The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-08-23
RECENT HAPPENINGS
IN VARIOUS PARTS OF THE STATE
And Near yielaity-ratai Accident, roalhfsl Mar,
rliss, Newspaper PruEt.n. awlht Desperate /.
Deed, Hancock County ,Msalts, an
Attempt 81 ssieids and 30 Forth.

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Tbs Jackson Herald has enlarged 10 an
eight.page paper, and 10 as 40 nswsy, neat and
psogrer1iye AZ ever. n 81 n a
A marriage license was Issued In Summers
county this wsek TO groom who was but u
snd tho bride but l6years OF sgs. IS.
There will be reunion OF the soldiers OF
Company A, First Vast Virginia Cavalry, at
Morgantowr, on the 18Th day OF September.
atcubenville has not purohs,ed new fire
engine, but the ht7 purchased o street
sweeping machine. The Cfly OF Natural Ad.
yautageu ID getting along finely In metropolis
tan ways. ,lgA ~ ]4 - N
The snreliss OF A. r. Johnson, The post.
MISTER Of Grsntsville, Calhoun county, who
dccamped 10 INTERNATIONALLY last week, have
rraopened the etilcs and put In man uGmsd
Hamilton. NEHff'ff.l ,i77 5TITt n
!. Cholera Ia playing hLyoo with hogs In
Gtsnt county. Agreat many have died Ia
Hardy county alsn. CARAT Cunning.
ham, Of Hardy, had a number killed
that had taken the t'itcsse. e.
Q. F. Mcbride. formerly. editor Of the
dsiunct Hinton Republican, he, procured
ihs material Tor q new paper, aud Summers
county Will once more hR, o tho benefit OF the
eiVllztns isa aancs oil q Republican paper.
A sensation was created In the upper mar,
o. Wellsburg few. days nincs by Rober
Nichols attempting to commit suicide BY
taking stryohnine. A stomach pump we,
brought into requisition and ho was Bivtd.
The drought has been 80 ssvsrs out ,ht
Hempfsld and at Little Wt9hington that III.
depsrsmentI In Hayes carriage factory run
BY s'esm had to be- shut down, 1t not bsing
po.aihle to SECURE enough water 10 feed the
boilers. - ~
The Ohio River Railroad Company was In.
dioted by the lat Tyler county Grand Jury
for not having replaced and repaired the
county road loading up and down the river,
destroyed and damsgsd by the construction
OF the railroad. r.. 5ta5- s.59g4 .1
A few nights since Col. Summers, who re.
sides near Charleston, was awakened by two
pistol shot1 Going out 10 ascertain the
GAUGE, DO found that some william had shot a
tiae pair ell mules he owned. Tho shooter Is
known aud warrant has been iss,usd for
hin urrost. ~
David Waugh, the missing ferryman al
stanbenville, was found q. the residence oil
his brother, up Salt Run. His absence 10 &C.
counted for on the ground that bis boat WIS
not paying, and the ee1lest way out Of his
troubles Wet to allow the boat to b. tied up,
which ha, been done on an attachment ior
$lo3 65. w. z. :. -
Rev. J. F. Cowan, prssor OF the NJ. P.
Church at Fairmont he3 been appointed 10
The position Of editor OF sll Methodist Pro.
t.steot Sunday School publications, with
headquarters at Fit,1burgh, which position
he will accept, entering upon the work about
the 1stol ssptembsr. Rev. Mr.. Cowau Is an
able msn and Is very popular wherever he Ii
known. ..EF 49,, q s3f- 4
The Kanavhs Gsz,tte says thst few dsyl
s!ncs Mrs. Charles 6ummsffeld benama con.
sldssably wrought up over some trivial aeal'
and sat fire 10 her husbands house and
burned 1t and all the effects to the ground.
She mads the threat several weeks $50 that
see would d.stroy the houso and then drown
herself, which she seems to have done, o.
nothing he1 been seen or heard OF her since.
The FAirmont West Virslnian says that two
hundred men were discharged from the work
OF construction OF the new Baltimore & OHIO
line e., n. 4 P. on Saturday last, and II Ia
| understood that they were discharged for the
retsoa that the work WIS progre:.ing too
rapidly. This does not tally we'll With the
declaration made recently by Mr.. Clements
1t WEB the understanding that the line would
lave cars running 10 Morgantown by Chris.
m.s. =
John Miller, sr., owner Of a ss#mill In
Calhoun county, one day this week visited
his mill Tor the purpose OF looking around
sud examining things. A portion OF the
mschinery YVES running, although the men
had gone to dinner. MI. Miller went into
the Raw pit, and forgetting that the circular
SAWS twere running, rose up suddenly and
Brought his head Ia contact with ous OF
them. His scalp IVES frightfully mangled
and his skull fractured. He will probably die
The copper bog that wts ruthlessly taken
from ths corner stone Of tho old Capitol
building st Charleston by the contractor and
which VS. recovered, has been placed in a
atone in the new building and ooverea with
q esp sloue. This latter stone Is en- or.
Damsntaily carved work, placed on the top
OF the pillar between the arched windows In
the fourth story OF the tower in front. The
stons holding the box Is called In architect.
ure the "Mullion." That on top Is the
sprir ging of the arch. 94
The so.called silver ore found on csrtaiu
farms In HANCOCK county Ia to be Thoroughly
tes.sd and Developed. Tho parties who own
the land on which the ore Is found have con.
tidence thu. 1t is there In ps7iag quautisic,,
and 1t Ia t, be hoped that Their theory usy
provo correct. A fro brick manufacturer Il
long experience rays that heavy vein Of the
hes. Bolivar fra clay be he's ever seen 10
found on th:.e iarms, sud indeed Oh mum.
Der OF ierma In this section. The tins Is no
doubt coming when this clRy will be yalu.