Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-07-21
A NARROW ESCAPE.
4 C0PPFR-HEAD SNAKE IN BED WITH A
FAMILY.
An Incident Of Lie in Lincoln County-A Fatal Ac-
cident in PrsstJn-Crimes and Casualties
Scattered Through the State.

. An Incident OF LIE N Lincoln county Falal Ac-
cident in Prest5n-Crmes and Casualties
Scattered Through the State.
John Carroll lives on Trace creek with
, his wife and infant child, two miles from
Hamlin. Sunday night a week ago the little
family retired to bed as usual, the bed sit
ting in a corner of the room next the wall,
: the latter being built of logs and the cracks
closed with boards. At two o'clock in the
morning the parents were awakened by
the cries of the child which complained OF
its hand. Lighting a lamp the parents
discovered Il small inclslon on tue
child's hand bleeding, and surmlsing al
once that a snake had inflicted the wound,
applied the mouth OF bottle nlled WIN
tirpentine to the wound and were soon re-
warled bv seeing greenish substance is
sue from the wound. Mrs. Carroll insti-
tuted a hurried search about the bed and
discovered what she at first supposed to be
q mouse'5 nest behind a board on the wall.
Putting her hand in the crevice she quick
IL withdrew il, when the horrd
copper colored head of snake reared
up hideous sight in the pale
light Selling an axe the terrified mother
struck the reptile blow, severlng the
head from the body. Meanwhile the child's
arm began TO swell and turned black. The
agonizcd father ran for horse and taking
the child in his arms, galloped TO Hamlin
through the darkness and reused up DR..
/ Thackcr The doctor Immediately admin
istcred such powerful antid0tes for poison
rs the child could receive and soon had the
satisfaction of seeing the death-dealing
poison injected from the fang of the snake
being counteracted.
The Beaver Lick Iron Company. Of
which Hon. A. c. Snyder is President,
Hon Homer y Holt Vice President and
/ II. w Montague Secretary and Treasurer,
has laid out a town near the White Sui |
phur springs, in Greenbrier County, 10 be
/ called Drewry. The company owns 1900
/ acres OF iron land, 1000 acres OF coal land /
/ on New River, and 500 acres of farm land |
near the White Sulphur springs. The /
capital stock of the company is 81, OOOOOOO, /
divided into shares Of 500. II is the pur |
/ pose of the company 10 develop their iron /
and coal property and found a manufactur- /
/ ing town near the famous White Sulpher !
| Springs. This enterprise has solid |
/ foundation and promises 10 be a success |
/ from the start The high character of the |
men who are at the head OF the undertake |
/ ing is guarantee that investors will be |
| dealt by fairly. The principal offices of /
the company are at Lewisburg, Greenbrier |
/ County, ". Va.
/ Karl Smith alias Holt, who was arrested /
/ by Deputy L. = Marshal White in Lin /
+ coin county last Wednesday was given 4 |
hearing before L. s Commissioner FOn- /
tame at Charleston, Friday. and was re
manded To Jail in default of $1,000 bail 10 |
answer an Indictment at the next term OF
the L. =. Court. He is charged with break
ing and r0bbng the pOstOtlice at Hamlin at
two different times He was out on bail
for the first offense when arrested the last
time.
James Conn, aged about p years, son Of
James Conn, Of near Fcllowsvillc, met with
4 fatal accident at Newburg on Monday
afternoon between ! and > o'clock, and
died from the effects thereof AT 30 o'clock
on Tuesday morning. He had come 10
Newburg that morning, arriving about
noon. 10 engage in hauling lumber from
Scotch Hill to Independence. After din
nor he hitchcd up his team and WAS haul
Ing load Of hay along the steep en-
baukmcnt near the Catholic church.
In attempting 10 turn he was backing
his horses, when the wagon got over the
embankment and pulled the horses afterit.
In its descent the wagon struck q tree; the
shock threw young Conn violently TO the |
ground and 4 considerable distance away
aud down below the wagon. The wagon |
and horses followed him: and the latter,
becoming eutanglcd in the lines. one Of the
horses fell upon him. after the wagon had .
passed over him. Several of his ribs We're
broken, his collar bone was broken in three
places and his brcastbOne, where the horse
fell upon him aud lay upon him. was crush
ed in shockingly.
On Saturday evening last, July T., diff
ticulty occurred in the depot At Anderson !
between Mr.. Chapman. night operator at
that point and Nh Will Nowian. operator |
AT Grccubrier Stock Yards NOwlan
struck Chapman on the head with heavy
class nsulator, fracturiug his skull. Drs.
Beard and Churchman were called and
rendered the necessary surgical attention.
At last accounts Chapman was doing well,
though fears were expressed that milan
nation might set in. Nowian. who had re
turned 10 the stock yards. was brought
back 10 Anderson on Sunday and gave bond
before Justice l. T.. Bare for his appear
ance at the preliminary examination 10 be
held ON Saturday next The difficulty, it
is thought. sprang from jealousy between
the young men. both covcting the appoint
mcnt at Anderson.
The Patterson Creek correspondent of
the Keyscr Tribune of last week, says Mr.
Pollock. who lives in Maryland. about
three miles from this place, up the river.
met with "A heavy loss by fire. Monday
noon the fine granary was seen 10 be on
fire which was entirely consumed. There
was "a cultivator, reaper and binder. all
nearly new, and fifteen hundred bushels OF
wheat. some OF which was three years old.
and also five barrels OF flour, all burned up.
Also the coln-crb which contained guam
tity-of baled hay, TWO bugges and harness,
and farming implements OF every descrip-
ton. as was the coal house and Crane
arbor. all entirely consumed. With
difficulty the dwelling house was saved.
Insurance very small.
Fireman Rice. of the mammoth engine
40 1890. fell from the footboard OF that
engine ia Oakland on last Tuesday night.
His engineer saw him fall and at once
stoppcd the train and instituted search
for him All the trainmen, postal clerks
and many of the passengers Joined in the
hunt and expected TO find his mangled
body. But after long and iruitless search
thew gave him up Tor lost and the train
proc ccded on 10 Cumberland, where II was
learned by telegraph that the lost fireman
had walked 10 "a drug store, and was but
slightly injured.
The Huntington Idrcfscr tells Of a
novel trip 20 be taken by drummer OF
that town II says: Clarence Perkins
mas arranged for q long trip Of pleasure
and business with IL at the same time. He
and three friends from Marietta are hay-
Ing "a steam yacht built AT Cincinnati, q
which will be finished next Monday. In :
few DAYS after that they will 20 on hoard
with stock and samples Of all kinds OF nov ,
elites and specialtics which they will sell
in towns along the Ohio and Mississippi ,
rivers. Their "trip is to extend over "A pc
riod of two years.
The Marinsburg Sfdte.mut says: The :
B \ .. railroad authorities on last Satur
dav reduced their force of hands in the
shops al this place and all Of those retain
ed have been put on eight hours Mr.. VIM.
Whitsou and Thos. j. Harris, Of the car
peuter shop were among those put of. The
dull times In freight traffic is said 20 be the
cause of the cut One day last week we