Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-09
BURNED TO DEATH.
The FrightfuI Fate of an Aged
Lady.
A Heavy Robbery in Lewis County---A
Strange Eyent---DestructiVe Fire.
A Hard Worker General
State News Notes.

Mrs. Luella Englow, who resided with
her husband about six miles from Phil
lippi, IN Barbour county, came TO her death
under very singular circumstances on
Tuesday of last week. Her husband
stepped out Of the house but short dis
lance 10 gather apples, rot more than
half a bushel He was gone but
few minutes until he returned and
found his wits sitting in q
chair wrapped in large WOODEN
blanket. The FIRE was burning over
the floor and had almost reached the cradle
in which was sleeping their babe. After a
moments attention to the fire be turned
TO his wife. II was then he discovered she
was unconscious. Upon removing the
blanket the horrible fact that she was
burned to death became apparent. The
only theory so far is that her clothing
caught fire in some way, and that she used
the blanket to smother the flames and from
her clothing the fire was communicated to
the carpet on the floor.
.' A DAYS WORK.
A correspondent of the Weston World
tells this story of days work performed
by Lewis county blacksmith: He went
into the shop one morning and by 9 O'Clock
made and put on all the tires and bands Of
a two horse wagon. He then began max.
ing shoes and nails. and BY II o clock had
enough made to shoe ITO horses. After
dinner. from o'clock to 2:30 o'clock he
drove all the shoes. He then tried bis
hand 81 making msttocks, and with boy
to strike, Just a. o'clock finished up
twelve mstocks He then resumed shoe
ing, and by o'clock drove on ninety,six
shoes and run out of horses, But to finish
the day he went sgsin to work on the veg
on, aud by 6 o'clock fnished it, and
assisted the tesuster to hitch up. At five
MINUTES past 6 he was at home.
Destructive FIRE.
Another destructive fire has occurred at
the well known NuttsllOurg coal works, in
Marion county. This time the drum bouse
and the scale house were burned down to-
gether with number of bank cara. The
loss is estimated at $1,000 1t was first
discovered by colored man who, at the
time, was at some distance, and thinking
the light was too bright for an ordinary
purpose, ran to the WORKS and gave the
alarm. The fire was under full Roadway
and could not be checked until it reduced
to ashes everything within its reach. The
fire is supposed to be the result of an acct
dent
FOUND HIN AT LAST.
A strange thing happened at the late re.
union in Moundsville Over twenty years
ago Sergeant c. c. Mathews, of Co. A,
18th W. Va, lost book while that regi-
ment was making charge on Fort Gregg
on the I'd of April, 1865, which was found
by comrade Of Co. X, named Samuel
Beall, and as the war soon closed they lost
sight of each other until they met at
MoundsVille, at'the reunion, when Com
rode Beall gave him the book, saying, II
have kept it twenty years for you" 1t is
priced highly by Mr. Mathews, rot so much
for its worth as for the associations sur
roundingit.
HEAVY ROBBERY.
John Suite, who lives on the Sand
Fork of Freemans creek in Lewis county,
was recently robbed of 1900. Suite was
afraid to keep the money about the house,
aud stored it in the ground in strip of
woods some distance from his residence,
going occasionally to the spot to add to or
lake from bis store Of greenbacks, as oc.
caslon might require One day last week
he went 10 his novel bank to make de-
posit when he found some thief had been
there before him and stolen the entire
sum.
HEAVY STORM.
On Thursday afternoon a portion Of
county was visited by heavy
storm which did great amount Of dam
age. Tesrcoat creek raised fourteen feet
n a few hours washing away fences,
bridges &c. A number of farms were
almost ruined through the washing away
# the soil.
FATALLY SHOT.
Edward Biddls was accidentally shot
While hunting in the woods near Browns.
own, Fsyette county, last Saturday. A
barge Of shot entering his side caused al
most instant death.
GENERAL STATE NOTES.
Snow has fallen at Pt. Pleasant.
The Eusign Oar Works at Huntin gton .
'o1k till 10 p. m. every other night.
Two fine bears were recently cor ght in
pen near Addison, Webster county.
Work on the approaches to the PIT. /
leasant bridge is rapidly progressing.
A Dwelling house. owned h Mr. DooHt.
e, was burned st Clifton on Sunday last
Farmers all over the State are hard { :
ork putting in an increased acreage Of
heat
The public schools of Clifton are closed
Wing to thu prevalence Of scarlet ever in
at place
West Virginia has bad 1854 900 put
bona fde enterprises within Its limits
Us far in 1885.
It is said that should the Ohio River
ad be extended down the river, another
Ill mill will be erected at Clifton.
John W. s Bowman gets two years 10
e penitsntisry at Mouudsville for forgery
the MorgantoWn National Bank.
There is strong talk among the farmers
Wetzel county Of forming q Stock As
citation. The objec: is to better the stock .
ised in the couH'y. Z
Fest trains are annoying the citizens OF
oundsViIls. They c,wp'sin that fifty
lis 40 hour is regarded as slcw speed BY
me Of the B i o. trains.
The coal trade at Piedmont is getting
brisk, that it is dilfcnlt for the railroad
npsnies TO furnish sufficient number ,
cars to carry coal 10 market. r
A large proportion cf The population Ct "
are stinurniDg at Mounds.
e, eight having teen GENT there last
lrt, ranging from one to six years.