Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-07-13
4 CHARMED LIFE.
;fs remarkable Adventure OF a
Point Pleasant Pup.
Miscellaneous Items Of General Interest
Cleaned from Our vest Virginia
Exchanges.

Ssne days sgo a half dozen OF Pt. Pleas
ant beya, having been commissioned
take the life Of e We rthless cur, deliberate
toy ether, aud came 10 the conclusion to de
stroy the animal by drowning him. The
accordingly put the dog into shffr too
him over rear the Ohio s. ore and dEmpe
him out. They retained 10 the West VII
ginia side, but in y very few minutes hi
dogship also made " landing few rods De
,ow. lie was again put into the skiff,
lar e stone fastened to his neck, takel
some distance out into the river and thrown
overheard. Ks disspre ared for few sec
ond-- when he came 20 the surface anC
swan ashore. again tie proce edings were
repeated with precisely the same result
About dark he boys eRain took
hun over tc the Ohio shore
aud led him securely, as they supposed, to
a vi lew. About nine O'Clock p. NJ, he
again made his appearance on bic native
soil dragging willow about twenty-five
leet long. The next morning the drowning
plan was again resolted TO, when he DELHI
era,ely swan ashore with the rock still hang
ing 10 his neck. The boys gave up the Job
in disgust and the dog now follows his daily
avocaion of robbing hens nests, aud occa-
sionally night visit to the country to make
sad havoc in the sheep told.
TIE SAME OLD GAME.
The following ancient and venerable
swiI die is being perpetrated by s~indleEs On
the interior farmers with much success: A
very sleek individual calls at the farmer s
house and gays he is representative OF a
firm who is get;inf at sites as to the
quantity OF grain raised in the State, and
that he is assigned 10 this county lie then
puts down the farmers name, place of resi-.
dence, and gets from him the number Of
bushels Of different kinds raised, the num-
b.r Of acres from which the grain was
grown the quality Of the land,
Kind Of material used for manufacturing,
etc. This statement is read TO the farmer
and the sleek young man asks him to sign
the report, which will be sent to Chicago,
and when the book is out he will get copy.
The farmer signs and the young man de-
parts. In q short time the farmer is no'i-
fled to come and pay o negotiable note lett
at the bank for collection.
REMARKABLE Man.
William Flowers, an old resident OF Lime
stone Hill, Wood county, has ust received
a back pension Of 300. He is lO3 years
old and is veteran OF the war OF II, for
which services he received the pension. He
has all his faculties, but was blind at one
time for several years, when his second
sight returned to him, and he can now see
almost as well as ever He is very spry and
active for one so old, and his mind is clear
and intelligent. He talks readily on every
day topics and is up with the times. he
bids fair to live several years yet to ENJOY
bis sudden but well deserved wealth.
Strange as it may seem he was not one OF
George Washington's body guard and never
beheld the ilustrous father Of his country.
Altogether he is very remarkable man.
NOVEL RACE.
The Raleigh county papers say that on
Sur day last, just as the East bound tram
pulled out from Prince station one OF Bub
Princes horses stepped on the track IN front
of the locomotive and cast q significant
glance at the engineer, IS if to cay, now for
a race. The whistle OF the engine blew the
signal for the horse to take the side track,
but he was not so disposed, and kept the
middle of the track till Kettle Run bridge
was reached when he stopped short--oo did
he train-and the porter got Of and tried
to induce the horse to give up the race, but
he ran over the bridge on the cross ties,
never again quitting the track till Laurel
bridge was reached, when he took the short
line ard reached home in good shape.
SERIOUS ARRAY.
Last Thursday a serious difficulty occurred
near Jobnsons mill in Falling Spring Dis
riot. on Greenbrier river Greenb'ler
county, between Mr.. John Miller and Mr..
Robert Wright, which may result fatally as
% the latter. 1t seems that fight resulted
rom q quarrel between the parties referred
10. in which rock was thrown by Miller
striking Wright on the side Of the head, pro-
ducing a compound fracture Of his skull.
The difficulty is said to have
arisen because of the fact that Miller had
charged Wright with talking about him in
disparagiDg manner.
ATTACKED ~ HOGS.
NJ Wood Grim, six.year old son of NJ
Peck. Of Pmlippi, was violently attacked
last Monday by four large hogs in pasture
lot at his home near Elk City, where he and
his little sister we're at play. The little tel.
low was badly SCARED about the face and
legs but perhaps not seriously injured. Had
net his mother run 10 his assistance IN re-
sronse 10 his cries ard snatched him from
he animal the little fellow would certainly
have been killed and eaten.
4 COMPLICATED SCANDAL,
Winfield, Putnam county, is all torn up
over q social scandal in which no less than
four females, one under fifteen years Of age
are concerned. A young man, heretofore
highly respected, is under close scrutiny IN
one case, and first cousin, who is sus-
pected OF being implicated IN another, has
skipped.
4 NATURAL irE HOUSE
On the farm of Mr.. Mat Wooda on Hills
Creek, Pocahortaq county, there is q cave in
e hich at This sine Is a quantity OF pure ice.
1t remains there all ;he year round. he
cave is reached by means of ladder, and
has ONLY been explored very short Chs
tsnce to where the ice commences
vsCrIL,NEOrs STATE NOTES.
The hog cholera is reported as bal in
Wayue equity.
Rocks are being blown out Of the Caeat
river at St. George aith dynamite.
We learn hare were twenty-tour fights at
Thomas TAN : county, on The Fourth.
In Pennington TaY.or county, the whole