Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-09-02
OVER THE STATE.
INTERESTING ITEMS OF NEWS CLIPPED
FROM EXCHANGES.
A Bungling Charleston FOrger-A POstOfice Robbery
A Citizen Waylaid and Robbed
and Other Happenings.

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Bank received by mail n check for S442,
from the Ohio Valley Bank of Gallipolls,
purporting to have been drawn by Jelenko
Bros. of Charleston, and made payable to
one s. C. Bartholomew. The face OF the
check indicated that it had been drawn in
Charleston, but it was endorsed by the
payee and negotiated at the Gallipolis
bank. The bank authorities of Charleston
Immediately wired those of Gallipolis that
the check was a gross forgery, and to take
all necessary actions that would enable
them to detect the culprit.
Later the Kanawha Valley Bank received
information from their correspondent at
Gallipolis saying that partial advance
had been made on the check to the payee,
who was introduced to them bya citizen OF
that city, and backed by letters OF intro
duction from banks in IrontOn and Ports
mouth. If these letters are torgerles they
prove him to be more of an adept than the
clumsy forgery of Saturday indicated.
Proper efforts have been instituted for his
apprehension.
Last Saturday night, about ten o'clock,
| Jennings Elsie went to the residence OF
William Buckner, on Mill Creek, near
Charleston, and without any provocation
or previous misunderstanding, struck him
q vicious blow on the head with brass
ball. Continuing the assault, he pulled a
large sized pOcket-knife from his pocket
and attacked him with it, inficting three
painful cuts, one slanting from the hair
down to the left eye, on his left shoulder
and on his cheek.
The postofice at RavenswoOd was
broken into Sunday night by some one
breaking glass in the back window and
reaching in and pulling up a bolt. The
safe was battered considerable but they
did not get into it, but helped themselves
| to two or three dollars in change, which
was laying on the counter. They also cut
the Ripley mail sack open and took what
letters were therein. No clue to the per-
petrators of the deed.
One of those peculiar incidents rarely
witnessed and seldom read about has oc-
CURED in Kanawha county. Monday morn
| ing Mr.. Willard and wife, who reside at
the mouth of ellis Branch, short dis
lance above Charleston, on Elk, came to
the office of DR.. r. S. Henry, bringing with
them ten months old infant from whose
| breast projected the point of needle. The
needle had entered the body of the child
near the umblical attachment when it was
n very young infant and gradually worked
it's way up, passing beneath the glands of
the breast and the point had penetrated
Al, IL nd OF
The infant was chloriformed and the needle
removed by the physician.
About 1890 Sunday night the residents
near the railroad bridge in Charleston
were startled by the sharp, short crack of
a revolver. Investigation developed the
fact that in an alteration John Hairless
had shot his brother-in-law, James Shirk-
ev. 1t seems that Shirley had heard by
some means that Hairless was i'll treating
his sister, and having called him to an ac-
count therefor, q quarrel ensued, ultima
ting as above. DR.. Wilcox was immedi-
ately summoned to the wounded mans
assistance, and succeeded in eXtricating the
bullet The wound is painful, but not
dangerous.
Mr.. James Newman, of Wetzel county,
in addition to having his wheat shocks de-
stroyed by some coward, has been further
injured, presumably by the same miscre-
ants by having his fruit trees, corn and
vegetables killed or otherwise injured.
Every effort is being made to find out who
the scoundrel is.
Montague Frazier, Winfield, Putnam
county, left home Monday evening with
$500 to pay off his threshing hands, and
was waylaid and shot by robbers, who
failed to get his money. His body was
found Wednesday night by his wife.
A son of VIM. Knight of Lesages, Cabell
county, aged about ii years, few days
ago received a serious wound in the bow
els, at the hands of younger brother who
accidentally discharged a gun that he was
handling preparatory to hunt.
Cadet Cutlip was in town over Sunday.
A duel between him and young society
gent of GAINESVILLE is not improbable. Con-
tlicting interest gives rise to the trouble
Chenille Banner.
The Charleston water works il in sue
cesSful operation.