Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-02-22
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Leonard Cutlip and Elizabeth his wife,
alias Belts Dick" Minerva Thompson
and ". b. Williams, Jr., wers arrested one
day last week, and taken before Justice
Eskle, Of Brsxton c. a upon charge Of
stealing and killing eleven head of sheep
belonging to j. E. Williams. There was
very little evidenne against the Thompson
woman and she was discharged, but the
others were committed to jsil TO await the
action of the grand Jury. Mr.. Williams
sheep have been mysteriously disappear
ing for year past. A few days ago he
got out search warrant with which he
and an officer went TO Cutlips home.
There q large amount OF
talloN was found, and in the woods
short distance from the house he dis
covered what appeared TO be a regular
slaughter yard, where he found blood and
wool. A notch had been cut in the limb
of small tree on which TO hang the ami
mails while butchering them and large
hole had been dug in the ground in which
to deposit the entrails. The general sp.
pearance of the place indicated that sew.
eral innocent lambs had there been
slaughtered. Leonard had evidently been
mixing little fresh pork with his mutton,
as quantity Of hog hair was also found at
his slaughter yard.
The Baltimore American OF Wednesday
quotes prominent Maryland politician as
saying that a syndicate has been formed,
consisting OF Mr. German, ex-senator
Davis, OF West Virginia, and others inter-
ested in coal mines in West Virginia, the
object of which is to get possession of the
Chesapeake aud Ohio canal, in order that
they may extend the West Virginia Cen.
trail railroad and connect with the coal
mines in Western Virginia, and inIhis way
to transport their products to an eastern
market The plan ia to have the proposed
Maryland constitutional convention direct
the sale OF the canal 1t will be sold cheap
OF course, and the accruiDg profits will be
enormous. The scheme is we'll under way,
and is being vigorously pushed.
Last Saturday evening, between 9 and
10 clock, fight occurred in Elizabeth,
Writ county, between Bob Norris and FL,
Baker Baker is said to have been full Of
that innocent article known as hard cider,
and was the aggressor. After being
knocked down a time or two he tackled
young Norris with knife, cutting and
slsshing at him in most savage manner
Az soon as Baker commenced using his
knife, young Norris got out OF his reach,
receiving a light cut in the left breast
which, however, only cut through his vest,
also light cut on the left side OF the neck,
Immediately over the jugular vein. Had
Baker been little nearer his antagonist,
either Of the cuts, in all probability, would
have caused death.
Last Friday Emery Flint, living at
Echo, a mining village on New River,
a young man about twenty-five years OF
age, mine laborer, was kicked on the
head by one of the hores used in drawing
the cars to the entrance of the mine, and
bis skull crushed so badly that he will not
recover A few days previous to this his
brother was crippled for life by car
jumping the track and crushing his leg
against the mine wall. A brother.in. law
Of these young men accidentally cut the