The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-25
rHRoUeH THE STATE.
Accidents aud InOldsnts In West virginia
and Vicinity,

anu VlClnlty'
Wellsville, Ohio, Ia going to declare the
Salvation Army nuisance.
Governor Wilson has ,appointed w. H,
II. Raleigh, OF Baltimore, TO be Commits.
sioner OF Deeds for this State in Mary
land
Mrs. Lcpis Hitchcock, OF Tyler county,
was seriously and 1t Is feared fatally
burned q few days since in clearing
where her husband was burning brush.
Ballard Jones and Ida Brown, Of Monroe
county, caused decided sensation by
clipping 10 Tennessee, where they were
married without the interference Of the
parents.
A bank with $4,000 paid up capital lie
about to be started at West Alexander,
which has grown to be quite large grain,
stock and wool center. Joel Truesdale
will be the cashier OF the new bank.
The Jackson county Herald celebrated
the carrying ofths $4,000 subscription to
the Ripley 4 Mill Creek Valley railroad by
painting things red" It's last issue was
printed in red Ink, and looked as pretty
as a band wagon.
Joseph McHenry, Of Brooke county,
after returning from temperance meet
ing, placed his horse in the stable. Dur
ing the night some one entered the stable
and shot the horse In the head. The horse
was a valuable one.
Justice Cool, Of Webster county, has a
walnut tree on his farm that IL I feet In
diameter at the butt and will cut seven
logs 10 feet long, It Ia too large to be
converted into lumber by any OF the saw
mills in that county.
Following the burning Of the New River
hotel at Hinton by inCendlahes comes
the destruction at that point Of nuild.
ing occupied by man named Harvey az
general store, and owned by George
Barton. This was also the work Of fire.
bug, Mr.. Harvey's loss is about $1,000,
With no insurance.
A remarkable double death occurred
few nights since at Rowlesburg. Henry
Moore, an employee on the Baltimore &
Ohio, died at 0 o'clock and his son at II,
The former died from q Carbuncle on his
neck, but no cause can be assigned for the
young mans death. He was II years Of
age, and his father was o.,
A gang OF rullians recently applied coal
oil To the home Of Robert Glover, near
Smithville In Richie county, and then
applied the torch. This occurred at the
dead OF night. The family saved nothing,
losing all their corn, wheat and bacon. In
going to the stable to loose the stock the
rutIi4ns fred several shots, one OF which
hit Mr.. Glover In the arm. What causes
led to this act are not known.
A special from Charleston says: At
Echo, q station on the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railroad, prize.fght took place between
two miners, John Moore and Harry Fair.
burn. The latter was the heaviest by
twenty pounds, but Moore faced him with.
out hinChing. They fought nine rounds,
both receiving severe punishment. On
the tenth round Fairburn disloCated a
thumb and finger, when Moore struck
him on the temple, rendering him uncon-
scious. He was otherwise severely in.
jured, and his recovery 10 regarded as i'm.
possible. Moore fled, and has not been
heard OF,
Alta late hour Friday night Ellsworth
Powell, Of Piedmont, and two friends who
had been spending the evening at read.
ing room started home. After going a
short distance they saw man lying In the
street, apparently intoxicated. He was
recognized as Joseph HendriCkson, IT,,
grocer, aged about 80. II was proposed
TO take him home, but this plan was
abandoned. Powelrs two companions
started back TO to the reading room for
forgotten article. While gone three pistol
shots were fred. Turning back they met
Powell, who said he had been shot BY
Hendrickson. The latter was standing
near with a revolver in his hand. He re. !
fused to say anything and was locked IN |
In the jail at Keyser. Two shots hft |
Powell and severely wounded him; he
may recover. The motive for the shooting |