The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-04-19
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Accidents and Incidents in West Virginia
and Vicinity,

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Hay 10 selling as low as six dollars a ton
in some parts Of Guernsey county,
There is q coal war at Marietta, and
that article isHix cents per bushel.
The Ohio River road has purchased 90
900 ties from parties residing near St.
Mary's, for the Parkersburg extension.
Two large swans were captured q few
days since in the Greenbrier river, They
have been penned up and are becoming
tame,
The St. Lawrence Boom and ManufaC.
turing Company, Of Roncsverte, lost about
$4,000 worth Of lumber during the recent
ireshets.
Hon. John W. Mason, OF Grafton, is to
deliver the annual address this year be-
fore the literary societies at the State Uni
versity on June 8.
Mrs. Mary Horner, widow OF the late
Col, James g. Horner, and mother OF
Mrs. Nathan Gotf, died OF paralysis at her
home in Olarksburg Saturday.
Hon. John A. Hutchinson, Of Parkers.
burg, is to deliver IN address at Point
Pleasant, May 3, on the subject Of "Re'
publican Ideas; True and False"
Twenty-one tons oil dynamite, that Is to
be used Tor blasting on the Point Pleasant
extension Of the Ohio River road, has been
started away on Blennerhassett's Island.
Some Of the citizens Of Woodtield, o.,
are Of the opinion that q heavy. vein Of
coal can be found at no great depth In that
vicinity, and funds for the test are being
raised.
Miss Fanny Bruder, Weston's female
barber, died a few days since at Thomas
vile, Ga. Her remains were inferred al
| Weston. She went South last season In
the hope Of b%ene6ting her rapidly failing
health.
Charles II. Rabb, OF Barton Station, was
arrested charged with bastardy, the COM
plainant being Miss Nancy Naylor, He
was taken to st. ClaiFsville and held by
Squire Davies in the sum Of $500, in de-
fault Of which he went to Jail.
The residence OF John Duff, four and a
half miles west Of Martins Ferry, caught
6re Saturday afternoon in some unknown
manner, and was totally destroyed with
most OF It's contents. The house was a
two'story frame, and was valued at about
$1,000.
The proposition to subscribe $4,000 by
the county Of Writ, To the O., P. 4 N. rail.
road BLACK Diamond), has been submit.
ted by the County Court To the people for
ratification or rejection, and May IS fixed
ps the day on which the sense Of the peo-
pie on the question is to be taken.
Last Saturday Christopher Robinson, an
old and we'll known citizen Of Pruntytown,
took a large dose OF launanum, then one
Of croton oil. He then cat his throat, and
the artery in his left arm. He cannot re-
cover. He has been in bad health for
several months and his mind Is impairsd.
During the prst week Leonard Watson
aud Levi McGlowen, sentenced from Gil.
mer CouAty, one year each, for robbing
apostotlce and Warren Trims, sentenced
from Roane county, three years, were dis
charged, and Joseph Martin, alias Joseph
Scathy, sentenced from New Orleans, La,
for fifteen years for Counterfeiting, was
pardoned fromtne penitentiaryat Mounds
vile. Martin had served for ten years
and was pardoned on account OF old age
and ignorance Of the law.
A six.round glove contest took place in
Parkeraburg, Friday evening, between
Lee Epstein and Will swsitEer, amateur
light weights Of that city, for a purse Of $40
q aide. In addition the fight was TO settle
who was the best man, and this made 1t a
warm and interesting one. Only about
twenty were present, and the fight was
continued very quietly. In tile fifth
round Epstein sprained his right arm, but
kept up until the sixth round, when he
was compelled to throw up the sponge,
from the Intense pain. Both pugllists are
said to have been bloody spectaCles after
the fight. Considerable money Ia report
ed to have been staked on the fight. Its
reported that the bad blood generated has
brought about o match to a finish, with
bare %knuckles, To be fought at an early
day, some where in Ohio.