The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-25
It was an accident or q premeditated act
no one can tell, as the situation and sur
roundings leave nothing to prove it,

roundings leave nothing TO prove 1t.
Ex,Judge T, ], Stealy, OF sistersville
who was reported TO have permanently
located in Chicago for the practice Q
law, has returned to Sistersville and will
open law office there,
Peter Manly, OF Marion county, whC
shot ond killed James Burns, near Fair
mont last summer, was last week foun(
guilty OF inYoluntry manslaughter ant
was sentenced to five years in the peni
tentiorY,
While Thomas Elliott was crossing
Cheat river at Albrightsville, he wRi
bending forward in the boat and his
pocket book, containing $50 and a mum
Der Of valuable papers, dropped into the
river and was carried away by the cur
rent.
Miss Ann O'Malley, aged 81, Of PhG'
nix Hill, was fatally injured Saturday
evening by being knocked from a trestle
into Georges creek by passenger train
on the Cumberland and Pennsylvania
railroad, about two miles from Pied
mont.
The following unique birth notice ap'
pears among the Irondale items in the
Preston county Journal; "Born, to Mr.,
and Mrs, Ad Rowe, on the Sth, daugh-
ter, No doctor in attendance, and the
mother up cooking and sewing all day
the llth."
The house Of Frank Ferguson, near
Florence, Washington county, Pa, was
burned to the ground Saturday morning.
He and his wife got out sufely, but for.
got their baby. Ferguson returned, and
though the partitions had burned away,
secured the child unharmed, but almost
sutIoCated.
A United States mail bag, stolen from
the Baltimore 4 Ohio depot at Pied
mont, W. Va, on February 90, was
found Saturday about one!halt mile
from town under Culvert, 1t was not
known to be lost, as the postal agent did
not report It missing. The bag was torn
open and all the valuables found to have
beeR taken out.
A chicken belonging to Mrs. R. Patter.
son exhibited peculiar symptoms one
day this week, and died in a few minutes
after it was noticed. Upon dissection
the heart and liver we're found to be en-
!arged to such IN extent that the COM
bined weight OF tho two was over one
pound. Mrs. Patterson has preserved
them both in alcohol, and they can be
seen at any time at her residenCe.-S.
Aary Oracle.
Miss Ella Collins, OF Lewis county,
put some straw in one OF the FIRE places
Of Ler fathers elegant new house, to
burn out the SCOT which was falling, and
u defect in the chimney near the attic
allowed the fire to come through, and In
q lew moments the roof was in q cloud
Of smoke, All the family being away,
there was no one TO render assistance,
and in short time the house and its
contents were destroyed.
George Christian, the negro who fired
the Guyandotte prison few weeks ago
and escaped, was arrested in Lawrence
burg, KY, Thursday, and taken 10 Hunt.
ington and placed in Jail. At the time
when he fired the prison there was
another negro, Frank Brown, lying in a
drunken stupor In the prison, who was
burned 80 badly that he died on the fol-
lowing day. There are two indictments
against Christian-one for murder in the
first degree and one for arson.
Acting Governor Wilson has issued a
pardon to 7. A. Johnson, OF Cabell
county, who is serving term in the Pen
for bigamy. Johnson, 1t appears. had
been married man, but had been ab.
sent from his wife for seven years, and
upon advice OF counsel, who told him
that seven years absence entitled him to
be divorced, he remarked, and was In.
dicted for bigamy in the Circuit Court OF
Cabell county, at the March term OF this
year. He was tried, found guilty and
sentenced 10 one year In the State peni-
tentiary.
The Jackson Herald has the following
romance: Mr.. B. NJ. Pringle lives to or
three miles below Ripley, near Web
Chapel. He has a nice upland farm, a
good income and n highly respected fam
ily. Last November his only daughter,
Miss Ella, was induced through curiosity
10 answer an advertisement for q lady
correspondent. The advertiser repre-
sented himself as telegrapher and land
owner. In due time references and
photographs were exchanged, proposal
was written and an acceptance returned.
On the Sth inst. the advertiser, Mr.. G.
W. Maskrey, arrived at Mr.. Pringle's,
where he met for the first time the lady
Of his love, and five days later there %ere
mutual VOWS Of affection, care and pro-
lection in response TO inquiries from
Rev. King, who declared, "What God
hath joined together let no man put
asunder." Tuesday the handsome groom,
accompanied by his fair bride, returned
TO his Pennsylvania home, blessing the
day and hour in which his eyes were
opened 10 the advantages OF advertising
Messrs. MofIat & Dart, OF Buffalo,
New York, are now cutting timber on
their lands situated on Bull creek OF
Big Coal river, in Boone county, and
rafting II 10 Sliger's mill, at the mouth
OF Coal river Isl. Albans), where II is
sawed up and shipped by rail To the
Buffalo, New York, market. This tract
Is situated about ten miles south oi
Charleston, and about twenty-five miles
from the mouth OF Coal river. 1t con.
tains 6,00O acres, and was purchased by
NIofTat & Dart last fall OF Thomas l..
Broun, Richard J. Ashby and others fol
$4,000. Among the trees cut down last
week on this land was a poplar, which
measured in diameter, s feet 9 inches al
the butt, and It's first limb was II feet
from the ground. This tree made six
logs Of l2 feet each. and OF the following
thickness al the small end OF the logs, tC
wit: First log feet 4 inches second
log, I feet; third log, 0 feet 8 inches
fourth log, 0 feet inch; fifth log, 3 feel
o inches; and the sixth log, 5 feet
inches. These six logs, at present prices
OF poplar timber, at the mouth Of Goa
river, (St. AlbRns) are worth $780,
State Tribune.
The Week OF Opera.
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