Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-04-01
BRUTALITY BEATEN.
THREE ROBBERS NAKgA BOLD RAID IN
BERKELEY COUNTY.
Terrible Railroad Accident Near RoncsysTis-
Railroad Man AssaSinaisd-A Prehistoric
Cemsisry-Gsnsral State News.

ed the store OF James NJ. bllIInIel'
Just about the time he was ready to
close up. They asked for crackers
and cheese, which were furnished them
They then asked to see some bOots, and
when Mr.. B.llmyer stopped over box TO
get q pair one of the villains struck him
back Of the head with a sand-bag, fellicg
him to the floor. Two Of the men then
Jumped on him, while the third guarded
the door. They then took The money that
Mr.. Billmyer had in his pockets, which
only amounted TO a few dollars, and de-
manded that he should tell them where 10
get more This ne refused TO do, when
they beat him Gbout Ike head in moet
brutal manner They NIL reated him for
some sine, enieavoring 20 eXtoS money
from him, bat finally left him when they
found he could not or would not yield up
any more. The rascals have not been ap-
pretended, and 1t is Supposed they
Jumped a train and went on their way.
Ronceverte was the scene Of horrible
accident last Saturday morrirg abont nine
o'clock. Train No. : on the Chesapeake
and Ohio, going wet ran into a team
driven by Gabbert ard William Brack-
MAJ. instantly killing Gabbert and cutting
of one OF Williams legs. He is also badly
bruised about TIE head and it ia not
thought that he can recover. Both the
horses were killed anu the wagon was
broken into fragments. The unfortunate
men were rell -to-dO-fsrmers, living about
three mil,s from Ronceverte, and both
,,,osl,or rtrau ~ The
wagon with them. bat as the view Of the
track was shut Of in such a manner as to
render it impossible to see train coming
from the east, she being somewhat timid,
got out before the crossing was reached
and thus saved her life.
There is no doubt that an ancient Indian
graveyard has BEEN unearthsd by those
who are preparing the foundations OF the
NJ. E. Church South in Union, Monroe
county. On last Friday afternoon an en-
tire human skeleton was dug up, and since
then, as the work has proceeded, thirteen
other human skulls have hsen excaveted,
with most Of the bones belonging 10 IS
many bodies. These CHASTITY relics have
all been discovered within three feet OF the
surface of the ground. Stone arrow heads,
pieces of flint and d quantity formed pipe
have also been uueaTthed. II was such rs
these that the Iudisn was wont to place in
the grave beside his departed brother, that
he might be properly accoutred for the pur-
suits of the Happy Hunting Grounds,
The special grand jury at Clarles'oa Fri
day, returned three indictments against s
A. Hlgginbotham, one fo7 the murder of
Simon Wallace, one for the murder of
Rachel Wallace, snd one for burning the
HieginbCtham Hotel and Wallace store
house. It seems that the original indict-
ment against him was defective and for
this reason it Vas quashtd and the special
grand jury empanneled with the above re-
suit The crime for which these iudict-
ments 6eTe found, occurred in West
Charlie st0n last Autumn, and was terrible
mystery for lorg time.
Last Sunday nigh, about mid light there
was bad break ia the t0wpath of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal on the five
mile level, about mile above Shepherds
town. A hole big enough to put house
10 was washed oat, tee break extending
far below the bottom OF The canal. A leak
had started alony ledge of limest1fe rock
that formed the bottom OF the canal, and
after finding its way under the towpsth, it
quickly undermined a big section and car
RED it off with a rush. The break was
abOut 30 feet vide and % feet deep.
Information has been received at Hun
tiDgton that President Iugalls, Of the Chez
apeake & Ohio railway, has ordered gen
eral change of divisions on the road.
According to unofficial reports, Charles
ton il to be made the end Of the first pas
seDger division east from Cincinnati, in
stead of Huntington, and Russell, (oppO-
site IrOntOnl the end of the first freight
division instead of Huntington. Tine next
freight division will probably extend to
Charleston.
Frank Bsaham, . Waterman on the
near Rileysville Station, wss shot through
the head and instantly killed last Satur-
day night. The assassin used a thirty
twO.cahbre revolver sGd fred through @
glass window John Cameron, who lives
IN the neighborhood, mas been arrested.
thirty-twO calibre revolver was found
On his per.on with one chamber recently
discharged
The Chesapeake aud Ohio Railway Com.
pany has lei contracts for buildipg four
heavy passenger locomotives for its Yesti-
bale Limited Express, which is to be pat
on the line early in May. Extensive i'm
proyements are under way on the Hunting
ton division. Before the limited express
goes on the line sbout one hundred miles
of that division will be relaid with new
steel weighing seventy five pounds TO the
yard.
1t is estimated that by usiDg the To-
markedly heavy steel rails seventy-fve
pounds-which the Chesapeake and Ohio
proposes to use on their track over the
mountains, sn increased speed Of about
fifteen mil an hour can he made over The
time made on the ordinary sixty pound
rail, which is about the heaviest rail in
geuersl use on otherrOsde. Besides giving
increased speed, the great weigh, of the
rails greatly reduces the vibration of the
train.
A number of Shepherdstown youug
ladies answered an advertisement by
Trenton, n. j., firm, offering TO forward
dozen miniature photographs Oh receipt
OF photo and p cent? Now the girls
have LEANED their heads aud faces have
been placed 90 the shoulders Of photos of
plump actresses in tights, and the said
girls don't 90 out of doors in daylight
Captain Hilton, OF the steamer Horace.
and Thomas W Mannion are building a
large boat in the Little Kanswha, al Park
ersburg, which il intended fora river show
boat 1t will be l20 feet long, 80 feet wide
and Is feet high, and will accommodate
LOCO people. Ii Is 10 be ready about
April lsi
Mr.. L Bideker, of Lewis county, has
bad another narrow escape from drowning
the second during the past few months.