The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-09
TuROUou TUE STATE,
Accidents and Incidents In West virginia
and Vicinity.

Accidents and Incidents In West virginia
and Vicinity.
Hon. Dave Leonard, the well known
Petersburg lawyer, and chairman OF the
Democratic State Executive Committee,
Left Saturday for Kansas City, Missouri,
where he may locate permanently.
NIL. Koontz, Of Nicholas county,
who recently got patent on o churn dash.
er, was offered $50 600 by Indiana parties
for his patent right. Mr.. Koontz left for
Muncie, Indiana, last Wednesday to zee
the parties.
T. Marcellus Marshall. formerly editor
OF the Gilmer Banner Of Democracy, hes
been confined in prison in New Mexico,
for beating his vile. he is now out on
bAil. It appears that the laws for wife
whipping in tina. section are not very
healthy for the offender.
Letters have been received from the
Spencer Arms Company, which are mod.
erately encouraging, and tho Directors oil
the Company will take Harper's Ferry
and its advantages into consideration ct
their fret meeting, as point for the con-
struction Of their works. They will en-
ploy sixty men all the year.-Hdrper's
Ferry Sentinel.
H.G, West, Of Clinton district, Monon.
gala county, was out rabbit hunting In
company with his brother, who hearing
the report oil his brothers gun and hear
ing him halloo, ran tofhim and found him
dying from the effects OF load Of shot
having paused through his body. He
never spoke and died In few minutes.
Signs showed that he had slipped from q
loS and in falling had thrown his gun
from him, with the above result.
Lesp year parties are very popular in
the interior Of the State. One Of tho Coun'
ty papers, in describing one Of these pleas
ant Affairs, Gays: "The young ladies' each
escorted q fellow and when ne had be-
come satiated with fun and gaiety and ex.
pressed 8 languid desire to go home, che
hunted up his hat, oveTCoRt and over
shoes, helped him on with them, offered
him her arm, opened the gate, carried hin
over muddy plaCes and left him at his gate
with hearty smack-along side OF the
head for trying to steal kiss, probably"
Sheriff D. A. Berry and Constable ]. s.
Berry, Of BrsxLon county, went to the
house Of one George Thompson, who was
wanted by the Lewis county aUthoritieu,
and arrested him few nights ago. They
made bold charge upon the house, rush.
cd in with revolvers in hand, and found
Thompson quietly sitting by the fire
mending his boots. he was 80 badly
scared that he got very sick and Dave,
who 10 splendid "cobbler," proceeded to
finish mending the boots, while Jos was
left to care for the sick prisoner. Thomp.
Son expressed o desire to be takon outaide
to get q breath OF fresh air, and Joe o.
sisted tho poor fellow ont into tho yard.
He soon appeared to be some better, but
when they returned to the house he grew
woree and wanted to be taken out again.
This going out and in was repeated several
time9 until Joe finally got tired OF it and
told Thompson that il he wanted to go out
any more and was able to go alone he
could do so. he appeared to be come
better, but was still very weak, scarcely
able to walk, and after much exerEion. he
succeeded in getting out unaesisted by Joe.
This time the fresh air had such won.
derful effect on him that he forgot to come
back, and he has not been heard from, ex.
cept by postal card asking Joe when he Ia
going down to Weston.