Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-04-28
HIS SKULL CRACKED
TWO BROTHERS AND A SISTER ALMOST KILL
l. C. ROCKWELL.
The Gold Discovery in Grant County - Horses
Dying-A Failure-Fatal Acoidents-Bound-
way Dispute Settled-General
State News Notes.

State News Notes.
L. G.. Rockwell, pcddler. was almost
beaten 10 death in Tyler county one day
last week. He drove into Middlebourne
on a blackboard, his face, clothes and even
the vehicle being smeared with blood and
entered complaint against John Jonathan
and Fanny Shuman, charging them with
assault with intent to kill. According TO
Rockwells story, the Shumans We're liv-
ing on a farm belonging TO him, and in
moving of We're taking stun belonging 10
Rockwell The latter objected. and there
upon the fight began by Fanny Shuman
planting a rock on Johns larboard ribs.
About the same time one Of the Shumans
discharged a musket. the contents sprink-
ling Johns left hand and arm with shot,
which he will carry with him 10 the end OF
his pilgrimage 10 remind him Of the little
fracas. John says he fired pistol of, but
pointed the barrel up in the air. There
upon Fanny lunged a rock AT him and took
him kerbiff in the back. which doubled him
ND. and one of the Shumans laid the musket
over his head, cutting a cash two inches
long through 10 the brain pan, which
stretched him out when the other Shuman
took an AK and struck him ON the side of the
head with the face or side OF the AK They
then gathered up their traps and decamped,
leaving old John stretched out unconscious
The South Branch gazette has the fol-
I lowing in relation 10 the recent discovery
of gold in Grant county: Gold has been
discovered on the land of Mrs Wise which
| has been analyzed by the Professor Of
/ Mineralogy in the Columbia College, Wash
/ ington, ID. c.. and pronounced very rich
/ VIII Weld about Sl24.02 10 the ton. Gold has
also been discovered on the lands Of Isaac,
/ j. c., and Mrs. Judy and Mrs. John ket-
/ terman. A rich mineral ore supposed % be
gold has been found on South Mill creek,
and should 10 come up 10 the expectation.
/ il NAV make some milliOnaires. We need
not be surprised no any time 10 hear Of the
people fl0cking 10 these lands. At least the
prospect is bright and we will cherish the
/ hope that il Will prove equal 70 the eNpcc-
Ftation. Since il would be "a great source Of
wealth 20 the county as well as 20 parties
owning the lands; possibly the direct cause
/ of our getting the lOng-lOoked-for railroad. go
/ The question Of where the boundary line
/ between the counties of Fayctte and Kama
wha should run, which has long been a
matter Of dispute. has az last been deter
mined. = Chapman, John l.. Cole and W.
=. Lindley had been appointed as commits
sioners on the part Of kanawha county,
and Morris Harvey. l.. G.. Gaines and &.
/ H. Settle on the part of tayette They met
/ n Charleston last Thursday evening, to-
gether with Hon j. j. Davis. of Clarks-
burg. who was chosen 10 preside. and
adopted line between the counties which
takes from 5000 20 10000 acres from Fay
cite county and adds them 10 kanawha
county. H. J. Tucker was chosen 20 run
! the ike and 5. Chapman and G.. II. Settle
/ TO see that the line is correctly run. No
towns are included In the territory
changed.
Kauawha county is in a sweat She has
/ two plans for a court house drawn by dis
tinguished architects; for this luxury the
/ people were taxed Si,NOO. Ia severe fit of
public spirit her commissioners ordered
the old Court House 10 be torn down. This
cost the people another 5000 Politics
drove the public spirit out of the commits
sioners In the Goif-Flcming contest. and
now poor old kauaWha. the home of pOliti-
clans and Republicans has no Court House
AZ all Nine thousand eight hundred dollars
would have gone a considerable way to-
wards building Court House
a gang of Italians are at work on the
BUckhannon River Railroad. ia Upshur
county and the work will be pushed for
ward 10 the Three Forks OF Buckhaunon
as rapidly as possible. Three Forks is the
point selected as summer resort ON the
new road. II l. said 20 have "a higher elc-
walton than Deer Park or Oakland Work
toward improving the park. which is stu
ate on the island has already begun. The
island contains about fifteen acres and viii
make a beautiful place for the erection Of
fine hotel, 10 bee built there this summer
Frank Fields is in jail at Parkersburg
charged with forgery and embczzlemeut
He is "a son Of Judge Fields. the noted iur-
list and author, of Albany. y. Y Until
short time ago Fields was employed In
responsible position. whore he had large
amounts Of money to collect and while thus
engaged suddenly left with large amounts
He was traced TO Memphis, Tenn. where
he was captured and brought back 10 Park
ersburg.
4 mysterious disease is carrying OFF the
horses i'm Berkeley county. Mr.. John
Lemen. who lives four or five miles above
Shepherdstown has lost by death within
the past ten days four valuable horses. and
has three more sick that will probably die.
4 Martinsburg veterinary surgeon says
that the disease is spinal meningitis. butt
seems strange that DO should affect so
many horses on one place iu 80 short
time
The oil excitement or an excitement of
greater magnitude has largely enhanced
the value of land on Pmecreek IN Calhoun
county, iabulOusly Pel WoOdf0rd pur
chased tract from G.. ". Richie recently
at the rate of SluO per acre This land, SIX
months ago. was considered dear at $40 per
acre. The Little Kanawha Valley seems
20 bee on "a boom from one end % the other.
Monday afternoon about one o'clock
flames were discovered in the upper room
of the wing of the residence of a. j. Bart
lett. who resides near the mouth of Pleas
ant creek. No one was about the house
but Mr. Bartlett and wife. and when they
found the house was on fire the entireu upper
part of the wing was mass Of flames
Mrs. Bartlett was quite sick with the
grippe and was IN bed az the time The
only thing saved from the flames was an
organ.
Rev. Stone. a Seyeuth-Day Adventist. Of
Clarksburg. has been 40 Ncwburg f0rab0ut
six weeks, where be has been preaching
the distinctive doctrines of that church
For while bee created quite 81 stir among
some of the people. bus $50 taras securing
proselytes from other churchea OF converts
frpm the world 10 concerned. be has not
had remarkable success.
Jesse Smalls. colored. was run over and
killed by "a train at Biucheld. Mercer couu-
o.. on Sunday evening last, April 18Th.
Jesse was about twenty-eight years of age
and was born and raised in Union. Monroe
county The violent termination of his
life is much regretted hv those who knew
him His body was buried at Bluehed.
John Harris, a colored nightwatchmau at
the *. X o. depot at Charleston. was
caught between two cars Thursday night
while trying 20 make "a coupling. and badly
mashed In the breast DIR Henry the Is.
X O. physician, made au examination. but
his injuries being internal. Dee cannot yet
tell how badly he is hurt
Last Saturday morning the residence.
pOst0ificc and saddlery shop of Ahrgham
Mcdaniel. 0n Pheasant creek Barbour
county were burned The fire caught
from ihe fuc of the kitchen stove. aud
when discovered was under such head way
that nothing could be done toward sub
DUNG the flames.
The articles Of agreement for the f0rIna-
tion of the Kanawha and Michigan Rail
way Company have been recorded in the
Office of the kauawha county clerk The
inc0rporators are Nelson Robinson and W
b Post New York: CORTLAND L L. But
Ter, Jr Gilbert c. Hoover and George
Hardy. Of New York, and lie capital stock
is SlOJ1,Ve
Among the old residents of West Viz
cinia. who died recently. Were Seymour
Mcneil NJ Harl- eOrrfv ava1 Ql ,-aar.-