Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1888-07-31
VARIOUS MATTERS.
Occurring Throughout the Length ana
Breadth of the State

Breadth OF the state
A Mrs Flesher, of Richie county, while
attempting to cross the river IN a wagon
WIS thrown out by the wagon upsettiDg,
and received very sel:ous ipjuries-her
wrist was broken, her shoulder dislccated,
aud she was otherwise badly bruised. II
il reported that she has since died from
the effects of the accident.
There was a cutting serape in the lower
end OF ParBersburg last Sunday night
which came very nearly being very serious,
in which q woman of the town and her fel-
low were the principals and the woman did
the cutting. They were engaged in quar-
rel, when the woman got hold of butcher
knife and ripped her asssilant in ths neck
In close proximity to the jugular, but moi
making very serious cut.
Wednesday night about half-past eight
o'clock Newton Tomlinsou, OF Monroe
County, who was visiting at Lewisburg,
accidentally broke his left leg. He was
climbing into q buggy, and just as be
placed his right foot on the step the horse
started and caught his other foot IN the
wheel. The limb was shattered at the
knee, so that the femur bone protruded
about two inches.
Miss Lena PiersOn, of Clay county,
while riding along the road on upper Two
Run, came near being thrown from her
horse, last week. She was in the act oil
getting of to pick some blackberries,
which grew beside the road in an old de-
serted place, when her horse became fright
ened at bear, and ran away with her.
She said the bear was standing up on nis
hind feet eating berries. He gathered the
briers in to him with his fore paws and
ate berries very carefully, not seeming to
notice the lady, until she stopped. The
horse became alarmed at the animal and
ian about two miles through the woods,
but the young lady managed to keep her
seat.
VIM. Forbes, of Charleston, who at
tempted to leave the world the other day
by the laudanum route, had close call
for his life. He was discovered about
$50 at night sitting on the Chesapeake q
Ohio railroad track near the depot. DE
was in stupefied condition with his head
resting on his knees, and the little boy
who found him reported to his brother-in-
law, Mr.. Matheny, who went out and
took him home. He had been in the woods
sll day and was very sleepy, not being
able to give an account OF himself. Inc
overdose of laudauum he had taken caused
him to vomit, which saved his life, but
had the effect of putting him to sleep FOL
the day.
A most serious accident occurred about
noon Saturday in the foundry department
of the Ensign Works at Huntington. The
11-year-old con of Councilman b. X. Stan
lev, foreman of the foundry, was playing
about the place with some other boys, and
climbed upon a pair of step-laddeis thai
stood near the wheel-pit, where the newly
east car wheels are put 10 let cool. The
boy in some manner fell from the ladder
into this pit, which had just been emptied
of wheels, and the sand on the bottom
was red-hot. He was taken out as quick
az the man st work there could possibly
do 80, but not until the little fellow wa.
terribly burned. His feet aud one arm
were burned to crisp.
Last Saturday night the citizens Of Ben
dale, Lewis county, were treated TO one o
the most brutal fights that has occurred IL
the county for quite while. The partic
ipants were Everett Ward, George Murphy
and John Bundell. The two first named
bad got full of bepzine and started home
When they came to BundelPs house, whiel
is lust this side of the bridge, near Deta
more's mill, they stopped and the fraes
commenced. There are many confilctln!
stories; but they went into it at hvel,
rate and the consequence was that Bundei
got the worst of the bargain, being cut II
several places with a knife, and hit on tn
head with q spade. Several spectator
tried to interfere and put q stop to 1t, ant
one or two of them were knocked down.
General @. @. Watts, United States Dis
trict Attorney for West Virgins had
close call Thursday afternoon, and on
from which his escape seemed almost NAL
yelous. He was sitting at his dest a til
Custom House at Parkers5urg, busily en-
gagged. Some workmen were employed i
repaintiug the ceiling over the room, who
one of the timbers used - o piece of sea
folding fell to the table at which Geners
Watts was sitting, and cut nearly throug
the heavy board. The timber wsighe
fully forty pounds, aud in falling END
foremost Ia the table did not miss MI
Watts more than two or three inches q
. the farthest. The call was unpleasant
close, and General Watts Ia to be copgrat
ulated on his escape.
The people throughout the State, an
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