Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-17
THROUGH TIE STATS.
Itoms Of Interest Cleaned From our state
Exchanges.

Exchanges.
Last sunday night Amcs Murphy, who
lives near Mt Tabor Church, in Rock opp,
Morgru county, was accidentally shot in
the neck b. his brother William who fired
OIL his revolver in the dark The ball, a
p lonT, entered near the .ugUlar vein,
lodgm,, abOIt an zach from the surface
and nearly five inches from where it enter
ed The bali was extracted and lie is do.
ing well
Mr. l. W Manlord, OF Murtinshurg,
was thrown from a locomotive at Wash
ingtOu Junction last week and had both
arms broken, besides sustaining other in
iuTics.
The large Touring mill belonging to
MIS-. Elisabeth Stalcy, o.. the EirpIa side
Of the Potomac, at Falling Waters, in
Berkeley county, was entirely consumed
by Ire on Saturday night. Ehc mill was
in charge OF Vim. Staley. The fire il sup.
posed to have been the work of an inccn-
diary. There was an insurance Of $1,000
on the property.
The HarpCI's Ferry corporation election
resulted III the choice of the following
ticket, VIZ MAYOR, Daniel Ames; Re
corder, John Flaherty; Councilmen, G..
Johns, Alex Murphy, T. w. Reale, y. C..
Erackett and Geo. II. Child
NJ. a. II. Martin, of Brooklyn, n. Y,
came on to Shepheriat0wn TO attend the
wedding OF Boyd T.. IL eller and ugene
IIumri.hOusc, aaI mst with one OF Shep-
hcrdStOwa'a iair daughters, MiSs Fannie
POnrnbeTger lie was 80 very much cap
tivated with her, and The admiration was
80 mutual, that they went to Charlestown
and were married by Rev. W. G.. Egges-
ton. They were accompanied lay Miss
Minnie Ray and Jas. +. Thompson As wit
uesses. The contracting parties !cit .Or
Carlisle, ii where tucY viii rpcnu 4 lew
dayS. after " hirh they leave for Brooklyn,
\. Y, their future home
The first freight train which left Cum
brTIInd about five O'Clock Friday morning
on tEr West Virginia Central Railroad ran
into a snow drift at Scymour's nocks at
htli-past uye O ,i0vb and causcd very bad
wreck. The cDguc, tender and number
of cars were thrown over an cnhankment
ito the Potomac river. Philip COomhs, the
fireman on engine No (, and Joseph Frost,
brakeman on the train we're badly injured,
but, it i, thought not dangerously. I'd
ward lippincott the engineer, escaped
miraCuloCsly without being hunt. The
drift Is very heavy one, and extends
tmte-quarlcrs of mile. 4 large force OF
men were sent up from this city to clear
the track, hut il vail be SOME time tO-mOr-
row before trains will he able to get
through.
The Ohie River Railroad Company have
contracted to purchase two squares on
Eighth Avenue, Huntington, lust south Of
the passenger depot. where they will erect
a freight depot aud lay side tracks The
present passenger depot OF the Chesapeake
and Ohio vii! lie Lie,. az q union depot.
For the present the Ohio River trains will
use the Chesapeake and Ohio tracks. but
only until the company can bridge the
Guyan river and lay its own track, which
will be south Of the chesapeake and Ohio
track. The right of way through the
Central Land Compang's lands has al
ready been secured. The bridge over
Guyan river will he located between the
Chesapeake and Ohio bridge and the sus-
pension bridge and the tracl. OF the OhlJ
Eivrr will cross the Chesapeake and ohio
track 4 short distance below the river. The
route from Guyaudotte 10 Huntington has
already been surveyed and the work Of
grading will begin at an early day. By
the time this work s finished the road
from Ashland down the river 10 Cincinnati
will be completed, and the trains of that
road will also come into Huntington.
Freight traffic over the Chesapeake and
Ohio read is very heavy.