Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-04-02
THE STATE.
THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE OF INTERIOR
HAPPENINGS.
The Facts AID Farc;e; Found BY Tho Register in
The Local Colanns Of The
County Press.

UaN AAa NV
the hor. ibls lyrcLipg and q~uadruple muir
der committed in the Ryan trouble Of some
months ago, and many Of the best citizens
are asking why this was so, when a com
plete lis, Of witnesses was twice sent In,
for the purpose Of uneartbing the crime.
Even the rewards once off.red by the
county were soon withdrawn, and the mob
element are resting easitr, if not indeed
controlling part OF the county machinery.
The charge Of Judge Fleming to the grand
iury was emphatic and strong. as to their
duty 10 investigate, but was not obeytd in
the least. Dan. w. Cunningham was
brought in by Detective Burnett aud pose,
from Kanawha county, who allowed him
full liberty, by day and night, while Perry
Drake has clamored for o trial ever since
his first arrest in the Ryan case, until the
whole thing seems like o farce. The cases
against both Drake and Cunningham were
continued by the prosecution, and both
admitted to bail in the sum Of 81, sou each.
On Friday Of last week a horrible muir
der, followed by the suicide Of the muir
derer, occurred in Frederick county, Va,
Just over the Morgan county, W. Va line,
Wilhelm mCSLuht, dkCu abouk cSNSh'y
five years., had frequent quarrels with
his wife, and GU the above day struck her
over the head with q poker and 10 make
his work doubly sure, got a razor and cut
her throat from ear to ear. The iend tn, n
called q couple Of grand children TO him,
who were in the house at the time, and
throwing his pocketbook to them, told
them it contained two dellars which they
were 10 divide between them, then DELHI
erately seating HIMSELF in a chair, shot gun
in hand, he rested the muzz'e against his
forehead, pulled the trigger with his cane,
and the load of buekshot passing through
his head, lodged in the ceiling. Death was
instantaneous.
Deputy Collector G. A. Goshorn sold two
confiscated stills, Friday, at public suc-
ton, at Clarksburg. 0le was
sixty gallon affair captured in the
wilds Of Jackson county, and its
ing q term Of eighteen years in the peni'
Tertiary, for "meonshining." The capac-
ity of the smaller one is forty gallons. IL
was taken in Lincoln county, and Its W
ers, two K~entuckiaus, named respectively
Vance and Smith, are still at laIgh They
are reported 10 he desperate characters,
who care no more for human life than they
do for that Of snake. The larger Of the
two stills WAS sold for 50, and the other
brought s. %.
The Jackson county papers give accounts
Of O great number Of cattle, hogs, etc,
bitten by mad dogs and the terrorization
NJ the people along sand Greek. Some
days since a dog owned by Mr. Huffman,
on Sand Creek. went mad and bit every
head Of cattle on his place. Frum Huff.
mans the dog went 10 another farm and
bit dogs, hogs, geese, dicks, and every liy-
ing thing within reach, and then left, 90
ing in the direction Of John Burk's farm,
about four miles distant, where ho bit a
large hog. which, like other bitten animals,
went mad and ran about for four or i've
days before il died.
Oue day last week Mira. Isaac Vanmeter,
Of MO0refield, heart the report Of a gun In
John L. Nanmeter's room, and upon en-.
tering to see what the matt T was, she
found her three-year old son standing on
the fl ,or with bis Uncle Johns sixteen
shooter in his hand. Mamma, Jimmie
shoot the cat, " said the little fellow calm.
ly. II seems the little fellow had entered
the room and found the cat lying on the
bed, aud he got the gun from behind the
door and tried to shoot the intruder. The
ball missed the cat, however, aud went
through the ceiling.
Mace Cnrrow, who lives on Sandy,
Jackson county, will quit wearing boots
hereafter, or sleep with them on. Last
Sunday night after church hc began 10 die
robe preparatory to retiring and met with
an accident never before heard OF. In at
tempting to draw the boo from his left
foot he raised the foot upon his right leg,
eraspiug the toe of the boot with one hnnd
and the heel with the other. A sudden
movement Of the body 10 an unbalanced
moment tw listed the leg held in it's owners
grip swapping in twain the thigh bone.
At about half past four o'clock Monday
afternoon q report was Heard by citizens
Of st. Marys, which sTunded like the re-
port Of a cannon. Upon inquiry il was
ascertained that the Hsmmett oil well
No. 3 had exploded. The well caught
fire and the derricks were burnt down,
and various other things about the we'll.
The cause Of the explosion is not known
outside Of the operators themselv es. For
tunately no one vas injured.
A few days ago Mrs. Jas. II. Cox, who
lives near Hookersville, Nicholas county,
on going TO the spring for q bucket OF
water found the body Of her little four
year-old daughter, Fora Bell, lying on top
of the ice in the coal mine on Mr.. Jas.
Hills farm. 1t ia supposed thut the child
was playing near the edge Of the mine and
fell into The water which was about four
feet deep, and was drowned.
John q. Henderson, on cid and respect
ed citizen Of Mason county, and one Of IT.
! %earliest settlers, died at his home in Hen.
derAon. last Saturday night. lie was
horn February 9Th, 1895, consequently
he was in the oath year OF his age. and al
The time Of bis death, was probably the
Oldest person in the county. lie has lived
where he died, since he was six months
cd.
George W. Wstson beats the country er
timber. A poplar tree wss lately cut On
his farm that made 5,379 feet Of lumber
lG feet Of the tree yielded 1.Si9 feet. A
white oak tree wa felled that made 500
feet. George, however, mas tress on bi'
farm that beat either OF these. One O
these trees still standing measures 80 feel
in circumference Preston County Journal
Attorney General Whyte, Of Maryland
suggests that the boundary line question
between this State aud Maryland sboult
be settled by arbitration. 1t should b.
settled in some way. II will perhsps b
settled by arbitration or by The Court o.
Appeals OF the United States,
1t Is q singular coincidence that j. i
Stricken, Of Richie county, looks as Ducl
like Abraham Lincoln did ~ though the.
were twin brothers, and Mr.. Striekltr's SOD
Will g., resembles Bob Lincoln as mucl
az "psp" docs the noble deceased Presi
dent, Abraham.
Mr.. Aler Ii compiling. with the bel
Of some OF the old eitizsn Oi that county
a complete history Of M~artinsburg ant
Berkeley county. The book will contaiI
about 300 pages and will be published II
cloth about the lst Of June.
THE Eagle Building Association will b
the largest ever started IN this section.