The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-01-29
PRISON POINTS
AND orHER MouNDsyI11E NoTEs.
A oos.Ipy Melango Of current News Items
From the metropolis of Marshall County.
A Rumored Desire to Reduce tho
Bounds of the school District.

Squire W. L. Edwards, Of Washington
district, was commissioned q Notary Pub
Lie by the Governor yesterday.
Thompson Lucas, white, from Summers
county, was discharged from the prison
yesterday, after serving a two years SEN
tence.
The towboat Ella passed up through the
heavy floating Ice Monday morning. with
nine or ton barges, strung out "lndian
fashion" behind her.
The salaries OF the county officers were
not fixed by the County Commissioners
while In session last week. An adjourned
term will be held on the 5tli Of next
month.
Judge Jacob has ordered special term
OF the Circuit Court for Tuesday Of next
week. Whatever further action is neces-
sary on the matter OF the new town ordi-
nances will BIZ attended to at that time.
1.-THE bond OF the executors Of the will
OF G. g. Wells deceased, had been made
at the timesuch instruments were required
to be stamped, it would have required
revenue stamps to the amount OF 500 to
make it legal, or binding.
Anunsophisticated old ruralr ooster from
Boone county, named Hall, was brought
from ParEersburg by deputy marshal
Saturday night last, 10 serve an eighteen
months sentence imposed by the United
States District Court on chargeof perjury,
!; Bishop Peterkin, of the Episcopal
Church, will occupy the pulpit OF Trinity
Church Sunday next, forenoon and ever
ing. Several applicants for membership
will be confirmed at the evening services
The public arc cordially invited to be pres
ent and hear this celebrated divine.
Mr.. Hart, late editor Of tie Herald, 81
suffering considerable pain and inconveni
ence from the effects OF fall on the stree
Mt New Martinsville few evenings ago
while running to catch the Ohio Rive
railroad train. One or more Of the SINAI
} bones OF his left arm were broken by the
fall.
It iscurrent rumor about town that Ger
tain parties interested, will endeavor, dur
ing the present term OF the State Legisla
tnre, to have q bill introduced and passed
limiting the boundaries OF the lndepend.
ent school district to the corporation lines
IT ia certain that the Senator from this
district, ora member Of the House repre-
senting this county, will not, unless he Il
anxious to sign his own political death
warrant, either introduce or support such
a bill or measure.
Charles Lowery, colored, serving a five
years sentence, from Jefferson county, and
George Craig, also colored, q three yeat
convict from Mason county, were pardon
ed and discharged from the prison Satur.
day last. William Dooley, colorcd, from
Kanawha county, concluded his second
two-year term the same day. Dooley
gained some notoriety Just prior 10 his
arrest on tho charge for which he was
sent to prison, by being arrested and taken
to Kentucky, suspected OF being impIi.
Gated in the Ashland tragedy, in which
the two young women were outraged,
murdered, and their bodies burned to
ashes, together with the house in which
they lived with. their parents. pooley
succeeded without .troublein proving On
Glib, and was promptly released. He is q
hardened criminal, for his age, and why
the additional penalty for second convic.
ton was not imposed it is hard to under
stand, rs he was sent both times from the
same county. William A. Pritt, white,
serving q two year term from Upshul
county, died ut the prison yesterday even.
ing Of typhoid fever. The unfortunate
imam had less than one month to serve
when his term would have expired.