Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-06-18

tUe VI Wiz No.
at CbarlestOwn last week. By agreement
Of parties the question was suomittea 10
Joseph Trspnell, Esq, as special uoge'
and was argued by eminent counsel from
philadelphia, Baltimore, Virginia ano
West Virginia. 1t is supposed Mr.. Trap
nell will render his decision during the
summer or early fall. 1t will be looked
for with interest.
Woods Jacobs, of Anthony's creek, Poca,
hontas county, was burned 10 aea.h ias'
Friday night while camping out on Mesu-
ow, creek where he had Joo oil cutllps
brush He had been subject 70 nus anu
narrowly escaped from being burned !"
death oncs before. 1t seems from the sur
roupdipgs that he had builta ire and was
sitting near it when it is supposed ne TOOK
a it and pitched forward into the hfe.
He had gotten out of the fire and gone
some distance toward the creek, but re-
turned 10 his tent or hut, after his clotnes
were burned f.om his body, where ne was
found, Saturday morning, dead. he was
burned to a crisp, and must have died ID
awful agony. He was heard following Oh
Friday night BY some persons, VINO from
some cause were afraid to 60 to him.
Steward Lemons and wife, of Alton,
Upshur county, have got into the papers
in a deserved way for inhuman treatment
of little orphan child. The Buekhannon
Delta saws: ION Monday, May 2Stn, MI.
Lemons doubled the check-lines iour
double and beat the child very near 10
death. and tae Friday following Mrs Lem,
mons told the child to go two miles ana
borrow a wasbboard, and if he wasn't back
IN ten minutes she would beat MIN 10
death. The child could not make tae Trip
in ten miputes, and che beat him shame
fnlly and drove him to work without any
breakfast. When the child asked for Els
hrsatfsst abe again repeated her terrible
treatment and when Squire Bunner
brought the child to this place II was d
sight not pleasant to be SEEN"
y #. Tillmau, of Lewis county, has
cana which has history. When Andrew
jackson was nominated for President In
1904 Thomas ". Tillman, who was q
warm supporter of cod Hickory
T. climbed to the top Of a hickory tree where
} he lived and cut the knottiest and ugiiest
hickory cane he could find. This cane
was presented to Jackson, and USED Dy
b him during his administration. MI. iii
l, man came into possession OF the cane
q AGAIN. and afterwards presented 1t to Jas
K Polk. Another peculiarly OF this re-,
markable stick is, that the knots on 1t
= equal the number of letters IN the names
- Polk and Dallas, who, 1t Will De remem'
: bered, were President aud VICE PRESIDENT J.
|, in 1845. After Folks administration IL
* was again returned to Mr.. Tillman. The
eu cane is ugly and gnarled, and bears the
VI unmistakable marks Of age and long USE
They had terrible hail storm in Richie
~ Last Monday. The Gazette says: "lne nail
A. stones were larger than hen egg. lnt
d wheat and oats were literally beaten inte
bee the ground. In Daniel Nays vicinity, the
timber was literally stripped OF leaves
verapd, in fact, the timber over a large res u
detgss served in this way. Rotten logs were
itymsshed to pieces and the splinters knoc aS,
Tell,f. Bushes were broken to pieces Ih'
4 fruit, such as apples, peaches, etc, wa
ALL destroyed. Grape vines were all orokei
basff. All the fruit in the orchard OF Mr'
,norI endall, on Chevauxdefrise, was destroy
Thed. The glass in the windows on one SD
f the Pisgah church was all knocked out
:, .rhe territory devastated was about thre
,'n,naniles wide; the length from east to Yves
,,orsyas greater. The ground became as wmt
oa..' now and was covered to the depth OF wv
:. a.. ncbes with ice. A fierce wind storm &C
ompsnied the hail, and large trees wer
LEVIN down."
:, u Ga Sunday last Mr.. Harry Dotson an
9 "a is son lilac" brought Mr.. Dotson's wiis
erelda Dotson, to the Jail at Nichola
II in an insane condition. As che ha
VIC" of had an examination before u Justice
:, nd they having no papers directing tn
Oily lailer 10 do 80, Mr.. Winebrenner reinse
Ing. receive her. Mr.. Dotson Unlisted
'red ling allowed to place her in jail, sayin
llns new could not possibly keep her at hom'
her r. Winebrenner then told him that II \
her' ould take care Of her, he might put M
basl iail until he sent his son after } ustic
nan Justice Hart came over, but said he conf
,rie- ut hold the examination until the he'
!. d. law and gave Mr. Dotson strict injunc'ic
len IA guard his wife carefully. On Monda
: in nrnipg Mr.. Dotson left her in the roo
0. herself and went down to his breal
f,t. After finishing his meal he r
I'm trned to the room taking his wife
u oil hakCast with him. On entering Il
por- rom he found it full ofsuflOcating smok
50, or of the beds on fire, and his wi
eas- rphed past him with nearly all g
'rles cl,hiup burnt of her body. She rush
49, 49, stsirs and was caught by her hr
tnd in the Jail yard. She was term
ling brned and died in few hours from I
are efcts of it.