The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-19
THROUGH THE STATE.
Accidents and Incidents In West vlrglnI
aud Vicinity.

Accidents and Incidents In West Virginia
M Vicinity,
Ernest Mann, aged 10, Is missing from
his home at Darlington,
John Rutter, Of Darlington, has been
appointed pension agent by the Interior
Department.
The Sheriff Of Webster county adver,
tises In the Mountain Echo thai he will
take ginsent and lat sheep o rtaxes,
Private Dalzsll has been seen. He Is
now for Taylor for Congress, Not long
since he was for Bingham. This Is about
the size Of Dalzell, however,-BeLdire In
dependent,
The Ensign Gar Works at Huntington
have orders booked sufficient to keep the
concern running Tor q year, Last week
forty cars were turned out for the An
nRpolis & Baltimore short line,
joint Vanmeter, OF Old Fields, Hardy
county, has a herd Of cattle numbering
ninety, the average weight Of which Is
1885 pounds, This Is the largest herd OF
fat cattle that has been in that county for
years,
The proceedings OF disbarment In the
case oil the State VS., Colonel Bob Blair in
this Circuit Court Of Richie county, were
concluded last week, The jury hung,
nine being in favor Of acqultta and three
for conviction,
Harvey Vestand sons James and George,
OF Randolph county, went into Beverly
one day recently, and while there all got
drunk, On their way hOme the old man
and James, the Oldest boy, got into q
quarrel which was ended by James giving
the old man a sound thrashing, for which
he was fined S. and costs the next day,
The Richmond Grain and Cotton Ex-
change has adopted a resolution asking
the farmers OF Virginia and West Virginia
not to thrssh their wheat until 1t has be-
come thoroughly dry in the shock, Much
Of the new wheat being offered for sale this
year Is in bad condition, and sells Tor
much less than 1t would if 1t had been
dried sufficiently before threshing,
Hon, Thomas H, Dennis, OF Greenhrler
county, Speaker OF the last House Of Dele
gates, has issued au address to the voters
Of his county, announcing himself as sgain
q candidate for the House, This address
takes up two anda hall OF the GreenbrIer
independents long columns and is probably
intended To be avery stateamanlike article,
II could not be longer II he was running
for the Presidency,
1t appears to DO getting to be the fashion
Tor women to fight in this State. The third
fight between women that is reported to
have taken place In this State within the
past two weeks occurred between some
Huntington women lust week. As a mat
ter OF course they were women OF bad rep
utation. They hired buggies and drove
outside the town and had a regular slug.
ging match, Marquis Of Queensberry rulep.
The Grafton Sentinel has named the
Hon. W. NJ, o. Dawson, the accomplished
editor OF the Preston county Journal and
State Senator from that district, as u win.
ming Republican candidate for Congress
In the Second District, and the Fairmont
West Nrginidn names for the same office
that popular old war horse, Captain Nelse
Hoffman, the w%ell-known editor oil the
Morgantown Post.
At meeting OF ex.Union soldiers at
Martinsburg last week resolutions were
adopted declaring in favor Of Gen. John
A. Logan for the next President, and at q
meeting Of Franklin Assembly No. 1878
X. OF L., at the same place, resolutions
were adopted declaring In favor OF Logan,
Powderly and victory Us the presidential
ticket for 1883. Berkeley county is al.
ways alive and interesting in politics.
According to Deputy U. 5. Marshal
sehon, Of Parkersburg, the Government
has been treating the U. s. Courts Of this
State rather shabbily, Mr.. Sehon says:
"During the entire year not one cent hAs
been received from the Department to de.
fray the current expenses Of the courts,
and the result Is that the treasury ia de.
pleted. Marshal Sehon has been Obliged
TO borrow all the money needed, giving
personal security for the same"
Capt. John Peters, Of Buckeye, Poca.
hontas county, Is a champion raitsman.
He has broughtin the last five years thirty
one RATS from Pacahontas TO RonCeysrte
without the loss Of q stick or board. In
the last eight months his work has been
one raft each month, closing with $4,000
feet Of walnut and cherry boards on the
first OF July. His energy IL shown in this
last work. Starting from Ronceverts at a
o'clock A. NJ, OF June 30th, he reached
%Pocahontas in twelve hours, constructed
his raft, and reached Ronceverte with 1t
on the evening Of July 1 all in 81 hours,
-Roucererte MVs.
Rev. Collins Denny, pastor Of the Meth.
odist congregation at Lswisburg, will bid
his people adieu next month, having
been selected by Bishop a. W. Wilson as
his travelling companion to the Southern
Methodist Mission fields in China and
Japan. Bishop Mel yiere, along with hiu
letter Of appointment, expresses the hope
that MIR. Denny may stand to Wilson as
"a silas to Paul and a Hendhx to Mar.
vim" On August Cd Mr.. Denny will leave
for California, and sail for San Francisco
the 2lst OF tho same month. The
tour will probably take him from
America until April or May Of next year.
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