The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-18
THRouan TnE sTATE.
Accidents and Incidents In West YIrglnI
md Vicinity,

AcCluentb anu lhSiHpHbb Va Wpht Virginia
aud Vicinity,
A number OF the young men OF Wells
burg are contemplating tho formation
Of q military company.
A telephone line is 10 be constructed
from OhaIleatownt to Shepherdstown by the
Emmner Telephone Company,
The saw mill OF D, A, Albright, in Pres
ton county, has been destroyed by fire,
The loss is 81 900; no insurance.
The enthusiastic Republicans Of sharps.
burg jolliaed by making several kettles Of
soup In the public square, and feaating on
the same.
A little child Of George W. Ashburn OF
Preston county. while playing about an
open fire had ita clothes catch fire and was
burned TO death.
Tho Anchor mills, owned aud operated
by Ward 4 Henry, ot Huntington, have
been destroyed by Are. The loss Ia total /;
insured for $4,000.
John White, a miner at Capertown, q
mining vlllsge on the O. & o. road, got
drunk, went to sleep on the track and was
run over and killed,
The oil brokers, field men and some OF
the sporting element at Washington, Pa,
are preparing fora grand fox hunt on
Thanksgiving Day. A vast amount OF fun
is anticipated.
In Jackson county at the recent election
25QS votes were cast against the PROPOSE.
ton TO relocate the county seat, now at
Jackson O. H., at R1venswool. There
were 45O votes cast In favor Of the propo-
aition.
Deer appear to be very plentiful in the
interior. HSrdlya week passes but what
the State press contains interesting &C.
counts Of exciting hunts, There Is also
an abundance Of small game, especially
turkeys.
Mrs. Anthony Hayes, Of Little George.
town, Berkeley county, was accldently
shot few days since by her youngest son,
who was toying with shotgun in the
room where tho old lady was sitting,
The wounds arc considered serious, II not
dangerous.
The Qrrel Coal Company is building
soVenty.aye coke ovens at Newburg, MAX
ing rapid work Of thom with force OF
about tilty men. The air shalt which Is
being put down to tho mines Of the
Mountain Brook Shalt, Is down about one
hundred feet
John s, Markell has been purchasing
some few aeeCes Of wool which yet stood
over from summer sales; he has SO far
taken about $4,000 pounda at from 80 to
81. This nearly clears up the wool In tho
East Eud, and but little now remains in
thecounty fine inthe OM-
ousbgrg neighborhood.- Electromagnetic Cty
Republican,.
Robert Hazlet, OF Morris!own, Ono, q
noted character, was arrested by Marshal
Burlington, Of ST. OlalrGville, on RohArgs
Of "'photographing and exhibiting ob'Geio
pictured" He had hearing b9fcts
Mayor DaVla and WAS bJunl oYsr to ON.
mon pleas court in the sum Of aVo hun.
bred dollars.
John Smith and James O9say, employed
OF the Donaldson sawmils In The KsnaTbA
river region, became iavDiYtd In a quarrel
over o woman, and Smith shoi CASEY With
buckshot, inlicting o fatal wound. Some
OF the shot struck ninu. yA4t.1ld son OF
Mr.. Robert Thurmsp, ioyemaa OF the
mill, injuripg him % severely that h:s
arm hsd'to bS smputaleN,
Oakland Is suffering from coal famine
owing to the scarcity Of cara ~ transport
the coal from the hineB. With The t.
nous GEORGES Greek anil Elk Garden
mines only 25 miles away, ard with the
0flut mine at Lloyd'5, ocly :hreO mica
from the town, and the Anderson mine u
distance Of elk miles, che people
OF Oakland pRn GesICtIy get Cosl 10
cook their food OF keen themselves VAIN.
Tho oakland Flour Mills have hysa c1m.
pelled to shut down for want Ct coal to
run the machinery,