The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-06-13
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Accidents. and IaeIdents In West virginia
and, Vicinity.
! The amount Of property Of Brooke coun-
tylretprned by Assessor Curtis as liableto
taxation Is $500, $50, against S62 900 last
year, an increase Of SIS, 900.
Thursday, in the U. s. District Court,
at Parketsbutg, the bond OF $346. COO
given by Senator ]. N. Camden, in the
Vest Virginia OIL and Oil Land Company
case, was reduced to 5000, 900.
s'Dr.s Campbell, the chicken thief, the
alleged grandson Of the poet Campbell,
the Pafkersburg Slate Journals pet and
protege, and lastly, the horse thief who
operated about Zanesville and was cap.
tured here, hes been sentenced to three
years iimprisor rment nlthe. Ohio peniten-
tiary. The officials Of that institution i'm.
mediately placed him in the insane de-
partment.
) The Cambridge, o., Je9Tsonian says:
It's estimated that there are in Guernsey
county in the hands Of the farmers, nn-
sold, over 400, 900 bushels OF wheat, which
thy have been holding for bettrr prices.
The sale Of this wheat at 81 90 or over q
bushel, would do much to relieve the
money embarrassment felt throughout
the county. Many farmers have bor-
rowed money rather than sell at less than
$780,.
Henry Walker, coioted, an employe at
the round house at Hinton, took charge
Of engine number sixty-three on
Tuesday morning, after she was brought
into the shop. Shortly after, the steam
began to escape and those In the shop
went.to see tho cause, when Walker was
found dead in the cab. A Aphysician was
called, who found him dead from heart
diGease. Death must have been instan-
taneous.
Thursday morning the dead body Of an
infant was found floating In the Ranawha
river, about four miles below Charleston.
The body had been placed In a yalise,
with q flye pound rock, and appeared TO
have been recently put there, as decom.
position had not set in. The child was
fully developed and had been strangled
by q baud tied around It's neck. Il is
anpposed the child was put in the river at
Charleston and the physycian summoned
at the inquest says he thinks he can
name the parties who did 1t.
Delbridge Ashcrait, who was tried at
Clafksbufg last week ior the murder OF
Boyles. near Romines Mills, was found
guilty oi involuntary manslaughter
and sentenced to four months imprison.
ment in the county jail. II is claimed
that Boyles went TO Ashasaitg house to
Jake from him his wife. who Is only four
teen yeas3 of age. Ashcrait claimed that
he was defending himself against tho at
tack Of Boyles. The defendant showed
that hebore an uuexe xeepti ionable character,
while RoYleA was aseoundrel. A move
agent is On loot 70 have Ashcraft par.
dbnea, q ig
In the Associated Press report in Thur,
day'spapers 1t was announced that Six
prisoners had escaped from the Jail Of
GhaTlesteai thla State. There were six
arlsoneTs escaped In that section, but Il
was from the Fayette county Jail, They
twere; James "a. Parker, Joseph Reece,
JEFF Lake, Wiley Moore and d. y. Motor,
lwhite, and Matt MeD Donald, colored. Two
lot these men, Parker and Reece, were
Itheld for murder. Parker had already hsan
conyieted and had been granted d new
trial. Reece was awaiting transportation
To the peuitentiaS The eIingle was Par.
lkrT, They effected their escape by saving
through the cell and then climbing 10 the
top ot the building and cutting through
the boxing Of the root Prom there they
descended By means oi their bed clothes
THE project ioi water works for Wash.
'llngtoni Pa, has taken practical shape, a
company has been chartered and organ