The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-02-02
FATAL EXPLOSION
AND MANY orHEs occueatncEs
in the Region Eouni iAboat-A Mig GlaSs Contract
AT B.lA'ft- GraWih Of the Hists Iaicttst at
Wslhbars-.Arrsst OF An Alleged Watch
Thief Various State Items. 8,
There arc SIX cE8es Of. measles among tho
students Of Washington and Jefferson Col.

There arc glr cE6es OF. measles among tho
students Of Washington aud Jefferson Col.
lsge. gs,, AM u >
II IL reported that The mincra at tho Wells.
burg coal SHAFT have encountered tiyo fIot
vein OF camel coal In their explorations liz.
der ground. .l0il 'T@
United gt4tes District Attorney W. H. II,
| Flick mud W. b. Honsiaw, Eau, hayo az.
fociAted theluselyta together At Martinsburn
for the practice o! Law. y"
| Mr.. RalStou, Of Brooke county, who had
his horse killed and sleigh broken by d Pan.
handle train at Wheeling Junction, last
Saturday week has offered to Eettle With tho
railroad company for 300. ia"M
James H, Hamilton. Rspresan tative from
Monroe county, Is o1t In card declir pg
that ho voted for George II. Pend!eton fol-
senator, and Also Tor M open ballot. Al! Ia
not lovely among tho Monroe Democrats.
Tho mcaueat thief turns up at Winchester,
Guernsey county. Hu went to tho house oi
Mrs. Temple, while her BON whs laying out u
corpse, and uso!e his pCcketbook, which ho
hau given Ills mother. containing some $lt
| The PdtkcfsburE aatc journal Is urging
Tho Wood county citIzans TO taks atlvautsgs
OF II splendid opportunity that now offers 10
form Fair Association. Eeale Park Ia now
for sale. Tho grounds arc beautiful and ,sn
DO pnscha:ed very cheap!y ..l..
Thursday morning a boy named Henry
| Btckert, employed In the Marietta Chair
Factory, fell from the fourth story OF that
luanuikctory through M open hutchyay. In
falling he struck one OF thUintctveuiug il oors.
Ills not thought that he can live. '8'-' =
A horse steslcr named Il. G. Williams wa,
several moaths ago arrested, charged with
stealing hoTss I'd Raleigh couuty. After a
hearing before Justic0he waS sont 10 jail Ia
answer au indictment. IL. managed 10 ep
cape from the Raleigh ! al and has been al
lutge until captured ut his home In Raleigh
u lew dsys ago. .. 0II +
Not long since Richard Dumpsslafl Of
PsrkelsourE, went TO Chicago to b. married
to a young lady OF that city. He had every
thipg in reaaiResi for the marriage. Whet
he reached thorn ho found her The vito OF d.
other man. Tho shock experienced By him
at this time, eliminated In his insanity, and
no will BIS removed to the Weston Asylum.
| The repor. comes from Washington, Pa.
that on Thur.day the Uhas!iera WIS on 1
tremendous high, particularly In the yicini.
ty OF Honstonv,lle and Cannonsburg, alops
ihe GhurliRts Valley railroad. Who!s field
were oveitl3ved, feuces were entirely unde,
water, and some OF the garden patches cor,
tanned water three sid four feet 0eep, and IL
some Instances mazda it, way ioto the door,
Of private residences. One gentleman, upcr
going 10 the stable for the purpose Of leediu,
hIs stock this morning, found his ca,;!,
under ws:er with thu exception OF thci
heads, which t.ey succeeded ia keepin,
above tho water. Cakes Of ice weighing toni
were washed hundred yards or more oyel
The banks OF tho strgam. Buchanan bridge
oil tho W < W. rad was washed away snC
trains IRON Waynssburg could no. reach
Washington. II
A serious accident occurred tho fore psr
OF this week to GSorEe, son OF Hanson Wait
farmer who resides on Abram Wilson'S
| shor> Creek farm, in Brooke county. Tt.
young man wns engaged In loading shells tt
used In n breech-teuding gun. a smsll ket
Of powder, abcat three pcu"dy, was stsndiut
at his side. In forcing tight load into /
saell, tho powder In t4e sheil exploded IL
the mans band, almost ssveriug the member
from the hand. A spark al:o fell in The KEY
and caused q terrible explosion. Tho youpt
msn was blown a5ont twenty feet from hi
seat. The ICiss OF the explosion drew the
family to the spos, who found him lying IL
IN unconscious condition, with lhs blood
spou;tue from the Side OF bis head. Dr.. Cox
OF West Liberty, was immediately summon
ed aud dressed his Injuries. Iha left side f
Tho young mans bead was cared In, the lei,
Ger rear!y severed from his head, and hiE
body badly burned With tho powder in
several places. II is also thought that both
eyes have been put cut. Everything thu;
medicine and skin can do /. being done 10,
him, but fsats are entertained that his, in.
jurles will psoye fatal. r.--E.45a -aI. ~