Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-17

ing dsy was taken down the river anu ue-
Iiysred to the Meigs county, . authori-
ties. where he was promptly indicted:
Tn addition to the crimes above referred
70 il is alleged tina. Willis killed a man
named Jennings and his wife, at PIT. Pleas
ant, some years ago, sinking the oodies IN
the Ohio. He has had great luck 10
escape the gallows.
GORED BY A BULL
Clark Sypolt, q farmer living in Port
land district, about six miles east OF
Kipgyood, met with an accident which
will in all probability cost him his life.
Last Sunday morning Mr.. sypolt and his
wife went to the ~bsrnyard.t to milk. The
bull was standing in the yard and refused
10 be driven ava Mr.. Sypolt picked up
q stick and struck him across the nose
which 60 enraged the brute hat he mace
a lunge at Mr.. S caught him on his
horns and tossed him about ten feet into
| the air, and before the unfortunate mar
cou'd regain his feet, had he not sustained
injuries in the fall, the maddened animal
pOunced upon him and gored him ID n ter
rible manner, breaking one shoulder,
crushing one arm aud mangling one eide
Of his body horribly. Bslore he could
complete his work of death, he WAS COM
nelled to abandon his victim, by the chill
dren of Mr.. S., who attacked him with
nitcbforks. and then carried their father
IN the house., where he is lying in a very
critical condition. He is injured In such
a manner that il is almost impossible for
him 10 recover. MI. 8. is q man Of about
fifty years of age.
1T HAS 4 HISTORY.
Mr.. W. l.. Jones, of Martinsburg, has i'll
his show window a stil.ttO which has u
history. 1t seems that while General Jo-
seph E. johnson was retreating from Harp
er's Ferry to Winchester, in 1861, to put
himself in closer communication with
General Beauregard at Manassas, when on
the Gaines farm farm near Charlestown q
strange man was observed acting suspicl-
ously in toying to get near the General.
Finding that he was watched the man
made his escape, and in his haste dropped
his coat, in the inside pocket of which vas
found the weapon nov on exhibition, with
which it il supposed no intended to try to
assaesinate the Confederate commander.
It ia highly finished having solid silver
handle. Mr.. Willis Scheu recently pur-
chased this interesting relic OF the war
from q citizen Of Jefferson County, and
Justly prizes it very highly.
REMEDY FOR sNAKE BITE.
A little non of Albert Farley, Of jump
ing Branch district, Summers comfy, was
bitten by a rattlesnake a few days ago.
The wound was on the leg, and ~ a means
Of relief an old Indian remedy was resort
ed TO a. follows: A hole was dug in the
ground, the dirt or clay, after placing the
foot and leg in the hole up TO the knee,
was placed around the limb and water ap-
piled until a mortar was made. Alter re-
naming there for some time n vessel was
prepared filled with mortar and the limb
placed in it. The remedy was ~effectusl,
the swelling reduced, the pain relieved
and the little fellow cured.
SUICIDE NEAR CHARLESTON.
Friday evening about 7 o'clock John
Kissinger, of Raymond City, chief track.
layer in the Msrmet Coal COmpaDy's
mines, hung himself in the smokehouse at
his home. He was about so years Of age,
and leaves a large family. Drink was the
cause
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.
The Anderson Fair war a great success.
A stormy petrol was captured near Yves
ton last week.
Tucker %county's first negro Juror served
on a case last week.
George Bean, Of Pittsburg, was drowned
in Cheat river last week.
John Tipps dropped dead at home at
Lewisburg, last Monday.
Preston county has twenty candidates
for the position Of County Clerk.
A Psrkersburg man has been living for
years in criminal intimacy with his daugh-
ter.
Miss Emma RAIDER, of Nicholas, c. H.,
suicided last Saturday by hanging herself
to a bed post.
Over 1000 residents Of Huntington are
employed at the Ensign car works and at
the railroad shops.
The railroad property OF this State ia
assessed by the Board Of Public Works at
nearly SIG, 600, 900.
Thomas True, the Doddridge county
murderer, was captured in Pennsylvania
and jailed at West Union.
The prisoners confined in the Fayetts-
vile Jail made an attempt to escape q few
| nights ago, but were thwarted.
Mr.. James McGrsw, of Harper's Ferry,
last week resurrected about three thous-
and dollars of old Confederate money.
A private detective who was n0ising
around Harrisville last week wss treated
to a dose of rotten eggs by some of the
residents.
Uriah Turner, Of Broxter county, had
one of his feet almost cut of by q
circular saw, several days ago. The men,
Der was amputated.
The Red men have posted notices in con-
spicuous places at Morgantown, notifying
certain parties to behave themselves or
take the consequences.
A Pennsylvania lumber company intend
to buy the Bradford boom and will ex-
pend $40, 900 in improvements on Elk in
addition to the work done by the Govern
ment.
During the Democratic demonstration at
Martinsburg, last Saturday, j. II. MGR.
shall, OF Banker Hill, a neighboring town,
got into trouble with Policeman Poisal and
had his leg broken.
Two candidates for County Commissioner
of Tucker county have each made q bet of
81, 600 with the other that be would be
elected. The money is posted and o lively
hustle between the two candidates may be
expected.
The crops in Webster county are pretty
much of a failure on account Of the con-
tinued dry weather. Some of the coun-
ties along the Ohio river would have been
glad to divvy up with Webster on the
rain question.
Governor Wilson has accepted the resig-