The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-03-12
THROUGH THE STATE.
Accidents aud Incidents In West virginia
aud Vicinity.

One thousand men arc said 10 be work.
ing on the extension OF the West Vir-
GINA Central Railroad in Randolph
county.
An unknown man was struck and in
stantly killed at Martinsburg by the
cannon bull" express last Wednesday.
The body was not identified.
Piedmont, W. Va, has organized an
electric light company, with d capital OF
$1,000, aud will soon have the new sys.
tenn oflightingin full operation.
The lrondale furnace, In Preston
county, will shut down about April lst,
with no prospect OF an early resumption
The trouble Is want OF ore. Colonel
Nemcgyei, at considerable expense,
opened new mines, but they have proved
very unsatisfactory,
Miss Ida White, daughter OF Newton
White, aud Mr.. Lloyd KarriCkoE, both
Of Upshur county, eloped last week
with the intention OF being married in
an adjoining State, and ait0rward taking
In the Inauguration. The cause OF the
olopement was opposition to the mar.
riage on the part OF Mr.. KarriCkof's par
ents-he being under age.
A report Is current in Nlartinsburg,
seemingly well authenticated, that one
day last week, Mr.. Emerson and u Mr..
CouChman discovered in cutting down
u tree n package which when opened
was found to contain several thousand
dollars. The place where tho alleged
discovery WIS made Is near Williams
port on the Potomac river. The guam
tity OF money, OF what denomination, or
how 1t got into the tree has not been
learned.
Information has been reCeivcd-at
Union, Monroe county, that the body OF
Mr.. Thomas Lynch, OF that county, was
found last Sunday, March 3, at the foot
OF preCipice near tho Norfolk & West
ern railroad, in the Bramwell neighbor.
hood. He had either been killed by
falling over tho precipice, or had first
been killed and the body flung over.
The particulars arc not obtainable. Mr..
Lynch was brother Of Mr.. John @.
Lynch, OF PiCkaway, aud was about so
years Of age.
While an excursion train was "break.
fasting" at Anderson one day last week,
during the meal difficulty occurred
between a Kentuckian and one Of tho
Pullman car conductors. II seems that
the KentuCkan took u cup OF coffee off
Of the waiter us the boy was carrying 1t
around, which the conductor took as an
oiTense against himself. He struck the
KentuCkian n blow with his fist on the
back OF his head, then drew revolver
and clubbing II, proceeded TO pound the
man over the head with it, inllicting So
we're and painful gashes Those who saw
the affair say that the conductor was
wholly to fault.
NJ. II. Haskell, Of Ashtabula, Ohio, is
at the Ebbitt House with a valuable sill
yer cup, which no wants to return to
the owner. 1t Inns been In Mr.. lIaskell's
possession ever since the battle OF Rich
Mountain, W. Va, in which he partici.
pated as a Lieutenant Of the Nineteenth
Ohio Regiment. AS will be remem.
bCrcd, the Union troops drove the Con-
iederates from their camp, and Mr.. Has
kell captured us his share Of the plumber
this silver cup, which bears the name OF
"a. II. D. Lagnell." II this paragraph
should come 10 the notice Of Mr.. Lag.
nell or any OF his friends Mr.. Haskell
would DO glad to hear from them ut Ash.
tabula, 0hio.-lVdShingtOn Post.
Mrs. Ward, Of Peel Tree, Upshur coun.
ty, one day last week, left her two little
ones in Il room alone, the older one,
Freddie, 2 years OF age, while she went
10 attend TO little work out OF DOORS
Returning after few minutes absence,
Freddie directed her attention to bis sis.
ter, aged about ten months, and said,
"Ma, help her help her" The mother
looked aud saw that the little one had
sunk down al tho end Of the sewing ina.
chine; she went TO take II up, saying,
''poor darling has cried itself to sleep
while ma was gone" but she found that
the babes head was hanging In tho
leather.band with which tho machine
Is run, tho band being crossed at the
back OF the neck. Tho child was dead.
Thomas S. Kean, tax collector Of Har.
dy county, has IN egg In his possession
which Is q curiosity and Is evidently
heavily charged with electricity. II Is
below tho average size and was layed on
Friday OF last week by hen belonging
10 William Johnston In Mineral county,
this State. The peculiarly Of II 10 that
II will, whom placed on a table, only lie
on one side and near the small end. II
placed on a table with the reverse side
down, the moment ones fingers are
taken away II will turn completely over
with considerable force. Ifheld on tho
table Upon the largo end, Instead Of fall.
ing naturally 10 either side Or the other,
| II will turn backward and forward vio'
lontly two or three times and finally set.
tle upon that portion which seems 10 DO
charged.
The following is taken from the Mar.
tinsburg Independent. A scamp has
been az work In this county who do.
serves 10 DO tarfed and ieathered, lie
called upon Mrs. RebeCCa Sperow, near
broad Lane, now In her 10Th year rep:
resented himself aB an eye doctor, and
that hO had been sent 10 her w the iatn'
ily phyBiplan, and after throwing some
liquid In her eyes, went through q rub.
bling process, and then demanded l0O
for The work. Mrs. 8, had nothing like
that Sum In tho house, 10 he accepted y,
lie then took her gold gpectaplgst
punuhed oft the lens, doubled up the
rims, and putting them In lls pocket
placed 4 new pair on her nose, iof VII iOll
he charged and collected 90, H0 then
depafted Dr.. IeymaStef knew nothing
Of The man, and when Mt. spetQW 70,