Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-06-28
AN ANCIENT MOUND
OPENED NEAR ST. GEORGE, TUCKER COUNTY
RECENTLY.
Several Skeletons Found, But No
Relics of IntsrsSt---MiScel-
laneOuS State News
Notes.

skeletons were IN q great state Vi uCCdS,
while Others were well preserved. From
the positions of the bones, il seems that
the bodies had been buried in 4 sitting
posture, facing the cast. These mounds
have always been regarded as the work of
mound-builderS, a race who occupied the
Ohio Valley earlier than the Indians, The
skeletons were not much larger T not
much smaller than those of ordinary per-
sons, and there was nothing peculiar about
them. No relics of any kind were found,
except some grayels which may have come
from the river, and which We're of no
value. The excavation of the mounds
from a scientific standpoint, by persons
competent TO do the work, might lead 10
discoveries of interest. 1t is said that IN
old furnace was discovered few years ago
not far from these mounds; and i'll tho
mounds themselves the traces of fire Is
plainly to be seen.
1t looks Us if MorgantOwn is to get
another railroad. The old West Virginia
Midland Road has been reOrganizcd and 1t,
name changed to The West Virginia k. H.,
and the new company operating under that
name propose to build II railroad from the
PENNSYLVANIA State line, where the road
will connect with the SOuthwc&t'PcnnSyl-
vania Road, To M0rglntOwn; thence by way
of Dacker'S Creek ana the Preston county
coal basin to Ncwburg, on the Il. " ..
The road will bc about forty miles III
length. and easily built. The rights o.
way are secured. the route surveyed, ana
as soon u some other little prrlimInarieS
are arranged, it Is said, the work OF con
struction will begin. Pittsburg capital Is
behind the enterprise.
Squire K. l.. Phillips, Of PAwpaw dis
trict. Marion county, was quite severely
injured Il few days ago by an angry bull.
The animal had been excited and irritatcd
by some teasing boys, when Mr.. Phillips,
unaware Of this fact, entered the field, anu
was at once viciouSly attacked. He was
entirely of his guard, Of course, AMI Oh
livious of danger until fisG animal struck
him and knocked him over a pile of rails,
He quickly took in the situation and, re
covering himself, managed, with the all OF
the loose rails, To successfully resist the
assaults of the brute. In the encounter,
however, twO or three OF his ribs were
cracked and he received. several painful
bruises and hurts.
The Paramount Itdcr says a man who
STYLES himself Rev. Baker, but who is COM
monty known rs Devil John, has been
talking in Il religious way to the people
about i.lrwclicn sclonl hvdsr, Maroon
county. lie made two converts, Lincoln
Fluharty and Ham Nccr, and on Saturday.
aftcrf0llowing the example OF their teacher
by getting outside Of too much bugiuicc,
they met near the school house and had Il
regular pitched battle, in which Nccr WAS
very badly hurt, one Of his lips and about
half of one check being torn OF, both eyes
hlaCkrd aud his putsan hSpisad us general
~. Nice occupation for 4 preacher.
The stockholders of the GAINESVILLE,
Marion county, Manufacturing Company,
held Il meeting on last Saturday ut which
the ACCESSIBILITY of erecting a e factory
on the site of the one recently burned was
discussed at some length. No decision,
however, was arrived at by the ~StOckhOld-
crS. but Il committee was appointed to FUR
thtr consider thr FfOpOslpoI'. ali 90 rtlt-
der n report upon the proImhc cost Of u
new structure and the necessary machinery,
at Il subsequent meeting. We sincerely
trust the company will decide to rebuild.
A report has reached 81. George, Tucker
county, of Il strange phenomenon that
n It...l. -, a. v...t,l
storm. The lightning struck a cliff of rocks
with such terrific violence that it tore out
Il great ei,aahl iI j., AID tGrcW rGlEg en-
tircly across the valley, suvoEil hundred
feet, and where they struck the timber
against the opposite mountain, II looked
like clmon balls had been fired amOngthc
trees. The bark and limbs were torn away
and the ulI,ka MQleE \ bunch 0tlaurcl
that had grown On 1hh l0p Of Tho ciltf was
thrown entirely across the valley,
On last Sunday morning while the fast
train coming west wa3 about three hun
dred yards from the CanncltOn depot, the
brakeman called out the name of the sta
ton, When 9 iaqy lta5;&Tgcr, whose cXpcr-
fence bt rail must have hp"n limited, fur
ricdly came forward and jumped tr6m'thc
train, stPItipg head first on the crossticS.
She was conveyed to Al. upper ROOM of the
HanSford House and DIR. HOOKER called,
who after an examination, pronounced her
injuries serious but not necessarily fatal.
One day last week Mrs. Rudolph Bond,
of Morgantown, attempted to kindlr 4 fire
with a lot ofrock blasting powdcr-taking
from It Jug q splail baadhii - a timr and
throwing il into the CRATE, with, of course,
the usual result, viz: ahl0w-up and terri
Bile burning. The jug was blown to pieces
and Mrs. Bonds arm was terribly burned
with the powder, and other portions of her
body very seriously burned and bruised.
On June 18th Mr.. Ralf King, n well
known lumber man, WAS accidentally
killed while running Il raft of railroad ties
in Elk river. Engaged with 4 number of
other men they were coming through what
is called wiSt-.Ab0ut-Shoals, when the
raft oiruuk GH obstruction OF some kind,
which piled the ties up, catching Mr..
King and crushing him TO death.
The body of Milo Cooper, the fireman of
aaN sliiiu NiSiisllu' "H' Ns'N HA
the sinking OF that boat last winter, was
found floating in the river al letart last
Friday. 1t is supposed the body had been
entanglcd in the wreck Ill these months,
and the divers in working about the boat
had caused it Ia float away.
4 new rule has been adopted on the
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad by which
curtains are used on the engine headlights.
When Il train goes on 4 siding the curtains
must be dropped down over the light after
il has cleared the main track and the
set right again.
Near KeyScr, on Sunday last, Misses
Clara and Cora Miers were pursued by a
mad dog and forced To take refuge in an
apple tree, where they were compelled to
stay until rescued by their father aud sew
eral other gentlemen. The do. was killed
after 4 lively chase.
John GreathouSc, 4 respectable citizen
and business man Of Calhoun county, WAS
by a mob of men 4 day or two
on West Fork and left for dead.
was stabbed and cut in eight
1t Is believed he will recover.
On the 18th John McCliSter, foreman Of
the J. l.. Rumbarge Lumber Company at
DobbinS, was struck in the stomach by a
piece of wood he WAS saving and 50 badly