Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-06-30
NEWS IN THE STATE
MATTERS OF ALL KINDS HAPPENING IN
WEST VIRGINIA.
Heavy Destruction by Floods and Two Lives
LOst-Terrible Catastrophe in Berke-
ley COunty-BuckhannOn Aeat-
envy AppOintees.

envy ApPointess.
Mr.. Israel Reif, prominent farmer and
distiller of Reiffs, this county, was accl-
dentally killed Tuesday afternoon under
distressing circumstances. Mr.. Rein was
in Hagerstown during the day and after
transacting his business, started IN COM
many with Mr.. Isaac Ankeney, who was on
his way home, from 4 visit west, IN STAT
wagon. The two men proceeded on
their way without mishap until they
reached what is known as the Broadford-
ing hill. II is presumed the yoke strap
broke in descending the hill, and that the
horse was forced TO run away. The single
tree Of the wagon was found afterwards TO
have been broken off, and it isthought this
was the result of furious kicking by the
horse. At about 3 o'clock Mr.. Christian
Horst, who was on his way 10 the Broad
fording mill. saw Mr.. Reiff lying in
the drain aside of the road, but failing 10
recognize him, he thought the man was
drunk, and passed on. On his return from
the mill, in company with Mr.. Miller,
Mr. Horsts attention was again attracted
to the man, when an investigation was
made. 1t was then with difficulty, on ac-
count of his bloody condition, ascertalned
that il was Mr. Reiff, and that he was dy-
ing from wound in the skull. His skull
was fractured, his leg broken at the thigh,
and his body covered with blood. Mr..
Reiff was placed in Mr. =. Neiberts wag-
on and taken to his home, death resulting
when they had gotten within about hail
mile from home. The extent OF Mr.. An
keney's injuries are not known, but fears
arc entertained that they too might result
fatally.-MdrtinsbluD Statesman.
The patrons OF the West Virginia Cream
ery at this place were greatly stirred up,
last week, on learning that the operator,
Mr.. Ben Herr, who halls from Lancaster
county, Pa, had left, announcing that ne
was going home for money, and had not re-
turned. As ii was learned that he had be-
fore leaving drawn out balance IN BANK
TO his credit, saying that he wanted III 10
nav for milk and had not done so, and also
had taken his old clothes from the Cream
cry. 1t was concluded, in view of the furth-
err fact that he had left about $1,000 OF obi
cations behind him and but little assets
with which to meet them, that he had
skipped by the light OF the moon" and
that the best thing that could be done was
to attach about 1900 pounds of unfinished
butter and such other articles as he had
left behind. This was accordingly done,
and Constable Mathena for the n0nce holds
sway over the effects left by him off the name
made familiar TO American readers by the
pen of Gen. Lew. Wallace.-Spirh Of JEFF
gersOn
The floods of last Saturday week APP
pear TO have caused immense destruction
in the interior counties of the State. The
Richie Rereiue says that four bridges on
the Pennsboro and Harrisburg railroad
were swept away. The Richie county
fair ground property was badly damaged.
The town of Pennsboro met with consider
able loss. Middle Island was never known
to be as high. The stores of John y.
Jones, at Hebron, and that Of Tom Lowther,
at Market, the Mats Run and Blandville
school houses, were carried away by the
high waters. In Tyler county, near Cen
teryille Charles Thomas, a farmer, was
killed by lightning while working in his
own barn Wesley Trickett, another young
farmer, was drowned while attempting TO
cross a swollen stream in Pleasant county.
In Lewis, Preston and other counties the
loss is reported very heavy.
The Fairmont West Tnginidn says; The
drill reached the Dunkard sand on the L.
W. Youst farm, at Fairview, last Friday,
and oil was found in considerable quanti-
ties The contractor, after deliberations,
concluded to go down to the Big Iniun"
sand, but has not made much progress
since on account of some breakage in the
machinery. There are no new develop
ments in the Warrington field, but the
news from there is expected to be OF de-
cisive nature in a few days, as wells will
come in that will develop both the eastern
and western extremities Of the oil belt in
that vicinity.
The West Virginia Conference Seminary
Trustees met ut Buckhannon last week and
were in session several days. They decid-
ed to open the Seminary for aohoOl work in
September. Prof Il. w. Hutchinson, of
Rhode Island, was appointed principal;
Prof. j. T.. Ogden, of Buckhannon, hrst
assistant; Miss Tavner, of ParkersburG
second assistant, and Mrs Hutchinson,
teacher of music. Other teachers will be
employed during the summer.
Albright 4 Squires' steam saw mill, at
Switchback Preston county, fell on Satur-
day during the storm. II was surrounded
by water i or q feet Deep which under |
mined the foundation, and the roof fell on |
Mr.. Squires, Mr.. Albright and Mr.. Frank |
Pierce Albright's life was saved by |
leap that put him under post. Squlres |
leaped into pit and got out through the |
roof. and Pierce happened TO drop between |
two sills aud struggle through the ROOF:
Each one escaped death by mere inch OF
space.
John Jackson, while blowing in u field
back of town. yesterday, run across, to use
his words "..c mother of all snakes. III
is the biggrst snake ever heard OF IN TINS
end of the State. il being a black snake ~
feet long and IS inches in circumference,
taking four men 10 kill H. After they hau
killed il il was found 10 have swallowed
rattle snake feet long with Is rattles, Tour
full grown rabbits and eight frogs.-hunt-
iHgtOH AdrcHis,r.
The Richie Rercille says Considerable |
mig iron has been stolen of late from cars |
standing in the b. 4 o. yards along the |
river front, and as yet no clue to the |
thieves has been found. When the high |
waters subsidized, however, lot OF the iron |
was found on the bank where II Is pre-
sumed TO have been dropped by the thieves
with the expectation of recovering il under
cover Of darkness when the water should |
fall.
JAS Patterson, of st. Marys, met with |
quite serious accident last week. While |
operating the planning mill ut that place he
caught two of his fingers of the right hand |
in the machinery, iniiicting painful injuries, |
the end Of one Of them being taken of. He |
was able 20 use his hand in few days TO |
some extent, aud while operating the saw, |
his left hand fell against revolving saw, |
decorating il in very ugly manner.
S. B. Brown. principal Of the Chenille |
Normal School, and Miss Ella Butcher. Of
near Troy, Gilmer county. were married |
ut the residence of S. II. Writings. in
Chenille. on the 18th inst, at o'clock.
They left that evening for Morgantown,
where he has been appointed as Assistant
Professor of Geology at the University at
that place, and also where she has been at
tending school.
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