The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-14
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out and strayed TO town. Ihey got on
the railroad track near Main street just
about the time the freight train was
passing north, and a collision occurred
in which the locomotive, as usual, came
out best. A steer belonging TO Mr..
Allen Entler had two legs cut off, and
one Of Mr.. Myers's COWS was so badly
iniared that It had to be killed. The
believing OF tho cattle and the other
incidents rather etfectually broke the
nights rest OF the people OF the neigh
borhood. Mr.. Myers has been playing
i'll hard luck, it seems. About week
ago some one set fire to q stack Of straw
in one OF his fields. and it was burned.
Then OH Saturday night dogs got after
his hogs and killed three Of them, be-
sides iniuring several others.-Shep-
hcrtlStoun Re0iStT.
The Cairo & Kanewha Valley railroad,
narrow gauge line connecting with
the Baltimore q Ohio at Cairo, in this
State, claims tho distinction OF employ.
ing the only female railroad engineer in
the Uuited States. The lady's name is
Miss Ida Hewitt, and she is tho daughter
OF Colonel Hewitt, one OF the principal
stockholders OF the road. Miss Ida, who
is Il very beautiful and accomplished
young woman under twenty years Of
age, has always had a peculiar fascina-
ton for machinery, and Mas spent o
large portion of her time in the shops
OF the company. She finally became q
machinist Of no mean ability, when she
undertook the'task of running an en-
CINE on the road, and her success was so
great that sheis now regularly employed
in TINT capacity, and makes her daily
run with as much regularity as the
most veteran engineer. Her engine is
said to be Il model OF neatness and
cleanliness, and she rarely misses max
ing schedule time.
A sad accident occurred near Knots
vile, this county, on last Friday, IN
which w. II. Williams lost his life. Mr..
Williams had hitched his horse to a
sled and had gone some distance above
his house TO do some hauling, when his
horse became frightenedand ran toward
the house. MIR. Williams was thrown
from the sled, but his leg by some means
caught in the sled and his body was
dragged along the ground to his house,
when his horse was stopped by Mr..
Clark Lewellen, who was near by. The
unfortunate man, when picked up, was
unconscious and only lived afewhours.
The deceased was about fifty years old
and an industrious, upright citizen. He
served in the Union army during the
late rebellion and was q member of
Reno Post, &. A. K, OF Grafton, under
whose auspices the funeral took place
on last Sunday at Knottsville, the Rev.
Mr.. Skidmore officiating. = Grafton
Leader.
There was on exhibition at the Green
brier county fair sundial Of Thomas
Jefferson that deserves special mention
on account of its workmanship and OF
tho eminent statesman to whom it
formerly belonged. 1t has on its face
the name OF Thos. Jefferson, placed
there by himself-experts ut Washing
ton having pronounced it genuine. The
history OF the dial is as follows: II was
procured from Monticello by friend OF
James Calwell, ST., the original owner Of
the White Sulphur Springs, and placed
on the lawn at that famous resort,
where, for number OF years, it was an
object OF much curiosity. 1t was pre-.
sented to the late Andrew Beirne, OF
Lewisburg, BY Lewis Calwell, and is
now the property Of his widow, Mrs.
Bette BeirnG.
Mrs. Eliza Pangle near Gninsboro,
was the possessor last week OF de-
formed calf, which has since been killed.
The striking features were three perfect
ears, one on the center OF its back, and
the other two in their proper places.
The third car was perfectly formed, but
twice as large as the others. The two
head ears varied in size, too. Its four
legs crossed but were not fastened to-
gether, and one was larger than the
other. The calf was. perfectly formed
otherwise, and healthy, but owing to
deformity in the legs, could not stand
alone for any length Of time Hinclses-
ter Netrs.
A very sud accident happened Mon
day about q mile and half below Alder
son, Greenbrier county. Mrs. Lawson
Campbell who had been visiting her
father, Mr.. William Bowyer, on Wolf
creek, was returning home in buggy
when her horse became frightened and
started to run off and began kicking.
Mrs. Campbell's little child, a boy about
two years old, was pitched out OF the
buggy and kicked i'll the head by the
horse, breaking its neck and killing it
instantly. Mrs. Campbell was also
thrown out and was badly hurt
On Monday there was afrightiul &C.
cident on the railroad grade down the
mountain, Just beyond the big trestle.
A freight train became unmanagcable
and four cars loaded with cattle Tor the
East was thrown over tho embank-
ment. Tho fireman, Luther Ramsburg,
OF Weston, was killed, and OF the SOW
enty-four cattle in the cars several were
killed and many more or less injured.
The loss to the company will be from
5000 to $4,000, and it is we'll it is no
worse.-BueEhannon RegiSter.
Silas Wismdu, OF Lowcsville, raised q
grand crop OF potatoes this year. Mr..
Tibbs, the butcher, was down in that
section the other day buying cattle, and
Mr.. Wisman showed him four potatoes
that weighed 81 pounds, fifteen that
weighed "a pounds, and dug four hills
in his presence which contained thirty
nine potatoes, aggregating twenty-iour
pounds-and 1t isn't very good year
Tor potatoes either.-Fdirmont Inder,
The West Union Rrcord says: Large
droves Of cattle are being shipped.
Isaac George brought in car load OF
fine steers from Mcclellan and shipped
them Tuesday. Two car loads OF fine
ones, grnzed by Mrs. Sarah Stout, on
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