The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-10-29
THROUGH TUE STATE,
Items and Events of Interest CLEANED from
Exchanges,

An Immense new HOurlnR Lulll III ptluR
constructed in Huntington.
Jefferson county had her first snow Of
the season last Wednesday.
Work is actively being pushed on the
new railroad to Braxton O. II.
A calf withouta tail has been born
near Kuottsville, Taylor county.
The valuation OF personal property in
Wayne county for 1880 is $7OO,979,
A curley walnut log was sold by
Burch, Logan county man, for $4,000,
Mr.. D. Williamson, Of indianapolis, Ind,
being the purchaser.
Hon. Gotleib +. Weber, member OF
the Legislature from Morgan county,
while Telling tree sustained fracture
Of one OF his legs. The injury will con.
fine him 10 his bed for several weeks.
A young man named Morgan, a son
Of Charles Morgan, who resides ON Nc
Kim creek, near Pine Grove, q few
miles from Ellenboro, accidentally shot
himself fatally In the left side with u
heavy load Of shot while hunting with
shotgun last week.
Mr.. Joseph Files, who lived on the
north side Of Middle Ridge, near Frank
fort, Hampshire county, had his house
aud everything he had burned Wednes.
day Of last week. His wife and young
child barely escaped with their lives.
The Ere caught from the stove pipe.
On Wednesday, while Samuel Moore
was out at work, two OF his little boys
went to the wood pile for play. Find.
ing the AK there, the elder Of the two in.
vited the other to put his hand on the
chopping block, which the little fellow
did. The consequence Is that he Is
minus three fingers, and has the re.
naming index one nearly severed.
One OF them can be found nowhere.
The fingers were cut of near the middle
joint.-Aorgan Mercury.
Gilbert +. Montgomery, brother Of
John W. Montgomery, aged about 50
years, committed suicide one day last
week on Sandy Creek In the lower part
Of this county. He had been In the
asylum at Weston and had been released
as well. He was visiting his sister ut
the time aud appeared all right, but
while out squirrel hunting shot himself
causing instant death.-JgerSon Plain.
dealer.
A Mason county man sold his little
farm some three years ago aud went
west 10 grow up with the country. A
few days ago he returned, having come
by wagon, with the following inscrip.
ton ON its canvas cover: "Chintz bug.
ged in Illinois, Cycloned In Nebraska,
White Capped In Indiana, Bald Knob.
bed In Missouri, Prohibited in Kansas,
SnowDd under In Dakota, Starved for
water In Colorado-West Virginia or
Bust"
The Pittsburgh vein OF coal which has
been searched for for sometime In Cabell
county, has been discovered on the farm
OF Burwell Wilkes, on the main road,
about two miles south OF Huntington.
Tho coal was discovered accidentally by
men blowing in wheat field. Tucker
Wilkes Is opening up the mine, and "
has turned out 10 be IN excellent quality
Of coal. The vein Is from three TO four
feet thick.
A few days ago, Mr.. s. s. Carlisle,
citizen OF Monroe county, instituted q.
suit against a young man named Jos.
W. Neal, charging the latter with the
seduction Of his daughter, Mary V. Car
isle, and claiming 5000 damages,
Neal has SINCE disappeared but before
leaving he made and had recorded \
deed conveying TO the girl he had
wronged oil the real estate which ho
possessed, being tract oil several acres
on Dropping Lick Greek.
Mr.. Edward s. Ebert an elderly gen.
tleman OF Shinnston, Harrison county,
aud who was stricken with paralysis d
year or more ago, since which tune he
has been 10 an almost helpless condition,
was one day last week very badly
burned, He was seated before the Ere,
and, raising himself from his chair, fell
against the CRATE when bis clothes
igniled. No one was present, and he
was unable to give the alarm. Fortu.
nately a sister entered his room Ia time
10 save his life, but not Until he had
been seriously Injured. Tho back OF
his coat was on fire, and as he was
lying on his back, the flames were some.
what Bmotnered aud we're making slow
progress. -FairmpnI West Virginian.
Following is from the Wayne county
Ne@' When our people we're buying
Texas ponies last spring the NetDS warned
them OF the worthlessness Of the stock.
These ponies are too small either for
the saddle or for harness, and the breed
should neither be propagated nor
crossed with the native horses. There
! IA too much scrub stock In this country
now. One Of the baneiul results OF ID.
Producing these ponies was not antiCi.
, pated ~ that time. II has been asCer.
tAined that they were covered with a
large bpeCles Of ticks. Ihese ticks have
been Communicated 10 the cattle, and
wherever the ponies have been the cat.
lie are covered With ticks. They will
burtow great holes ID the pAtllp and
Will cause a COW 10 dry upW Ii her milk
directly. The people hereabout arc
c. seeking some remedy for killing the
~ ticks.
On the Vino mountain, qrepnhrley
county, there is what ID known as The
MOCcasIn Spring. To those unaCquaint'
I'd with II thtreis nothing 10 distinguish
Il from the common mountain sptlng
Il was dllpoyefed by a hunter many
years ago when that SECTION 81 country
was an unbfoken forest aud the red man
foamed through itA wllds. Elred oul
with q days roaming through the noun
tAinB Ia search Of gatne he laid down Ia
: teCupefate exhausted nature under !
shelving rock on tho nountaln'g side
y lie had hardly stretched himself com
! loflAblj under It's friendly shelter when
10 heard the sound Of Tickling water
y Being Thirsty, 10 arose and began look
3 Ing iOr u, and found II within q few feel
4 Of him coming apparently QUITO Tue
Y side ol . solid rock, II rap In 2 TIM
stream down liz side and iell on Oiothdl
. rock, The hunter having q hatche
with him cut q small trough In tic rool
10 receive II, aud, while waiting iof hl
rude receptacle 10 Oil, discovered lAfst
q A 49, a III.