Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-03-04
RAILROAD WORK.
THE MON0NGAHBLA RIVER COMPANY dkI-
TING THINGS IN SHAPE.
A Young Lady Burned TO Death-A Great F'des-
TRAN Rscord-Ssysral Fatal Accidents
General State News.

Duhield, of R0ckcastle, Is the champion
pedestrian. He has earned this title py
trsvsrsing more miles within the past nall
dozen years than any man in the rVlee Of
the United States government. Mr.. Dui-
field is in his sixtieth year. Six years ago
the 18th of last December he began carry
ing the mail between Jackson @. IL. and
Buffllo. While it is but q miles between
the two points, the postal route is just 40
miles in length. There is, withal, large
amount of mail matter distributed by him.
During the frat fifteen months of his sery-
ice Mr.. Dufield did the most Of his travel
ing afoOt, but in the spring OF 1885, finding
il impossible to procure feed along the road
for his horse, he dispensed entirely with
the services Of that trusty animal aud for
two solid years made all his journeyings as
a pedestrian Besides his heavy load of
mail, it was nothing unusual for him to
strap plOW-point and other heavy articles
over his shoulder and carry them ten or
twelve miles. He has since mounted his
horse only occasionally. We have never
seen him astride an animal but once,
though he c)mes here from home and re-
turns theretO-the trip covering 80 miles
every Monday and Friday"
The Shenandoah Valley north bound
pass enger train due at Shepherdstown at
9:18 at night, didn't get here last Friday
night. 1t was wrecked Fear Bentonville,
and. was delayed until after 6 o'clock next
morning. 1t seems that a car load Of steel
rains had run from a siding on the main
track and gotten beyond control of the
trsinmen. II ran down the grade until it
reached 4 twenty-mile gait when it met
the passenger train on q curve going at the
rate of twenty-five miles an hour. There
was tremendous shock, and the loeOmO-
tive-No. 6-wss thrown upside down
over an embankment, smashed to flinders
The express car followed it, but the other
cars stayed or the track. Engineer Hiram
Wallace and Fireman Seeholtz, both Of
HegerstOwD, were pretty badly scalded by
escaping steam, but were not otherwise
hurt. Express Messenger Harry Unger re-
ceived few cuts and bruises.
Lee Walkup. of Meadow Bluff, Green
brier county, while cutting tree met
with narrow escape from death. The
tree in falling lodged, and young Walkup
went under the tree to let il down, and in
aiming to run away, as he thought In
proper time, tripped and fell. The trunk
Of the tree sweeping around as he was ris-
ilg from The ground, struck him upon the
left shoulder and side of the cad, knock
ing him down and passing over him, and
-.lo-rGnd hur1r him Loo M
him apparently dead. His brother, who
wss near at hand, FASTENED 10 the scene,
and managed in some way to get him
home After several hours he regained
consciousness. II is hoped that his iniur
les may not prove fatal, although he is
swollen considerably ab3ut the head, and
is in precariOus condition.
The Monongahela River Railroad has
located bridge over the West Fork river
at the Yellow Rock ford, and yesterday
Chi f Engineer FickiDger lei out the con-
tract for the stone work, which has to be
completed early i Jun. There were four
bidders for the work: BlOdgett & Co. and
Stere & Co., of PaTkersburg, ard Bennett,
Talbot & Co. and Mcdonald & Fisher, of
this place. Messrs. Blodgett q Co. were
the lowest bidders and the contract was
let to them. We did not hear at what
fgare the work was take1. The company
will as EooG as pOesibl construct the road
for five or six miles 60 rs t. convey the
material for the coke ovens, and work will
soon be lively alOng the muddy waters Of
the West Fork, the predictions of the
doubters to the contrary notwithstanding.
-Fdirmont Inder.
VIVA Eikins, girl nineteen years old,
who lived in Guysndotte, met her death in
a horrible manner last Sunday. She was
at the house of her brother, Charles EikiDs,
aud while nursing one of his children at
tempted TO stir up the fire in stove. She
wss extremely near-sighted ard did rot
notice that her clothing and that of the
child was burning until it began TO blszs.
The child's mother, entering the room at
this iunctuTe, seizsd it and told Vina to
put out the fire on her clothes. The I'M
fortunate girl became panic-stricken and
rushed into the open air, screaming. John
Hennen, who lives near by, ran TO her with
blanket, but her clothing and hair were
burned from her body before he reached
her. She fingered several hours in dread
ful agony.
A dispatch from CharlestOwn states that
on Saturday night last, while Mr.. John F.
Smith aud Justice A. NJ. Scott, of Downs
vile, Washington county, Nd, were
driving home in buggy from Williams
port, they were attacked and robbed by
five highwaymen. Both were ratherrough-
ly handled The robbers secu' ed from Mr..
Smith eighty dollars and from Mr.. Scott
about sixty. The former, however, man.
aged to save four hundred and eighty dol
lars, which the robbers overlooked. 1t
WAS very dark at the time ard neither
could identify any of the assailants.
A report is current in Martinsburg,
seemingly well authenticated, that one
day last week, Mr.. Emerson and Mr..
Couchman, discovered in cutting down
tree a package, which when opened was
found 10 contain several thousand dollars
The place where the alleged discovery was
made is near Williamsport and the Poto-
mac river. The quantity of MOI ey, of
what demonstration, or how it got into
the tree has not been learned.
Mr.. George W. Curtin, of Grafton, rep
resenting q syndicate of capitalists, has
bought the property Of AmOD Gorrell, Mrs.
Edna L. Hyer, John @. Humphreys, II. H.
McElwain, G. X. and Camden Newton and
F. J. Baxter, at and nesr the mouth of
Grannies creek, about half mile below
Braxton c. II. It is the purpose of this
company TO build boom in Elk at the
Island, erect cav mills and engage in the
lumber business on large scale.
At Martinsburg, early Thursday morn
ing, Michael Heating, in returning from a
ball, attempted to crcss the B. 0. railroads
yards, and in climbing over moving
tain was thrown underneath. His limbs
we're considerably bruised, and in places
the flesh was tOra from the bones. His
it is supposed, will prove fatal.
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