The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-08-19

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ments were found against Jackson coun'
tians foTi"unlawlul retailing" at the las
term Of court,
The Standard Oh Company has pur'
chased grounds in Hagerstown for the
erection Of warehouses, and will make
that place a southern distributing point
Ad johnson, aPutnsm county farmer
was kicked by a COW recently and died
from the effects Of the injury the follow.
ing day, He was IS years 'old,rand
leaves a wife and six children.
A big reunion Of Confederate veterans
was held in Hampshire county, near
Romney, on Wednesday last, Col, r
Preston Chew was one OF the distin'
guished speakers OF the occasion.
The Doddhdge county Circuit Court
Is making things warm for the whisky
sellers, One nan plead guilty. to SIX,
teen indictments, and the lines imposed
upon him amounted TO over $500.
Lewis B, Stuart, colored, fell from
q freight train, on which he was steal
lug q ride, near Ronceverte, and was
killed, He was trying TO get back from
Hinton to his home In Charlottesville,
Detective j. D, Bonham, Of Boone
county, has arrested and turned over TO
the Putnam county authorities at Win.
field, one "Doc" Lawrence, who used
Stevens up badly with a coal
pick at Raymond City last June,
AT an apple pairing at Paris billions,
about five miles from Winfield, while
under the influence Of bad whisky, the
young men got into difficulty, which
resulted in Mel Goshorn being struck
on the head with Q rock and seriously
hurt,
A destructive fire occurred at New
Martinsyille Saturday morning, the 18th,
in the burning OF Levi Shuman's flour
ing mill, which leyeled TO the ground.
It's not known howthe fire caught. The
total loss Is estimated ut $4,000, partial
ly covered by insurance,
Prunty, who murdered a man named
Childers last May in Braxton county,
will probably have his trial at Suit
ton this month. This is said to
DO Prunty's second murder. The
tirst one was in Doddrldge county,
where he escaped hanging by playing
the insanity dodge.
Anew nights since the Marvin Grove
campmeeting ground, in Marion county,
was visited by an incendlary, whose
torch started q fire that destroyed twenty
Of the ~tifty.seven frame structures,
among them the ladies' lodging hall,
that were on the grounds. The Ass0Cl-
alton controlling the grounds has deCld-
cd TO rebuild at once.
AS a party Of ladies and gentlemen,
guests at the White Sulphur Springs,
we're out driving, their carriage was over
and an italian nobleman, Baron
Nicholas Leyeroni, who was one OF the
occupants sustained serious injuries.
His right arm was broken betWeeA the
shoulder and elbow and several ugly
cuts were made on his head.
1t Is rumored that a band oil regulators
an Objectionable house a short
distance below Rayenswood last Friday
evening, and, after capturing theinmates,
a man named Thomas Sayer, his vile and
her sister, beat them numerically. The
house was then torn to pieces and the
culprits warned to leave the State. Sew
eral other parties have received "Whlte
Cap" notices. :
A young man named Jenkins, Of Pres.
ton county, and q companion were saw
Ing logs with a cross.cut saw, when the
came of the end which jenkins
was using. His companion attempted
10 draw 1t through the log, but 1t be-
came squeezed" He gave It a sudden
backward push, and 1t went back sud.
denly and far enough TO strike Jenkins
In the eye. The sharp edge cut a fear.
ful cash, entirely destroying the sight.
Rafael Marcellina, an Italian employed
on the new railroad In Harrison county,
had both legs broken and was otherwise
Injured by q large stone falling on him
week. The stone fell out OF the
bank above him and knocked him
down on his face, falling Immediately
across his thighs, breaking both Of them
and decorating the flesh In q irightiul
manner. After striking him the stone
rebounded, and 1t and Marcellina were
over the bank and rolled TO-
down to the river, a distance Of
Iome seventy feet.
The Coroner's jury in Greenbrier
engaged on the case Of John
the colored man who shot an off.
GER who was attempting 10 arrest him,
md who was afterwards taken from fail
md hanged by a lynching party, alter
being in session for seven days, returned
verdict last Wednesday, In which they
,ay, "that Charles L. White, Thomas Pat
Harry Bowers, James Pinson and
one Glass, OF Hinton, Summers county,
W. Va, whose christian name Is un.
known to the jury, and six or seven
other men whose names are also to the
Jury unknown, composed the said mob
that unlawtully and feloniously hung
The said John Garter, as aforesaid, until
he was dead"
A horrible accident occurred q few
days since at Fellowsyille, Preston Coun-
W. A little son and daughter Of Mr..
pifer, who owns and runs q steam -four.
Ing mill at that point, were playing in
aud about tho mill. An upright shaft
that propelled the boiling machinery
presented an inviting place for them to
themselves by Clasplng tightly to
10 the shalt and whirling around with
II. The younger one OF the two was
in the machinery by It's clothing
and was swiftly hurled against the I'D.
partitions. The other, in the
effort TO release the former, was also
and the two were so seriously
hurt that they died In a short time.
The firm Of j. A. & r. NJ. Taylor, pro.
prietors OF o general notion store at
Huntington, has assigned. The assets
the firm have not yet been asCer.
but they are ample TO cover all
liabilities, which will amount 10 about
The firms business was In
good condition, and the assignment,
therefore, was not the result OF any mis-.
management Of the store, but was caused
by the Messrg. Taylor becoming surety
for a man In Fayette county, who after
ward failed, aud left his sureties 10 pay
his debts, which they were not able to
do at present; hence the assignment.
The assets Of the firm include some val.
liable property In Fayette county and a
house and lot In Huntington, as we'll as
a full stock Of goods In the store.
Chauncey Martin, q Preston county
man, was Chloroiormed and robbed one
night last week. His wife had gone 10
church, and he had lain down and was
playing with a child. The child fell