Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-06-18
THROUGH The STATE,
Items of Interest Cleaned from Interior
Exchanges.

Items of Interest Cleaned from Interior
Exchanges.
Fayetteville is to have hotel.
The printing material in the Ooeana Of
fee was sold for debt on the 18th.
William Stephenson killed rattle snake
four feet long on Sand Fork, in Buffalo dis
trict. last Fridsy.-Elk River Progress
Mr.. and Mrs. David Coleman, who live
in jackson County, have children aged
81, q and one half years respectively,
Who weigh only thirty-one pounds in q
lump.
Saturday night at Wellsburg man named
Mcdonald, under the influence of liquor,
was abusing the mother and sister of a BUSH
ness man named Kerr, when the latter
picked I'D Ratchet and struck the former
in the back of the head, infictng q serious
and dangerous wound.
Mondays Cincinnati Enquirer contained
q two column telegram from Columbus
giving details of an alleged matchmaking
scheme worked byJ. 81. Bowman, Coluu-
bus attorney, on citizens OF Hinton, Sum
mers county. Governor Wilson has applied
for the extradition of the prisoner, who will
have more trouble than he gave his victims
before The authorities get through with him.
The Jury in the caseoi 80 notorious Elk
river character, "Heggles Jake Schoolcraft,
has returned verdict of guilty Of feloni-
ously shooting at Edward Welch. The case
WAS an interesting one because of the state
Of affairs which led up to the shooting.
Very shortly previous to the act, Heg-
giles Jake was taken from his father 8
house on Buffalo Lick Branch and IN
mercifully beaten by a cowardly gang Of
men, because he was living with a woman
not his wife. Jack acknowledged that he
was bad sort Of man, but said that it
hurt his feelings to be whipped by men
worse than he was. Hence he proceeded
to shoot I'D Welch, aud came dangerously
near killing him. The last grand Jury re-
fused to take cognizance of this outrageous
and cowardly whipping affair, but it did in
dict Jake for his part of 1t, after he suffered
castigstiOn with hickory-withes within an
inch Of his life.
The case of the Government against Geo.
J. Williams, charged with participation in a
mail robbery in Nicholas county in May,
1883, came up before Commissioner Dubois
At Charleston Saturday morning. The pris-
oner waived an examination, and the case
was continued until such time as he shall be
able to obtain important witnesses. BE was
then remsnded to Jail.
The Governor considered the following
petitions for pardons Saturday: Henry s.
Farnsworth, of Writ county, convicted OF
burglary in 1884 petition refused because it
was unsupported by the requirements OF
Section %, Chapter Ii, Code. VIM. Copsu,
OF Kanawhs county, convicted Of murder of
the second degree in 1881; petition refused,
reason as above. A. b Slack, OF Tyler
county, convicted of unlawful sale of liqlor
and fined twice, $50 each; fines RENTED
under section ~, chapter IA, Code; on
recommendation of Judge Thomas ].
Steady, before whom the csse was tried, and
on afijavits of C. V. Slack and W. q. Gil
lespie, filed with the petition. Harrison
Jackson, of Braxton county, pardon re-
fused by requirements OF section %, chap
ter Ia, Code. Benjamin Cross, Of Barbour
county, convicted, fined, and jailed; petit
ton refused. Daniel Boley, of Grant couu-
~. convicted Of murder in the second de-
gree; petition refused. Henry Robrecht,
of Ohio county, convicted and fined for un-
lawful sale of liquor; petition refused.
Lewis Clayton, OF r tchie county, convicted
in 1888, Of taking away against her will
female with intention to marry her and de-
file her