The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-20
TnRoUGn TIE srArE.
Accidents md Incidents In West Virginia
md Vicinity.

and Vicinity.
Mr.. James K. Garfield has sold the
Pocahontas county Times to other parties
and will soon retire from the journalistic
field. He Is very clever gentleman
and will be missed by his brethren.
Hon. S. B. Elkirs, in an interview with
q representative Of the Keyser Echo, au.
thorized the statement that the Wheeling
RegiSLer'S statement that he was in the
Confederate army was utterly false. He
was In the Union army. He also declared
that his name was used In the Menager
circular without bis consent or knowl.
edge.
Capt. John ]. Chlpley and Capt. John
7. Vanmeter, both well known Hardy
county Democrats, are announced as can.
didates for the next House Of Delegates.
Capt. Chipley Is an ex.member and at
tanned State prominence from having
been appoiRted one Of the Commissioners
to re.establish the line between this State
and Pennsylvania.
A few nights since a crowd Of young
bloods from Weston went to Cool Spring
Valley, an adjoining neighborhood with a
Dad name, and proceeded 70 have "a
time," which was, as usual, followed by q
row, during which Frank Lowther was
shot in the back by Charles Lsngtord, and
severe wound inflicted. Langford was
arrested and is now in Jail. Both are
young men. Lowther is said to be from
Upshur, from which county he was once
sent to the penitentiary for felony.
Walter Romine, Of Harrison county,
lost horse one day recently. He started
to trace it and the thisI, and found the
latter In Grant county. He went there
and got his prisoner bringing him
across the country 10 Clarksburg, where
the prisoner waived an examination and
was remanded to Jail. A photograph OF
the prisoner was taken, He had evil.
IDENTIFY obtained some inkling Of the In
tention TO photograph him and cut off bis
mustaChe while at Romines house.
The Cincinnati Post announces that
Senator ]. N. Camden, with other parties,
is interested in scheme TO obtain con.
troll Of the Cincinnati and Eastern R. Il.
It says: "The Ohio & Northwestern
scheme has Senator Camden, Thomas
Emery and Henry Lewis behind 1t, the
two latter being creditors Of the present
reCeivership. They have plenty oi money,
OF course, and will take the road TO the
Ohio & Gallipolis, whero the new Kama.
wha 4 Ohio bridge which they control, 10
ready for traffic. That ID the scheme. In
fine, and In few weeks 1t will be carried
out"
At thereunion oithe ex. Federal soldiers
- nsnHknt, naES,l,, nnanaIl,t tant1 NJ tr,u
Melton, II was brought 70 the knowledge
OF the comrades that the body Of Bailey
Brown, OF the Second West Virginia In.
fantry, (who is Raid 10 be the first Union
soldier killed in the war; was still resting
on the farm Of David Powell, near Elem.
ington, Taylor county, without q monu.
ment. Hon. John w. Mason was ap.
pointed 10 correspond with the Hon. VII.
liam l.. Wilson and the Hon N. Golf, IL,
looking to the removal ot Browns re.
mains 10 the Grafton National Cemetery.
There was a coloFed man on Balti.
timoro 4 Ohio train few days aimee who
was being taken to Washington from New
Orleans by Secret Service detectives. He
was q pension thief who has been giving
the Government q good deal Of trouble
and dslrauding widows and orphans out
oi their pension money. The prisoner
was violent and was handCuIed 10 the
seat. He insisted that be was the King
Of Spain that they had handCuiIsd q
King, and AZ Grafton ho appealed TO the
crowd and 10 the UnitpdslAl6s Gag for pro.
lection. lie was we'll educated, spoke
several languages and had the appear
anCe Of O very shrewd man. The dc.
leCtives thought hlD insanity was a dodge.
RominuS llay, a slight built man weigh.
Ing about 1855 pounds and Mrs. Virginia
Long, an Amazon, weighing about zoo
pounds, neighbors, living In BraSton
county, had q spirited liIht recently. Kay
was llylng on some property which Mrs.
Long claimed and further that she was en-.
titled loAll the fruit that grew on the place.
The controversy grew warmer and warmer
until finally Mrs. Long went 10 Rays iOi
final settlement. Ray told her that lle
could settle all doubt by showing her a
Conlfaotl he turned 10 70 alter this
when Mrs. Long struck him on the
shoulder with rock then ensued CON
lllCt which lasted several minutes. Ray
found that Mrs. Long WAS too much ioi
him, and sought OaIoty In nlghk Mf9