Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-28
A DAISY.
A West Virginian With a Weakness
for Women and Horses,
That Will Inevitably Get Him Into Seri-
GUS Trouble Married to Three
Girls Along the Maryland
State Line.

Girls Along the Maryland
State Line.
The region Of country along the north
ern edge of Preston county, this State, the
southern part of Fayette county, Pa, and
the western portion of Garrett county Nd
ia in quite an excited state over the ex-
ploits of one Daniel Gaskill, who has made
for himself an extremely unenviable rep
ptation through an unnatural liking tor
horses and women. Gaskill is undoubted-
" professional in his line OF BUSINESS
although he has made many narrow es-
capes. He made his appearance one dey
lately in Oakland, Garrett county, Nd,
representing himself as o son OF Squire
| Isaac Armstrong, who lives in Fsyettee
county, Pa, and procured q horse and
buggy TO drive 10 Bruceton, Preston coun-
/ ty, W. Va, at which point the squire and
his son are engaged in mercantile bust
ness. The buggy not heing returned
on time, the owner cent his brother to
Bruceton for it and to see why the young
merchant had not kept his word. At
Brucetown the brother learned the true
stste of affairs, and armed with warrant
pursued Daniel who was pleasure riding
near the Pennsylvania line and lavishing
his smiles and attentions upon some OF the
fair eek. But day ahead of those who
were pursuing him, he hied himself into
Somerset county where his trail was lost
and he made good his escape. His pur'
surers reported finding no less than three
women to whom he had been married in q
distance of less than one hundred miles.
Reports come OF Gaskill in other quar-
tiers appropristing two other horses ard
buggies, and about the first of December
he became visible again along the State
line with horse and buggy and woman,
which he had captured in Somerset. He
told the owner Of the horse he was MFR
chant in Sco,tdale, and he and his sister
wanted girl for house work, and on this
statement got the animal and induced q
young girl about fifteen to get into his cap
tured buggy. The father of the girl and
owner OF the buggy with seven others fol
lowed in pursuit At last accounts Dan.
lei had left the buggy and girl, but had
taken the horse and eluded his veDgetul
pursuers.
Dan ia said TO be able, like a red fox, to
tell when bis pursuers ore close on him
and has several times sprang from his
buggy and taken 20 the woods when bis
pursuers were close. Ii IL said be com
menced his exciting and adventurous
career by capturing horse, next appro
priating horse, buggy, and woman, and
one man predicts that his next exploit will
be to steal two horse wagon aid whole
family.
Mr.. Jas. d. Butt, attorney for the late
purchasers Of the Government property al
Harper Ferry, has this 10 say OF the fut.
ure of that place: Il feel confident that 10
the next five years that town will be next
to the city OF Wheeling in point of popula.
ton and industrial pursuits The gentle,
, men who own these immense water pow,
ers on the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers
are fully awake to their values and will de-
velop them to their fullest capacity. They
claim that from the two rivers they can
get a power of 6 900 horses, and to hook
the power Of that number Of horses means
bushes. They have the capital, energy
and ability, and during the coming winter
will mature their plans and may do some
work during the winter in repairing the
canal leading TO their mill sites. Next
spring they will commence to erect shops,
ard by the first of July next will be ready
for business
A Mics Bibby, OF Wood county, has been
confined to her bed for forty years. Upto
within the past year or two she would get
up to have her bed made, but since that
time she has refused to get out of bed. She
seems to be rational and talks with sense.
Just above in Writ county, near Newark, q
family resides by the name of Fouty, con-
sisting Of four maiden sisters, who live
alone One OF these has been in bed tor
twenty.seVen years. and two others have
been in bed of and on for about fifteen
years. They keep a bundle OF withes sit
ting in the corner with which they settle
their differences-as they have a great
deal Of trouble. One singular part of this
remarkable story is that no physician has
ever been able to decide the character II
the disease.
Leutenant.C Colonel Crsighill, having ad-
ver;ised for timber for gates and wickets at
lock and dam No. 6, Kanawhs river, the
following bids were opened Wednesday at
The U. s. Engineers Office in Charleston:
For $1,000 feet B. NJ of frat class white
oak snd 5000 feet B. NJ. of white pine;
Martin, Culp, McWiliams & Co Coalburg,
S22 90 per thousand for oak, and $25 90
for pine. Archibald Young, Charleston,
for oak $23 so per thousand. Humbird,
Shger & Co., Charleston, for oak $29 so;
pine S29 80 Sam'l d. Cox, Charleston,
oak $24 95; and NJ. A. Carroll, Scott, Put.
nam county, for oak $295O. The con-
tract will be awarded to the lowest bidder
Martin, Culp, MeWiliams & Co., Of Cabin
Creek.
At concert given in Charlestown,
Thanksgiving evening, violin was used
which at one time belonged to General
George Washington. The venerable relic
is now the property OF NJ. Thomas B
Washington, of Chsllestown, and descend.
ed to him from his father, Thomas Wash
ington, who received it from Judge Bush.
rod Washington at Mt Vernon A card
on the inside of the instrument shows that
it wac manufactured by Jacob Steiner, a
celebrated German workman, in the year
1915. 1t is therefore over two hundred
years old. The violin, in its original case,
q quaint old box, was presented to the
audience by Hon W. l.. Wilson, in felc.
itous address.
1t is said that two saw mills belonging
to the Pennsylvania Company, together
With large amount Of timte., amounting
To $4,000, located on west fork Of
Ksnawhs, were washed out and DESTROYED
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