Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1890-11-03
THROUGH THE STATE.
Accidents and Incidhnts of the Past Week
in West Virginia.

On last Friday night Frank Turley
and his wife, of Moorefeld, were awaken
ed by loud noise, and Frank got up to
investigate. Going down stairs he
found VIII Hendrickson's bed room full
of smoke and the smell of powder very
strong. About that time he heard VIII
say, "Come on Harry; there amt no
ducks here" Frank began to investi-
gate, and he found the boy in bed with
the shot gun by his side with one empty
shell in it. VIII dreamed that he
and Harry Harwood were duck hunting
and got up in his sleep, got the gun and
shell loaded with buckshot. They
can't figure out where he got the shell
loaded with buckShot, as none were
known to be about the house. Anyway,
he got one, loaded the gun and fired il
off. The dining room door was open and
the load went into the kitchen, nearly
amputating two legs of a chair and
puncturing the tail of Franks coat in
various places. During all this racket
the boy didn't wake up, and Frank had
to pull him out of bed and thump him
around some time before he got awake.
Then he wanted to know what all the
racket was about.
Miss Lulu Jaco has brought suit
against DR.. 4. IL. Thayer for S2j, 900.
She charges him with betraying her
under a promise of marriage. The az
fair has created no small amount Of
gossip, and is very unfortunate to say
the least. The friends of the doctor
claim he is entirely innocent, and de-
clare that the whole scheme is one OF
blackmail. If this be true we wish him
n speedy and unqualified vindication,
and will rejoice TO see the guilty wretch
(whoever he may be-. brought TO JUS
tice. The man who invaded this home
and robbed the poor orphan girl Of her
all (her character) is too much OF
lbertine to live, and too much Of
wretch to dic.-GrUfton Leader.
George Mountz, formerly a conduc-
tor on the w. Va. c. & =. railroad. shot
Simeon Long in the head, at saloon
kept by the latter in WcsternpOrt, on
Tuesday evening last. They had some
trouble, the nature of which does not
appear to be very well defined, about
woman, and it is probable that both
were somewhat under the influence OF
whisky. At latest accounts Long was
still alive with the bullet In his head,
and Mountz was in the lookup await
ing the result Of his victims injuries.
Webster, the Six-year-old son of Mrs.
Keplinger, widow residing in Martins
burg, met with Il horrible accident last
week. Mr.. Files, 4 neighbor, sent him
to the house for some matches and 1t Is
supposed that he did not give all of
them to him, for a few moments after
wards they saw the little fellow covered
with flames, his clothing having caught
from a fire he had built. His whole
body was burned his back almost to a
crisp. 1t is doubtful whether he will
recover.
John Foster. a son of Attorney Eos
ter. of Buckhannon, had both feet cut
of by a train, last Monday evening. He
had been standing on the car platform,
and was warned by the conductor it was
a dangerous place. few minutes
later a Jar of the cars knocked him
under the wheels.
J. 5. Cox was killed by b. n o.
train near Shepherdstown, Wednesday
morning last. He stepped off one track
to avoid train, and in so doing got in
front of an engine on the second track.
Nelly Feeney, a little daughter of
Thos. Feeney, of Philippi, was burned
to death last Saturday by her clothes
catching fire while she was playing with
a red-hot poker.
The money has been subscribed by
citizens of Lewisburg, Ronceverte and
vicinity for a survey of the railroad so
much talked of between the two towns.
A poplar tree recently cut in Brax-
ton yielded five 12-foot logs from the
trunk, each log averaging feet in d.
ameter.
VIM. McKinnon has been jailed at
Jackson c. II. for working the ilim-ham
racket on store keepers.
A catamount over four feet long was
shot by II. c. Coole, near Mooreheld,
last week.