The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-12-11
THROUGH THE STATE.
Accidents and Incidents 10 West Virginia
and Vicinity.


Accidents and Incidents 10 West Virginia
and Vicinity.
Judge Okey johnson will locate in
Washington for the practice of law.
West Virginia will have after January
first, 1880, two Judges named Campbell
aud two named Armstrong.
Hon. S. B. Elkins says his scheme to
build a railroad direct from Pittsburgh 10
the interior OF this State will be sue
cess.
An Ohio River train had a narrow es-
cape from severe wreck last Wednes-
day, near Glenwood. While crossing a
switch the rails spread, letting the ten
der and front trucks OF the baggage car
off the track. They were Stacking speed
TO let q passenger aboard, consequently
a severe accident was avoided.
AtElkhorn precinct, Mcdowell coun-
ty, one OF the Democratic commissioners
OF election, appointed by the court, fail
ed TO serve, and citizen OF North Caro-
lima was sworn in his place. A day or
two after the election this commissioner
applied to the President Of the County
Court for his pay, saying that he wanted
to go back to his family in North Caro-
lima. He also voted there, as doubtless
several other tar.heels did.
Jesse Carpenter, the inhuman fiend
who committed an assault upon the per-
son OF Mary Morrison, the 0.year.old
daughter of Bunyan Morrison, Of Web
ster county, was captured in Calhoun
county by J. d. Trumbo and Thomas
Dillon several days ago, and lodged in
the Braxton county jail to await the ac-
ton OF the grand jury. The feeling in
Webster county is very strong against
the man, and il he was in their power it
is more than probable that they would
make short work Of the matter.
Mr.. Samuel Dent, Of Baltimore, a
young man, brakeman on the LIST Diyis-
ion, No. 0S, B. & o., coming west lust
Tuesday morning, was thrown of nc
cars at Opequon bridge aud dca..a ensued
four hours later. TIE iraft rod gave
way and the truck: came out, throwing
the car over. The young man was ter.
ribly mangled. He was taken to Mar.
tinsburg and his remains sent home to
Baltimore Tuesday afternoon. The
Opequon grade is q death.trap for the
brakemen. The engineers are not care.
full enough. Stacking up and putting on
steam suddenly throws brakemen of
their balance. He was twenty-five years
old and unmarried.
On Tuesday last Mr.. Henry Smith,
whose home Is on Indian creek in Mon
roe county, was brought to this city
In charge OF friends, in q state OF total
alteration OF mind. On the day before
he left his home in wagon, saying that
he was on his way to the city OF Wash
ington to witness the inauguration oil
President Cleveland. At the stock
yards he was overtaken by friends, who
after considerable struggle succeeded
in tying him. 1t is said that Mr.. Smith
went crazy on account OF the election.
Nothing could induce him to get on tho
cars at Lowell except upon the promise
that he was to be taken at once to the
Inauguration OF Mr.. Cleveland.
The people OF Reedsyille, Preston
county, were shocked last Friday morn.
ing on hearing that Charles Sharp had
in an attack OF mental alteration COM
mitted suicide. He came to Reedsville
last spring from New Jersey, his native
State, and Joined his father and step
mother who resided there. He was q
blacksmith by trade, and during the
summer work ed in Kingwood. The
sudden death OF his father two months
ago affected him seriously and from that
time he grew melancholy, and during
the past week fanciiul, laboring under
the hallucination that the people o.
Kingwood wanted to hang him and
carry of his fathers remains from the
cemetery, Every effort was made u
break his melancholy, but to no pur
pose, and last Friday morning at
o'clock, while his stepmother was absen
from his room, he took revolver from
bureau drawer in the room, returned
to his bed and shot himself. The de
ceased was 80 years OF age, industrious
honest, upright and unmarried. HI
has no relatives in this county except I
stepmother. He has brother, Thomal
Sharp, living in Keyser.-W Va. Argus
/ About two weeks ago two men wen
into the store Of Daniel Boone & Sons
OF Indian Creek, Summers county, and
presented an order apparently drawn b!
Giles Ballingee, which was paid. Mr.
Boone suspected something wrong ant
timmediateiy notified Mr.. Ballingee, VIII,
pronounced 1t a forgery. Complaint wa
at once made before Justice Tom Bill
lingee, OF Talcott district, this county
and a warrant was issued directed I,
James II. Crawford, special constable
The man who presented the order CAV
his name as Joseph Williams. Before ar
rests could be made he and his chum
Tom Moses, escaped to Giles county Va
The officer and a posse followed then
and after getting them back into thi
State arrested them and brought then
before Squire Ballingee, who, for wan
OF jurisdiction, committed them over 4
S. NJ. Ballard, justice Of Monroe coun
ty. 1t developed that these parties ha
committed three other forged orders Of
different parties in Summers and Nor
roe, one OF which they had in their pot
session when captured. In default c
bail they were sent to jail at Union {