Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-05-07

-ocgiu- chair that was curiosity. he
n,sts were solid hickory sapN1g' with the
b,rk on and vanished aud looked to he III
Ia,st four inches 10 diameter, TIE seat wa
not lass than two or tNO and hail is@I
bstysep the ARMS. The sea, seemed to be
ot 81 modern pattern, but the arms looked
Lt. oak boards simply smuoihei. The
chair Looked like il might he 81 least one
bnndred wears old aud those VINO handled
il thought it would Teigl ebout one nun
bred pounds
Rev. sam small, the noted lecturer and
evangelist, hls been engaged TO deliver "
lecture in ShepderdstOwG IN Thursday
next, May lo
For the past few weeks horse buyers
frnm Maryland and Pennsylvania hRv"
been purchasing many horses from tie
farmers of Jefferson c0uatg, especially ID
the neighborhpoi OF SG-phgrdst, Du-
ring thu lat couple OF years there has
be,n a notable improvement IN the horses
raised IN this locality, and the farmers are
uaw reapng thu benriil hy the high prices
they obtain for the animals. The NUMBER
Of BUYERS aud the lively demand Tor Wet
Virginia horses has the tendency to maxi
the market better than it has been Tor
some time.
DIitr 4 cnmmOtlOu was raised At II am
lin Lincoln county, Wednesday evenln"
or last week, when the report reached
there that one Keister, a cattle buyer, from
Mason county, had been attacked at the
mouth of jenkins HolloT, Clbell county,
on the Milton road, while returning with
drove OF cattle, by two men, armed with
hickory clubs and his money demanded
Rapnrts went further TO say that keis.er
had drew his revolver and nr~d, when on
fell dead. and the other took fight. The
rpnnrt sounded "hShy,' hut there were
those who believed it, keiSter reported It
at Milton and other points, but iuvestls'.
ton disproyes the story, ana II Is now
thought nothing Of the kind occurred.
The greatest wreck that has yet hap
pened on the Grafton aud Grernhrler road,
occurred on near Yates crossing Tuesday
morning. While the through train was
plo8ing along at the usual speed the en-
gineer, Elijah Glenn, sighted tree
which had burned down and fallen
across the track Sounding the whistle
he Jumped for his life, ioilowe by IRE.
man Tablet; postal clerk Woo ilort and
several of the passengers VINO A'Sn IA" lhr
dancer. A moment later the tram struck
the obstruction hurling the engine from
m, rails and sending the tender and -four
Traiubt cars over the embankment, one OF
which WAS thoroughly demolished. No
body WAS hurt although the spot where
the wreck occurred was in IN every way
favorable to,latality, being ina cut aud on
ill. with but slight room Tor escape. The
Incident prevented any train from reach
ing philippi that day, bnt by working parl
nf the night the road was cleared 81 thai
the usual trip WAS made on Wednesday
The damage, 1t is Thought will be between
one thousand aud nltcen hundred dollars
Ga Friday morning of last week John
Talbot, living in Union District, Barbour
county. waI hurnra to death IN a very
Stacking manner. lie had been engaged
m cl,anirg up piece oi land to plant 10
corn aod m burning some trash on IL the
fire caught in the woods he ami young
man named CriSS were putting II out lhry
became separated some distance when OnS-
heard Mr. Talbot hOllO, but being bus'ly
engaged iu4t ut that momSntaud thinking
that perhaps there WAS nothing pressing
he did not 20 to him Just at the time, hat
AZ soon ~ he could leave where he was he
went back 10 where h. had +sst seen Mr.
T,lbrlt, aud failing to find him, went to
his house, short distance away, found
that he had not been there, and immedi-
ateIy returned 10 where the FIRE WAS still
burning where he found Nj. Talbot lying
between two logs burned to crisp. Some
of the neiphhors were Immediately suf-
Inoned and the chtrrtd rcmtiuS carried To
the house There wax not particle Oi
clothing lett on the hbiy except tn 3olr OF
one Of hi4 ho1.a. Il sIrsparder buckle aud
collar button, the A,t t~o articles burned
into the charrcd fish lie VIZ nbont IL
years OfIge.