Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-10-12
4 DoWN-RIvER MYSTERY.
The Nude Body of a Man Founa
Hareing to a Tree
IN II. Woods Near Huntington
State News Items Of
interest.

Last MonSsy morning a nan was io0n0
haDgginby tie neck in nude state 10 :
limb of a tree IN the woods on the bach part
n John R. CoucA's farm near huntington.
Il ia thought to bes Deliberate suicide, IS
the unfortunate mau had stripped himseh
of ali hi, clothing, sud carefully bid them
on a stump close by, snd took his shirt and
handkerchief and tied them together
with these hung himself. Tine horrible
deed must have been committed seTerai
weehs ago, as when the body wss found 1t
was very much decOmposed, and the lower
portion of his body had BEEN eatersaWay oy
the hogs, and his face Insulated BY bnz-
zards.
I~ScsapIARY FIEE.
Ad~estructive fire occurred at Case'rile,
Wayne county, Mosday morning, between
the hours of u and / o'clock The IRE
VAS discovered in the rear portion OF n.
James Damron's store. At the TIM OF ds-
covery the flames had made such headwsy
that, with the meage appliances at HAND
rbe citizens found 1t impossible to control
the DESTROYING element. The store house
and ware house belonging TO Mr. Damron,
with their entire contents, were destroyed,
also the store in which the post.othce was
kept, and N unoccupied store house be,
longing to o Cincinnati firm. The mall
matter and post Office spp~ursenanees were
removed from the buiNiDg and saved. The
citizens believe this 70 be the work OF an
incerdiary Of the most malignant type, and
s1e greatly excited over the matter. a
meeting of citizens was. called on Monday
ard strong resolutions passed, and q COM
mittee of investigation appointed
A.sTRAEGrFREAK.
On Wednesday night Mrs. Taylor Frame,
of Brsxton C. r., while lAboring under q
temporary st of insanity, left her room I'M
perceived By any one. and wandered out In
70 the darkness. In D short time she wa
missed by Mr.. Frame, and going into the
yard found q lamp sitting near the we'll, bat
could see nothing of Ter. Upon calling her
she answered him, and. to his sstonish-
nent, the voice came from the we'll. She
had in some way managed to climb down
he we'll, and when found wa at the bot
pom, wet and slmcst frozen. Mr.. Frame
called assistance and succeeded in getting
her out, although it was a very difficult and
dangerous operation. The we'll is twenty
two feet deep, and how she managed to
reach the bottom without injIring herself is
a mystery. The water in the well is very
,hallcx and this. alone saved her from
,ein gtrowned.
RACKET AT A DANCE.
A dance occurred at the house Of Jacob
Rogers, al Cherry Run, Taylor county, last
rhurst6y, which ended up in a very lively
manner. A Iasge crowd Of young men and
soment were present, and everything pass
d IF quietly until the boys went to settle
With the fiddler" when q dispute arose
which erded in a row, involving nearly ev-
cry one present. The hardest contest was
between "Steve" Corothers and George
Rogers, which lasted fally fifteen minutes,
Both parties were badly used up. This
fight started half q dozen others, the lights
we're put out, and the combat ragged until
those engaged were exhausted.
TIE sCoURGE IN NICHOLAS.
From The Nicholas county Chronicle we
learn that q disease similar to the Clay
county scourge has broken out in Wilder.
ness district Of that county. A son Of Mr..
Chss Patton, who lives neer Pool post office,
aged nine years, died on Saturday Of last
week and four other members Of the family
we're sick, some Of them not expected to re-
cover. The disease had also made its ap-
pesrsnce in Mr.. Bookeris family, in the same
vicinity.
NARROW ESCAPE.
W. F. Rice, of Sistersville, had a narrow
escape from death las. week. He was
climbing q ladder TO the hay loft, and in
one hand he carried q short-handled pitch.
fork. The ladder slipped and he tsll, strik-
ing on the business end Of the fork, and one
Of the prongs penetrated the orifice Of one
of his ears q considerable distance. Had
the prong struck a fraction OF aa inch from
where it did the wound would doubtless
have produced death.
PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
Albert Gould, OF Pennington, procured q
whisky barrel for the purpose of converting
it into a cider barrel. He took the barrel
to a blacksmith shop to burn the spigot hole
larger. A hot rod of iron was inserted into
| the hole, and the gas igniting caused an
explosion, the head Of the barrel striking
Mr.. Gould in the abdomen, from the effects
of which be died Saturday evening follow.
ing the occurrence. Mr.. Jas. L. Kelley, it
ia also stated, barely escaped with his life.
WENT WEST.
| A. rI-ll.- E..k.. H.. I,..- L..
mothers absence, broke into q trunk, sb-
stracted a $3.50 note, sold it to Mr.. Edzsr
DAWSON for $500. and Immediately went
West to grow up with the country.
MISCELLANEOUS STATE NOTES.
Snow fell in the vicinity Of Fro8:barg,
Nd, last week.
New corn is for s.I,e in Gilner at 80 and
40 cents per H.spel.
q }" -ptist church was organized at Wsyn,
=. e., yesterday.
Huntington is to have a new Cstholi,
church next spring.
The Greenbrier Industrial Exposition
commences tomorrow.
The late Republican postmaster Of Cls,
c. H., had nine deputies.
A special term of the Supreme Court vii
convene at Charleston on the 2lsf.
The Natural Bridge Of Virginia Is dsnet
cpd managed by Huntington men.
TIE session of the Green5rier Presbyter,
will convene in Charleston on the l4th.
Thirty seven new postofices have beer
Established ia this State since the frat a