Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-21

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his friends think he is deranged.
SERIOUS, ACCIDENT.
Mr.. Thos. Leopard, q tenant on the farm
Of Isssc Long, ESQ., Of Arbuckle district,
Mason county, met with q most serious ae-
cident on Wednesday afternoon o last week.
He was working in a ceal mine on the farm,
when the walls esVed in, catching him, and
fracturing his thigh and tearing the muscles
from the calves of his legs. exposing the
bones. He is now in q critical condition
and is suffering from internal injuries.
FINS SPECIMENS.
Tie rock blown out Of the court house
we'll at HarrisRille, Richie county, by
blasting, is we'll worth the study of q geolo'
gist. 1t has in it the most beautiful i'm
pressions of twigs and leaves, clear and dis
Iinct. Some of these look like ~complste
fern leaves. The finest veins of the plant
are apparent in this petri6ed form. The
well is an old one, and the blasting 3 be-
gun at the depth Of about forty feet. These
curious formations ERE found at the depth
of nearly fifty feet.
LIT BY A TRAIN.
After imbibing a little too much OF tie
rosy" on last Saturday night, Martin
O'Neill, Of Riverside, Putnam county, con-
Guided be would 10y down on the track
about two miles above Red House and in
dulge in an undisturbed repose. This hap
pened 10 be about time for the train. Hear
ing the roar of the iron horse he raised up
on his elbow lust in time Tor the cowcstcher
to knock it from under him, and the pilot
to hit him in the forehead, directly between
the eyes, knocking him twelve feet and
senseless. he will recover.
TALE OF %LYNCHIEG.
A fire heifer belonging to Mr.. George
Wasbburn, of Good Hope, Harrison county,
was found dead in a field on bis farm one
day last week. Mr.. Washburn says the
animal was killed by q knife thrust in the
neck, and thinks the deed was committed
by some one who had q personal spite
against him. He offers q reward OF $3.50
for information that will lead to the arrest
and conviction of the perpetrators Of the
deed. The correspondent Of the Clarksburg
News says he has heard it said by several
that if any such persons exist in that neigh.
borbood when s~pprehended they should be
suspended from the nearest tree.
SHE POOLED" THE OLD LAT
The Kyle, Fsyette county, correspondent
of the Kanswhs Gazette tells the following
story ofsn elOpemeDt:
Mr.. D. H. Hundley, of this place, being
refused the hand Of his loved one, vas wicked
enough to steal her away between two days
when her father was away from home and
no one to watch her but her old mother.
She fooled the old lady by pretending that
she was suffering with the toothache,
and kept up such a noise that the old lady
could not sleep until near midnight. Think
ing the old lady would sleep she hushed her
noise as though her tooth was easy, then
cautiously bundled up her wardrobe and
slid out. Think ofthe mothers surprise on
waking up at the dead hour Of night and
preparing a police for her darling childs
aching tooth, fixed with care as none
but a mother can, and finding the bed
empty. She soon guessed the truth and
screamed till the ~neighbors heard and ran
t, her relief. But she refused TO be com
for ed and declares that she would rather
ner child bad died with toothache than &c
with the man she did"
GENERAL STATE NOTES.
Lincoln county has experienced q severe
sioEm.
A K. Of L lodge has been organized at
Huntington
The Press Association meets in Charles.
ton tomorrow.
Wild turkeys are reported as plentiful in
Morgan county.
A new Building Association has been or
ganized at Msrtinsburg.
Sorghum making is the present business
of Putnam county farmers
Rockville. Monongalia county, is suffer
ing severely from typhoid fever.
One hundred and seventy.fve teachers
attended the Preston county Institute.
The Kanawha Gazette thinks the Legis
lature should meet once in every four years
Domestic infdelity in this town will ex
plode q mine some Of these days.-Marshal
Herald.
The Western World is Dragging about Q
Lewis county girl who can whistle two tune
at once.
The Commercial Hotel, at M~organtown
bas charged hands. James c. Wallace i
the new proprietor.
The corner stone OF the Southern Meth
| ndist Church, was laid at Msrtinsburg, Sat
urday with Masonic ceremonies.
Morgantown people are already busyinl
their brain and Drawn about the teedins
and sleeping Of their Centennial visitors
A little game of f~s'icuffs between tvt
gentlemen, came of in Capt. A. NJ. PoLd
stones Office ct BuchannoD, one day las
week.
The lumber business in Tucker COUNTY
has been dull almost all summer, owing Il
the low water. Cheat river has not been q
rafting stage for several months.
John Callahan, Of Moundsvills, shot him
self accidentally last Tuesday morning, q
he was putting q revolver in his hip pocket
the ball going througn the feshy part Of hiI
leg and buryiDg itses in the floor.
Miss Nellie Harrison, o daughter of Judge
Harrison, Of Clarksburg, is rapidly gaining
prominence IS an artist. Some Of hei
paintings have Won prizes at various art ex
bibitioDs, and are highly complimented By
intelligent critics.
Senator Woodyard's white cow yesterday
morning, in front of our Office, playfally
ornamented herself with a l4foot ladder
After wearing it around the lot Q few timel
on her neck, by the earnest persuasion o
half dozen men she laid the article of and
vas cant TO pasture -Spencer Bulletin.
TheaAmore, Clay county. correspond
emit of the Kanawha Gazette says: "Soms
of the citizens have become verg mn5h Gu
ragged about the County Court s9pointing
Bosrd of Health and have threatered q
take heir guns and clubs and RIM them o1i
Of the county. The President Of the Boar.
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