The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-07-31
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At q general meeting OF the stockhold'
ers Of the Bank OF RonceYeTle, held .
few days since, resolutions were passed
authorizing It's conversion into 4 Ma
tlonal bank,
There has been raised In and about
Kingwood nearly $1,000 for the reform
school to.be built by the State, on CON
dition that the institution shall be To-
cated'in or near that town.
A MCKeesport, Pa, man has q curl.
osity in the shape OF a fine pure blooded
Beagle hound which has given birth to-
llttre Of eighteen pups. The number
OF the litter Is said TO be away ahead OF
the record,
Timothy Vanhorn, a 60,yearold boy
OF DoddFidge county, was united in
! wedloCk with Miss Mary Queen, OF
Harrison county, a few days since, The
blushing bride has reached her twenty
third summer,
Alex, McCutcheon, who lived near
Apstel, Fayette county, while engaged
in sliding logs down q mountain side,
was caught between two logs and so
badly crushed that he died In less than
an hour after the accident.
Miss Mary Reed, living with her pa
rents on Spring Creek, In Writ county,
was bitteu on the ankle by some kind OF
a poisonous snake, supposed 70 be a cop
perhead. The limb Immediately con.
menced to swell, and before medical aid
could be summoned the young-woman
died.
Two military companies, one from
Richmond, Va, andtheother from Louis
vile, KY, are making arrangements to
90 into camp at the White Sulphur
Springs early in August. A portion Of
the Second Regiment OF the National
Guard Of this State will probably so into
camp there too,
Thorea are now pending in the Circuit
Court OF jackson county seven suits Tor
divorce, fouroi which have been brought
by the husband and three by the wife.
Adultery Ia the plea made In five OF the
petitions; adultery and abandonment
in n Of the other two, aud abandon
ment in the other,
The Baltimore & Ohio Company, have
concluded to do away with their pres
ent electric light machinery at Grafton
aud put in n larger and more powerful
plant, capable OF lighting the entire
town, aud have made q proposition 10
the Council to furnish better light for
less money than 1t now costs to illumi'
nate that town.
Tho Riggs wooden mills at Terra Alta
are now turning out 100 women's wooden
skirt patterns per day. The skirt pat
terms arc in several designs, and need
only sewing up and dnw.string to be
ready for W The demand for them
is good and they are shipped 10 New
York, where u customer OF the mills has
secured n patent OH an ingenious draw
string.
The house OF L. j. Allen, OF Monroe
county, was destroyed by fire a few
nights, since together with all the con-
tents except two chairs. The family
narrowly escaped with their lives. II Is
not known how the fire originated, but
it is believed TO haYe been the work Of
inCendiaries. There was no insurance
on the property, the loss or which Is
about $500.
G.. NJ. Chichester has sued the Olarks-
burg Il Weston road for 5000 damages.
The story is that he took the early train
from Clarksburg one morning for his
home in Weston. When asked by tho
conductor for his ticket he stated that he
had purchased a round trip ticket and
could prove 1t by another conductor on
the road. The conductor, after failing
To get either ticket or money from Child
ester, put him oil.
Alfred Vaughn, s years old, the
youngest son Of widowed mother, lily.
ing in Greenbrier county, accompanied
his older brother and a cOlored boy to
the river. The older boys went In bath.
ing while the little fellow seated himself
on o log on the bank to look on. By
some cause the log started 10 roll, and
the little fellow falling down, the log
rolled over him and crushed him to
death. He only breathed once after his
brother reached him.
7. B. Mcclure, Of Wayne county, who
ran for State Superintendent OF Schools
ut the last election, was in Huntington q
few days since, and while there was put
under arrest, charged with making IN
indecent assault on a lady who was In
an interesting condition, and was so
shocked by the occurrence that she Will
not, for the present, be able to aRpear In
court. She is q respectable woman, and
her story Is C%orroborated by n neighbor
who was with her at the time. Mcclure
asserts his innocence.
The dwelling house Of the Rev. g. w.
Ogden, Of Prosperity, Raleigh county,
caught FIRE from Q defeCtiye flue one day
last week ami was soon enyeloped In
flames and was completely destroyed, to.
gether with the contents. Loss about
81, 200. Mr.. Ogden was attending court
at Raleigh C.H. at the time and the
news reached there about one hour after
the burning; whereupon several OF his
friends announced their willingness to
aid him in rebuilding and It was not
long until something near $1,000 was
subscribed.
Henry simms, OF Elk Garden, chars.
ed with wife beating, and John Burke, a
Pittsburgh crook, charged will. burg
larry, have escaped from jail at keyser.
They sawed q hole through the bars Of
the door leading into q rear yard, from
whence they escaped by scaling the
wall. Burke Is supposed to be the man
who robbed Dunbrack's jewelty store
some time since OF about $1,000 worth Of
goods, part OF which were recovered
when he was arrested In Pittsburgh, A
small reward d offered for his capture.
Martin Perkins, Scott Given and two
or three other young iAeh vent 10 tho
Richmond Chapel, In Braxton county,
while religious services were being con-
Quoted there In an intoxicated condition.
After the services they undertook 10
block the roadway and not allow any
on6 to pps1. They pulled out whisky
bottles drank from them and, behaved
very roughly, using shocking language.
IB, i. Rider tried 10 reason With item
aud got them 10 leave the people pass,
w%hefeupon Perkins pulled o revolver
and fired two shots al him. Fortunately
ynith0r Of the balls took effect on Rider
or any Q! the crowd. The young men
were arrested ard will probably be
severely dealt With.