Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-12-28

& %, 1885.
inc q game of ten pins be ran splinter
under his nail and into his finger up tothe
second Joint. When he thought he was
nearly well, he was seized with locFlaw,
and died after great suffering. He was to
have been married two days after the day
81 his death.
Last Sunday night the still house be-
longing to E. W. Snuffer, of Coal River
Marshes, Raleigh county, together with
several tubs OF pumace and other appur-
tensnces, were destroyed by fire. The
still being filled with water was not injured,
put the worm was unsoldered by the heat.
There had been no fire in the house for
several days and it must have been the
work of an incendiary.
Next October the town Of ChariesloWn,
Jefferson county, will celebrate the centen-
NAL anniversary Of its founding. The citi'
zens, with commendsble promptness, have
already begun to move IN the way OF prop
erly celebrating the event. A meeting has
been held, committees appointed, &c.
The B. & o. started a new passenger
engine Wednesday on the first Division
as an experiment. 1t is intended to burn
hard coal, and not to throw sparks The
cab is over the wheels and next the smoke
stack, very much as in the camel backs.
1t is similar to the engines used on the
Reading road.
A dog belonging to Mr.. VIM. A. Alex
ander was discovered in the depths of q
cave on Mr.. AS farm, near Lewisburg
q few days ego, where he had been i'm
prisoned for two weeks past, and from
which he was unable to extricate himself.
he was alive, but very feeble.
A little child Of Stephen Lee, farmer
living in Spring Creek district, Writ county
dropped dead few days ago whilst walk
ing from the breakfast table, where it haG
partaken of hearty meal to the door
The little fellow was four or FIVE years old
Among the notables of the picturesque
little town of Anderson, w. Va, is the
well known authoress, Mrs. A. McVey
Miller. She is a successful writer of the
sensational order, and her writings alone
bring her an income of$6, 900 per annum
James G. Blaine, Stonewsll Jackson and
Philip Doddridge were born within the
original limits Of Monongalia county, &C
that they may really be clsssed with the
Offspring OF the Mountain State.
Clel. Sbafer, Of RaveBswood, is in a bst
fix, having accidentally stuck his knit
blade into bis leg Just below the knee cap
and broken the point of in the bone
Fears are entertained that he will not re-
cover.
The Chesapeake and Ohio has issued 6
morocco bound book containing twentI
arto,ype views Of the picturesque scenery
along the line Of the road, from origins
photos by West Virginia artist
On Saturday night at Oak Grove, lyle
county, ss Mr.. A. T. Smith stepped out 0
the church door after services, he wal
struck twice with club by a young mel
named Robert Gathers.
Hon. George c. SturgisS, Of Morgantowp
who was the Republican candidate TO
Governor in 80 was the first COUNT
superintendent OF schools in Monongalir
county.
W. T. Williams, an old Lewis count,
boy, has been sent by the Republicans o
Polk county, Iowa, TO the State Senate, q
Secretary of that body.
From correspondence in the Ceredc
Advance, we learn that gold or something
that looks like it, has been found on Twelve
Pole Creek, Wayne county
A certain young man Of Webster county
recently traded 1870 acres of land, 10 acres
OF which was improved, for a colt valued
at $3j.
Out Of thirty-three petitions to Governor
Wilson to pardon that many conVicts only
one has been psrdoned.
Thirty.fve families residing in Psnnsyl
vania have purchased land in Nicholas
county and will move on it next spring.
After a stay of forty. one days in the
Mcdowell county jail, Col. Jaeger paid hi:
fine under protest.
Prof. W. X. Pendleton, of Bethany Col
lege, has gone to Florida 10 spend the win
ter.
A new code Of signals has been adopted
on The Weston and Buckhannon and
Clarksburg and Weston railroads.
Whooping cough and hog cholera are
reported in the vicinity of Wayne c. II.
The Huntington nail mill scheme has
collapsed.
L. S.GooD&Co. sell dry goods the cheapest
Our own make shoes in all styles $3.50
Locke's, l043 Main street.
Plummers
Are making one dozen best satin fnished
cabinet photographs in any style for