The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-04-24
TuIouan rHE ArArE..
Accidents and InOIdsnta In wOst Virginia
and Vicinity.

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and Vicinity.
Tracy 0. Ovens, Of the Rltchie county
Review office, had the misfortune 10 break
leg badly in allghtlng from moving
train.
Forest fires are reported to be doing
considerable damage In Calhoun county.
A large amount oil fencing has been de-
stroyed.
Morgantown Is about to realize another
advantage OF railroad. She is to have
circus, the first one Of any hiSs or import
ance that ever visited the place.
Hon. ]. L. Hall. OF Barbour county, has
sent his resignation as member Of the
Board Of Regents Of the Deal, Dumb aud
Blind Asylum to Governor Wilson.
The ancirent stove pipe In tho office OF
the Mcdowell county Pr0gre@ suddenly
collapsed and caused such q mess that
the paper was delayed o week In getting
out.
Henry Allen, mail carrier from Salem
to Shirley, Harrison county, had his horse
run away with him, and one OF bis legs
was 30 fractured that amputation was
necessary.
While John Wlntz, OF Kauawha county,
was Telling q tree one oil the branches
caught him In It's descent crushing him to
the ground and killing him. He leaves
wife and two children.
Several Of Parkersburg's leading citixsns
are agitating scheme To have that CiLy
lighted by the electric light They are Ia
correspondence with the Schuyler Electric
Light Company Of Connecticut.
Miss Delilah Mitchell. aged q, daughter
OF Asa Mitchell, Of Washington township,
Greene county, was found hanging In
cave near her fathers house. Her body
was warm when found. She had uaetl n
bride rein, fastening II 10 rafter In the
cave aud about her neck. No cause 10 AZ.
signed. i
William Rumble, OF Stewartstown. Mo.
nongalla county, aged about 06 committed
suicide by shooting and hanging himself,
His gun was arranged In the fork OF tree
30 that It's contents were fred into him "a
he swung off with rope about his neck,
He was unmarried and left about $500 In
money.
A railroad engineering corps has been
operating In Wyoming and Boone coun.
ties for several weeks past. The impres.
sion, 10 that the outlook for the early con.
struction Of q railroad from ST. Albans,
on the Chesapeake Il Ohio 10 the western
terminus Of the Norfolk 4 Western
through this section was never better.
Col. Jesse r. Irwin and Messrs. Charles
+. Thomas and Chandler, oil Wilmington,
Delaware, and Col. Henry Alton, OF Lon.
don, England, have been spending some
time In Wyoming county looking after
their interests In large estate, and ior
the purpose Of paying the redemption
money due on the Irwin morris GiantU
Of 5000 acres.
Rezin Davis, prosperous young man OF
Barbour county, and Miss Mollle, daughter
oi Hon. John w. Cordef, were beLhtolhed,
but Mr., Corder objected 10 Davis AZ a som
in.law. The young people, both being Of
age decided 10 elope and did 30 leaving
MrB. Cofder standing In the doorway, calf,
ing. on them to stop as long as she could
be heard.
Since the United States geological sur.
vey began In West Virginia, In 1883, an
area Of II 900 square miles has been sur.
yeyed. The survey includes The whole OF
the counties Of Preston, Tucker, Grant,
Hardy, Mercer, Wayne, Logan, Lincoln,
Boone, Raleigh Wyoming. Mcdowell,
Mineral and Hampshire. Pats Of Cabell,
Kanawha, Fayette, Monroe, BummetB,
MononRalla, Randolph, Pendleton. Nor.
gan, Marion, Taylor and Barbour have
been surveyed. II is undeBtood that this
valuable work lS TO be pushed 10 com.
oiAtioH.