The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1890-12-29
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Exchanges.


Out near A!brighlsWle, Preston coun.
IS, ths SNOW, where not ufif!ed, is two
feet deep.
F.p. Sprigg, proprietor OF tho Sutton
tanncry, has made IN Assignment. Lila.
bilties, s. COO.
Unclo Billy Hawkins, OF Flat Rock,
PreGtou county, killed gray eagle that
tneasuFpd i0ur feet and three iGches
IRON tip 10 tip.
lleHry KNltz, Il laborer employed on
the Norfolk X Western extension, was
held up and robbed OF s. by couple Of
huntington tou9hs ChristmRD eve.
Ad. Estes, y resident Of kilgore Greek
Cabell county, WAS celebrating Christ
mas witt ia'geNz+d tirGCrackers. One
Of them exploded in his hand, SKATER.
ing the member 10 that amputation was
necessary.
Chief Engineer Coe, OF tho Norfolk X
WeBtern, has had hall dCZen saw mills
at work IL various points along the Elk.
horn exteneiOn Saving ticu for the new
part OF tic road. Tho laying Of tics has
commenced.
Mr.. George W. Raiter, a sanitary en-.
gneer from Rochester, n. Y, is in Yves.
ton for the purpose OF seeing what dis.
position can be made OF the sewerage
from the asylum, and report to the Leg.
slNture at ito next session.
OnCampbell's creek, kunawha county,
Gus Steptoe, q co0red boy aged sixteen,
got iuto y fight with a white boy, son
oi Dick GardnG.g. The latter intet;ered
und Steptoe shot him in the aide. Gard.
ner is dangerously wounded.
". 7. Napier, Of Wayne Court House,
has begun proceedings to stop the build
ing oi Il bridge over fwelve-Pole river
70 carry ties to the railroad, The objec-
ton il thu, the bridge as planned will
obstruct the running OF timber.
AtClafkSburg, ". Va, ZONE unknown
pcrnon entered the sleeping apartment
Of Misses Iva and Rertie Paugh on Wed.
nepray night ard attempted to chloro.
form them. Ono OF the young ladies
awakened and her cries frightened the
m;screan. away. Hu LETT iandaer-
chief saturated with chlorotorm.
The Fairmont Lier says: 4 singular
accident occurred 10 Mrs. Frank Hlgin-
b0tl,nm in P4i&tine last week. Some
fireworks led been fired oil near her
residence and portion OF rocket went
through Il window aud fell on the floor.
The Lext day her little hoy found itand
was playing with il. She took i: away
from him, and While examining it IN
explosion occurred, which badly
wounded her hand, nearly ssv=ring one
fueer, besGca !rtlicling severe cut on
the forehead.
Weston hiss n mechanic who has in
vented ~ machine By which he gays =
man with fourteen irch crank is capa.
bic OF generating five horac power. This
ID equivalent TO raiqing $1,000 pounds
five feet high or Rising l65, 1000 pounds
one foo! high in one minute, or in the
sane length Of time raiUinx 1000 pounds
lC5 feet Ligh; equal in power TO force a
ono pound cannon ball up through space
81 over thirty miles 4 Minute or nearly
double the rpeed OF a rife ball. This
machine, the inventor clAims, is now on
exhibition 1T hi8 shop and is furnishing
power ior a rip saw which requires Ave
horse power to drive it. According to
the figures one Inau with this machine
will do the work Of tbirty.iive men,
Democrat.
Christmas eve Galloway Neal, while
attempting 10 board n moving passenger
train Mt Froslburg, Md, jumped be.
tween the bumpers and caught the rail.
ing Of each Cur with his hands. Mr.. A,
Phillips was on the platform OF the car
he caught tho man by the neck anc
held him with the assistance OF the
guard rails OF the car. Phillips alarmed
the occupants Of the train by yelling;
Hold on, Gal" To the train hands he
followed Pull the belln' and after the
man had been dragged distance Of 2225
yards the train was stopped and the man
was released from his dangerous pos.
ition. Neal is a stalGart man, weighing
81 pounds, so it was 10 little struggle
tor him to bold himself up under those
circumstances. and it was with difficulty
that Mr.. PHILIPPE helped TO hold him.
Neal was nearly overcome from the cx-
element aud he ieels that Mr. Phillips
was the savior OF his life. Mr.. Phillips
Sustained slight injury on his arm.-
Cumberland NcuS.