The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-19

THROUGH THE STATE.
Items and Events Of Iptsrsst Cleaned from
Exchanges.


Items and Events Of Intsrsst Cleaned from
Exchanges,
Stephen Wiseman, OF Monroe county,
killed 207 copper head snakes which he
found in one den,
Hon. Allen G. Thurman, the "old
Roman was q guest at the GreenbrieF
White Sulphur Springs last week,
A m~oonshlneF named RaiAes has been
captured near Salt Sulphur Springs, Mon
roe county, and his still broken up,
The Creamery Company, in Green
brier county, received an average Of over
5000 pounds Of milk per day during
July,
While Minerva Maxwell, Of Fairmont,
was trying 10 cut off q chickens head,
she amputated the first finger Of her left
hand,
The oharlestown creamery shipped
out Of Jefferson county, by express
alone, nearly 1900 pounds Of butter
during the month Of July,
It is reported that there Is some talk
OF the West Virginia Railway Company
purchasing Hendrlckson's Island, oppo.
site Piedmont, on the Maryland aide Of
the river, to erect machine shops,
The PoGahontas Times tells Of light
ming striking q horse belonging to Ran.
kin Poage, Of that county, The animal
was instantly killed, Another horse
standing 30 feet away had a shoe torn
of,
George Christian, the Cabell county
colored man who set fire to the Guyan'
dotte Jail, In February last, whereby the
building was destroyed and one OF It's
inmates, Frank Brown burned 10 death,
has been sentenced to the penitentlary
for lie.
A man and his vile named Fowler,
OF Gloyer's Gap, went out for a short
walk the other evening and when they
returned found their residence In poses
sion Of q male child apparently about
three weeks old. Who left 1t there is
not known,
A shooting ARRAY occurred In Braxton
county q few days since, Tom MCOum-
bers and Hiram Harris got into q dial-
Guilty over q COW getting into a corn field
and McCumbers shot Harris in the ankle,
inlictinga wound that may necessilate
amputatIon,
A gushing young widow OF Coal VAL
ley will, 1t Ia said, institute proceedings
against a prominent citizen oil that town
for breach OF promise, and Will ask the
modest sum Of $4,000 damages. Rich
and spicy developments are expected I'M
less the affair Is compromised before t1e
suit Is brought.
Prof.. Thomas @. Miller, Of Fairmont
met with quite a painful accident as he
was splitting kindllng wood. A pleceof
wood flew up and bit him on the nose,
breaking the bone in that member and
cutting a bad cash near his right eye.
While he will not be much distigured he
has suffered great pain from the injury.
William Cornell was put Oft from q
train on the West Virginia Central road,
and in revenge pulled out his revolver
and fired at the train, endangering the
lives Of the passengers. He has been
arrested for this and placed in Jail at
Beverly. The punishment for this Of
fense Is from ono 10 five years In the
~penitentiary.
Lieutenant L. S. Avis, OF the Fifth In.
fantry, U. y. A., and commAndant Of
cadets at the State University, has been
made the recipient ofa deserved honor.
The judges on Infantry essays, selected
by the Military Service Institution OF
the United States, accorded the prize to
Lieutenant Avis, who wrote "Practlcal
Work for Infantry"
DR.. E. NJ. Turner, President Of the
State University, is spending the entire
summer vacation In active work for that
institution. He is visiting nearly every
section ofthe State, attendingthe county
institutes and the Peabody institutes,
and everywhere explaining to the young
men and young women the great advan-
tages which the University offers.
Lieut.. Scott, late Of the U. S. ship
Trenton, Is sojourning with his family
at Capt. George H. Flagg's in Charles
town. He carries as pocket pieces a ten
dollar gold piece that went down with
the Trenton at Samoa and was picked up
a week later by divers; also two silver
quarters that went down with the Van.
dalia and were In the water q month.
The statement OF earnings and expen.
Sos Of the West Virginia Central <
Pittsburg RailroadC Company forJ uly 1889
as compared with July, 1883, shows an
increase In net earnings of$2,574 the net
earnings In the first six months of the
fiscal year are $685. SG, so that the com.
pany has earned In six months over the
total fixed charges OF the year, which
are Sl35,000, six per cent on the $780,
900 bonds.
A child died recently on Fudge creek,
near 0na, in Cabell county, from a dis:
ease which physicians claimed was
brought on by eating soft sandstone
found along the creek. 1t Is alleged that
the child was frequently seen eating the
stone by her companions. The stone
eaten was Of a clay color, very soft and
OF a peculiar sweetish taste. The doc
tors claim that 1t affected the Child's
kidneys. She was but eight years otage.
Finnel Chaliant, a one.legged resident
OF Parkersburg, was arrested Saturday,
charged with having criminal relations
with his own daughter, a young married
woman named Gilmore. Chalfant was
required TO give bond in one thousand
dollars, which he could not do and he
was put in jail. The relations between
him and his daughter are alleged 10 have
been carried on Tor q year or two. Chal-
FAINT Is a well known tobacconist and his
daughter Is a good looking young wo-
man about 25 years Of age.
Thomas Covey, aged about %, a ma.
tive OF Raleigh county who has been
living with james L. Chambers, oil Lo-
gan county, returned from a hunting
trip one morning last week and started
to his room 10 put away his gun. Soon
after the report oithe weapon was heard.
Mrs. Chambers and her daughter rushed
to Covey's room and found that he had
shot himself. Tho charge Of the gun
had entered his right eye and passed up
through his head, carrying away a large
portion Of the skull and scattering his
brains over the ceiling, II would APP
pear that Coney intended to rest the butt
oithe gun on the doorsill, but that II
slipped 10 the doorstep, and the force Of
the fall exploded the carbide.
Dora Piles, a pretty and intelligent 10.
year.old girl, Of Preston county, has beeu
lodged Ia jail. She was living with a
family that got its water from the same
spring that q family named Kelly did.
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