Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-05
STATE NEWS.

A natural gas pipe hne ~ 70 De Lalu
from the Mt. Morris we'll 10 Morgantown.
Frank Friend, on his way up Elk in
canoe, found the tide too strong and with
his comrades had to camp OUT until the
flood would fall. He hsd taken little
berzine, and was, while under its intlu-
ence, grossly iusulted by a COW. Frank
shot The COW; was arrested, aud may be
put to some trouble about It.
While DIR. W. r. Potter, Of Preston
county, was engaged in sheariGg sheep, a
few days Ego, u sheep Kicked the shears
ont of his hand, knocking them against a
beam which TONED = brace across the shed
in which the Doctor was working. Fear
ing they would fall on his head, he lodged
TO one side and they struck him on the calf
of the right leg, just below the knee, sew
sripg one of the small arteries aud q large
vein. The bemOrhsge was not stopped I'M
I'll q half gallon of blood gas lost, and the
Doctor is in q critical coTCition.
Phil Gable, Of Philippi, drank heavily
while 10 Grafton Decoration Day and when
he returned to his own town he refused 10
pet of the cars. Having 10 time TO over
come mis- ohstinacy, the trainmen proceed
ed To switch off their cars aud while they
were thus engaged the unfortunate ma1
fell on the track with his head on one rail
and mis- legs on the other. and in that pc
si,ion was run over and killed, one lee
being cut off and his head iearfuliy crushed.
Gable was fireman at the Phllippl mills,
and leaves q wife and five children IN des'
titute circumstances.
Will Foster made an aseau)t on Riley
Shanklin of Indian Creek, Summers eoun-
tv. one day last week, and seriously II not
fatally injured him, breaking his skull,
aud intlicting other serious Wounds. II
seems that FOStCr had been before tht
Grand Jury OF this Court, at the May
term, but made 10 Indictment. ShankliI
saw him returning aud told him be hac
sworn q lie. WhereupOn Foster attacked
him with his gun stock with the above
results. Foster lives in Monroe and Shan
kiln in Summers county. 1t Is thought
Shanklin will die.
Elder Hughes preached the funeral ser
mon OF Mrs. Thomas Chain, on last Sun
day, at the mouth of CIV Greek, Webster
county, to q large audiepcs. After preach
| log was over, the Elder announced thst
| there was any one present who desired q
he Joined together in the bonds OF holy
wedlock, 10 come forward. Andto thesur
prise Of all present Thomas Chain ant
Miss Mary Browning answered to the call
and were pronounced man and wlte
in the usual way. The groom Is IN HI
ffsy-third year, while the blushiDg brld'
[ "a in her thirteenth year.
Mr.. Lanslot John, of Morgsntown, hs
a metal coat button that is q Curiosity u
all who have seen il. It was plowed al
in o field on his farm near Stewartstown
upon q spot where q cabin stood NOR
than a century ago. Tbs cabin was bull
by an Irishnan named MeGuire, in l1SO
vino occupied il for q few years. The but
ton ia still bright, and has somewhat TIT
appearance of nickel, though we hav'
been uuable to learn of what kind o
metal il is made. IL is evidently some
| thing that is not now used Tor tnst P1r
pose, "a it does not seem to he much the
worse for having been buried for nun
| bred years or more.
For several years there have been mys
terious fires in Monroe county, east O
Lowell station, on the Chesapeake and Oak
railroad. Nothing has ever been done IL
the matter until Giles Hoffman, who lives
seven miles east of Lowell, lost tobacco
barn and contents on March 2lst. He a
onee employed detective from Richmond
y no worked on the case shout sixty days,
then threw il up. There had been consld
erable talS in the nei2hborhccd about oDt
lewis Lively, a brother-in-law OF HUI
mans. and some persons openly accused
him of burning the barn. The news get
ting TO Mr.. Lively, he st once employed
the Eureka Detective Agency OF Charles
ton. and w. G. Baldwin was put on the
case on April 10th. After working nearly
one month he arrested Charles Eaues and
David Lively, he'lstter being the nephe"
of Mr., Lewis Lively. Eanes made q con
fsssion and they were both sent on TO an
sxsr an indictment. They are now IL
Union jail.
MIR. Ami Movers, Of Grant district, Pres
ton county. was robbed on "Wednesday
evening. May %, OF between $500 ane
81 COO by twomen. At about 10 O'CLOCK
two masked men knocked at the door ane
asked for admittanee, and after speaking
few words said they ware soliciting dona'
tons Of money for church Purposes. They
forced AN entrance, and caught Glover
Who lives with Meyers, and tied him go
curely and then went mp stairs wher
4 Now rs was fufi,ei, and securely tied him
Thew seemed to know where the none,
was kept, for as soon a. Meyers was sc
curtIy tied. they went down stairs wher
they had left Glover and broke open tn
chest and took out the money. The ROD
bers talked freely. and seemed TO know al
about the premises They had lanterl
with them, and left the premises with i
lighted. Just before they departed the,
Scslessed Meyers and Glover.