Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-16
THROUGH THE STATE.
OUR WEEKLY HARVEST OF INTERESTING
NEWS ITEMS
Gathered From the Local Columns Of The Press
Of the Various Interior
Counties.


Kanawha river. They halted him, made
him dismount and turned about for some
means to secure him, when the eulprit,
seeing chance for escape, slipped over the
bank into the river and waded across, de-
spite the volley fired after him by his
foiled captors, and soon was lost in the
timber on the opposite shore. A band of
twenty-five or thirty citizens at once
started ont in search of the willy horse
thief, but without success. The horse was
secured and returned to its owner.
1t would seem that sensation was brew
ing at Tallmanville, Upshur county, by
the following under date of that village, in
the Buckhannon Busy Bee: "While we
chronicle some items that are matters Of
interest to this community, there are other
happenings that cause us deep regret.
Something of this kind occurred short
time since, when an abandoned female,
who was former resident of this vicinity,
but lately of Gilmer county, made her APP
pear among Us. She is the same individ-
ual whose name was i'll almost every ones
mouth last autumn, i'll connection with
shameful scandal, resulting in an indict-
ment before the grand jury of this person
and another also. She has been lodging
| from one place to another, pasturing her
horse in meadows, throwing fences down
and endeavOring to destroy families by her
vile cunning and impudent daring. We
hope to be rid of her soon in some way.
We are opposed to mob violence. but would
feel little sympathy for the wretch If she
were treated to q neat coat of tar and feath-
erS"
Will Eyerhart, aged 10, son of John
W. Everhart, of l'airmOnt, was accident
ally shot while out hunting with young
man named Freeland, near Pine Grove
bridge, about o'clock Thursday evening.
| 1t appears that the young men were pass
ing through 4 strip Of woods together,
Eyerhart being in front, when Freeland
stopped, and accidentally catching the
lock of his gun in pocket of his coat the
gun was discharged, the charge striking
young Everhart in the right hip near the
backbone and passing thence through the
part of the hip and out i'll front just below
the groin, The wound is about ten inches
in length, and while exceedingly painful
is not necessarily dangerous.
Several gentlemen were going up q
country road recently above Weston. and,
seeing cOmmotiOn in the dust, investi-
gated the cause, and found huge snake
which seemed to be in agony. They dis
patched the reptile, and it proved to be an
unusually large blackSnake. What was
their surprise on further examination, to
find two-ioOt copper head snake protrud-
ing from the mouth of the black-snake. 1t
had swallowed about four inches of the
cOpper-head beginning at the head. They
would never reported this rs u true snake
story had they not found that the copper
head had already swallowed full grown
ground squirrel.
The Writ Transcript gives the following
particulars of the failure of eX-Sherif Fos-
ter of that county: at will be q matter
of surprise and regret to the public general
ly to learn of the assignment of eX-Sheritf
Thomas Foster of this place, which was
made and recorded last Wednesday morn
ing. John p. Saunders, Esq, was made
assignee, and whilst we are unable to say
what the liabilities are, or what amount an
inventory of the property, which consists
principally in valuable lands, will foot up,
we are reliably informed that there will be
ample means to pay every dollar ofthe in
debtedness, and leave quite snug sum be-
sides"
The incline cable rope of G. NJ. Donald
son q Co., which was stretched from the
railroad track to nearly the top. of the
mountain on the other side, at Coal Valley,
broke down Tuesday morning under the
strains of Il heavy car of lumber, and in
stantly killed \ peddler by the name of
Henry, who was riding down OH the car at
the time. The peddler fell distance of
nearly three hundred feet and!was horribly
mangled on the rocks below. Mr. Moon,
the engineer on the mountain, miraculous
~ escaped death, rs the rope tore every
thing down-anchOr, trestle, platform, en-
CINE and boiler.
Early last Wednesday morning the large
barn Of J. NJ. and ID. III. Peoples, of Purs
ley, Tyler county, was entirely destroyed
by fire. About ten tons of hay, fine
buggy, q new moving machine, sulky
rake, several sets of harness, a number Of
saddles, and nearly all their farming uten-
sils were entirely consumed. The loss is
estimated ut 81 900, as there was no insur
ance. The fire is supposed to have been
the work of IN incendiary.
At Kenna, Jackson county, BARLEY
Miller, while cutting tree for the purpose
of dislodging 4 squirrel, on Thursday
morning last, had his son aged about IL
years, placed at y distance to look out for
the game. The tree while falling struck
another tree, breaking it down and strik
ing the boy, and probably fatally injuring
him.
Mr.. Joseph Peck, Sheriff, of Logan
county, few days ago seized the public
records of the Board of Education of Tria-
delphia district, of that county for the pur-
pose, he said, of exposing the action of the
board to the court. There is blood on the
moon there now. Public opinion on the
subject runs high.
A party was recently indicted in Web
ster county for putting up oats on Sunday,
TO keep it from spelling. He was tried
last week and acquitted, There is such
a thing as grand juries being entirely too
Jealous in scraping up material upon which
to base indictments.
Two men, Joe Tibbs and Sam Richard
son, employed rs laborers on the new rail-
road that is being built on New river, at
Hawks Nest, opposite the c. & o., were
caught beneath log they were removing
last Friday, and are thought to be fatally
injured.
A few nights since crowd of unknown
men, numbering about fifty, visited the
house of T. F. Cartright, of Marion
county, and with threats of violence |
warned him to leave the State. What |
their reasons for this were, is not known. |
Gov, Wilson has appointed ]. O. Wat
son, Esq, of as one of the four delegates |
to represent West Virginia in the |
Farmers National Congress, which will
be in session in Minneapolis, Mimi, for
three days, commencing August %.
1t is said that Stephen Brodie, the young
daredevil, who leaped from the Brooklyn |
bridge into the East river few DAYS since
and who is now a dime museum curiosity,
is q native of this State, having been born |
in Lyon district, Preston county.
On the 1th inst n LITTLE child of p T. |