Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-09-10
ABOUT A DOG.
RoUeH TREATMENT OF A CUR LEADS 10
ANOTHER MURDER.
A Gang Of Burglars Oaptured-A Strange Discovery
Why Dude WsrtUP Trs-V1i-
Gus State Topics Of Interest

Last Monday morning. September Sd,
George Tabor, of Falls Mills, Mercer
,ouuty, was shot and instantly killed BY
Robert Obey. The two men were at work
IN a little stream called Tipping CT Elk.
The difficulty originated, in some manner,
from Mrs. Tabor asking her husband to
mt Oley's dog out of the house. Tabor
leaves an invalid wife and five children.
O,ev surrendered himself to the authori-
ties. and was locked up in the Princeton
Jail.
sCoURGH OF DIPHTHERIA.
In Reno district, up above Evansville,
Preston county, there ia deadly scourge
of diphtheria. Mr.. Wolf lost two children,
Psul Grim lost three and two more are so
sick that they cannot recover; hiram >.
Sbahan lost two of his children and Asonry
Bolyard and Isaac Runner each lost child.
Further up in the mountain there nave
been several other deaths of persons whose
names are unknown.
DROWNED.
James Marshall was drowned near the
One Mile bar about three miles above
Wsyne, G. H., Satur day afternoon. There
was a small rise in the creef and sawlogs
were running and several young men in
that vicinity were riding logs down to the
sboais wuefe .iioy wS-.il J.ssP "a. hsr-
shall was riding o small log which turned
and he fell off. He could not swim, and,
before anyone could reach him, he went
under. Marshall was 81 years old and
married.
A VIGOROUS OLD GENTLEMAN.
One of the most remarkable men in West
Virginia is Mr.. George Sinnett, OF Richie
county. He is in his Goth year, and il
straipht, active and vigorous. He is one
of the original settlers of that portion Of
West Virginia His health is good, and
he bids fair to live long enough to claim
his aye at q century. During the last win
ter he cleared three acres OF land and as
sisted in laying up 200 panels of fencs:
This sp,ing he plowed five acres of ground
and forrowsd ont seventeen acres of corn
and potato gcound. This gentleman
ta,ber. Patrick Sinnett, died at the age oil
102 years.
BURGLARS CAPTURED.
A gang of trsmps broke into the general
store of w. w. Shock, at Rowlesburg,
Tuesday morning of last week, and carried
off eight or nine suts OF clothes, two or
three gold watches, jewelry, cutlery and
notions. They were overtaker and arrest.
ed at Eighty Cut, on the line Of the Is. q
o. railroad, while trying to get away with
their plumber. The five arrested and
lodged in the KiDgwood Jail give the
names of George Harris, Frank Adams,
Thollas Burns, Morris Eliss and Walter
Lee. The sixth man escaped.
A STRANGE DISCOVERY.
c. r. McClung Of Meadow Bluffs,
Greenbrier county made wonderful dis
coyery last week He cut down large
chestnut tree which was perfectly solid on
the outside, bat hollow on the inside. In
making an examination of the hollow por'
ton he found two peculiar formations re-
gambling human bodies. They were of a
leathery substance and covered with fine
auburn hair. They are on exhibition al
DIR. Rupert's, who Owls the farm on which
they were found.
AN EYE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL.
1t is not on record that dude could
climb tree. 1t appears, however, that one
Of the Petersburg species has accom-,
plished the feat, bat it is rather doubtful
if he will ever make second attempt.
The tree 10 question grows in close prox'
unity TO the residence Of gentleman up
on Murdoch Avenue, who has several
daughters, and from its branches q full
uiow De had OF the private boud0ir vi
the young ladies' The irate father dis
covered him and hauled him down. The
dude offered as an explanation that he was
studying astronomy and was observing the
transit of Venus. The old man was not
posted in astronomy and did not exactly
catch on to the drift of the explanation,
and let the dude 10 without doing him
much bodily harm. 1t is mighty handy
to be good linr when occasion demands.
A DISCOVERY.
The farm of Mr.. Joseph II. Burger lies
at Millville, Just four miles west of Lewis
burg. There is nothing unusual in this
fact, but there may be something very i'm
portant to Mr.. Burger and the community
in discovery made there last week. For
several weeks he and o neighbor have
heard, at night, strange signals and the
firing Of guns id wild, rugged ravine on
this farm at the foot Of the mountain
Suspicion caused search last week, and
he discovered that party of prospectors
had been secretly opening with pick and
powder coal mine, and had dug into the
bank of the ravine about ten feet. The
prospectors were overhauled while at woIk
by a certain gentleman Of the neighbor-
hood. and they admitted TO him that they
had never seen better indications for q
large vein of fine coal than this spot pre-
sented. The dip, they said, is very sim
liar TO that Of the Pocahontss mines in
Virginia. They furthermore avowed their
belief that fine vein of coal underlies the
whole Of Muddy Creek mountain. They
admitted chagrin in being intercepted
in their nightly digging and blasting The
pass. word or signal Of the prospecting
party seemed to have been the cry of q
panther Mr.. Burger intends to begin
right off to dig and find out the true value
of the find" A good mine there might
serve as stimulus to bring railroad
from Ronceverts TO Lewisburg.
BRIEF MENTION OF MINOR TOPICS.
The buckwheat crop of this State ia above
the average.
Philadelphia people are boring for oil in
Lewis county.
Gov. Ftzhugb Lee attended the Alder
son Fair last week.
The mount tain counties have been visited
by several heavy frosts.
The telephone line from Psrkersburg TO
Burning Springs has been sold.
Toe new Masonic building at Grants
vile is nearing completion.
The West Virginia Central Railroad has
J, 800 names on their pay rolls.
There is only one lonely, forsaken pris-
,uer in the Lincoln county Jail.
VIM. Miles, q G. & o brakeman, was
iatally crushed between cars at Huntington
IN Saturday.