The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-12-10
THROUGH THR STATE.
Items and Events of Interest Cleaned from
Exchanges,

Items and Events OF Interest Cleaned from
Exchanges,
James Hutchinson, formerly OF Wood
county, has been arrested In Kentucky
charged with the murder OF a child oil
which he was the father,
The Fairmont lRGer proposes the
name OF Judge w, Il, Ice, Of Philippi,
for the vacancy on the Supreme bench
caused by the death Of Judge Green,
The Mormous Of Richie county have
been charged one,tenth OF their worldly
goods by the Mormon preacher, Sew
eral have paid, but they are ignorant as
to what use the money Is put to.
Mrs. Caroline Terrell, OF Buckhsnnon,
was burned to death at her home In that
place recently, She was standing before
au open CRATE and her clothing caught
Ore,
Keyser will soon have shoe factory,
which will employ from 100 to 800
hands. The capital stock OF $50, 900 can
be raised and the committee is now wait
ing Tor an otter from a shoe firm In Mas
sach1setts.
Eight thousand acres OF land have
been leased In the nelghhorhood OF
Lightburn, Lewis county, for oil priv.
leges. The owners OF the property have
assurance that wells will go down early
in the spring with every prospect OF sue
cess.
The Fairmout Inder says that a little
child OF Mr., and Mrs, John ]. West, who
reside near Samaria, got into q box OF
Rabbit I've unobserVed and swallowed a
considerable quantity oft. II proved a
fatal dose. The little sufferer fingered
III intense agony until the following
day "Wednesday when death came to
its relief. II was less than two years Of
age, aud q very bright aud lovablo
child.
An italian in the employee OF Bennett
& Talbot at Oanldenburg, was struck by
a falling derrick last Monday afternoon
and almost instantly killed, His head
was crushed In and lie lived but short
time. The remains were brought here
and buried In the old Fairmont Ceme.
terry on the following day, quite mum.
Der Of Italian felIow.worklnen attending
tho funeral. Poor "ltaly" didu't go for
much hero, but who knows how many
hearts under soft Italian skies may be
wrung with anguish by the story Of his
sad fate.-FdirmOnt fnder.
Floyd Talbot, OF Barbour county,
while on Glady Fork, Randolph county,
last week hunting, by mistake took q
dose OF morphine, believing 1t to be
quinlne. He took thirty grains, or one
hundred and twenty doses. One grain
is sufficient to produce death. He did
not discover his mistake until about
twenty minutes after taking It, when he
became stupid. DR.. L. W. Talbot, for
tuuatGly, was nearby hunting and was
at once appraised Of the occurrence.
Vomiting was resorted to and he was en-.
gagged In active exercise from this time,
at 8 y. M, ill 8 o'clock next morning.
II was with difficulty that he was kept
awake and It was necessary to throw
snow in his face and keep him moving.
AT one time he had but six respirations
per minute. The usual number is TWEEN.
ty per minute. He has since fully re-
covered.
Over twCnty.three years ago a man
named Holland died in Richie county
and left a wife and one child. Some
time later the widow married Hiram
Peters, who lives near Thornton, in this
county, and shortly afterwards her child,
a beautiful baby boy, was kidnapped.
Frantic with grief the mother aud Mr..
Peters searched In every direction aud
manner for the stolen child, but in vain,
the thieves left no trace, until to crown
the catastrophe the nether's mind gave
way aud the poor woman, with broken
heart and benighted reason, was con.
signed to a cell in the asylum al Weston.
Thrice she was pronounced cured and
released to her husband, but as
many times did she relapse into her
demented condition, as soon as she had
been out long enough to mourn over
her stricken home, barren Of the
baby face which had frightened aud
blessed 1t. Recently Mr.. Peters was call.
cd to Richie county on business and
while there unexpectedly came upon u
clue which hs followed and which led
To the discovery OF the stolen boy. He
had been taken west and adopted into q
rich family whose name he assumed and
who educated aud raised him with care
aud credit. To-day he Is clerk OF the
court in an Iowa county and is worth
$4,000. The identity was complete and
overjoyed at finding a mother the long
lost son wrote her a letter which Is sci.
dom surpassed 10 tenderness aud alIec.
ton, and insisted that she should come
with her husband and make her home
with him hereafter. Three weeks ago
the mother, who has recovered her mind,
went, aud her husband 10 packing up
bis things and preparing to follow, where
the best wishes Of long sympathiztng
community will accompany him.-Grdf.
ton Eagle.