The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-06-26
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writes that he expects 70 be in Hunting
ton about July 4,
On Friday q Young man at Viewers
Station, on the Shenandoah Valley Rail-
road, named Joseph Smith, met With q
rather singular accident which cost him
his lie, While q passenger train was
passing at q high rate Of speed he threw
q stone against Il, which rebounded
with great force against his head, killing
him almost Instantly.
Jacob T. Morrill,, Of Darlington, was
searching for q key in a clock, in which
there was 0 loaded revolver. While
hunting for the key he took the weapon
out and held itin his hand, Suddenly
II slipped from his grasp, and falling
from his hand struck against Q fender
and was discharged, The ball entered
his left leg and ranged upwards, making
q painful wound,
The Watchman at the railway bridge
at RoWlesburg estimates that about one
thousand logs passed under the bridge
every fifteen minutes on the Friday OF
the recent big ireshet, This run OF logs
kept up for four or five hours, and thou
sandso Of feet OF spruce, cherry and other
woods passed down the river, entailinga
great loss 10 the mill owners and lum-
bermen at the head waters OF Cheat,
It so happens that there are two
Judge Campbells on the Circuit bench
OF this State, The other Judge Camp
bell, OF the Greenbrier circuit, is, in
a%voiFdupois, a much bigger man than
the Hon, John A. Campbell, OF the First
circuit, tipping the beam at 30S3 pounds,
The chairs used by Judge Nelse Camp
BELLS predecessor were found to be en-
tlrely too small to accommodate him
with any comfort, and special chairs,
with broad seats, have been constructed
for his special benefit,
Secretary Of State Walker has issued q
certificate OF incorporation TO the Bram-
well.P oCahontas Electric Light Company
for the purpose Of supplying electric
light to Bramwell and Coopers, Mercer
county, West Virginia, tn Pocahontas, in
Tazweli comfy, Virginia, aud to inter.
mediate points, and to such other places
in Mercer aud Mcdowell counties, West
Virginia, and Tazwell county, Virginia,
as the Board OF Directors may sec fit.
The principal office Ia to be kept at
Bramwell. Capital stock is $4,000 and
is held by eighteen prominent capitalists
Of that section.
Sherman Price, Of Morgan county, had
an exciting experience with a panther
one day last week. He was out hunting
and in a piece OF woods about four miles
from PawPaw he came across,the beast,
It measured 7 feet SinChes from tip To
tip and was in savage mood. Price
fired and wounded the animal, which
attacked him savagely. Price protected
himself by using his gun MS a club until
the weapon had been completely wreck
ed, The animal was finally overpowered,
having become weak through the loss OF
and was then speedily dispatched
by Price, who cut It's throat,
Singular II Is that a John Brown rellc,
o large Castiron stove which he used up
to tho day Of his eYer.memorable raid,
and which has been In Sp%enCer's ware.
house on the Maryland side OF the river
opposite Harper's Ferry for several
years, has been saved. 1t lies high and
dry up the mountain, where it lodged
when the store went to pieces. In fact;
1t is the only thing that was in 1t at the
time that was saved. Another re.
markRbl0 fact Is that while the flood
played havoc on the Virginia side Johns
Gold fort" remains intact and stands
there as Of yore as II defying the ele-
ments and all mankind.