Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-28
THROUGH THE STATE.


Exchanges.
The State Press Association will convene
at Charleston, September 22d.
The Grand Lodge l. o G. T. viii be held
in Philippi on the 2nd Of September.
Mr. Spicer Cavender, of Kanawha county,
recently dropped dead. he was Sc years OF
age.
Gen. D Il. Strother, late Consul General
to Mexico and his wife, are in Charleston
visiting Mrs. Strother's mother.
The Tyler County Star In dependent libel
suit has been compromised by the latter
paying costs and paying $50 for attorneys
The Davis Opera House at Huntington
will be completed and ready for occupancy
on September 9th, at which time it will be
opened.
The telephone company have been com:
pelled to take their instruments out OF
Huntington on account Of TIE lack Of pa
tronage.
At Howesville, Preston county, Saturday,
sn old chestnut tree, five feet in diameter,
was blown to atoms with a charge Of FIVE
kegs Of powder.
Mr.. j. Cal Young. OF Union, Monroe
county, was thrown from his sulky and
dragged several yards by runaway horse
near Pickawsy on Tuesday last.
The Charleston Star says: About 100
men are employed al present on the Short
Line Railroad from Sewell Station, up
Mans Creek, and 100 more are wanted.
Howard Neely, Of Lewis county, wants to
go West; he is, however, so popular at home,
that his neighbors have combined TO keep
him by refusing TO buy any OF his prop
erty.
II is reported that Pocahontss county
has had no rain for three months The
by crop was failure and grass is almost
burned out, while the corn crop will be very
short
\ colored man was shot in the face with
10, d of sho, few nights ago by Mr.. J. p.
Keriott, near Kearneysville, Hampshire
county The colored gentleman was en-.
% ged in the chicken business at the time.
Grssshoppers are numerous and very de.
structive Of crops in many parts OF the
stare. In Harrison and Marion counties
they are said to be eating the blades of the
corn, and in many instances working on
the ear.
A Mipgo correspondent Of Buckhannon
Delta" SAYS There is one man who lives
within one mile Of this place, that wintered
100 head OF sheep He stall fed 400 head
Of them, not losing one, but Of those on the
farm 375 died
The school children Of 81, Mary's found q
skeleton in a sand heap in their play
ground. 1t is supposed to be the skeleton
Of man who mysteriously diaappeared
years ago, and whose ghost was said to
haunt the old school house.
A fishing party recently went to Cheat
river. They caught 75G trout Some OF
them measuring fourteen inches. .|;tlled
one bear after q hard fight; saw twelve
deer, and only fshed one and half days
There were but three persons in the party.
A three.year old child was lost in the
mountains OF Preston county last week. 1t
went TO the field with its father who was
salting cattle, and while he was busy wan
dered away. Two hundred people turned
cut in the search and hunted all night and
late into the next day. when the lost child
Was found ssfe and unhurt
The reunion Of the Society Of the Army
Of West Virginia will be held at Ports-
mouth, O., September lG, II and ls, Gen.
eraI Geo Crook. L. s A, is President Of
The society; Ex President X. B, Hayes is
Vice President Very handsome invita-
tons to the reunion are out, and big At
tendance is promised General Geo. Crook
will be present, if possible. and if not ex-
President Hayes will probably preside.
David Rich, OF Baker Ridge, Mo nopgslia
county, came near being killed few dsys
Ggo BY a furious bull. He and his boys had
been ont cutting grass and were going TO
supper carrying their tools. Frank was
some distance from the others and WAS at
ia, X d by the bull ard knocked down. His
father ran to bis assistance and was also At
acked by be beast Mr. Rich was knocked
down and then tossed into the air several
feet. giving him terrible fall, badly bruis-
ing the muscles of his left thigh and hurting
lis shoulder. The animal still showed
fight, but was finally driven Of by the boy.
DR.. Fitch was called who pronounced t:s
wounds very serious but not fatal.
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