Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-08-02
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On n switch ON the Shenandoah Naliey
Railroad, near Shepherdstown, amuseu
themselves by riding down a grade TO a
point where some freight cars were
stationed. During their last trip Rodney
was seated on the front of the car with his
legs dangling over the platform. Not
being able to apply the brake sufl-
GENTLY, the hand-car eollided with
the freight car and broke both bones
in his left leg between the Knee
and ankle. His little companion then car
ried him on his back to his home IN
Sharpsburg, about three-quarters oil n
mile distant. This young man has a fac
ulty for iniuring himself and putting his
life in jeopardy. When quite small he
was tied in a high chair, from which he
managed to slide, catching himself by the
neck. he was released by his mother when
life was nearly extinct. Later he frac-
tured three of his ribs, and not very long
400 n water-cart ran over his hand, break
ing several fingers. 1t was thought he
was irving to break his neck, when lie
only hung himself.
MR.. Alexander Elliot, of Martinsburg,
was painfully burned on Tuesday evening.
She was TRYING the old experiment OF KIND
ling the fire with the aid OF coal oil, anu
after having poured the oil on the WOOD
set the can on the stove hearth. Whch slle
applied a match the ire burst out, lgnit-
ing the oil in the can, which burst with a
loud explosion, and scattered the contents
on Mrs. Elliot, setting fire to her clothes
Messrs. r. T. Minor and John Sayles,
hearing the explosion and her screams, ran
in and succeeded in putting the fire out,
Int not before she had been severely
burned about the stomach and breast. Her
arm was also badly cut by the lying
pieces of glass from the can.
John C. Mann, his son Willie, a boy
about Is years of age, a man named SImolS
and two Viquesneys get into a row NJ
Viauesneys' saw mill in the edge OF Kan
dolph county, last Saturday, in which a
club and a hatchet played prominent parts.
II seems from what we hear of the row,
that the trouble originated about a dance
platform belonging to Young Mann. John
Mann WAS struck OH the head with a club
and knocked off a gangway leading To the
mill and two of the men commenced peat
ing him when Willie Mann struck each OF
them on the head with a Ratchet Knocking
them senseless for the time.
Some little excitement was occaslOned at
Grass Lick, Jackson county, TUESDAY
morning, over the report that +. .. Holt
had attempted suicide. A correspondent
repaired to the place in q short time ana
found that the report was only too true;
that Mr.. II. had cut With a sharp knife
three ugly gashes on the right side OF his
neck. lust over the iugular vein, two about
one inch in length, and one about one
inch and a half. The wounds are not fatal,
but he SAYS he will finish the job yet.
Family difficulties was the cause.
On Friday night, a woman named Flora
Chinn. who had been convicted before the
MavOr. of Huntington, and sentenced TO
prison, was taken by Marshal Sykes to her
home in an alley to change her clothes.
She was permitted To enter the house while
the Marshal waited outside. After a few
minutes she opened fire on the Marshal
with a revolver which she had obtained III
the house, and fired four shots, none oil
| which took effect. The Marshal quickly
disarmed her, and put her in the lookup
again.
Mrs. j. C. Spencer, of Grafton, met with
n peculiar and distressing accident ut her
home last Saturday. While grinding cOi-
fee she put several grains i'll her mouth,
when one of them slipped down her wind
pipe and produced strangulatiOn. She was
alone in the house and would probably
have died had not Il neighbor who heard
her making a strange and violent noise,
run to her relief. Together the two
women succeeded in dislodging the danger
Gus obstruction
There is to he q telephone line con-
structcd from MiddlebOurnc to the inter
ior of Tyler county. Prominent officials
of the Ohio River road have become inter
ested in the matter and have declared their
intention of taking stock and working 1t
up. McSsrs. w. l.. Williams and w. i.
Robinson will visit MiddlebOurnc and
points adjoining the proposed line to re-
ceive subscriptions and see how the people
feel on this subject. 1t would he a great
convenience.
A correspondent of the Grafton Sentinel
says that Miss Mccoy, from FairmOnt, n
girl aged about II. years, passed through
Independence and stole 4 very costly we'd
ding suit of Mrs. Dean, of that place, and
came to Mr.. j.. G. PrOtZman's and stole
some missionary money belonging TO the
Sabbath school ut Mt. Morris. Mrs. Dean,
accompanied by an officer, went in pursuit
of her, and Overhauled her and recovered
the stolen dress"
A blind colored woman Of ~Lewisburg-
Harriet Scott by name-gave birth last
Sunday to three healthy and well-dcvcl-
Oped children, two boys and Il girl. Two
of the children weighed five and n half
pounds each and the other five pounds.
The mother and children are all doing well
and were the objects of a great deal of at
tention during the week.
At Grafton, o day or two ago, little
Jimmy Haslup accidentally struck Minnie,
an infant daughter of Prof. L. S. Fleming,
in the face with a very sharp hatchct last
Monday and inflicted a painful and ugly
cut. The blade barely missed one Of the
little girls eyes, which would have
been destroyed had the blow fallen
upon II.
Large quantities of Southern pig iron
have recently passed through Shepherds
town from the iron furnaces in the valley
of the Shenandoah and below Roanoke.
The iron is bought by pudding mills in
Eastern Pennsylvania and New jersey.
Harrisburg furnace men are extensive pur-
chasers.
Thomas True, the man who shot and
killed a man by the name of Miller on the
9TH day ofApril, on Robinson Fork, Dodd-
ridge county, an account Of which appeared
in our columns, came into West Union on
Mnnday morniuu and gave himself nm IN