Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-12-21
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Items OF Interest Cleaned from Our Elk
changes.
Jacob WEIGH, of Richie county, was re-
Gently in the woods cutting timber when
he feiled small maple which proved to be
hollow. There is nothing remarkable
about that, however, but when twenty
seven squirrels vacated that hollow tree,
there was something remarkable In that. 1t
must have been q regular boarding house.
Adiutant General E Z. Wood has for
warded forty stands of arms to the Au-
burn Guards, of Richie county, who
were mustered in by Col. c. L. Despard,
on the second of this month. Their cap
tain's name is J. c. Gluck. He also
shipped twenty stands of arms to Capt
r. Il. Freer's company, the Richie
Guards.
Nancy Wagner and Lucy Fowler, two
erring females, confined in the Huntington
Jail, escaped last Tuesday, but were re-
captured. The women displaced bar in
the window, and then lowered themselves
to the ground In making the descent the
Fowler woman fell, iniuring herself in
very serious manner.
Miss Eunice Barton, of Mt. Carbon,
Fayette county, who was shot through the
right breast by her sister, recently, will re-
cover. Miss Barton was making her we'd
ding garments at the time, and in pointing
the pistol her sister didn't know it was
loaded"
1t is currently reported in Parkersburg
that as soon as the Ohio River Railroad ex-
tension TO Point Pleasant is finished, that
railroad will take charge of the Ravens
wood and Millcreek Valley Railroad, the
grading of which is almost completed.
On Friday morning, the 10th inst, D.
F. Mathers, of Richie county, was thrown
from a two-horse wagon, and his foot catch
ing in one of the lines, the unfortunate
man was dragged about seyenty-tive yards,
and very badly injured.
A young man named Rib, of Fayette
county, aged fifteen years, shot himself
through the body with a rifle a few days
ago, infiicting wound from which he will
hardly recover. The accident occurred
while the youth was out hunting.
A woman named McNemar has been
sentenced to the pententiary for two years
for forgery, from Braxton county. She Is
probably sixty years of age, and the amount
forged was only S2.35.
The town of RavenswoOd seems to be in
a good fix, financially. Recently the old
Council squared up the Indebtedness OF the
municipality, and will go out of Office
leaving about 81 600 cash in the treasury.
While Mr.. and Mrs. l.. Fl. Bell were
going from GAINESVILLE to Frostburg in
sleigh, they wrapped their six months old
baby up so snugly that the child smother
ed to death.
In q room at Hills Hotel, at Parkers-
burg, occupied for few weeks by one c.
W. Base, exactly one hundred empty pint
whisky bottles were found. c. ". evil
IDENTIFY took something pretty regularly.
Grafton girls are having their photo
graphs taken on silk handkerchiefs, the
combination being intended for Christmas
gifts to their admirers.
Citizens of Moorefield and Cumberland
have subscribed 5000 for the survey of the
proposed railroad between the two points
named.
The Council of Morgantown has granted
the right to the West Virginia Railroad
company to tunnel under the town.
The Kanawha & Ohio railway have $780,
OOOappropriated for the erection of machine
shops at Charleston.
4 telegraph line from Philippi to Graf
ton is being talked of.
Two hose companies have been organized
at Wellsburg.