The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-07-05
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Accidents and incidents In West Virginia
and Vicinity.
Point Pleasant ia soon to have soal
factory on a large scale.
The Hannis dlstillery, at Martlnsburg
has shut down for the summer season.
John Hampton, a Buckhannon chicken
thief, has been sentenced to the penitenti
airy for one year.
During the past two months there ha
been more timber In the mouth oil GuyaI
river than there has been before In years
The Chesapeake 4 Ohio, the first rail
road built In the Kanawha valley, is nov
called the Newport News Il Mississippi
Valley road, eastern division.
Miss Belle Davis, Of Harrison county,
bright young lady, aged sixteen, wa
drowned while crossing a stream that wa
80 swollen that she missed the ford.
l., F. RuCkman, OF Hardy county, KILLED
a rattlesnake a few days since that meas
ured forty.seyen and a half inches II
lengthand had filteenIattles and a button
Tucker county has eight paupers wht
have been placed on 1t for support. At
public sale recently the contract for keep
ing them was lei to John Pennington fol
$3.50.
Edward Idleman, OF Grant county, aged
10, was out squirrel hunting when bis CUR
hung fire. He lowered 1t ald 1t suddenly
exploded, sending the charge through his
foot, neCessitattng amputation.
1t is reported that the coal in the Scotch
Hill mines, ct Newburg, Is about ex
hausted and the mine Is soon to be aband
oued. The Newburg shaft will continue
to be worked by the company however.
Dogs belonging TO Thompson Ham
brick, Of Hancock county, got among the
sheep OF Glass Bros,, OF the same county,
and killed twenty-five and wounded
eleven 90 sUriously that they have since
died.
The Tyler county Democrat thinks thai
Col. Dan Johnson, the statesman from
Long Reach, should be given an oppor.
tunity to prove his assertion that he can
carry this Congressional district by 1,00O
votes.
Frank Coleman, a young man OF Brooke
county while engaged in cleaning q gun
set 1t down on the floor with such force
that 1t was discharged, and the ball pass.
ing through the arm below tho shoulder
rendered smputation necessary.
Thomas, James W., and Chunk" Tibbs
and Thomas Barker, have been indicted
by the grand jury OF Richie county as
"Red Men" They ara members Of the
party that burned the house OF Abe Eek
ard recently and whipped both him and
his wife.
Dan Cayey, q driver in Hampshire
county coal mine, got OFF his car TO open q
latch to allow the car to pass to another
track. The brake handle caught him and
threw him to the track, and the car pass.
ing over him killed him instantly.
Senator ]. N. Camden is to give the EN-.
ployes Of the Camden Consolidated Oil
Company and their families, an excursion
and picnic at Maplewood on the Ohio
River road on the 9th inst. The Elm.
ployes make the arrangements aud the
Senator tools the bills.
Col. John G. Crockett, Of Summers
county, has violin 2l6 years old, OF the
James Steinor make, which he prizes
very highly. He has refused $3.50 Tor It,
1t being an old heirloom. These violins
are priced very much by musicians for
their exquisite workmanship and soitness
OF tone.
The delegates appointed by the Demo-
Gratis Of Greenbrier county have been In.
structed TO cast the vote OF the county
in the Third District Congressional con.
vention solid for Mai. ]. w. Harris. The
fght sbetween the Mpjor and Hon. Phil
Snyder Tor the nomination is becoming
warmer every day.
The ex.Federalsoldiers Of Harrison and
adjoiningcounties are toholda meeting 10
determine the question OF holding a
soldiers reunion Ut Clarksburgin August
OF September, the 18th w. Va. Infantry
Veteran Association, at It's meeting last
October, having selected Olarksbnrg as
the place for holdiRg such Rre.union.
Jacob Foltz, Of Hardy county, aged
about 50, having q vile and two email
children, committed suicide by blowing
his brains out with Q shotgun. He had
been respondent and low spirited for a
year past and at times deranged. His
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