Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-02-11
A NEGRO FOUND.
His Head Crushed and an Arm on AL shs
Reporters Fooled.

His Head Crushed and an Arm or -Aus shs
Reporters Fooled.
Yesterday was cold day, but the tor
lures ofthe violent wind were nothing -
compared TO the hugeness OF joke that
was played on the reporters BY we'll kAosn
gentleman from Miltousberg yesterday
evening. II became noised about thai .
colored stiff had been found on the river
bank back OF McDermotts saloon. The
Tribune man was the first to nibble and Eot
caught He felt bad and satisfied himself
by calling on the Independent and REds-
TER pencil men. The REGISTER correspond
ent was the next to catch on. Finally the
Independent man showed up. He. was
full Of anxiety and aiding 10 the
back Of the saloon uncovered :
the corpse Of the mutilated colored man
As each Of the pencil men viewed the re-
mains he was invited up to take . drink,
and told not TO give it away. The fun vas
kept up for several hours and the number
Of "sold" people was great The thing
which caused all the trouble 10 the boys vas
a colored dummy which had been slipped
into McDermotts and nicely covered over.
Ii answered the purpose OF the tastes Of the
originAtors and the sell was complete.
A SUDDEN DEATH.
Yesterday afternoon at about O'Clock
our people were somewhat startled by the
report that Thomas Kilgore had
been killed in the NINE OF
the Bellaire Nail Works. A reporter looked
the matter up and found that Mr.. Kilgore
was dead but had not been killed by "a &C.
cident. Shortly after the dinner hour Me-.
Kilgore was engaged with Mr.. John Con.
rod in bearing-in, when he dropped dead.
Deceased was . man of heavy build and On.
loved apparently good health. Coroner Pete
o. CriswelI was called, but bis scrvioos
were no, needed. An examination BY ply.
sicians showed that the man had died oi ap,
oplexy. Mr. X. was the son Of Joln
Kilgore, the old gentleman who Tell and
broke his leg on the City Hall steps. and
who has since been suffering from dropsy.
lie leaves wife and sevcrsl small children
who are in poor circumstances.
AKoLL BREAKS.
Yesterday afternoon the steel works met
with an acciden, that may lay the plrnt Oh
for several weeks. While Ai work one ot
the large rolls broke Il il ons Of the seo-
essaries about the works, and unless dup.
lcate is at hand, will he great loss Of
Time for the employees A the works have
bs 6ysd nm
.x .r.,
., ,,,v
Dor,ed bv the ex.r,ions Of her own hand,
pnnEod n M, Jobn DuBo;s for work 10
pp lpppn 10. family Soms sev;ng was rive.
he, ,ba, fnrn;.bed her emplovm.pt for se,.
col dsy, In ,b. meantime tbe Home Re.
n.r.Isn, soc;.,v vis;isd h.r house and left
6our nota,oes etc. More work was pro.
i nohl o, nv - 81, -. ,sfa..d !, a..
~ ..' ~ tD' u.si a. wn,H ,.., .,h;l.
he n,ov;.son. sen, be, vooli he ali she
~;.bsd n, a time She remarked thai she
"a boned "a, nore hut vouh rest con.
,an,sd naS 1VpS Tph;l. her ,ilo.snee lated sb.
conld ,o, no induced 20 do any moro sew.
E' ;na H. Her name i Withheld because the
naI,ies Who furnished the work did not
rsn, ,bs item nubl;sbed How msny pso..
rls ,Esrs are IN ,he e;,v NOW Who pisA
poyssy bu, viii no, work erceut Wien
I;enbsd Tb.y vould rather accent charity
ana DC p. nmons "a. Sae: sae: .n -. a., M ,;sss
nome i hne,y ;..s.,;. a.
90 'of 'nemssN ~" o
expose NJ , nasa ~, VINO 80 80 | aos% Iii 4.
sho We nneeitIy 80 's'" WI" ~"
orossn' 10 pe'm'a"o"
ssrs sorts.
BrekeJe Bai'dipg Assoc'ss'on mess is"'
The Home Benevolent Society meets this'
afternoon stthe d. Y. Church. go,