Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-12-08
AN IRON WORKS
m RESUME OPERATIONS IN TIE KANAWHA
VALLEY.
Oil C)psratiOns in the lnterior-Patal Accidents
Death Of Soldier Of NapoleOn-A Gang0
Robbers Come to Grief.

Works Co.. in Kanawha county, VIII
probably commence operating the same
at an early day. A thorough examlna-
ton of this property by experts, under
the direction Of the present owners,
shows it 10 be very valuable one. III
consists of about FIVE hundred acres OF
bottom land. The hill land Is under
laid by the celebrated CampbelVs creek
vein OF coal, showing an average thich-
ness of over seven feet OF pure coai.
This is the same vein worked on the
north side Of the river by the Pioneer
Coal Company and the Campoells
Greek Coal Company, whose output
has established an enviable reputation,
and is considered one of the best OF the
Kanawha Goals. Sections Of the vein
on this property have been taken at va,
rious points by the present owners: ana
it is fully demonstrated that 1t under
lies the entire body of their hill land
and has it's floor on level with the base
of the hill, thus covering the entire av-
erage. The royalty value OF their seam
of coal alone on this five hundred acres
figures up something over eight hun
dred thousand dollars. Besides 1t Is
said there are other minor veins higher
up in the hill, one about four feet
thick.
The oil well on Mill Creek, of Elk, To-
Gated on the Wiseman farm, some SIX
miles up Elk, has been abandoned. Mr..
Ward, who has been experimenting the
work Of drilling there, told Gazette re-
porter last night that they had con-
lcluded there was no oil there and had
given up the well. 1--WE have gone
fifty feet into the sand" said he, land
have found no oil to speak of. thought
ut first we would get a paying well, but
| was mistaken. | had about concluded
to take out the casing, but will
wait to consult other members
of the company before doing so.
Mr. Ward says the well is now
down 57j feet, 80 of which is in the
sand The company which MIR. Ward
is at the head of has the derricks ready
for another well on little Sandy. Work
was begun there last Monday and well
will be sunk at once. The Hukill Com
pany OF Oil City. Pa, of which w. NJ.
Lecky is manager, is also putting down
a well on Sandy. The Hatch Oil Com
pany, which abandoned the well at
Winfield, is now drilling on Hon. G. w.
Cargill's land Il few miles back of Win
field. The Augusta Oil Co. is now
drilling near Red House just opposite
Winfield. The well on the Bruen farm,
twenty-five miles from Winfield, has
come, and oil is running over the top of
the well.
Governor Fleming has pardoned Rob |
ert Sidebottom, who is serving two |
years sentence in the penitentiary. |
Robert was an orphan, mere boy Of |
about l3 years, and stole about 5000 |
from man in Boone county, who had
been his fathers partner. and who, he
was told, owed him some money. He
was convicted in Boone county in 1855
and sentenced to two years in the pen.
The application for pardon was sup
ported by eigh; OF the jurors who tried
the case, by J. +. Chiffon, who was
Prosecuting Attorney at the time, by
the Clerks of both the courts of Boone
county, by the person from whom he
stole the money, by number of mem
beers of the bar and by $50 citizens.
The Governor thinks the case one de-
serving of Executive clemcncy and has
granted pardon.
From the confession of Convict Frey |
made to Superintendent Van Pelt and |
Detective Lucas, and in talk with some |
of the Penitentiary guards, it appears |
that the Jefferson county band of rob-
bers was well organized and operated |
extensively in this State and Maryland. |
There were from eighteen to twenty OF |
them, all young men, and some OF them |
being Of respectable families and appar-
emily above suspicion. They would steal
in this State and dispose OF their plum |
der in Maryland. Then they would |
steal 10 that State and bring their booty |
into this State and dispose Of it. Five |
OF the band are already in the Penitcn-
tiary, and Detective Lucas says at least
ten more will be sent up.
On last Saturday evening John Per-
kins was killed by being thrown from a
mule he was riding near his home on
Steer Creek. He was on his return |
home from town and was accompanied |
by two of his sons. Night overlook
them on the way. Mr.. Perkins was
carrying n cross cut saw on his shoulder
and the saw catching in some brush
scared the mule and it started to run
away. He was thrown from the mule,
falling on his head. His sons, who
were riding in front, came To where
their father had been thrown and found
that he was dead. The fall broke his
skull and killed him instantly. 1t is
thought that his neck was also broken.
Christopher Docring, veteran of the
Grand Army of Napoleon, died at
Waverly, Upshur county. last week at
the age of o.. He was drafted into the
French service at the age OF II, part-
cipatng in all the battles OF the Russian
campaign, saw the burning Of Moscow,
and was one of the few survivors OF the
horrors of that campaign. He fought
in the battle of Waterloo, and was an eye
witness of the flight of Napoleon from
that famous field. Mr.. Doering came to
America in ls4s and settled at Waverly
where he has since resided.
William Lemasters, who shot and
killed William Saunders on train No.
lG, in September last, was arrested at
Grafton, Thursday, by Detective b. +.
Workman, and safely lodged in Fayette-
vile Jail. Workman has been after
! Lemasters ever since the crime was
committed, and succeeded at last In
running him in. for which he secures
the $50 reward offered by the county.
A pair of hawks, one pure white and
the other nearly so, had been terror to
the Grass Lick, jackson county, fowls
for u year or so. They had carried of
30 or 80 of Francis Walkers chickens, |
and Mr.. Walkers lO-ycar-old son sought |
to put a stop to it with steel trap. He |
caught the white one last week, and it |
measured four feet from tip to tip Of the |
wings.
Charlie johnson. young colorcd boy, |
son of Robert Johnson, of MOrgantown, !
had his face and head badly lacerated |
by the explosion of an old muSket with !
which he was shooting at mark on
Wednesday last. DR.. Wade dressed the
wound, and the boy will recover,
though he had close shave
John Barney, of Morgan county, |
VIII lie ont hunting on Thanksgiving day,
accidentally shot himself. He slipped |
and fell over log, and the rifle was dis
charged. the ball entering his head just
above the left ear. Fortunately for him
it was small ball and did not enter the !
skull.
Capt. T.. l.. Hoffman, of Berkeley
county, who had a leg broken few
days ago by being thrown from a wagon.
is thought to be in dangerous con-
ditIon.
The first track on the extension Of
the Norfolk & Western railroad in
! West Virginia was laid at Kenova. Ca