 80; other Stats off.
GERS, $25; Congressman. 500; Senator, $50;
County officers, $40; District officers. IS.
The Pan.Handa 'Ntw, says: The DAi1eli
Bros. i Gilmore, who have II pended a largo
amount OF money In ereoting a large glass
house In Midway and ars the Owners OF tbs
"Wil % the Wisp" gas well. bavd discharged
their hands and suspended operation Tor tas
preaent. This cause 10 said to ba s.agnAtlon
In the glass business. The firm IL reported
10 be out Of debt. -
A few days since Samuel Lemley, q "a.
speot1ble cftiE,n Of Marion county, ives
found by bis wife In a field where he had
been at work, lying on the ground senssless
| with @ severe wound on bis hesd, which
looked like 1t had been In ttotsd with q heavy
club. He wa1 taken home, whare he remsins
In u precarious condition. 1t 10 believed
| At..k kh~ -,1,rI ~ ~.oAtunA - a. hrrl -
Lemley's brother, who he, fsd.J ~
Ayoung man named Dock Auglin. and hail.
ing IRON Barbour county, arrived iu Buck.
harmon one day last week, and after getting
comfortably drui k announced his intention
Of marrying hts companion, Rachel Shock
ley, Of Upshur county. After considerable
morning the groom Wal taken in charge by
Sheriff Heathley and 4 poa,e from Barbour
county on a warrant for horse stealing. He
10 boarding at Philippi at the oounty'a ex.
psnse, and his bride walls bis return with
teArs. |b w
A brutal and no doubt fatal s.sault wrs
made in Marietta Saturday morning. UPON a
marble worker named M~eissnhelder, By a
grocer named Johnny Waters. Waters had
been on a spses foz several days and having
\ grudge, against MeisenheIdsr, whose shop
joins the formers store. shArpened up bis
natehet aAd with threats set out to assault
him.. He out h!s victim In tho back Of the
head, the arms, back and other places, before
being dragged OF by the spec. ,tors. i. Is de.
scribsd at u terribly bfdtst and uuprovoked
essault and one that will In all possibility re-
sult fatally. There 10 great X itemsnt and
Waters 10 under arrest.
During the past week the second trial OF
Big Bill Kinney for tbs murder OF the store
keeper. Barney Doyle. and lis dsughttr In
April, 1883, near West Union, Doddridge
county, has been In p,ogre.s at West Union.
It will be remembered that the Try Ola.
: agreed on the first trial. How this occurred
1t 10 hard to conceive, as the testimony wss
direct and conclusive, showing the crime to
have been one OF the mos. brutal aad afro
cious ever committed in the State. The de-
tails 81 the murder must still bs fresh In the
minds Of readers. Daring the week the coun.
sci for the State desired 10 use Little Bill
Kinney as q witness against Big Bill Kinney
Little Bill having been found guilty Of
murder 10 the second degree and the law be-
Ing such that counsel for the State thaugbt
he was incompetent ss q witner3 until be
should BE- ssntsuced,} wss accordingly
brought to the bar OF tho court, and esk, d
the usual question, III he had anything 10
say why hs should not be sentenced" he
replied, Nothing" and the court sentenced
him to seventeen years In the p%enitentiary.