The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-04-20
in WEST VIRGINIA.
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OF Recent Occurrence In This State and
Nsighborhood- Petition to Pardon u
Federal Prisoner-Attempted Sui.
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Mr.. w. E. Byrne, young attorney Of
Charleston, who served III the last l-egiE-
lature as journal clerk, has located at
Braxtou O, ii.
Its estimated that the assessment of
real estate in Marion county Will be re-
ducet 100000 below what 1t was last
year by reason OF last seasons drouth.
Barbour county comes TO the front with
two female pugilists who have arranged to
have q prize fight on Saturday, May ~.
The one who knocks the other out Of time
is to receive $50.
The circuses Of Barrett, Forcpaugh and
Cole are all heating towards this State,
and the State paper that does not bristle
with a big circus advertisement aud start
ling cuts Is published in q very obscure
locality indeed.
DR.. Bland, Superintendent OF the Wes-
ton Insane Asylum, was authorized at the
last meeting OF the Board Of. Directors Of
that institution to attend the National
Convention OF Asylum supsrintendents,
which meets at Saratoga in June next. :,
A lad named Isaac Central, living at
Petroleum, was with his sister returning
home from P6rkersburg last Friday. They
were walking along tile B. & o. track and
were in a tunnel when they met q train.
The little girl jumped to one side, but the
boy was so confused that be could not stir
and was instantly killed. Hewas about II
yearS old.
The County Commissioners Of Jackson
county, at their session last week, ordered
a vote Of the.people OF the districts through
which the extension Of tho Ohio River
road is TO pass, to decide whether an ap,
preparation Of $4,000 should DO made "a
secure the right OF way for the road. II
is evident that jackson county is In
earnest,
Cora Utterback, Of Grafton, attempted
TO commit suicide few days since by
shooting herself in the head. She held
the pistol above her and tried to shoot
herself in the head. The ball missed her
head aud passed through her left arm.
She is a single woman, about twenty years
old. She refused to assign any cause for
the rash act.
Henry AlcNemar, Of Grant county, while
at work in a sawmill few days ago saw
ing out palings from planks, was hit over
the head by one Of the planks which was
twisted out Of his grasp by tho saw, which
was running at the rate OF GOO revolutions
per minute. The whole front OF his skull
was mashed in and he died about ten min.
utes afterward.
John 7. Harris, Of Richie county, las
secured contract for furnishing 100000
feet OF lumber 10 Eastern parties. The
lumber Is on land owned by his father; it
is. one OF the largest transactions OF the
kind ever made in the State. The land
upon which tho timber stands is part OF
the tract involved in the famous suit Of
Rich VI. Latham and others, which has
been virtually decided in favor OF tho de-
fsndants.
DR.. Braszin, for more than two years a
fugitive from West Virginia Justice, was
arrested OF Gatlettsburg, KY, last Wed.
nesday morning and lodged in jail on q
bench warrant for carrying concealed wea-
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ing six.sllooter. Braszin is charged with
killing q young man by the name OF Bow
ling, near Logan Court House, and q re-
QUESTION was sent for him last fall, but he
managed to elude the officers.
Lest week Jesse Parsons, Of Tucker
county, was tried and convicted Of some
postal Irregularities and sentenced to
eighteen months imprisonment. Mr.. Par.
sons was a prominent manin the county
and the general impression was That he
was unjustly treated. The Pioneer says:
Within less than forty.eight hours after it
became known that sentence had been
passed q petition with nearly 500 signers
was in,the hands OF w. d. Maxwell, attor-
ney for Parsons, and he was on his way to
Washington to present the peitionto Pres
ident Cleveland for Q pardon.
A few nights since George Lynch, Of
Hardy county, gave o dance at his house.
Liquor was circulated freely and the fun
became very hilarious. Joseph Isenburg
and a cousin OF Georges, named Charles
Lynch, both OF whom arc known as
toughs, had not been invited, but about 2
A. NJ. they put in IN appearance and chal-
lenged the crowd for fight. George and
one Of his guests accepted and were badly
used up. The roughs were then put to
Hight by the rest Of the crowd, but the
next day they were arrested. Their two
victims arc still laid upwith broken heads.
1t is rumored that Colonel Vim. N.
Clcmepts, late general superintendent Of
the main division Of the B. 4 o., is to re-
enter the service Of that company. The
Baltimore Sun says that officials sayithere
is no probability Of this coming 10 pass,
but the Ereniag Nelcs says the rumor Is
GENERALLY credited in railway circles, and
that tits further stated that a private in
teryiew took place between President Gar
rett two weeks ago, at which the matter
was arranged. Mr.. Bradford Durham. at
present general manager Of the B. & o.
railroad, will, it is also rumored, resign
shortly. Colonel Clements Is at present
resting at his farm in Jefferson county.