Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-03-26
A BRIGHT R
OF NEWS ITEMS CLEANED FROM OUR
STATE PAPERS.
The Most Recent Happenings in the lr!s-
ricr Counties, Is We Find Them in
the Local Press.

uay III hpih.
A K of P. Lodge has been organized q
Morgantown.
There are more than n hundred sta
dents attending the Chenille Normal.
Martirsburg expects to have an electri,
light system in operation by the fifth o
April.
The W. Va. c. & P. r R Co. will pu'
l 900 men to work on the extension th'
first of April, if they can be found.
@rhe water has been turned into tn
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal and the entire
lire will be opened to navigation to-day
the Goth.
A four year old daughter Of John Starr
residing heal Cairo, was seriously burned
by falling into a tub Of boiling water, a few
days ago.
The annual session Of the Grand Lodge
Of Knights sf Honor Of West Virginia viii
assemble in Morgantown on the second
Tuesday in April.
A. P. Gates, Of Charleston, attempted Il
build a fire with coal oil, last week, and
came very near having his head blown of
in the experiment.
The house of Mr.. Cirrus Hall, in Paw
paw district, Mineral county, was destroy
ed by fire on Wednesday Of last week, &C.
g.ther with all It's contents.
Con. Moran of Keyser, attempted t.
commit suicide a few days ago. The
bullet was aimed at his heart, but missed
its mark, and he probably will recover.
A small frame house owned by John T,
Griffin, on Monticello street, Clsrksburg,
was burned Saturday. Persons from centre
of town had a mile to 60 and when they
got there the building had partly fallen in.
Prompt and well directed work saved the
house close to it on the north.
VIM. Doekeney, employed at Lochiel
mills, at Bloomington, running the hoist
ing engine, on Tuesday Of last week got
ciught in the machinery, tearing of his left
ear, ipjuring the left side of his beid and
face and crushing the lett arm so badly
that amputation below the elbow was nee
An eight-year old daughter of George
Brady's, of Bsall's Mills, Lewis county,
was horribly burned about the body on
Monday, and it is thought she cannot re-
cover. We did not hear the particulars,
bpt it is supposed she was standing before
a fire CRATE when her clothes took fire and
before assistance reached her, portions Of
her body were burned almost toa crisp.
The nine line from Willow Tree to Mt.
Morris was completed last week. We are
informed there is a probability Of the line
bsing extended to Morgantown, so as to
secure railroad transportation at the near
est possible point for the oil product in
the Mt. Morris and Dunkard field. This
is another evidence that the operators have
in the outcome of the oil field in that
-NOrgdRtOWn Neip ROmiHi0R.
Mr.. Walter II. Bell met with a painful
accident at Kingwood, Thursday. While
on his buzz saw, a small piece of
plank was thrown against the saw and
back with terrific force. 1t struck
Mr.. Bell in the mouth and knocked out
two of his upper front teeth and loosend
four OF the lower ones. A piece of his
upper lip was cut through and hung by the
merely. A deep cash was cut in his
lip, and his chin was bruised and
cut.
The timber men in the Cheat river re-
gion have been quite active during the
past winter. Oae squad in charge OF John
Sidwell cut and put into Cheat river for
the Hulings Lumber Company 1865 logs,
from which will be cut more than a half
feet of lumber. One poplar tree
cut by this party made $3.50 feet, there
being four cuts, each IA feet in length, that
made respectively 1913, 1,47l, 1900 and
/, 0sl feet. This is the biggest tree ever
cut on Cheat.
The Harper's Ferry Scntiad Of last Sat.
urday week says: Mrs. Maguus Cockrell,
on Shenandoah street. was the victim Of a
accident on Wednesday. Wilhelm
the neighborhood Of the stove, attending tn
her household duties, her dress caught fire,
upon discovering which she rushed out on
the street screaming with fright. The
strong wind then blowing quickly famed
the flames, and bat for the assistance of
two passing boys, who tore the burning
garments from her, she must have met
with q terrible death.
Saturday last rather a sad and serious
accident occurred an Rockford, Harrison
1t appears that a lot Of young
boys were in the field playing, and Add
Goodman was shooting with o revolver.
The boys cried out ''shoot this way" He
shot the second time towards them, and
the ball struck Tod, Bond, a ffteen-yeaI-
old son Of DR.. O. T. Bond, in the eye, pnt-
ting it out. 1t was q small 22-calibre he
was shooting with. Tode is q manly little
loved by all who know him. He
is fearful that the eye ball will have to
out. The young man that did the
shooting is near the little fellow all the
time, and nothing could induce him to
leave.
In April, 1881, a switch was tampered
with near Oakland, On the B & o. road,
which resulted in the wrecking of an emf
grant train. Every effort was made at the
time TO discover who the guilty parties
were, but without success. A short time
lgo the railroad detectives succeeded IN
;etting a clue, which resulted in the arrest
{ the perpetrators. A man by the name
o George Grim was arrested at Terra Alta
OF Monday, and one by the name OF VIM.
Etow was arrested at Hamilton, on the
Wet Virginia Central, on Tuesday, and
bot are now lodged in the Oakland Jail.
The. have made a confession, acknowledge
ing heir guilt. Tue object Of their dar-
tardt. crime was robbery.
G. =. Brohard, Of near Pennington,
ought start q museum, for he has been
visited With more monstrosities than any
man n he county. He now has a lamb
in his fisk with one mouth, two noses,
two seprate sets Of teeth and four eyes,
all fully eveloped and ready for use. 1,
is q great n~riosity and bids fair to become
as famouss the little lamb that Mary
had. Mr.srobard not long since bad a
chicken haahed with four feet, two tails,
and several ather sppendages too tedious
10 mention. 4 is said that he also had a
colt foaled a Nv years ago, with a perf-e.
pair Of saddleockets on its back, but il
died before il as old enough to be ridden
"a sheriff.
Hon. CharlsNilliams, of Grant county,
represented HAY county, in the Virgins
Legislature, dung the q He has hi
certificate of atkdance at the last session
which he attertd, the pay for which he