The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-10
FROM THE INTERIOR.
NoTEs on a VARIED cnARAoTER


Neutrality-suspicious. Floods, etc,
Jane Pullman, a low character, has been
lodged in jail ct KiDgwood, charged with
poisoning cattle.
George Scott, Of G~reenbrier county, re-
Gently caught a huge she bear and a cub
in his bear pen,
It Is said that there are three preachers
in Upshur county, that want TO go to the
Legislature this winter,
Twenty Springfield rides with the latest
improvements, and 100 rounds Of ammn-
milton, have been received by the guards
at the penitentiary,
The Terra Alta argus Is very outspoken
in favor Of William q, Brown, OF that
county, for the Democratic nominee for
Congress in that district.
DR.. W. K, Peudleton, OF Bethany, Is
tavorsbly spoken Of for the position Of
Commissioner Of the National Bureau Of
Education,- WLsburg MeWs.
The Petersburg STATE Journal proposes
to keep the "Black Diamond" railroad
proposition before the people Of Wood
county until the road is built.
A large number Of the weekly papers Of
the State are not published this week in
order that the employees may properly
celebrate the Fourth and recover,
Wednesday evening Robert Watson, q
miner at Sewell, was crushed to death by
falling slate, One leg, his spine and q
number Of ribs were broken, He leaves u
wife and ySlng child, This is the iirSt
fatal accident at these mines for three
years,
The Democrats Of Fayette county, in
convention assembled, instructed that 10!
votes be cast for Hon, O. 7, Snyder loI
Congressional nominee at the convention
to be held at Goal Valley, September |,
and vote to be cast for Major ], W.
Harris,
Parkersbnrg reports accidents to a
young fellow named Murphy, who fell
from the top OF a building and will die;
u boy named Kirkpatrick, who WAS run
over by a cart and badly hurt, and viii
Barnes, by sunstroke, whose recovery Is
doubtful,
L, A. Rosenbloom, a prominent and
trusted young business man Of Hopedale,
Ohio, has gone, and a number OF business
irmsin steubsnville, ZinesviIle and other
cities are mourning the missing one, as
well as u young lady to whom he was en-
gagged to be married.
At q picnic on Pride's Ridge, Taylor
county, Firmau Murphy and "DoC" Sam
Keener quatreled aud Murphy was whip
ped. He again attacked Keener with o
stone, breaking his skull. Keener's re.
covery is doubtful. Murphy'escaped and
has not yet been arrested.
Dr.. j. B. Fogle, OF Terra Alta, wont to q
shell Of drugs to get q bottle Of liquor and
took down a bottle Of FowlGr's Solution OF
Arsenic instead, and did not discover the
mistake until after he had swallowed a
quantity OF 1t. Proper antidotes were adj
ministered, and the, Doctor Is in q fair way
tU recover.
Mcdowell county has recently been
visited by severe rains that resulted In
floods, the waters in the rivers rising to a
higher stage than known before in ten
years. j. +. Johnson's saw mill was ruin.
ed, nearly 10000 feet OF prepared lumber
swept away, two grist mills disabled and
considerable other damage done.
Charles w. Carpenter, who has been
about Harmar for some weeks, was maj.
ried to Miss Annie MahatTey. The follow.
ing day Carpenter was arrested by Mar
shal Dye, Of Marietta, and lodged in Jail,
and Wednesday morning plead guilty to
the charge OF being a common thief. He
was lned and is still in Jail. There are
other charges against him, and when
Marietta Is through with him he Is
wanted at Parkersburg to answer to the
charge Of a robbery committed two yearS
ago.
AL. Hefner, OF Grafton, is tho latest
railway mail agent 10 be thrown out by
Senator Camden to mako room for some
perspiring henGhman. Heiner's run was
between Grafton and Chicago, Ill. sodes.
perato has become the situation Of the
Democrats that in order to have Hefner
removed they charged him with voting
ILLEGAL votes in West Grafton on the last
election. Mr.. Heiner informs us that II
he had not received this information from
a reliable source he would not believe II.
He also tells US that he was on the road
that day In the discharge OF his duties.
They are beginning to do desperate things
early in the game.-Parkersburg STATE
Journal.
The Tucker county Pioneer in It's issue
Of this week contains the following: Shell.
ton Rogers Is in trouble about his silver
mine on Red Creek, On Thursday his
miners struck for higher wages, threw
down their tools and quit work. He was
not there, aud when he arrived he found
notices posted up warning all persons not
to work in the mine, and threatening To
blow the whole mountain up with dyna-
mite II any person should dare to touch a
tool. The miners had struck a very rich
vein Of copper ore, and concluded that 1t
would make Shelton worth millions and
he could well afford to pay higher wages,
so they struck.