Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-07-19
THE WOMAN WINS.
4 SOMEWHAT UNIQUE FIGHT NEAR BRAx-
TON C. H.,
In Which an Amazon Wins IN a Pers0nai
Encounter With a Fsathsrwsight
Pugilis of the Male SEX.

A somewhat unique fight took place last
Sunday morning, near Braxton Z. H., De-
tween Mrs. Virginia Long, a 2OO-pound
Amazon. and Rominus Ray, a Gather
weight specimen of the male sex. Inc
row was occasioned by a dispute over some
fruit growing on a farm occupied by Ray
Mrs. Long laying claim to the stuff. Kay
at last turned to go into the house for a
written contract, with which to settle the
trouble, when Mrs, Long picked up large
rock and struck Ray on the shoulder. Ray
turned and seized the woman, and afuriOus
fipht ensued, in the course of which kay
found that Mrs. Long was too much ior
him, and sought safety in ignomlnlous
flight, leaving the female master oil the
field. Mrs. Long then had Ray arrested
upon a charge of assault with intent to
kill. but upon a hearing it was demonstra-
ted that Ray came nearer getting killed
than killing any one, and the case was dis
missed.
Ouite n severe accident occurred last
Saturday in the tram road, some distance
above Burners, Upshur county. Some OF
the hands were employed in blasting rock
from a high ledge. After a heavy blast
three ofthem, namely, Milroy Penney, Mr;
Wright and Wm. Turner (coloredl jumped
down upon the ledge where the blast mad
been shot, when it gave way, and fell
something near thirty feet, with them, but
did not turn. The smaller rock following,
fell upon Tenney and Wright, bruislng
them up pretty badly. Turner grabbed nc
the ledge as the rock started, and saved
himself from falling, but had to let go ana
hmm. He is said ia have turned over IN
the fall, but lit on his feet without INJURY:
No bones were broken, but Tenney and
Wright were quite badly bruised IL cut
by the falling rock.
On last Saturday night, at an unscason-
able hour, a serious shooting ailray occur
red in the suburbs of Weston in what Is
known as 'COol Spring Valley" In this
vicinity there live a few ''sOiled doves
and for some time it has been the scene OF
many troubles. On the night referred to
several Young men, after imbibing freely
of the satanic ardent, went thither and
after a great deal of quarrelllng anu hgtlt-
inc the row eliminated in Charles Lang
| ford shooting Frank Lowther, the ball enter
ing between the shoulders and causing a
serious wound.
West Virginia has funny names for
some of its towns. For instance-Corn Is III
Mason county; Barn is i'll Mercer Beets Is
in Fayette; Big Isaac is in Doddride; Big
Skin Creek is in Lewis; Cos is in Upshur;
Gin is in Logan; Frost is in Pocahontas;
Jumbo is i'm Webster; Left Hand Is in
Roane: Man is in Logan; Monday is in
| Writ: Ok Bow is in Richie; Snake Root
is in Mcdowell; The Rock is in Mercer;
Wicks is in Tyler; Tick Ridge isin Wayne;
Yankee Dam is in lay ;Track Is in Mason;
True is in Summers; Van is in Boone.
A number of soiled doves in Charleston
got into n row, Thursday, and agreed TO
settle their differences according to Mar
uuis of Queensbcrry rules. They hired
burgies and went a mile beyond the corpo-
rate limits of the town, where III police
man had a right to intrude, and INDUCED
in a free fight, returning to town late III
the afternoon somewhat disigured but
still in the ring.
J.H. Page & Co., of Guyandotte, Kama
wha county, have bought the real estate
and machinery formerly owned by the
Foote Lumber and Manufacturing Com
pany paying about $4,000 for 1t. They
will run the mill under the name of The
Guyandotte Lumber Company. They start
out with contracts for a million feet OF
lumber.
The Huntington AdUertisrr, in speaking OF
the giddy story of Senator Kcnna's poker
game at Washington, in which it is said he
gave up a pot because he thought three
aces beat two pair of queens, says, to show
the falsity of the story, that they teach
poker in the Sunday Schools in the
Knawha Valley. e.
Richard Wright's barn, on Pea Ridge,
Kanawha county, was struck by lightning
last Wednesday and with its entire con-
tents was entirely consumed by fire. Two
or three years wheat crop and agricultural
implements were stored in it. No insur-
ance. Loss, from 81, 0G0 to 81, 800.
A log of curly walnut, six feet across the
butt and eighty feet long, has been found
in the head of Laurel creek, i'll Webster
county. The tree was evidently cut
down twenty years ago by some one, in
search of a bear. who had no idea of the
value of timber. The find is a valuable
one.
Mrs. VIM. c Menear of New Readsville,
Preston County, while standing on the
limbs of a cherry tree, was precipitated tc
the ground a distance of 10 feet. Weighing
200 pounds, she probably fatally injured
although hopes are Entertained of her re-
cOvery.
The MorgantOwn Post says that an or
ganization of prominent mOnied men OF
Marion county is being formed to buy
ground and erect a large distillcry on the
line of the f. NJ. q p. X. X. between
Cobun's and Booths creeks.
Near Cassville, Marion county, Tin
Ramsey, an old resident, was driving in q
buggy, when the horse ran off and threw
him out. Being "a years old, his hurts
will likely prove fatal.
The State Board of Health has been in
session in Charleston during the past week,
The proceedings ofthe Board have not been
made public, but will be published soon.
Last Saturday two men were taking q
barrel of ice in IL boat from Fire Creek t.
Echo Station, in Fayette county. The boat
upset and both men were drowned.
The once noted trout streams of Upshul
County are now said TO be almost bare O
fishes.
The Salvation Army in Charleston haS