Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-03-11

bsck of his head, then drew a revolver aud
clubbing it proceeded o pound the man
over the head with, iDhichng severe ana
painful gashes.
Several flocks Of sheep in Grant district,
Marion county, have recently baen attack
ed with the scab, and quite number have
died. The disease is also prevalent among
flocks in the northern portion Of Harrison
county. II is exceedingly contagious, and
every possible effort should be made by the
owners of diseased hocks to promptly
stanp It ont. If il is permitted to spread
and become neral in that section it will
kill sheep raising there for years to come.
The Richmond Dispatch is authority for
the statement that J. T. Hancban, former
" general manager OF the Louisville and
Nashville and row assistant general man
aeer of the Lake Shore Railroad, will sue
coed J. T. Odell, ~ general manager Of
the Chesapeake and Ohio Mr.. Odell will
continue in bis present position for the
next two weeks, or until his successor
comes in. He will then move TO New
York. where he will be at the head OF
large company.
Henry Hudson, an employe of the En-
sign Works, at Huntington, was struck by
a moving train while crossing one OF the
railroad tracks leading to the shops OF the
company, and was very badly burt. The
accident occurred Thursday, and Mr.. Hud-
son was only saved from death by his pres
ence of mind, which enabled him to cling
10 the break, end thus prevent his being
dragged under the trucks. As it was he
escaped with the flesh torn from his right
leg.
Marvel Sloan, a noted character of Lin
coin county, who was arrested about
year ago for completely in several burglar
les in the northern part of that county, was
in the city Monday night The fellow got
into considerable notOritty all over the
State for bis daring methods in cracking
crib." and attacks on the highways OF
parties. We understand that he has been
ACQUITTED of all the indictments found
against him by the Lincoln county grand
jury.
John Lambert, who was sentenced to
five years' confinement in the penitentlsTy,
at the July, 1871 term of Logan county
Circuit Court, for unlawful manning, was
pardoned Friday by Governor Wilson, on
the ground that the sentence was too Sc
we're. The application for pardon was
signed by Judge Ira ]. McGinni1, oil OF
the Jurors who tried the case, ard num-
Der Of other good citizens of Logan county.
Mr.. James Young, living near the Clay
county line in Nicholas county, put out
wolf bait" a few nights ago, and next
morning found dead, near the place, one
large wolf, and large wildcat. He is very
proud of the wolf, since he and bis near
neiphbors have lost one hundred head of
sheep by wolves, during the past year.
Besides this Nicholas county pays $50
bounty for wolf scalp,
A peculiar and fatal accident occurred
at BuckhsnnOn en- the first of the present
month. Mrs. Page Ward left home lelv-
ing two little children, Blanche, aged ten
months, and Freddie, aged two years, at
home. During her absence the baby be-
came entangled in the strap of the sewing
machine, and when the mother returned il |
was desd, with the strap around its neck. |
We were compelled to 90 out to Buck |
harmon last week after our paper, dis
lance of ffty-one miles. The roads were
quite muddy, but we got there all the
same, and returned with an issue on horse
back A man running a paper in Webster
county has to have a good supply OF pluck,
Ienergy and perseverance. addison Clipper.
A few days ago G. W. Chambers, Of
Marshall county, was seized in the calf of
the leg by vicious bull dog aud bitten in
a terrible manner. Mr.. Chambers was Sc
riously injured, and at last accounts was
suffering intensely, his leg being terribly
swollen.
While James Fidler, of BraxtOD, C. H.,
was helping draw logs from the river to
his mill, through a chute, the chain broke,
and fragment of it struck Mr. Fidler in
the breast, arms and head, cutting terrible
gashes.
A curious case of theft is reported from
Charleston. A colored man named White.
who runs on the steamer Boone, drove off
a CIV belonging to Jefferson Munnils, kill
ed her, cut up the meat, and sailed it
down
A pack of wolves entered pasture field
belonging to Madison Stephenson, farm
er living about five miles from Clay G. H,
one night last week, and killed two sheep,
and wounded several Others
Richmond capitalists are looking at the
brownstone quarries near Anderson, Mon
roe county, with a view Of taking hold of
them and engaging in quaryirg on
large scale,
John Marin, Of Putnam county, at the
last court, plead guilty to incest and got
off with two years in the penitentiary, and
the good Te)ple are wondering what rope
is made for
st. Marys has ordered that lis streets be
lit by lamps.