The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-03-19
THROUGH THE STATE.
Accidents and Incidents in West virginia
aud ylCInItY

Accidents and Incidents in West virginia
and Vicinity.
The Grange Cooperative Association
ut Anderson, w. Va, has made an assign
ment. The liabilities OF the concern are
stated to be S12,76S, and the assets are
estimated at $l8,722.
The West Union Record claims that
Doddridge county has the Oldest citizen
in the State. He is 1906 years Of age,
voted for Madison, walked six miles Ia
vote for Cleveland and expects to do Sc
again.
John Martin, of Putnam county, was
jailed at Winfield charged with incest.
1t is one OF the most horrible cases ever
heard of in that section, and there Is
great excitement in the locality where
the crime occurred.
A public meeting Of the citizens OF
Shepherdstown and vicinity was held on
Saturday week, for the purpose OF pro-
testing against the recent order OF the
County Court withdrawing yearly rates
OF toll on the turnpikes.
William Loudin, of Buckhannon; has
n masonic apron worn by Capt. Merri-
wsther Lewis, the famous explorer, who
in 1SO4-5 went on an expedition west OF
the Rocky Mountains. Lewis was a
great uncle of Loudin's wife.
Fifteen government liquor licenses are
issued in Fairmont, yet the grand jury
labored three days and examined over q
hundred witnesses, and could not find a
single place where drop OF the stuff
could be found for love or money.
Mrs. Williams and her daughter, Lulu,
Of Upsher county, who were arrested
and taken through here some timesince
for obtaining goods under false pretense
OF John Wannamaker, Of Philadelphia,
were tried in that city recently, and
acquitted. Randolph Enterprise. "
The following field officers Of the
newly organized Second West Virginia
Regiment have. been elected: Colonel,
II. II. Andrews, of Monroe county
Lieutenant Colonel, ]. w. A. Ford, Of
Greenbrier county; Senior Major, j. z.
Patton, of Gap Mills; Junior Major, w.
II. Ballard. -
VIM. Dockeney, resident OF Virginia
dump, and employed at Lochiel Mills,
at Piedmont, running the hosting en-
CINE, on Tuesday Of last week got Caught
in the machinery, tearing of his left
ear, iniurine the left side Of his head and
face, and crushing the left arm so badly
that amputation below the elbow was
necessary.
Joseph Thurmond, who killed Willie
Donaldson at Sewell, Fayette county, on
January 25th, 1887, by striking him upon
the head with spade, was tried Mt the
late term OF Fayette Circuit Court, and
on the 9th inst, the case was submitted
to the jury. Afteran absence Of forty
minutes, the jury returned o verdict Of
mot guilty"
"Uncle" Willis Lewis died in Lewis
burg last week., aged (as he claimed) lOl
wears last week, He was doubtless cor
rect about his age, because, when a boy,
he lived on an adjoining farm to that OF
General Washington in Virginia and re.
,nembered to have often seen the old
General walking and riding about his
farm. AS Washington died in 1893 I'm
Gle" Willis must have been at least ten
or twelve years old to have realized who
the celebrity was. Through the war o.
1872 he was the body servant to one oil
the Herndons, and went 10 the White
SULPHUR with Mr.. James Frazer wher
that whole boundary was in woods.
The B. & o: railroad have been testing
two systems Of heating on two loca
trains Nos. 65 and 90, The first metho.t
is that Of allowing natural flow OF al
into a reservoir in the engine, where !
IL superheated by steam in tubes. II Il
then forced through the train. Thu
other plan is that Of simply generating
steam and distributing II through thu
train by means Of coils OF tubing. Bot
plans were designed by A. ]. Cromwell
superintendent Of motive power a
Mount Clair, where the cars were tittet
IN. Manager William NJ. Clement
thinks either plan will do the work, anI
Inc only trouble will be to decide which
| is the best. The test will be continued
through this month,
In April, 1851, aswitoh was tempered
with near Oakland, on the B, 4 0. road
which resulted in tho Wrecking OF al
emigrant train. Every effort was m9d'
at tie time to discover who the guilt,
parties were, but without success. 4
short time ago the railroad detective
succeeded in getting a clue, which re
suited in the arrest OF the perpetrators
A man by the name OF George Grim wa
arrested at Terra Alta on Monday, ant
one by the name Of William Enlow wa
arrested at Hamilton ON the West Wiz
rinia Central, on Tuesday, and both ar
now lodged in the Oakland jail, The!
have made q confession. acknowledging
theirguilt. The objectot their dastardl,,
crime was robbery.
Three men with blackened faces AM
IIdrawn reyolyers entered the house Q
NJ. II. Bayard, IN old man who lives o.
the Ohio River, two miles above Guyan
dotte. about eight o'clock last Monda
evening, and demanded his money Q
his life. Attempting to rise from q
chair, Mr.. Rayard was struck over IN
head BY one OF the men with heay
club and was told not 10 move again q
his peril. The frightened woman OF tn
household were told 10 turn their face
to the wall. Upon being told that a
the money in the house was containe
in a trunk in the room, The robbel
kicked the trunk to pieces, and foun
ffty-one dollars. They then sesrche
the premises and found four hams,
which they possessed themselves, an
departed.
5 The town Of franklin, Mineral count,
has had quite sensation over the di
: appearance OF Patrick Laughlin, an o.
an esteemed citizen Of that place, wi
: had been missing for some time. Abol
3 o'clock Sunday; afternoon a search w
Instituted and his hat and cane We
iound near franklin dump, and near
pond OF water, where he had been sec
Inc night before, which caused the por
l 10 be searched; not being found and
becoming dark the crowd dissappeare
Aftorward his two sons, with two 9th
men, commenced the search, and We
, informed by friedrich Kearns that Il
body was lying about ten feet from u
railroad track right opposite the Fran
lin dump, in the creek, An inquest W
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