Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-13
HUNG HIMSELF.
THE TRAGIC BND OF JOHN T. SITES, OF
HARDY COUNTY.
A Little Girl Burned to Dsath-A Big Hunt After
Bssr-A Large Industry for Grssnbrisr County
Valuable Deposit Of Coal Discovered.

rope last Monday in Clint MOngold's barn,
at Moorefield. Mr.. Sites was widower,
aged about IS years, and lived with Clint
Mongold, on Harvey Yankey's farm, on
South Mill Greek, Grant county. he had
been dyspeptic for some time and was
addicted TO the use of morphine, which
had unbalanced his mind. He had fire.
ouently told his friends that they must do
something with him, that he got out OF his
head sometimes and was afraid that he
might kill himself or do something bad.
Arrangements had been made to take him
before magistrate on Tuesday and have
him sent to the asylum; but the tragic
ending of his life on Monday put stop TO
this. This makes the third suicide within
seven miles of Petersburg in the last year.
Mr.. Sites got upon haIf-bushel, put the
rope around his neck and fastened the
other end to beam overhead, and kicked
the half-bushel measure from under him.
When found he was dead, with his feet
touching the floor,
On Friday evening of last week, Mr..
and Mrs. Robert Conway, who reside near
Barracksville, Marion county, loet their
only child-a little daughter-in a sad
and shocking manner. The parents had
gone out to do their milking, leaving the
little one in the house playing with its
TOYS. 1t was seated in the kitchen near
the stove in which there was little fire
only. Not long after they had reached the
milk yard Mr.. Conway heard the child
crying, but thinking it had Just noticed
their absence, he did not hurry back TO
the house On returning TO it, however,
he discovered the child under bed and
its clothes on fire. 1t was seated with its
its little hands up to its forehead and face,
trying, it seemed, to prevent that part OF
its head from being burned. Mr. Conway
soon extinguished the flames, but the
child was Sc badly injured that it died on
Sunday. One side of it WAS burned to q
crisp.
OF all the specimens Of liliputian hu-
mainly that have ever found welcome in
this world of comparative gisnts, the little
daughter of John E Miller, of Hampshire
county, is the most wonderful. She is %
years of age, cannot walk or talk and is but
twenty-six inches tall. Always lying in
little cradle, she is enabled to keep sharp
lookout on all that is going on; no one has
yet been sharp enough to call for an article
in the house that the little one could not
point out. Her memory is most remark
able. A new song or poem repeated in her
presence is never forgotten. If the same
song or poem is again repeated or sung
with the variation of but single word the
little prodigy will show her disspproyal by
yelling Justify and frowning frown that
cannot be mistaken. How such remark
able memory can find resting place in a
head no larger than tescup has long been
the wonder OF physicians and savants who
have journeyed from far and near to test
the remarkable gifts of the little wonder.
On Saturday morning last big black
bear, weighing sbsut two hundred pounds,
was chased out of the mountains above
Hedgesville, Berkeley county, West Vir-
ginia, by some hunters, and crossed over
to Willismsport, Maryland, where it Gre
ated big excitement, and had a large
number of hunters in pursuit of the ami
NAL. Bruin escaped the hunters and
hounds, skirted around Hsgerstown, and
was next seen near Greencastle, Pa, on
Sunday morning. About twenty-five men
started after him, but the big fellow es
capped. He next turned up at Quincy, on
the North Mountain, and the whole neigh
borhOod turned out en- masse with guns
and ell kinds of weapons. The bear was
finally found in field near Quincy and
was shot by George O. Rock It showed
fight and was an ugly customer to handle.
To-day Prof. White and the following
members of the State University Geology
Glass, namely, Messrs. Brown, Roemer,
Rankin, Reynolds, Liudemuth and Choir
peniDg, will start on long geological tour.
They will 90 from Morgantown through by
Weston, Braxton c. Ii Davis and Cum.
berlsnd to Washington, and will visit all
Of the governments scientific departments
and be instructed by Prof. White. Brown
and Roemer will return from Washington
to the University, but the remainder of
the class will proceed through the valleys
OF Northern Virginia to Charleston and
from there 20 to Huntington. The trip
will be quite a pleasant and at the same
time very profitable one.
Oil prospects are very good down in
Peasants county. At Belmont there is
every prospects that Johnston will strike a
gusher in the Alb Smith well. 1t is now
down in the shale, and may come in any
time. Salt water is as plenty as ever, but
closed eff so as not to interfere with the
drilling. At Eureka there is considerable
activity in the oil business. There are
here some nine producing wells, all of
which are flowing. There are three new
rigs up, which will be at work by next
week, and when these holes are down they
will 20 far towards testing this field.
The prospectus of the Glenmore Iron
Company, which is to locate its plaut on
the Glenmore estate, three miles from
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs, has
been published in the eastern part Of this
State and in Virginia. General Joseph X.
Anderson, of the Trendegsr Iron Works,
Richmond, is the president Of the new con-
pany. rhe company has deposit Of iIon
ore in Greenbrier, forty 10 sixty feet thick
and six miles long. The ouicrop is about
hall way up a mountain side and il IL
thought enough ore can he had by open
cuttings to run large plant for many
years to come.
While Mr.. and Mrs. George f. Hoffman,
and their daughter, Mrs. Olive Stang, Of
Mary land, were returning home from the
Snider church, three miles from Kingwood,
on Sunday, the wagon in which they were
seated, was upset, and they were all
thrown out. Mrs. Huffman fell on her
left shoulder and her collar bone was
broken Mrs. Stang's arm wss severely
sprsined, but her little child, aged four
years, escaped unhurt.