Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-11-19
A BAD BLUNDER.
ONB NAN DEAD, AND THREE OTHERS
VERY, SICK.
A New Town in Lewis Attempt at Murder
Found With His Throat ~Cut-OuriOus
Dsath Of q Child, Bic.

Saturday evening at Alton, Upshur
county, by which Samuel w. Boyles lost
his life, and three others narrowly es-
capped. Boyles owned q small store, and
feeling indisposed took q small quantity Of
what he supposed was alcohol, that he had
in stock, but which proved to be q poison
Gus preparation made for photographers;
from tina effects of it, Boyles died Sunday.
Several others tasted the liquid and became
very sick, but did not swallow enough to
cause fatal effscts-
FOUND WITH HIS THROAT CUT.
Tuesday Of last week James Gump, Of
Miracle Run, ". Va, went to FAirview
after q load of coal. 10 the evening he
returned, leaving the wagon on the road
His wife found him in the road with his
throat cot. He was taken into the house
and DR.. Shriver Immediately summoned.
Rather o deep cash was cut, commencing
under the left ear, passing across the throat
and terminating near the right side of the
month. How it happened no one knows,
not aver Mr.. Gump. The cut vas made
with q kuife or some sharp instrument.
MI. Gump was let ,xicated, and it is be-
lieved he accidentally cot bim,elf. The
physician Gays the only thing that saved
bis life was that his head was thrown back
when the cut was made.
OIL CITY.
1t is rumored that the above is to be the
name of a new town in Lewis county that
will scon rival Weston in size and business
importance. 1t will be located in the up
per end Of the county, and will be sup
posed 10 spring up like a mushroom
around the oil wells a1d coal mines that
will be opened up in the new feds re-
Gently discovered on the lands Of Isaac
Butcher on Glady Fork. 1t ia taid that
the coal is of the finett quality for coking
purposes, and that a big syndicate of cap.
i~talists are preparing to mire it and drlll
new oil wells. How authentic all these
rumors are we do not knO ", but We hope
they will be verified.
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT.
Near Cameron, last Friday, a little two
aud a half year old daughter of Mr.. j. c.
Rel was drowned under peculiar circum-
stance. 1t seems that the little one had
only been out of sight Of it's parents a very
few minutes when search was made and it
was found standing beside q fish keg full
of w~aterinto which it's head. was Ringing,
and el!hough great efforts was made to
rtsuscitate it they proved upavaiiing. The
child WAS tfltcted with heart trouble and
as it was still standing on its feet when
found it is supposei that it was att tucked
with q faint;ngspell Which caused it' head
to drop in the water, causing its death.
FOUND DROWNED.
There wa9 considerable excitement near
Rcsby's Rock last week. VIM. McKane
had been missing for over o We k. and was
found in the cresk drowned. He had been
at Eirnest's wine eve in company with
Others, and INDUCED too freely in the in
Intoxicating cup, and it is thought that
while attempting 10 cross the creek he
fell in.
TWELVE MULES BURNED.
A fi;e at the works of the Cannelton Coal
Co.; opposite Coal Valley, on Wednesday
night last, destroyed the tipple, drum
house, stable, and other property to the
amount OF several thousand dollars. There
ware twe've mulas in the stable 1T the
time Of the FIRE, aod despite the efforts to
release them, they were all burned to
death. The origin Of the fire is unknown.
WANTED To DIE.
A cclored man of Mason City, between
80 and lob ears Of age, known as Judge
Isasc, tried to drown himself Friday after
mon. He went down to tie lower end of
town and wsded out into the river until
the water went over his hesd He was
rescued, hOwevsr, by DIR. Russell and
others bsfore life was tx met. He is be-
lieved to be dersngei.
AN ATTEMPT AT MURDER.
On Hurts Greek, Lincoln county, on
the evening of the 9Th inst, John Kayfer
stepped outside the house of Maxwell Adj
kinS, where qu te a large crowd had gath
cred, when he WIS shot through the lett
thigh with a rifle, in the hands CT some
unknown party.
BRIEF MENTION.
A new brewery is to be erected at Par
kersburg.
1t said 81, 200 changed hands at Clarks-
burg on the result OF the election.
Frank Clark escaped from the PIT. Pleas
ant Jail by burning the lock from the door.
The safe in the Chesapeake & Ohio de-
pot at Milton was blown and about $12
taken.
Th9 W,llsburg Herald, recently burned
out, will not again appear for three or four
weeks.
The Jackson county grand jury has in
dic.ed ''Slim"au Irish Jack, the bank
robbers, for burglary
Abram Sandy, of FAyette county, was
kicked in the face by q mule, a few days
ago, and dangerously hurt.
The Wetzsl county seat is 10 be re-
moved. Ths vots showed a majority of IS
in excess Of the necessary three.6fIhs.
Wilbur NJ. Mccoy, aged &c, accidental.
ly shot himself through the hand, at
Bakers sore, Hamlin, Lincoln couOty.
There was quite a liot at Creston pre-
circt, in Writ county, on election day.
"A number of Republicans, wi b shot guos,
were at the bottom of the trouble.
VIM. Charleston, news agent on the B.
& o., was struck in the back OF the neck
by a broken CIR coupling Wednesday even.
ing and painfully though net seriously
hurt.
Mrs. jacob Waddell, an aged P~ocaboutas
county lady. was thrown from o buggy by
q runaway horse, a few days ago. Both
her legs were broksD, and she died Of her
injuries.
Exchanges say that q couple of sleek
locking individuals are goinx about the
country ~swindling township tressurar's out
OF sums of money raogiug from $12 to $50, |
on the prstense of repairing the black
b1ards in school houses, only desirirR the
officials order for performing the wo,k, |
which tuIns up in q few days as sn order
on the township treasury, properly signed,
and cashed by an innocent party.
Ooe Of the prisoners who some time since
brose Jail in CAbell comfy, came to Fay
Attayille and hfiup hard nm for f,nds az.