Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-12-07
IN THE STATE.
A Canada Desauiter at Charieston-o Other
News.


News.
Charleston Times: One day last week .
mild and eyen-mannered little man with
dark side whiskers and mustache, stepped
of o c. & o. train, came to this city and
went at once to Meyers restaurant, where
he dined. he did not make many acqualut
ances, spoke to but few persons and, withai
was so quiet that his manner began to at
tract public attention. and thereby hangs
tale. In few days be left, going no one
knows whittier. Nothing was heard from
this strange individual until day or two
ago, when news reached this city that he
had fed from Toronto, Province Of
Ontario, Canada, where he had
served MANY years as Chief Clerk
in leading business house, taking with him
$1,000 of his employers money. This sum
was drawn from Toronto bank on last
Saturday week upon the pretext that 1t was
needed to discharge some bills that came
due the following Monday. The money
was carried to the Office and placed IN tn
safe, no one for q moment questioning the
truth of the mans statement The follow,
ing day he informed his wife, who was then
unable to leave her room, being encienter
that he would leave the city for the day, but
would be at home again the following morn
ing. He then lett and failing to turn up
again according to promise, the truth be-
gan to dawn upon the minds Of his employ
ers, who soon learned OF his having drawn
the sum OF money mentioned from the bank
He came directly to the United States
and went to Detroit, where he endesvored
to exchange his English funds for Uncle
Sans legal tenders. Failing in this, he set
out for Cincinnati, where he succeeded In
accomplishing his purposes, leaving that
city in few days for the South. He was
next heard from at Chattanooga, Tennessee
where he remained few days, when he
boarded northbound train for Louisville.
Strange to say the man made no effort to
conceal his identity, but registered at the
leading hotels in each of the cities visited.
From Louisville he came here, where as
already observed, he avoided the hotels and
conducted himself in o manner which indi-
Gated that he did not want to be known.
For several weeks before lesvi g Canada he
bad been drinking heavily and it is be-
lieved that inebriation, together with do
nestle trouble, temporarily turned his
mind Prior to his departure he bore an
excellent reputation.
What n Wrapper:
Randolph Enterprise A gentleman of
Dry Fork district, short time ago killed
ore OF the most remarkable snakes in APP
pearance that has been seen in this country,
lie visited den of rattlesnskes and killed
about 100. Among the number was Que as
white as snow, with large number of rat
ties on its tail which were OF d deep red
color.
Well, Hardly.
State Journal: Another colored exodus
from South Carolina is under way. Large
numbers of the colored people have started
already for California aud the States west
of the Mississippi, and an immigration on a
large scale appears TO be imminent. The
exodus movement is spreading, moreover,
10 other Southern States.
Bold, Bad Burglars,
State Journal: This morning about
o clock as the driver Of Ais Central bus
was putting his horses away for the night,
he noticed light burning at intervals in s.
B. Kirby 4 Co S Office on Ann street. lie
al once went to the hotel and communicated
with police headquarters by telephone mott
flying the officers that a burglary was being
committed. The police in hurrying down
passed man on the street, suspicious in
manner, who, as soon as they had passed,
ran. He was pursued for two squares but
he distanced his pursuers. They then pro-
ceidtd to the Office where they found that
ar attempt had been made to blow open the
safe. Five holes had been drilled in the
door, but the force of the explosion had act
ed the wrong way and only blowing off the
casing on the inside leaving the lock intact.
A bottle which had contained their powder
was found in the office, but the burglars had
escaped.
Store Robbed.
About o'clock this morning some uu-
Known parties secured an entrance 10 the
store of c. Nelly, on lower Market street, by
prying of the shutter of one window on
Ncale street, and raising the same. The
thieves then proceeded to ransack the
premises, securing two revOlyers, several
pocket knives and about two gallons of
liquor. They may also have taken articles
not vet missed. Although the family lives
over head, no noise was heard, and the bur
glars got away safely with their booty.
.'Joseph Bell"
Parkersburg Sentinel: Mr.. W. P. Hub
bard, writing under the nom-de-plume OF
Joseph Bell, has submitted minority re-
port TO the tax commissioners. Mr.. Hub
bard makes two points, LIST the property OF
the State is assessed at full value; md our
system has the usage of years and should
not be changed. The last census shows our
property to be worth nearly double its as
sessed value, this settles Mr.. Il 5 first point.
The second moss back theory, the present
is good enough, would carry US back to tai
low dips and refuse us the privilege of ad
Y. ncirg to the better lights of to day, would
bar all road to improvement. The minority
:, port is purile in the highest degree, and
rt calls the saying when | an so soon done
for wonder what | was begun for, which
Judge Ferguson used to demolish the pre-
cocious but unwise legislator with.
Distressing.
Putnam Democrat: Mr.. William Dodd
buried his ffteem-months old baby, last
Sunday morning, under very distressing cir
cumstances. II had climbed up to the win.
dow, where the mother had set box OF
concentrated lye which she had been using
for scruS5ing purposes, and by some means
got some ofthe contents in IFS mouth, cGus'
ing death. The family do not believe it
drank any of the liquid, but transferred
enough to its mouth by its fingers 10 cause
it's death. 1t was bright child, and the
psrents are almost heartbroken.
Accidents Serious and Otherwise.
Fairmont Index: A li-yesrold son of Mr..
John n. Conway, Of the vicinity of Loves
Vile, was very seriously hurt by the acct
dental discharge of a shotgun, Saturday
last. The charge entered the boys hand
and wrist, SCATTERING the arm so badly that
it is believed aHputstion will be necessary
Little Jimmy, the youngest son Of james
A. Haggerty, Esq, accidentally fell against
a crate in which there was a fire, on last
Wednesday. and received slight burn on
the back Of his head
o. W;laS and Aythny Sturm emDloy