Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-02-10
FOUNDRY DISPUTE
BRTWRsN THIS STATE AND MARYLAND
INVITING TROUBLE.
A Child Burned 10 Dsalh-Assignmsnt Of 3
Cattle Dealer Killed BY the Cara
Murderer Arrts.sd-Dsalhs Of
the Week.

There IS GOOD deal OF H9ltatloh III 'nio
State and Mary land for a settlement oil the
lopg-standing boundary dispute between
the two States. The trouble has been
source of irritation for many years. Land
titlee have bsen unsettled, and controver-
sizes over the location of the State line have
ed to personal conflicts in more thaDlone
instance. These breaches Of the peace
have sometimes led n farther troubles,
through both the Maryland aud West Vir-
GINA authorities attempting to take
cogu;zlnce of tho tionbles. Still
another source Of trouble and controversy
has been the fact that both States have
levied taxes upon citizens whose lands are
in dispute. Judge j 7. Hoke, of Kings
wook, in recent interview, gave a very
full history of this boundry trouble, and
suggested, as a remedy, that suit should
be brought in the United States Supreme
Court, and in making this suggestion he
said: "Onr people are exceedingly apx-
ious that the mstter should be amicably
settled, and in this sentiment | most
heartily concur. Facts have recently
come TO my knowledge officially which
tend to show that serious trouble cannot
be prevented much longer"
TIE West Virginia Legislature passed
an act il 1887, looking to an amicAbly GET
Element of the dispute, but the Maryland
Legislature did nothing on the part of
that State.
James W. Findley, Of Grafton, one Of
the largest cattle dealers in the upper
part of the State, hes made al assignment
Of his property for the benIfi, Of his credi-
tors The deed Of trust which has been
put on record in the county clerks office
motions liabilities to the amount OF Sl6,-
500. 1t is said, however, that this does
not cover all of Mr.. Findley's indebted
ness by considerable. Among the pre-
ferred creditors named in the trust ia Geo.
W. Reynolds MI Findley's brother-in-
law, for the sum OF IS, 900. Mr.. Findlty's
assets consists chiefly of real estate. He
owns come three hundred ard fifty acres
of the beat farming land in Tsy lor county,
and which il sold at their value would
almost pay off the indebtedness. Mr.
Findlay's failure is attributed TO unfortu-
nate transactions in the cattle business.
L. M. Toilette is made the assignee.
Webb LoUke, who shot and killed
Gland Glaspel, 10 Tucker county, WAS Or
rested and brought before Squire Rowan
for hearing last week. The NEST i'm
portant witness against him was his uncle,
Paul Louke, who Was present when Glss-
pei was killed. He stated that Webb
Louke had threatened 10 kill the@, Oiaud
Glaspol and Paul Luke, the night the
shooting was done, and On looking around
when the gun was fred the accused had
the gun aimed at them. Young Louke
WAS committed to Jail to await the action
OF the Grand Jury.
Hill Bainbridge, Of PfuntytOwn, islyiDg
at his home dar gerously i'll from a wound
On the head, received about a mouth ago,
during an alteration with young Bar
nette, of the same place Bsrnette struck
Bainbridgs o blow on the hesd with piece
Of iron, ii flictipg a fearful wound, which
has been bleeding profussly at intervals
ever since, and for the last few Gays has
been bleeding almost continuously. Tbs
young man is now very weak from loss of
blood, and his recovery is doubtful.
The lease under which the Peabody coal
works. in Ksnawha county, have bsen
run has expired, and the works have been
shut down. The company own lamp back
of where they have mind TO, but they do
not own the right Of say through the mine
they have baeu running oSiug 10 the fact
that their lease has expired. The company
offered SO. 600 for the right Of way, hat
the owners, the Smiihsrs heirs, ask S15,-
900, which the company refused to give.
Among the aged people who died last
week were Joseph f. Allen, OF Fleming
ton, aged 81; Mrs. Joseph Smith, of Hal
lick, MoD0ngalia county, aged 10: John
Murphy, ST., of Wefzsl, aged Is; A. 3.
Harrell, Of 0as, Oabell county, aged 90;
Mrs. A d. Johnson, of Lswisburg, Green
brler county, aged so; and Mfjor Geo @
Hardman, of Calhoun county, aged n.
There is peculiar state of affairs at the
Cochran No. oil well, at Euress, Pleas
ants county. The derrick is situated on
slopirg ground, and keeps clipping down
this hill sll the time. Every day gang of
men with jack.screws have tc push the der
rick back into place and remove LOT OF
earth. The next night it sgain starts down
the hill, and must be again pushed back.
The we'll is big producer.
At Fayetteville last Sunday morning
little tbree-y esr.old sOn Il Benjamin
Turner, colored, was burned to death.
ha t1 oil frQn he
house the little fellow veotured too near
the fire snd bis clothing Became ignitsd.
There were several other children in the
roam q. the time bat they were unable to
extrguish the fire.
Joe. Craig, track walker on the c. q
o. railway, was found dead on the track
Monday morning, at 0ls, Csbell county.
he is supposed to have been asleep on the
track and was struck by passing train.
His skull was crushed, and one arm was
broken.
II. T. Knight, who was fned $50 and
costs in the Circuit Court of Richie coun-
ty ct the October term, 1882 for betting
on the rtsul. Of the general election held in
1886, hiss hsd his fac RENTED by the
Governor.
c. @. Lambert, of Dry Fork district,
Tucker county, SHOT himself few days ego
while rabbit hunting. The bullet entered
his right side and lodged in the shoulder
blade.
Mis- Elite Washington was thrown from
a buggy, a; Romney, Wednesday evening,
and dangerously cot and bruised about
the head and breast.
The engineer Of the Big Sandy steamer,
Sandy Valley, was drowned Of the beat,
near the mouth of P geon creek, last
Wednesday night.
r B Lawson. who is cutting timber in
Logan. reports having cut lumber of
trees six feet in diameter, and one eight |
feet in diameter.
The report in the Kanswha Gazette that
the wife Of Rev. Wesley Stone had pOis'
oned herself by taking laudanum, Is pro-
nou1ced false.
Joe Gore, of Logan county, has opened