Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-06-09
QUICK JUSTICE.
A BATCH OF WAYNE COUNTY RIOTERS SEN
FENCED.
Iron Ore Discoyered-A Flying Maehine-An Arm
Chopped Of With an Axe-Linc'ln County
COwbOys-DeStitutiOn Probable
in Hampshire.

The gang of rioters who recently raised
such disturbance on the line of the extern
sion Of the Norfolk & Western railroad, in
Wayne county, were very promptly dealt
with by the recent grand jury and Court
Seven negroes and one white man were in
dicted for felony. 1t having been ascer-
tanned that two of the colored men, James
Odell and Charles Heath, did not partici-
pate in the trouble but only ran away with
the others. the indictments against them
were dismissed The other five negroes,
VIM. Lilly, Charles Hockady, John James,
VIM. Scott and Alex Simms were tried
together The jury found them all guilty
but recommended Simms, Hockady, Scott
and James to the mercy of the Court Judge
Harvey gave Simms Hockady, Scott and
James one year each in the penitentiary
and sent Lilly, who appears TO have been
the leader, for two years aud six months.
VIM Sewell, the white man who was held
on warrant for stealing a coat from one
of the negroes was also indicted for shoot
ing at the negroes next morning after the
riot, with intent to kill. He confessed
guilty and was sentenced TO the penlten-
tiary for three years.
A discovery of iron ore which promises
great results, has been made at the ColfaX
we'll, near Fairmont. While running the
drill. at a depth of but eighteen feet,
ledge of iron ore five feet thick and exceed
ingly rich in quality was struck. A few
feet lower the drill passed through an
other vein of gray ore about three feet
thick of very superior. quality. The
Inder says: If the ore is Of the quality
thought by those who examined il, and the
veins are persistent, we may expect soon
to have furnaces in full blast in this sec
ton. The facilities here for the manufac-
ture of cheap iron, if the ore is good, is alb
solutely unsurpassed Limestone and coal
in abundance are found within short mile
of the ore and means of transportation
equal 10 any demand Full investigation
of the veins will be made shortly, and il is
to be hoped that the examination will prove
the conjectures as TO their value well
founded
| B. Cressler, gave an exhibition of his fly
| ing machine at Terra Alta, a few days ago.
The Times says that while the inventor
does not claim to have achieved perfection,
still he has succeeded in overcoming the
resistance of the air, and is able to utilize
it in bearing the weight Of his models,
some of which are rather heavy. He has
figures made in shape of birds which rise
either Tapping or sailing. His entire
thought has been to utilize the principle on
which bird flies. Along that line he
thinks the problem must be solved. as he
is confident it will be. Some disadvantages
that have hitherto frustrated the efforts of
genius are overcome by him in his models.
| The resistance of the air in the return
stroke of the wing no longer troubles him;
that is overcome; another difficulty has
been the inability of mans arms TO bear his
weight. This is overcome by placing il on
his feet.
Bill Kelley and John Fleming, two deni-
zens of Harris creek, Lincoln county, and
tough citizens, have for some time been
amusing themselves by shooting at inof
| fensive people, and otherwise disporting
themselves in the most approved cowboy
style The people failed 10 enter into this
sort Of entertainment with any zest, and a
month or so back the two turned up in the
county bastile on a State warrant. They
begged and plead and promised so well
that some of their neighbors, abound
ing more in kindness than good
Judgment, bailed them out. But
instead of becoming good Sunday school
scholars, as promised, they begun terror
ling the people again, when their bonds
men surrendered them, and last Sunday
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and guards, they found lodgment at the
Jail. They will be indicted.
Alex. Showers and Tom Wheeler are
neighbors. living near Grifithsville, Lin
coin county. and between them AN i'll feel
ing has existed for some time Showers
farm is so situated that in going to and from
work it was more convenient TO cross
Wheelers fields. To this the latter object
ed and warned Showers TO desist. Stow
ers defied the warning and Saturday even
ing he was assailed when passing through
Wheeler's yard. Showers knocked Wheeler
down with a corn-planter which he carried
and punishnd him severely; when Wheeler
arose he seized a sharp-bladed AK convent
emily near and struck his adversary a ter
rible blow ccross the right arm near the
shoulder, almost severing IL from the body,
II had to be amputated.
Sam Barnett, from near Leon, Mason
county, gave his wife $50 in paper, and at
the time his wife was sewing on Il pair Of
pants for him She wrapped the money in
piece of calico and pinned it to the lining
of the pants, intending to put IL away when
she got up, but which she forgot. Next day
Mr. Barnett dOnned the pants with the legs
stuffed in the boots and came 10 PIT Pleas
ant. Some one observing the pin, removed
it. The money passed down into his boot.
That night he rOOned at f.. y. WORKS,
where he emptied the boot. Next morning
the calico was found much soiled. after a
days wear in the boot and was swept in the
ash pan and burned, and Mr. Barnett is
out the $50.
Mr. j. Randolph Strider was instantly
killed by locomotive on the Baltimore x
Ohio Railroad at Peacher's Mill Crossing,
a mile west of Harper's Ferry, on Wednes-
day about noon. He had been to his farm
several miles above Shepherdstown in the
morning, driving twohorse wagon. He
was returning to his fathers place when
lust as he was crossing the railroad the
Cincinnati express train struck his wagon
He was instantly killed. One limb was cut
off and his body was badly bruised besides !
He was killed within sight of home and in
full view of his sister, who stated that the |
engineer did not sound the whistle until |
the locomotive was almost upon the team |
The horses were uninjured, but the wagon
was smashed and four hogs in it killed
Two wrecks occurred on the West Vim /
ginia Central last Saturday. A freight car
was thrown from the track into the river /
near Davis Mine. The evening passenger |
train was derailed near Fairfax. II is said /
that the car would have gone over a high /
embankment had il been derailed ouly "A |
few feet ahead. II might have been a seri-
Gus accident, but fortunately no one was
hurt
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