The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-04
THE THREE STATES
WHICH SURROUND WHEELING,
Fatal Earning Of Thrse Childrsa-FAtai Cas- Of
Dem,silo Observation-Disclosures Tragedies. 1
21l Disturbing Religion, ssrvIe,s-A Sup. i.
Il posed Dead Baby Re1lvts.

.a.H.# bs'ss $3.50 SSsS ssp'''kss N..t 4s-. p.
Fred Douglass will lecture In llagerstown
next Wednesday. 20 NJ 3 i3i ~ ff,'E, &
Ei Fleming aad wife, OF Berkeley county
celebrated their golden wedding In grand
style last week. ;,E iSGf- nv NJ
Rev. Dr.. emith, President OF Trinity Co..
lese, Hartford, Connecticut, Is q guest al
Trinity Hall, Little Washington. 1b,.
VIII Carleton, the popular poet, has &C.
copied an invitation 10 b. the gl,est OF Judge
Hoke, at kingwood, next summer. -rIT
A six year old little girl OF Smith Neville,
living 10 Mason county, was burned 10 death
recently BY her closk,s catching fire at the
fireplace. ,1.N=, p % a, 9,gg.g N
The Doyle property, ut West Union, which
has now become famous as tho scene OF I 40
by the representative OF the Doyle estate 10 a
man from Tavlcr county by tho name OF
lilnswiller. He expects to keep a grocery or
restaurant. fgl5 S5t93YSN 2byAAI - ~, IN
Prof.. A. L Wade, 81 Morgantown, will lis.
Schools" ut the coming annual meeting In
Washington, on tbs 18th inst. OF tho Depart-
ment OF Superintendent OF the National
Education Association, ofwhich State Super.
'ntendeat B. L Butcher Is President. RI,
The young man. Mitchell Of Petersburg,
who WIT 80 badly frtzsn on the night OF tho
fire at the pulp mill In TIM. city, died las!
week from the effects Of the ire.zing. It was
not thought at the time 1t occurred that the
csse was 20 very serious. II Ia claimed the
immediate cause Of his death was Heart dis.
ease. I'd" EG liz
A shocking accident occurred ut tho house
OF l,asc Kennedy, in Barbour county, a few
days since. While Mrs. Kennedy was max.
Ing a Kettle OF soap one OF her little boyH was
playing with a rabbit which the father had
Killed that morning and fell back into the
kettle Of boiling soap, and WAS so horribly
burned that ho only lived two hours.
Las. week In Doddridge county George
jenkins, Moses Smith and Jts'e Jenkins
vent 10 the school house ut the forks OF
Arnold's creek. where religious services were
being held, AID by their noisy conduct and
prei4pe Language cautsd The mee!!tg to be
broken up. They were arrested and tesen
before Squire Jones, and held to answer au
indictment. 81
A summary Of tho costs incurred by the
State in Doddrljg4 county In the three big
murder css.s tried ut the last two terms Of
court Is a. follows: Little Bill Kinney case
jury Sl0l, witnesses $50. Biz Bill Kinney
cEGe-jusy $l02, Witnesses 1927 John A,
Cation crse-jury $2SS witnes1es, (includiug
the witnesses at Middlebourae, on applica.
ton fer ball. s4il. Total OF all, 1880.
The committee appointed by the cas con.
sumers Of Cambridge, 10 wait on the gas com.
pary aud ask a reduction In price from 81 to
"a 81 per l,e00 feet, reported that the com.
pany absolutely refused to listen or be PEI.
shaded. The resolution, signed by forty or
more consumers consisting OF most OF the
prominent bushes, men, pedglng themselves
to substitute coal oil lamps for gas, va, re-
affirmed and ordered pubiissed.
Last week Allen Mccormick, well known
and highly respected cirz,n OF Aldersoe,
Monroe county, eyed S. committed suicide
BY taking stiychniae. He told the druggist
from whom he purchased 1t, that he wanted
1t to kill Il fox. Nearly an hour later his
wife came into the store and inquired what
had besn given him. When to!d che re-.
marked that in that case her husband was a
dead man. All efforts to relieve him proved
fruitiess. He remained conscious for some
time, and stated that he committed the deed
in his right miad-.hat his life had been reu-
dered d:solatc by domes ic troubles.
A few nights since two little girls aged /
and II yea.a, daughters Of William Morrison,
who lives on B.uiley's creek, in Pocahontss
county, met with horrible deatha Tie house
caught fire lato in the night and burned
down, roasting aliys the two little girls who
were sleeping in n room by themselves
Nothing was taved. Mr.. Morrison, his wife
and four children barely escaped with
nothing but their night cloths. Mr.. Nor
rls0u and his wife were both asleep, and knew
nothirS OF the fro until 1t was too lase 10
save any Of theis effects or avert the aw full
fste that befell two Of their loved ones.
Last wsek twira were barn to Mr.. srd Mrs.
John Mentis, living opposite eistersville.
0ne Of the children WIS "still.born" ard tho
other soon d cd, 10 all appearances. They
we're p!, c d in cold room to aw ait burial,
When the time for burial arrived the eodis
were taken some distance to the cemetery,
where the boti.s Of the babes were disclosed
10 view. To the wonder OF al the babe that
was sarp. sed to have died raised one OF its
arms and uttered faint cry It was taken
back to is mother and Is said to now be tho
liyeliess dead baby in existence. n II
Hoy, son Of Dr.. Joseph Egaas, who is
known In LAWS county as an Indian doctor,
hes befn the ca1ss OF considerable interest In
on! one Ct the school districts Of that county.
Tho school trustees being OF opinion that
Hoy, was not a white child within the mean
ing Of the law, excluded him from the priyi-
!tges OF tho school. ESaus APPEALED 10 the
Board OF Education, aud before the Board
had acted, and while 1t was considering the
matter, Evans sent his boy to school ono
morning, but the teacher d sm:ssed the school
until the Board could act The Board on
Saturday les. sustained the trurtees, and Mr..
Hi znau, the teacher, resumed the school.
The Democrat ssy si"1 be trustees end Board
are generally commended by tho people OF
Hackers Creek for their action in the mat
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