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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
A WELL-KNOWN CITIZEN KILLED
Jacob Baxter Shot Down While Standing In
His Own Door.
HIS COUSIN The MURDERER,
According to the Evidence and Popular
Belief.
The CRIME and ITS CAUSES.

Passengers arriving in this city yesterday
morning via. the Ohio River Railroad
brought vague rumors of terrible murder
committed the evening before near the
village of Proctor, just at the upper edge
of Wetzel county. No details were known,
beyond the bare fact that the victim was
Jacob Baxter, and that be had been
instantly killed while standing in his own
door or in the yard Immediately outside
the house. A REGISTER reporter went
down to Proctor last evening, and there
obtained full details of the tragedy, the
PARTIES to it, and the causes leading up to
il, and these facts are presented as follows:
THE MURDERED MAN
was Jacob Baxter, farmer, owning and
tilling farm about two miles from the
river, on what is known rs the Ridge road,
while the reputed murderer, now III the
county Jail at New Martinsville, is John
Newman, a cousin of his victim, and like
him the owner of q good farm and
a man comfortably well off in this worlds
goods. The crime was committed just
after dusk Sunday evening. Baxter was
instantly killed.
There has been trouble between the
Newman and Baxter families ever since
1870. In that year James Newman's
barn was burned, it being located on the
hill about two miles from the river.
James Newman's farm adjOined that OF
Bakers, and Newman, suspecting Baxter
of being the incendiary, had him arrested
but there was no evidence to convict him
and he was released from custody.
THE TROUBLE THUS BEGAN
has continued ever since. During the
past year Baxter has been practicing law
in addition to running his farm, and Ill
the course of his legal business he took q
case for neighbor named Charles Smith,
whom John Newman had sued for debt
Baxter lost the case, and Newman got a
Judgment for the money. Smith is said
to have boosted that he would have re-
venge, and soon depredations began to be
made on Newman's property. Potatoes
were pulled up, corn cut down, and such
like petty WEAKNESSES practlced,
but no evidence could he
secured by the owner either against Smith
or anyone else Later, about two months
ago, Newman's wheat crop was burned
Just after it had been cut and stacked
ready for threshing. This occurred on
Sunday, and the following morning, while
Charles Smith was passing the house,
Newman ran out and called out: 'YOu
--! You burned my wheatH
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
Knirhts of PYthins Notes.

Ohio Valley Lodge No. 81 will confer
the rank OF Page on one applicant, on FRI
day evening next, at their Castle Hall, on
Main, north of Twelfth street.
Cour De Lion Division, No. l, of the
Uniform Rank, on three members of the
Knights Rank, on Wednesday evening
next, at their ArmOry, corner OF Chapline
and Twenty-sixth streets. All members
are cordially invited.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
A NEW WELL
Struck by the Wheeling Natural Gas Com
pany-Other Gas Notes.

struck by the Wheeling Natural Gas Com
pany-Other Gas Notes.
The Wheeling Natural Gas Company's
sixth well in the Hickory field came in
Saturday morning with a rush. 1t is To-
Gated on the HARRISON farm and appears to
be about 100 pounds heavier than any of
the other FIVE By a new system Of casing
the new well was drilled several feet deeper
into the sand than any of the rest.
The Wheeling Natural Gas Company
line sprung leak, yesterday, on the NAL
Low farm, about two miles beyond the
Pennsylvania line, and all the mills and
factories in the vicinity, using gas from
the company's line were compelled TO close
down, with this exception Of the glass
factories, which were supplied by an at
tachment being made to the West Virginia
Company's line, A force of men was put
to work Immediately to repair the loosen
ed joint and things will again be in run
ming order to-day. The West Virginia
Company also had several joints sprung
Yesterday. At Pleasant Valley, just be
yond Greenwood, n small leak was found
by boy who lighted it with match, but
a Waterman discovering it extinguished
the blaze with q shovel full OF
dirt. Another leak was sprung
some distance this side of the wells, but as
far as could be learned it was not Of q ser
ious character.
The men working for James Haley &
Bros, who are running the West Vir-
ginia company's line across the creek, at
the peninsula, went on strike against
working in the water for the same price.
1t was soon settled, however by the con
tractors offering double pay to those work
ing in the water.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
A MOST LIBERAL OFFER.

The YOLTAIC BELT Co., Marshall, Mich,
offer to send their Celebrated Voltaic Belts
and Electric Appliances on thirty days
trial to any man afflicted with Nervous De-
bility, Loss of Vitality, Manhood, etc.
Illustrated pamphlet in sealed envelope
with full particulars, mailed free, Write
them at once.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
and
SHOT SMITH IN THE ARM

with revolver. The two men then had
alively tussle in the road, but We're sepa-
rated before further harm could be done
Smith then got warrant and had New
man arrested, and bound over for Court,
when the grand jury indicted him for
shooting with intent to kill. An indict-
ment was also brought in against Smith
for assault and battery. When the case
came up Newman, it is said, acknowledged
heidi the shooting and said he shot to kill.
Both cases, through some cause or other,
were continued.
This affair served to intensity the bitter
feeling previously existing between the
Newman's and Bakers, while it also
aroused public attention, and there were
many forebodings that very serious conse-
quences would sooner or later arise out of the
fued. On one occasion John Newman told
Elizabeth Baxter, his aunt, that there were
two or three men on the Ridge ne was go
inc to
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
NIulcahey's Death.

John Mulcahey the man who was muir
dered at BenwOOd several days since was a
native of Martinsburg W. Va, and was %
years Of age. For four years he had lly-
ed in Baltimore, and at the time OF his
death was doing some detective work for
the B. & o. road though not in the regu-
lar service. 1t is thought the men he was
hunting up for some violation of the law,
were the ones who murdered him. The
dead mans body has been forwarded to
Baltimore and buried from the home OF
his father.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05

On and after July IL, 1886, the Ohio
River Railroad Company will sell excur-
sion tickets every Sunday until further
notice at the following rates: Wheeling to
Parkersburg and return, s.. %; Wheeling
to Sistersville and return, $3.50. Tickets
only to be used OH day of sale. Train
leaves Wheeling at 40 A. NJ. city time;
returning, will leave Parkersburg at 4:O5
P. NJ. and Sistersville at 6:l6 P. NJ, Wheel
ing time
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
Omeer Watson Reinstated.

The Police Board last evening inyesti-
gated the charge against Officer Jacob
Watson of shooting with intent
to kill Arthur McNichol, for which the
Board suspended him at the time. A
of witnesses were examined and
after taking the case into consideration,
the Board decided to reinState the officer,
who will 90 on duty this evening.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
1t Would be a Lasting Benefit.
Mn0refoLf Examiner.

1t seems that Wheeling is having its
turn with that malicious class known as
'boycotters. If a few were put behind
the bars right speedily it would be a last,
ing benefit to the city. The REGISTER, OF
Monday last says in regard to this mat
ter:
1.-THE prosperity of this community has
been sadly injured by system OF unlaw-
full terrorism known as boycOtting. 1t has
driven foreign capital away from the city;
it has caused local capital to invest else
where; it has paralyzed our present indus
tries and deferred Others from locating in
our midst"
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
Eirrnif Court.

In Part l of the Circuit Court, Judge
Jacob, the contest of the probate ofthe
will of John ThOrnburg was on trial.
In Part II, Judge Boyd, in the case
OF the Nail City Building AssOcia-
ton vs.. George Cumbaeker, the plaintiff
was given Judgment for 81, 1894, which
Judgment is to- be satisfied by the pay
ment of 81 900, if payment is made before
October 18th. In the case of c. p. Brown,
ex-Sheriff, vs.. S. p. Hildreth, trustee Of
the Riverside Furniture Company, the
evidence was all heard and the case adj
journed over until Saturday, when the
arguments will be had.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
important to natural Gas Consumers.

In all cases when natural gas is used in
the household, the chimneys should be
thoroughly cleaned in advance, or else the
SCOT, which is lOOsened from the chimneys
by the burning fuel, drops down
with every wind storm and soils carpets,
ETC. i am prepared to clean chimneys in
the most thorough manner, at the lowest
rates.
A. HOPKINS, at JONES & BRO, No. 90
Twelfth Street, Practical Chimney
Cleaner.
Don't delay, for after while roofs of
houses viii be covered with snow and ice,
50 that the cleaner will not undertake the
job.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05

THE members of the Bible class of the
First Presbyterian Sunday school have
appropriately draped the chair which he
occupied, while OH his table was beauti-
full pillow of flowers with the words "Our
Teacher" worked in. The clrss was very
fond of their teacher and will miss him
sadly.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
ABOUT THE CITY.
Unclaimed Letters.

Letters for tbs following persons remain
unclaimed in the pOst-Ofice: Philander
Welkison, Geo. F. Sunouds, John B. Nc
Nally, w. Y. Kelly, and viii Cummings.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05

Fort Wayne Route to Chicago. Quick Time
Train leaving Bridgeport at 80 p. No.,
city time, arrives in Chicago the following
morning at $50. Connection made in the
Union Depot for all points West and
Northwest
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
Mbeelin9 Re9istrr
YESTERDAY IN THE CITY.
KISNER'S.

Fall and Winter Opening OF Pattern
Hats and BOnnets, on Wednesday,
and Friday, october 8. 2
and = All are cordially invited.
KISNER'S
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
AL.RICEN 90, OPENING.

will have an opening OF Pattern Hats
and BOnnetS. and We promise the Ia
dies the choicest exhibit ever shown
I'm this city. 4. l.. RICE & GO.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05

Excursion to Pittsburg via the Il. d o.
S1.35 for the Round Trip.
Tickets good going on afternoon trains
Oct. 4th, and all trains Oct 5th, good re-
turning Oct. 9Th, inclusive.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
THE WEATHER.
THERMOMETERS RECORD.

Mr.. c. Schnepf, the Opera House drug
gist, made the following observations Of
the temperature, Monday: : q. m, "A; l2
u, IL; D. m, 66; p. m, %.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
New Goods.

The most durable goods, the most stylish
goods, the hest fitting goods and the best
assorted stock Of shoes at the lowest pos
sible prices L. V. BLOND.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
KISNER'R.

Fall and winter Opening Of Pattern
Hats and BOnnets, ON Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday, October 8, z
and =. All are cordially invited.
KISNER'S.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
INDICATIONS.

WASHINGTON, D. c., October g.
For Western Pennsylvania and West
Virginia, fair weather, northerly
winds, becoming variable, slightly
cooler.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
Rack NVMBERS

OF the Sunday Register, I'm which
Bret Harte's great story Ii now run
ming, can be had ON application ~ the
Register Counting Room
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05

Cheap Excursion Tickets to Cincinnati by
the Pan Handle Route.
Excursion tickets to the Exposition at
Cincinnati now on sale at the Pan Handle
depot. For tickets and further particu-
lars call on the agent Pan Handle Route.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
M Right to Interfere With Others.

While we believe in the right Of en-
nloyes to strike, we do not believe they
have the right to interfere with the busl-
ness of others.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05

IF you want to learn shorthand writing
send one cent stamped selfaddreSsed en-
velope to Slee & Di5es, Stenographers,
Columbus, D.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
Tho r. Gn

will sell round trip tickets to Pittsburg at
$3.50 and Washington, Pa, at 81 every
Sunday morning. Trains leave at. sos and
1885, city time.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05

. READ our Advertisement very carefully.
l.. 4. GOOD q Co.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
index 20 New Advertisements.
SECOND PAGE

SECOND PAGE.
Wsnted-FOur Boys
Womans Union Benevolent Society.
Wanted-Girl for HOusewOrk.
Underwear and Hosiery-D, Gundling 4 Co.
FOURTH PAGE.
Wanted-COok.
WRnted--Agent.
Excelsior Baking Powder-R. II. List
Cape Cod Cranberries
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
Panhandle Excursion to Pittsburg. S1.35
For Round Trip.

Tickets good going on the afternoon
trains of October 4th and all trains October
5th. Good returning until October 9Th.
A train will leave Pittsburg for Wheeling
at 7:45 p. m, October 9Th.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
Poor Policy.

The printers employed on the Wheeling
daiIies, who were making, on an average,
about three dollars per day, struck last
week for higher wages The employers
could not pay the price demanded and live,
and so refused The strikers now refuse
to arhitrate, and are endeavOring, by the
use of the barbarous boycott to force the
publishers to compliance with their de-
mands. We cannot help thinking them
very unwise as well as unjust. The Neics-
Letter. the organ of the wOrkingman, so
called, has started daily i'll opposition to
those already published, and TO champion
the cause OF the striking printers. We
predict the early failure of the whole affair
The American people have to strong love
for fair play to be willing to see injustice
triumph The boycotters will find not
only that the boycott has two edges, but
that the "back edge" is the keenest and
cuts the deepest We fully believe in all
the rights of the workingmen, but we feel
moderately sure that employers havs some
rights that wOrkmen are bound to respect.
We are not for the employers against the
laborers, nor are we for the labOrers against
the employers, but we are for liberty, fair
play, and justice for ALL
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
my GOD, HE'S DEADrr

Mrs. Baxter ran to the stable, jumped
upon horse, and leaving her children
alone in the house, the girl Jennie having
run to the edge of the hill, some distance
away, to shout across the valley for aid,
the widow gallOped mile along the road
to the house Of Constable Samuel O'Neil
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05

Now is the time to make your selection
of shoes for fall and winter wear, as we
are daily receiving the finest line Of shoes
ever brought to the city. No end to the
STYLES and variety. l.. V. BLOND.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
Transfer of Real Estate.

The following transfer of real estate was
admitted to record by Clerk Hook yester'
day:
Deed made the 18th day Of September,
1886, by Ernest Juergens and wife To
Henry Juergens, for 16 feet Offof the south
half of lot No: 81 in Zane's addition to the
civ Consideration, 81, 200.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
THE ASSASSIN

had posted himself behind small tree
which stands just in front of the house and
about fifty feet from it, and resting his gun
in the forks, had taken deliberate aim at
his unsuspecting victim. The ball, after
doing its deadly work, passed through the
weather boarding of the house and lodged
in the timbers, where it was found yester-
day.
When the wife heard the first shot she
turned around, and saw the fash of gun
and beheld her husband sink backward
upon the ground. For the moment she
thought some joke WAS being played upon
her, and ran to her husband with the cry,
Jake, don't scare me"' STOPPING she
turned the body over and the ghast-
~ wound, blood-stained garments,
and the pale countenance of the
dead man forced upon her the horrible
truth. Jennie O'Neal, the domestic of
the family, had run to the yard at the
sound of the shots, and as the wife started
to her feet she screamed to the girl,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
Buckien's Arnic. s.,.

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Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt RbeumU NJ Sut
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money refunded. Price 25 cent? n o.
For sale BY Logan & Co. ~ 10,
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
PUBLIC OPINION.

Tn Regard to the Strike of the Wheeling
Printers.
Elisabeth TflRes.
The Photographed Union is trying TO
mt mn a boycott on the Wheeling papers
The boycotters should be caught up be-
tween the heavens and the earth by the
assistance of good stout rope. Away
with them. They are no good.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05

Excursiont to Ptttsburg via the H. & d.
SI.35 for the Round Trip
Tickets good going on afternoon trains
Oct. 4th, and all trains Oct. 9Th, good re-
turning Oct. 9th, inclusive.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
DIED.

GEIGER-Saturday, October 2, 1886, at O'Clock
a. m, at the residence Of her husband, No. 2347
Wood street, Mrs. DANIEL GRIGER
Funeral notice hereafter
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
PIT OFT OF TIE WAY.

and Mrs. Baxter told her brother, Jacob,
of the threat, and advised him to have New
man put under bond to keep the peace.
On another occasion John Newman's wife
told her sister that something terrible
would shortly happen Jake Baxter. Leo
nard Moore was paying attentions to the
girl, and she informed her lover of the mis-
chief she felt to be brewing. Moore is a
cousin of both Newman and Baxter, and
this tale was a so brought to BaXter's ears.
This preliminary review of the family
feud brings us down TO
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05
"Boycotters" aud Honest Laborers

"BOycOtters" aud Honest LabOrerS.
To the Editor fthe Register;
SIR:-So far rs your present correspond
ent knows, those who claim to represent
the labor interest as candidates for the
Legislature, have not come to time. Why
do they not respond? Why not define
their position in regard to "boycotting?"
Let them not deceive themselves. The
public whom they are watching" and
"dOgging" know perfectly well how to
distinguish between an honest laborer
and a boycotter. The former
pursues his calling quietly and minds his
own business. The latter is half his time
a loaier, or tramp, hanging about the 81
looms, neglecting his own business and his
tamily-if lie has any-and meddling with
the affairs of other people. Seeking pro-
lection under the shield of organized labor
and having little or no interest in the COM
munity, he teels at perfect liberty to wreck
the public interest, as he has mind to.
Let them not deceive themselves. An
honest labOrer, is one person; boy
cotter is another. He is socialist,
a communist, and all he wants is the OPP
pOrtunity to come out full blown anarch-
list. He is conspirator-decided to be
such by the courts. The penalty of his
crime is imprisonment in the pententiary
and if he is not there already he has reason
to thank long suffering people The
Prosecuting Attorney and the Courts will
soon have TO look this matter in the face,
or the public will look after them. In
formations will be filed, the grand
jury will be charged and indictments
founed. We boycotters beware! The
people are coming. Stu nbering vengeance
is awaking, and you are not careful you
will find yourselves where you did not ex-
pect to be- Again, you are admOnished,
BE not deceired; an hoRest WOrkman is one
person, and Il bOycOtter another, and the pub
lie kROWS IT,
Again, the candidates, one and all, OF
both parties, are called upon to define their
position as to "bOycotting," or they will
be left, left" LEFT"
n. B. Strikers are lawful, organized
labor is lawful, but bOycotting is a crime
n pcnitentiary ottense. a."
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05

in which the trouble has eliminated. Sun
day evening Jacob Baxter and his family
were all ut home, and about o'clock Mrs.
Baxter opened the door of her residence
and started to the we'll for pail of water.
Her husband accompanied her to the door,
and stood there after she left the step, while
Wollsley Baxter, the oldest son, aged about
ten years, stood by q window near the door.
While Baxter was standing there, and
when his wife had reached a distance of
about twenty feet from the door, the crack of
a rifle was heard and bullet whistled past
Baxter'S head and glazed the corner of the
door, Baxter, whose left side had been
turned in the direction from whence the
shot came, faced squarely toward the as
saSsin, just in time to receive second ball
at the base of the neck. The bullet cut
off his wind-pipe, passed through the
throat, shattered the spinal column, and
then passed out at the top of the shoulder
at the back. Baxter fell to the ground
with one foot and leg resting upon the step
and was dead in an instant in sight of his
wife and children.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-10-05

L.sGOoD&cO. selldry goods theChsapest.
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-12

A. c. Shober, the leading groceryman,
makes the following prices for the next ten
days:
lbs OF rice 25c, 6 lbs of beans 25c, 10 lbs
hominy 25c, ) lbs Of prunes 25c. lbs dried
apples 25c, lbs dried peaches 25c, II lbs OF
granula1ed sugar 81, new sorghum 40c gal
Ion, II los extra c sugar 81, golden syrup soc
per gallon, pure maple syrup 75c per gallon,
blackberries gooseberries, raspberries. loc
per can: Arbuckle's and O. K. coffee lbs 81:
strained honey, lbs 25c; 3-lbcan peaches l5c
ID can 10c: - boxes of matches 25c; 10 bars
good laundry soap 25c; chewing tobacco 3Oc
per pound 5l9 East Douglas d32-6t
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-12

If you want to make money don't forget to
call on S. Drukker & Co., the live real estate
brokers. They have some good bargains In
Main street lots and property on College
hill. Lots in all parts of the city Some
good houses, etc, etc. Now is your time 10
invest and don't You ferget it. No Isl North
Main street, between Douglas and First
street dI55-tf
Wichita eagle., 1886-12-12
Worse Than a Fire Alarm.

One of the most dreadful alarms that can
be sounded III mothers ears Is produced by
Group; dreadful because it is known to be
dangerous; the more dreadful because the
life of a loved one is in jeopardy. Chamber
iainS Cough Remedy is a never failing safe
guard against this dangerous disease It's
reputation as a preventive and cure OF Group
is fully and firmly established. In fact, it is
the Only remedy which can always be relied
upon. Sold by Aldrich 4 Brown and J..
F. Allen. dl55-tf