The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-02-24
THROUGH TIE STATE.
Accidents and incidents In west vlrginl,
and yfefnIty

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20 and Vicinity.
Tho Huntington Commercial has entered
on lis twelfth gear. Its an ably edited
paper and deserving Of oil the success i'm
aginable. .l5isg.
Major Hugh Barr, who was well known
to the G. s. A. soldiers in the Valley as the
drum major OF Stonewall's brigade, died
recently in Hardy county, aged 40 years.
Shartzer, tho furniture, dealer OF Oak
land, who was recently found guilty OF
rape upon little girl fourteen years old,
was, last week, sentenced to a term Of
twenty years in the penitentiary.
The Iionitor Is the latest newspaper ven-
ture in this State. It Is published in
Richie county and 10 Democratic in tone.
1t makes three Democratic papers for that
county. That number ought TO supply the
demand. 81
Last week Judge Boyd went to Wetzel
county and refused q petition for writ OF
certiordi in the county seat removal case
that Is agitating the denizens OF that
county. Thirty-ive thousand dollars are
TO be voted to build the new court house
and Jail.
The sensational story about the burial
alive OF Mary Cox, near Little Capon, has
been exploded. The remains were ex-
hamed under the direction Of the ply
stefan who attended her. The position OF
the corpse was exactly as when placed in
the coffin.
j.. B. Pemberton, ESQ.,, has sold his in
terest in the Charleston Galette to his
partner Moses w. Donnally. Mr.. Penn
berton, however, will remain in the edi-
torial chair and continue to keep the Go
Rette what It has long been, one OF the
best papers in the Kanawha Valley.
A short time ago Geo. NJ. farrell, Jr., Of
Jarrell's Valley, Raleigh county, killed a
gray eagle which measured u feet from
tip to tip and weighed 274 pounds. A
few days afterward Geo. NJ. farrell. ST., Of
the same place, caught in q steel trap q
bald eagle about the size Of this one.
An epidemic OF a serious character is
prevailing among the horses Of portions
of Noble county, Ohio. The disease. ai-
fects the kidneys and the animal dies IN a
few days. 1t is believedto be caused by
blasted grain. A number Of valuable
horses have died during the past few
weeks.
/ Jesse Eastwood, Of Wayne county, has
received from the pension Office $40, $50 80,
and $72 per month during his life. BE
has been for years in a helpless condition
from paralysis. Tho money has been in.
vested in bonds, the interest Of which
with his monthly allowance, will be an
ample support for himself and family.
Rev. J. B. Mccormick, father OF Col
lector s. P. Mccormick, died at his resi-.
deuce in Grafton recently at an advanced
age. The reverend gentleman was among
the Oldest OF the Methodist Protestant
ministers Of this State. Under his minis.
trations during the past twenty-five years
about six thousand persons were added to
the church. TEE
A suit for 81 900 damages to the house
recently wrecked by the explosion OF nat
ural gas at Little Washington, in which
Mrs. Rabe lost her life, has been
brought against the Peoples Heat & Light
Company. The property belongs TO Mrs.
Rabies children and her brother, Jacob
Beck, who entered the suit.
VIM. Warner, the wife murderer now In
Jail at Pruntytown, Taylor county, is
giving his'keepers considerable trouble.
and 1t has been necessary To put hand
cuffs on him: He tore up the floor the
other day and attempted to, escape; but
he succeeded in wedgine his body In the
aperture 50 closely that his clothes had TO
be torn off before he could be liberated.
When pulled out, he was more dead than
alive, and considerably bruised.
A sensational graveyard story comes
from down the river at church called
Pisgah, near Point Pleasant, One morn
ing, so runs the tale, the sexton went TO
dig o grave and was Mortified To fnd
halt.dozen graves open and the eofpses
taken from the collins and stretched on
the ground. In one or two instances the
limbs were severed from the bodies. The
graves had been opened without regard 10
family. The bodies lay In one place ar
ranged In the shape Of O Greek cross,
There Is no clue, and no reason Is assigned.
The bodies had evidently been exposed
for o day or two.
Some months ago Mr.. Logan Osborne,
one OF the wealthiest farmers Of Jefferson
county, undertook TO drive some chickens
from his courthouse, As he entered, the
fowls took fright, and in their efforts TO
escape O rooster that was amongst them
struck him on the hand with his gatf, in.
tiicting d flight wound, TO which but little
attention was at the time paid. In the
course OF o lew days, however, theshanl I
began 10 swell and became infamad 10
such an extent that q physician wax called
In. The hand grew gradually worse until
Mr.. osborne went TO Washington few
weeks ago 70 be treated by an eminent \,
Iprgeon, twas decided that amputation