Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-05-13

yealed several veins Of coal. which is
thought to ba of great value. Some OF the
coal was tested in a blacksmith forge last
week. 1t burned first rate and welded
iron as good as any. This coal lies on the
east side of the Allegheny mountain, about
thirty miles abve Petersburg, and is
thought to be there in vast quantities.
Miss Nora Hanes, of Central, advertised
| in the Toledo Blade for samples of silk and
and satin with which to finish her crazy
quilt, and presently letters containing
goods of this kind came pouring in at
alarming rate, as high as seventeen in one
mail, and in the aggregate hundreds. The
quilt is now about complete and Miss NO
ra's hand is tired with answering so many
communications.
Down at st. Mary's. the other night,
some waggsh boys developed lantern in
red handkerchief, and ran it up to the top
of fisg-stsff The new star created de-
cided sensation in town, and all the
amateur astronomers in the vicinity were
busy theorizing on the phenomenon. The
swindle was not discovered until the fol-
lowing morning.
Mr.. Ed. w. Warwick is now auditor OF
the Ohio River Railroad Company, having
been elected to that Office by the Board Of
Directors. He succeeds Mr.. W. NJ. IRE
vor, who has been elected Treasurer of the
company, TO fill the place made vacant by
the resignation of Mr.. J. N. Camden, Jr.,
few weeks ago.
One day last week q huge black bear
was seen on the track of the Berkeley
Springs and Potomac railroad, about three
miles below Berkeley Springs. He kept
the track for some distance in front of an
advancing train, and then turned off and
WAS lost to sight on the side of noun
tain.
A young lady of Tunnelton took dose
of arsenic, few days ago, with suicidal in
tent. The dose WAS too large to effect the
purpose, and DIR. Powell had but little
trouble TO rescue the girl. The cause of
the insane act was scandalous talk about
her relations with a man.
James E. Heatherly, lately elected
Sheriff of Barbour county, and until re-
Gently one of the most extensive business
men in the county, has become insane and
was taken to the asylum at Weston. Mr..
Hestherly failed a short time ago for
about 500. 600.
John Burn, who is charged with rob
bling the jewelry store of A. Dunbach,
of Keyser, this State, of 5000 worth of
jeweDry, has been arrested in Pittsburg
and taken to Keyser for trial About
81, 900 worth of the stolen goods have been
recovered.
A man named Wiseman, employed in a
Lewis county sawmill, WAS caught by a
large log that fell from the saw carriage
and had one of his legs broken in two
places and the knee bones of tie other leg
so badly crushed that emputation may be |
necessary.
Parkersburg Council of the Junior Order
of United American Mechanics was insti- |
tuted Thursday evening at the X. of L.
Hall by Grand Counsellor o. r Chew,
with G. l.. MUM as Counsellor, and a |
good corps OF officers.
The last defendant of Lewis Wetzel, the |
celebrated Indian fighter, died in Marshall |
county last week in the person of Mrs. |
Rhoda Gosney, nee Weizel. Deceased was
eighty-five years old. f,
The citizens of Clarksburg have taken
kindly TO the water works and almost |
everybody is having water put in their
houses. The plumbers are busy and ought |
to be happy.
Two Irisbmen w,re locked up in the
Martinsburg lookup. They built a fire in |
the middle Of the board floor, laid down |
and went 10 sleep. The door was burned |
burned through and the building almost
destroyed.
Ada Leete, thirteen years OF age, daugh-
ter Of T. j. Leete, Of ST. Cloud, Oabell |
county, was fatally burned last Monday
from her clothes catching fire. She suffer
ed in great agony till Wednesday, when
che died.
George Iilor, Of Paw-paw, Morgan coun-
ty, was shot through the arm, and the