Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-09-21
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| Saturday night about 10 o'clock james
Stewart, weighnaster on the Pittsburg
McXeesport and Youghiougheny railroad
shot and killed Cooper Percy, an engineer
on the same road. The deed appears to have
betn anprovoked.
At Altoona, S. J. fries planning miii and
FIVE sn Ill dwellings we're destroyed By FIRE
Yesterday. The mill was the most complete
in the State and the condsgration will
throw maay men out OF Unemployment. Loss
| $50, 900; insurance $1,000
A deck hand on the steamer J. G. Blaine
attacked John Karn with bludgeon last
evening, inIicting injuries that will prove
fatal.
At Marion, Ind, yesterday, Nelson Stat
| ford struck Timothy Norton on the head
with billet Of wood frscturipg his skull
and inAictiDg fatal injuries. The assault
was unprovoked Stafford escaped.
The Sumner Milling Company, Sumner,
ILL.,, has failed.
Natural gas has been struck at Fremont,
O., ss depth OF 1888 feet.
Cholera is playing havoc with the hogs Of
Champaign county, o.
Ex.Assistant Postmaster General Hay is
lying critically i'll at his home in Firtsbarg
John s. Carlisle, Deputy Recorder Of
Highland county, O., was arrested on
barge Of bastardy preferred by Miss Lizzie
lowell A suit for $4,000 dsmsges tor
sduction has also been brought against
hi u by the father Of the girl.
Troy, O., is excited over a social sean.
dHl of huge proportions, Samuel A. Cairns,
leading church member and prominent
citizen, having been charged by the wife Of
Howard S. Lobdell with having maintained
criminal relations with her for number OF
yesrs.
Edward 4ehan has been arrested for at
temutipg to asssssinate Daniel DEh; .
armer livip near GreeaVlle, o and also
Tor burning mis- barn. Mehsn confessed to
both crimes.
Lee Urms sOn aud wife, living near Ander-
son, Ind, LEFT their home twelve weeks ago
to visit relatives in another county, and
have not since been heard from. Fears OF
foul play are entertained.
Citizens oaRising Sun, Ind, are very IN
dignant over the action Of the County Com.
missioners il granting 9 license 10 sell
liquor to Levi W. Scranton, whom tsey
consider as uGft for the business.
A tank containing fo7r hundred barrels
of oil in the ytorehouse OF Alex. Mcdonald
& Co., at Richmond, Ind, was burst by the
foundation giving way, and the eoGtents
we're emptied into the streets.
A young man named SpangleSS while
placing q heller in position at she City
Building, Lima, O., fsl down q IsAirEay
and was fatally crushed.
John Douglass was arrested in Anglaizs
county, o., charged With murdeEing John
Fox, in Labelle county, Kansas. He viii
De taken to Kansas for trial.
A mail and express on the SeaboGrd and
Roanoke Railroad, Was stopped by Sher.
If, and tae conductor and engineer arrested
On a writ for running over COZ.
a negro, named Snowdea, was lynehed
in Howard county, Nd, fOz AssAulsing q
colcred child.
Abner N. Bradbury, Wayne eOusty,
| Ord. } pioneer, died al his home il Cam
bridge City, Friday.
At Henderson, KY. Thoaas Curts cut the
throat of John Organ, killing him almost
instantly.
Hon. John A. Bingham, Q. S, Consul st
Japan, has returned home after an absence
of thirteen yeArS-
C. B Brown, prominent lawyer Of BIS
ton, 10 charged with enbsEzling 10000
| bis disbarment is asked.
TIE Washington Mills, Lawrence, Mass.
employing 2,76O hands, idle for year, srt
about 10 resume.
Jos Thompson was arrested At Spring
Geld, O., for crushing the skull Of Dsnnu
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