Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-08-31
is IT CHOLERA?
A Terrible Disease Ravaging a Por-
tiOn of Clay County.
FEAR MAY BE DREAD CHOLERA
Fully Score of Deaths Already Reported
Other Interesting State
News Notes.
ROMANCE OF AN IMPRISONED TOAD.

The Clay county papers say every hour
brir gs the sad intelligence Of more victims
of the fatal scourge that is playing havoc
with the lives of citizens living along Syca-
more creek Fully score of the halt hun
dred people attacked with this strange
mslady have died in the greatest agony
within few hours after taking siek. and
the greatest eonssernafion prevails. ~
first the disease was thought to be Aux, but
it is ow believed to be another and far
more serious malsdy The Progress says:
"a W. que, horrible fear has begun to fill the
breasts of some 1t may not be, but it is
very like cholera"
Squire Sizemore, well'knoWn citizen,
has buried three of his sons. While these
lay dead in the house three others Of his
boys were screaming and writhing in agony
with the same terrible disease, and their
death has probably occurred ere this. The
total number OF deaths is unknown, but the
reports are alarming. 1t is confined chiefly
to children and the victims die within q
few hours, apparently parslyzed with the
intense pain.
II has been for many years vexed and
! grievols question, says the West Union
Record, whether or not tosds do live in
holes in rock, having been enclosed in their
narrow homes at some remote period OF the
esrth's existence. This matter was pretty
clearly demonstrated in the affirmative
,bout Two years ago, when Col Jim Wilson
WAS digging q well !cr Ship Ernest, in tlr
sect end OF town. After a blast in the
soid stone toad was found jumping
around the rocks, and between two sones
Gas hole that the toad fitted exactly,
This can be proven by several parties. Bur
tw days ago as VIM. NJ Knight
Did Nathan Stout were blasting in solid
rock Cf hard blue variety in Mr.. knights
yell. about twenty-five feet under ground
;ust after firing of blast and descending
into the well they found toad amoay the
fragments Of stone On picking it up they
noticed something stihking TO its hind legs
which turned ont to be petriied snake,
about eighteen inches in length, apparently
Of the garter snake variety. Appearances
indicate that at remote age his snakeship
had caught the poor toad by the hind leg
and swallowed the leg, and about this time
some commissions Of nature took place and
covered up both toad and snake, both OF
Wbicb, no doubt, had lain for countless
ages.
Mr.. W. D. Toothmsn, an upright man
and valued citizen OF Marion county, for
merly residing within about two miles Of
Fairmount, but later nearFarmington, com
nitted suicide by hanging last Friday. No
definite cause can be assigned for the rash
act. though it is believed that his mind was
impaired by disease. He gave no prior in
dication Of his intention TO kill himself,
and on the evening previous appeared to be
IN his usual health and spirits
de was at his brother Emerys
home at the time and it was in his brothers
stable that he took his own life. When
found he was partially PROSTATE and partial
" leaning against the manger, with his
neck broken he bad thrown q check
rein over beam few inches only above
his head, and after fastening one end about
bis neck held the other end in his hand,
and threw himself backward with sufficient
force TO dislocste the neck BE had evident
IL been dead for four or FIVE hours when
found, and presented horrible sight.
Rev. S. S. Idleman, Methodist preacher,
who was a native of Grant county having
peen raised on Allegheny, near Mt Storm,
| and several years school teacher, com
mi;ted suicide while temporarily deranged,
near Green Spring, Greenorier county,
Saturday evening last Mr Idlemsu's cir.
cult extended through ths. portion Of
Hampshire county and while preaching,
Isst Sunday week be complained OF not
| {, cling well He took sick with typhoio
fever tome time during the week Saturday
evening three parties we're sitting in the
room with him. They asked him if he
ssrttd anything; they were going out 70
get q drink OF waer. He seemed to ot
stional at the time and told them to bring
MIN drink. Thev all left the room, and
when they were all out be slipped out Of
bed. ran up stairs ard Jumped out Of a win-
dow. striking on his head, frscturing the
skull, which resulted in instant death. The
corpse we're sent TO Grant county for burial
NJ. B. Foley, Of Wood county, has an sP-
pie tree that takes the cake. Some years
| ago he happened to see Young apple tree
growing along the side OF the road and he
| took !, home and planted it in his yard. 1t
| is filed with fruit this season, and the re
marksble part OF it, however, is the fact
that al the apples with the exception OF
only few, are double or twins The stem
end is Ike any ordinary fruit but the bios
som end represents two distinct apples.
Last week q warrant was issued by I. 5
Commissioner Stsggers Of Fsirmont- upon
oath Of Emory Snodgrass, for Michael Barr,
charging him with retailing spirits without
payment of thespecial tax. After hearing
the testimony Commissioner Stsggers dis.
charged the accused, but held the witness,
Snodgrass, for bis appearance before the
L. S. Grand Jury to answer an indictment
for perjury. h1irg the amount Of bond at
| $500. In defaul, Of bail Snodgrass was
cent to jail.
At Kearneyvilie, jefferson county, Mr..
John Musgroye undertook to quad some
pear trees belonging to 3. $ Mclntire, for
ah;ch be vas 10 receive some OF the pears
| Monday morning M1sgrove accused Frank
Miller, a young man eighteen years Of age,
of stealing some Of the pears Miller there,
upon stabbed Musgrove with pocket.kElfe
10 the left breast, over the heart, inhieting
a serious If not fatal wound. Ausgroye
thinks be will die.
Edward Johns, who resides near St As,
rvs uas drowned at French Creek las; En-
dsy. He got into 9 .kiif and rosed oa,
mo lie river With the intention OF taking q
bath. he Jumped out Of the skif. and q.
/ here Ess high wind blowing at the time
the tkitf was carried away faster than be
could cain. he then starred for shore, bat
failed to reach it. and sank before assist
suce could reach him. BE was about q
years Of sge.
We learn that the Buckbannon Lunbes
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