Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-01-23
THROUGH THE STATE.
UEYS or INTEREST CLEANED FROM OUR
EXCHANGES
The Freshest Facts Obtalable Of Life IN the
Back Counties and Small
Towns.
Grafton wants a night police force.

Grafton wants night police force.
The Royal gus well, at Wellshnrg, il
down about 500.
They are talking OF building furniture
| factory at Weston
The r. d O. is fitting up material io
GOO ears at Grafton.
Three prisoners escaped from the Upshu
county jail Friday night.
There is q movement on loot to start {
canning factory at Rerryville, Jefferson
county.
Mrs. b. +. Bell OF BroXton, c. H., mar
rowly escaped being burned to death a lev
days ago.
John Stems, OF Tyler county. held his
hand over the muzzle OF gun and then dis
charged it
Leslie A. Johnson, of Monroe county
recently fell from a load Of hay, breaking
several bones.
James Mccoy and son, Oh trial in Put
nam county for the murder of DR.. NOrthup
have been acquitted.
Annie Smith, oil Hampshire county,
Jumped ont of barn door and fell and
broke one OF her legs.
Booker Bailey, of Raleigh county, is III
precariOus condition from injuries It.
ceived a short time ago
A little child of Ephraim Chapman, OF
Putnam county, died Last week after eating
a quantity oil pine tops.
There was banquet rendered the mem
bers OF Gustav Brown Consistory 30 -,
at Charleston, last Thursday.
Robert Nelson, former Raveue@ood
stOrckeeper, has been arrested at GallipulI,
on a charge of horse stealing.
A son Of William Finch, Of near Ehza-
beth, Writ county, Irll into a new we'll a
r"S days ago, breaking his lit thigh.
4 two thousand pound press fell down
stairs at the Fajrnont Md,r office few
days ago, narrowly escaping several work
men.
William \. Guutei, coal miner, was
very badly hurt by lal! OF slate at the
Campbell Creek mines. ue.u Cnarlerton,
Philip CGmDt a hrelnaH Cd ne West
virginia central ana fitIsbuIS haIIroAu,
had his legs terribly mashed in au accident
'''en''s'
Governor Wilson has offered rrward Of
$50 tor the arrest and delivery Of l. l..
Vauuov, charged with shooting C. +. Til
ley, in Wyoming county.
At the Raymond City coal mines, Itw
days ago, Thomas Avery was probably IA
tally wounded by bree ch-pln lying out
oi gun III" S'i'h'hS MN III tue H'a".
4 Lewis county man brought suit bet, re
a magistrate Tor 81, employing lawyer
went through two daJ iflHI, got 1t
Judgment for ~ !" and hi'd T." pay 900
costs.
The expenses Of keeping the Rtchic
county poor farm aud supporting the
paupcrs IN lTSI we'e 500, being 500 less
than the cost Of the stmc institution Iol
any previous year
The Council Finance Committee oi
Krysrr has invested Il ,OOO of fire towns
surplus money in West Virginia Central
and Iittshurg Railroad bond" Forty dol
lars premium had to paid.
Gurus Parsons, Of Proctor. Weizel
county, who was hurt by falling from tie
Cox trestle on tue Ohio River R,lroad last
fall, died ui his Injuries received at that
time Monday morning, January 9ih.
Three Richie county school boys play
fully tool. then syhUol teacher, Curtis
Snodpra,s, To a stream and gave him a
duckinp The teacher resented The la
miliarity ut this season 81 tie year and it
cost the boys - each.
4 prisoner by the name of Hooper who
was confined in the Chenille iail. has
skipped. lie waq taken out Of ilil to At
tend a law suit he had about a COW, and
while attending the same babe aieu Ia tie
officers and skipped iar parts unknown.
The store Of W Smith, OF Greenland,
Grant county, was broken open Gil Friday
night by q !uan supposed 10 be Elmer Nc
Curly, 81 WeiLel county, ana gold
watch, lot OF iewelry, silks and cutlery
were taken. One hundred dollars reward
is offered for his capture.
The Parkersburg Council hls voted Il
adopt the proposition Of The Iakcrshurl
Electric Light aud Power Company tc
light the streets with thirty =, 600 cHuil,
electric lights on Iron mas's, for term Of
three year,, at 1920 per lamp per year
Charles Uuntlbrrrv. empInycd NJ fin,
Park Mill M,rtipshurp had q narrow
escapr from death 4 few drvg .rn, n,
wa7 oiIiu% the machinery, when a set
screw III shaft caught IN his coat and