The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-16
rHRouaa THE STATE.
Accidents aud IooidsntS in West YIrGiniI
Aud Vicinity,

aud Vicinity,
steubenville now has society for tn
Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals ant
Children.
Thirty.sevsn new postofiices have beer
established in this State since the first o.
January, 1855,
Pilot Joe Alexander, one Of the ole
river pilots, has quit steamboating and il
ct present running the skating rink al
Moundsville.
Thomas Bodkin, OF Harrison county
whils iu mine digging coal had one arm
80 badly crushed by fall OF slate that 1t
had to be amputated.
Work has been suspended on the new
Court House at st. Clsirsville for this sea.
son. There will probably bs but little
more work done until the warm days Of
'S6
Saturday morning the well at Little
Washington known as the Gordon No. .
struck heavy pocket Of gas at 1900 feet.
The gas iznitGd and nearly burned down
tho derrick.
Mrs. Luette Eng!ow, living in Barbour
county, about six miles from Philippi, was
burned to death last week by her clothing
taking fire while spinning in front Of an
open fire place.
DR.. Charles H. McLane, OF Steubenville,
Ohio, and Mr.. Philip S. Basnett, narrowly
escaped drowning in Pawpaw creek, near
Fairmont, last Friday evening. The
vehicle in which they were riding upset as
they were crossing the stream.
The hog cholera has been quite destruc.
tive in its effects in part OF Jefferson
county recently. Mr.. VIM. A. Shaw lost
about fifty head by the disease, and
Messrs. S. H. Fergaas, Adam Young, Levi
Porter and others have alsolost heavily.
James Pickens, OF Barbour county,
while in Clarksburg fe@days since lost
his pocket book, containing about Sl,S06
in money and notes Of $1,000 to 5000.
The pocket book was afterwards found
containg the notes and papers but no
money. -.
Alfred E. Irwin, formerly connected
with the Charleston LEADER, and lately a
mail agent on the Chesapeake 4 Ohio road,
was shot in Bodkin's saloon at Charleston
Friday night by Ed Bodkin, and died Satur.
day. Bodkin supposed the revolver was
empty, and pointed 1t at Irwin in sport.
John H. Proudfoot, one OF the largest
farmers and stock dealers in Barbour
county, has made an assignment; liabili-
ties sos, 900, with assets far below that
amount Much of his Indebtedness is TO
the banks OF Grafton, Clarksburg and
Kingwood. This failure will likely carry
with 1t others,so that its edsc!s will doubt.
less be far reaching.
The Buckhannon Lumber Company,
newly incorporated concern, Organized
at Weston last week by the cleo
ton OF the following directors: ]. n. Cam
den, NJ. W. Harrison, Thomas A. Ed.
wards, &. A. Newton, A. II. Kunst, Levi
Leonard, D; D. T. Farnsworth, W. f.
Lively and Isaac Jackson. The directors
afterwards orgatized by the election Of ].
N. Camden, president; G. A. Newton,
vice president, and R. L. Hudkins, secre-
tasy and treasurer.
An Ohio paper is responsible for this
libel: Over in West Virginia the pocket
flask is called "tickler," aud every far
mer has one. In some country stores
stout linen cord may be seen hanging from
the ceiling to the floor. The purchaser,
clipping quarter OF dollar into the split
cork OF his TICKER" ties the empty bottle
to the string and walks out Of he place.
As soon as the coast is clear the "tickler"
is rapidly drawn up, passed through
small trap in the ceiling, filed and return
cd The purchaser enters, unties his pre-
cious bottle, aud, concealing it in his
pocket, rides awsy to enjoy his toddy in
solitude and peace.