Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-16

run BACK. Somehow his foot slipped and |
he fell forward on the saw, which caught
him and threw him up into the air. he
fell back sgsin, and the saw caught him |
and threw him up the second time, and |
again the third time before he could be |
got out OF the way or the saw stopped. He
vas horribly mangled, one leg being cut |
nearly of, and he was cut down through |
the shoulder and into the breast until, il is
said, his lungs came out. He was still |
alive and talked after the accident oc- |
Cured, but died in few moments.
A NARROW EscAPE.
The family of Mr.. James W. Kearney of
Shepherdstown, had narrow escape from
q serious if not fatal accident last Satur-
day night. When the family retired the
dsmper in coal stove upstairs was turned
of, and this, together with the effects Of
the wind, threw the gas from the stove
into the sleeping apartments. During
the night four Of Mr.. Kearney's children
became i'll, one after another, and then
Mrs. kearDey was also affected. The
symptoms were those of poisoning, but it
was soon discovered that il was gas that
caused the sickness, and fresh air wss
quickly turned Cd. The children were i'll
on Sunday but all recovered finally.
Rat STORY.
The Weston World says farmer in
that section had stack of oats and one
day noticed the whole stack apparently in
motion, as though it was thing OF life.
Sc he called his hands land dogs and tore
the stack down, and found it was honey.
combed with rats 10 the scrimmage that
followed six hundred rodents were piled up
four feet high for funeral purposes, and It
took O good yoke Of oxen to haul the re.
mains to the cemetery.
NARROW ESCAPE.
Lat Friday large raft Of logs,. on
which were eight men. struck a pier ct
Rowlesburg and was wrecked and VIM
q. Lipscomb was severely hurt. The men
stood to their posts until they could hear
the Narrows roaring, when they Jumped
of and made for an island in the middle
OF the river. leaving the raft to its fate.
KILLED BY TIE CARS.
On Friday morning about six clock an
itinerant umbrella member was killed by
freight engine near the B. & o. depot at
Msrtinsburg. From papers on his person
his name was sscertained to be Robert
Fepton, OF Brishtwood D. c., aged about
90 years. Pension papers were also found
on him.
SWALLOWED PiSa.
Miss Am Mynes, of Hurricane. Putnam
county, swallowed handful of pins to
sharpen her appetite Thus far she has
suffered no Inconvenience from her meal
of hardware.
BURNED TO DEATH.
Little Eva, daughter of Wm. Melton, OF |
Pocs, Putnam county, aged 8 years. was
burned to death last Friday her clothes
catching IRE from the stove.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE NOTES.
A panther was seen near St. George a !
few days ago
Brooke county has sent seven prisoners !
10 McundsVille this ear.
Fog cholera is raging in Jefferson coun.
iy. One man lost fifty head,
Clarksburg will soon have the signal ser
vice tiags, as viii also Buokhannon.
snGE aaa already fallen in the noan.
;ains to three or four inchss in depth.
An effort is being made to secure q daily !
mail between Grsntsville and Chenille.
. E. Erl and Mics Alice Dick were mar.
red In the MartipsbGg Jail few days ago. !
Marshall Crane, OF Preston, has shipped .
over 1000 bushels OF chsstnuts this sea, /
son.
Alfred Rut, OF St. Mary's, aged twenty. |
eight committed suicide few days ago by
shooting himself.
Editor Piersol editor Ct the State Stand.
ard is labstiDg hard to establish . colony
in Nicholas county.
The Clarksburg telephone company con.
templates extending hines from that point
10 Buckhaupan, via Weston.
ME John Sharp, residing a short dis.
lance above Williamstown, Peasants eoun.
~ died recently from the effects Of fall
from ap apple tee. !
The vie Of Thomas Job son, Of Ceredo,
while In temporary 81 Of insanity, one
nay last week, attempted to drown hersslf
IN Twelve Pole Creek.
Eirer towns have been aufteripp for
some time with 90 overdpse OF burplsrie,,
which ID supposed to be the work of
'aR;aRS living on boats along the river.
liza State Journal continues to ham.
ner away at the Wood county court clerk.
Up to date it las succeeded in getting
S30O U gold paid back into the treasury.
Ihs lie wis county cattle men who took
.heir cattle 10 Pocohontas have about all
brought them home The increase in flesh
,as not been as great as they could have
desired.
Friday evening little child about one
year and sixth months old, of Mr.. E
OF Raleigh, fellinto kettle of
Ipple-butter and had one hand, arm and
ace burned very badly.
Braxton county. farmers who have tried
sising millet ard Hungarian grass this
ear, are greatly pleased with the result of
heir experiment, and will hereafter devote
more OF their attention 10 the production
4 this kind of feed.
PsrkersOnrg was highly puffed up las
'eek over q proposed prize 6ght which
'as announced 10 come off-despite the
olics, sheriff or anybody else-but when
be time came tor the tug Of war one of
be contestants failed TO pat in an appear.
nee, In fact be concluded it was better 70
zip out quietly under cover Of the dark.
ess than to be knocked out, and acbsd &C.
ordipgly.
The West Virginia Argue says: "Cur
How townsmsn. Mt. John Moore Is
Ie proud possessoF OF son pig thst gave
nth toa i:ssr Of eieh; pigs, escL being
nm vita an iron ring in it, sncot. The
ny reason that can b assigned for the
markable occurrence 10 The fact that the =
other and fatAsr have iron ripgs in their
oots CT that The hog pen is on an old
IN ore bank. Wa should think this
luld be an jntersx,ip0 nattar 60, so;o,