The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-03-15
Recent DOiugs Of Wcst virginians and
.Iigz'-E-Ft their heirftlnra .gEt 5E .i..ElH e.

the oh day OF April at Point Pleasant, 10
select delegates 10 the Chicago convention. 2
The Democrats OF Washington county, Pa.
Instructed their delegates 10 the State Con.
veniion to vote for Randall delegates to the
National Convention, and the Republicans
elected &. +. Acheson, Of tho Observer, d
Blains man, delegate 10 the National Con.
yention. f1.ii' ~ ~ i-s 7...:ll no
CLARK Wise is tho name Of tough youth in
Marion county who IL now In jail for prutsll7
bcaiipg bis fa,hsr. He has alwsys been
known as d msddlesome fellow, and on one
occasion whipped his mother who is q very
old woman. he las also thrashed his father
on sey6,al occasions. u.s.
Terra Alta Is q bad place for tramps. Last
week rather hard looking c!tiz ~ OF foreign
birth passed through that place aud was IN
ne'citully pslted with stones and snow balls
| thrown By ths young MEN Of the place, The
tramp went to the Mayor for projection, al
last report sixteen Of the hospitable YOUTH
had been arraignsd. -. ,f
Daniel Davis, Of Minco, who was tsken te
oteubenYille day or two ago, es then chron
iced In the 1NrELLlGgNcER, and confined |,
Jail runderthe impression that no WAS Insane
| put whose ailment proved nfterwaru to be ,
!
after suffering succession of muscular
spasms evsr siuce his con tlueneut. @ 80
About two weeks ago Bruce Dodson, who
lives q short distance above 5stersvillc, sho
| himself through the right hand with sho
gun: The wound was a dangerous one and
the hand ahould have been amputated a,
once, bu. the operation was not performeG
| Tor some cause, and lockjsw has set in, from
which ms n IL n nj Ia
Tho report that William Kraft, Of Parkers
burg, had assigned, as published yesterday
Is now desied by the State Journal, which
first gave publicity to the report. The report
| arose from the fac. that two deeds Of t,usi
had baen recorded In favor OF &. II. Thoms.
! II Co., and Mrs. Nancy Moore, of Wheeling
by him for the aggregate gum OF over 10, 600
VIM Bryant, who was indicted by the last
Grand Jury, for the killing OF John .Weisner
Mt Barnesyille, several yeafs ago, had bis case
to come up In court 81 St. Claissyille, Wed.
nesdny, and after the examination OF mum.
Der OF witnessea and hearing OF the case, ii
was given over to the jury, who, after being
out some time, returned verdict Of moi
guilty. f..s
The Parkersburg STATE Journal says: The oil
interests arc hoVmiog. Six wells have been
shot In the Mackshu:g oil region, and
more are yet to be heard from. The wells
which ars completed arc giving oil in paying
qnaulilie1. No. ds6uise news has basa re-
ceiyet yet. but rumor has it that the opera.
tors are aIl jubilant, and the people of that
neishhorhood are experiencing an old.time
oil ez element. -.
A special from Piedmont says: Fire ives
discovered in the old Virginia mine several
days ago, aud has been burning steadily ur.
I'll Thursday, when ex.Mine inspector Rior.
dan succeeded in e1inguishing it. This
mine belongs to Davis & Bro, atd is on tho
line OF the W. Va, G. e. P. railroad, two miles
| west Of this place. II hsa not been worked
for about ten years. The fire Was kept in
| check SO that the damage is not heavy.