The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-23
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Accidents and Incidents in West VirgIuII
aud Vicinity,

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aud Vicinity,
MrI. s. Shannon, OF Charleston, while
walking in her yard was bitten on the leg
by q large and venomoua CopperheRd
snake. She Is in a percarious condition.
Putnam county has instructed her dele
CATION to vote solid for Gibson in the Con.
gressianal nominating convention. This
insures Gibson the nomination on the first
ballot,
Arrangements arc being perfected by
the Baltimore 4 Ohio Railroad to run a
large excursion from Eew York and In.
t%ermediate points to Blennerhassett Is
land and return.
Tomorrow, Senator ]. N, Camden, ten
ders his employees in the Camden Oil Re-
ilnery, and their families, a complimentary
excursion to, and picnic at MapleW0od
Park, on the Ohio River road.
DR.. Gibson, of ~Freemansburg, Lewis
county, a well known physician, commit
ted suicide by taking an overdose OF laud.
anum. No cause is assigned for the deed.
Tho deceased was at times given to drink,
Rights OF way are being rapidly secured
In Maryland for Hon. II. Il. Davis new
railroad, tho Piedmont d Cumberland. In
this State all the rights OF way have been
secured either by purchase or condemns
ton.
Abarn on the Cameron farm in Han.
cock county, used by Samuel p. Cameron,
was struck by lightning and destroyed a
few nights since, together with a large
part OF the contents. There was no inslr.
ance on the property.
The stores OF W. 9. Anderson, Uampsey
& Wilson and s.. j. Bell at Ciaysville we're
gone through by burglars ono night this
week. At AndersOn's they took a large
quantity Of shoes, at Bells revolvera and
Enives and at Campsey's money. There
are no clues.
Tho wife Of a colored miner named Dol.
lard, at Mcdonald Station, Washington
county, poured carbon oil on her husband
and then lit him with a match. He
thought 1t was waite: she poured on him
at fist, but soon discovered otherwise.
He will likely die.
1t is reported on good authority that the
Boone county delegates to the Third Dis.
trict Democratic Congressional Conven.
ton will, although not instructed, vote for
Hon. q. p. Snyder. They are instructed,
however, to vote for Hon. b. Ii. Oxley, Of
Lincoln county, for State Senator.
Isaac Grumley, Of Fairview, Hancock
county, accompanied by Lloyd Bailey, was
returning Lome in a buggy from Wells.
vile. The night was q dark one aud their
horse and buggy went g a c~ulvert,
Grumley was thrown into the water and
the buggy on top OF him, holding him
down in such q way that he WAS drowned
in elk inches Of water.
The wool market In this county was
very active last week with prices looking
up. We have heard Of quite q number
Of sales at prices ranging from 30 to 50
cents, the latter figure being the price for
several days. Major Ewing and some
others in the neign6orhOod Of Washing.
ton disposed Of their clips 10 |. W. Jones
at 10 cents per pound. MIR. Jones took
in about $4,000 pounds Of wool on Satur.
day Washington (Pa) Democrat
The horse thief recently captured in
Grant county by Mr.. Walter Romine, OF
Harrison county, whose horse he had
stolen and who is now in Jail at Clarks.
burg, Is believed to be the notorious Hayes,
horse thief, cracksman and general crook
whom the Pinkertons have searched for
in vain. He gets very angry when called
Hayes, and has %enleavored to disguise
himself by cutting OF his mustache. It
was impossible 10 get a good photograph
OF him.
Peter He'll, a well.to.do German farmer
OF Nobla county, uuaTreled with his wife
and took Trough on Rats" He died in
commissions. A short time ago Peter
his neighbor, was arrested for burn.
ing bis own barn and tobacco warehouse,
at 5000 and heavily insured.
He'll swore he saw Ripple apply the torch,
and the latter was accordingly held under
: $1,000 bail on the charge Of arson. Ruple's
friends now claim that he 10 the victim OF
D conspiracy between He'll and Heilman,
the latter another neighbor, who claimed
10 have seen Ripple start the fire.
Joseph Paxton, a young man Of Pied.
mont, boarded the mail car OF an express
train at Keyser, presumably for the pur.
pose Of getting q ir 0 ride home. He was
put of and retaliated by throwing a large
stone at the brakeman. It missed
Its mark, but passed through one
tho windows Of the ladies' coach, strik.
Ing the stove. Luckily no one In the car
was struck. Paxton was arrested, but
while being taken from the Jail al Kayser
Tor trial, he broke away from the officers,
swan the river and escaped to the Mary.
land side. The offence Of stoning a car Ia
a serious one In this Stale.