Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-10-12
STATE TOPICS.
OUR WEEKLY LIST OF LIVE NEWS
PARAGRAPHS.
The Leading Items OF Intelligence in the Interior
Counties, IS Cleaned from the Press
Of the State.

A dog got among flock of sheep be-
longing TO Mr.. Dan Oliver, near Roc k
castle, Wednesday night. He heard the
dog and commOtion among his sheep,
and got up and went out with knife In
hand. He caught the dog by the throat,
and a terrific struggle ensned, but he
managed TO plunge the knife into the
dogs breast several times, and thinking
be had given the animal his death
wound, threw the dog from him. The
animal soon rallied and made for Mr..
Oliver and grabbed him by the throat
and pushed him over into gully, and
here the fight was again renewed. Mr..
| Oliver managed TO get his arm around
the dogs neck and forcing him back,
nlnnped the knife again Into him, this
| time penetrating the heart, when the
dog rolled over dead. Mr.. Oliver was
| only slightly bitten on the throat. 1t
was a fearful battle, as the dog was a
large mastiff, aud weighed over one
hundred pounds. Mr.. oliver is al old
man, being over sixty years OF age, but
a man of remarkable strength. lie Is
now the hero of Cooper district.-Pt.
Pleasant Register.
Mr.. Knight, of lie Sage, Caoell
county. went to Huntington, Wednes-
day, and got full. He was soon at
tackled with vomiting and coughed up
snake a foot long. Knight said that
for two years he had been troubled q
great deal with his stomach. 1t seemed
to him that there was always some un-
w
always worse when he was drinking.
He said that about two years ago he
took a drink from spring near his
home and soon after first felt the roll
ing around in his stomach, which has
continued since. At times he could not
eat and he would often be attacked with
vomiting.
Burglars entered the store Of NJ. V.
Chapman & Son, at Whites Creek, Fri
day night, and secured in all money
and goods amounting TO $1,000. The
entrance was made through window,
and the safe was blown open, from
which the money was taken. They
took a horse and buggy belonging to
some parties and drove about four miles
from the place and then took to the
hills. The police and detectives of the
neIghboring towns have been notified
and all are In sesch for the thieves.
So quietly was the work done that no
one was awakened by the noise.
A very serious accident happened
near the mouth of Seneca, Pendleton
county, Septem Der 22d. Mr.. Isaac Judy,
of Circleville, was coming from Davis,
where he had been with load of pro-
duce, with two-horse team, when the
horses became frightened by dog run
ming past and ran over a cliff thirty
feet high, landing horses, wagon and
driver In the water below. Both horses
were killed instantly, being crushed
and mangled; Mr.. Judy had one leg
broken and the other badly cut In sew
eral places, while the wagon was
complete wreck.-PeterSblTg Gazette.
A premature explosion OF dynamite
which was nsed for blasting, injured
one man fatally and another very serl-
ousy at Burning Springs on Saturday
morning. Some men were at work
blasting rock near the new Government
lock above the springs to be used In the
lock. In some way the blasting dyna-
mite exploded while the men were work
ing around it. The explosion was ter
rible one. a man named Felix Morgan,
who was working there, had both eyes
blown out and was otherwise injured.
His wounds are considered fatal.
A man by the name Of 0xley, living
in the vicinity OF West Huttonsville,
manufactures colcoction Of elder
berry Juice and other liquid substances
that is said to fill man with an uncon-
trolable desire to murder his best
friends. At dance In that vicinity re-
Gently several persons under the inhu-
ence of Oxley's brand Of the ardent be-
came engaged in a racket that resulted
in several persons getting shot, among
them a young lady, was thought to
be fatally injured, but is now recover
ing.
William Harwood, First District
appraiser Of land, Saturday night while
dreaming, jumped out of bed and broke
his collar bone. He was out quail hunt
ing and was reaching down his hand
about to gather up fine bird, near
large stump, when, great Jupiter! there,
coiled, ready to strike, was the greatest
monster of rattlesnake the world has
ever seea. He sprang for his life and
Weakening up he found himself lying on
the floor Of his room at home with q
broken collar bone.-Jdckson Bltgle.
George Washington, while surveying
In this vicinity, left several deep axe
marks in a sturdy oak tree now alive
and standing on ground about one mile
and half south Of the city, from 18th
street. Later surveyors, from records
left by the father Of our country, verify
this fact. City Surveyor J. l.. Thorn
burg will convince you Of the correct
ness OF the staten ent.-HlIlttrgtOn
Commercial.
ALI Conway, wealthy citizen OF
Tyler county, was indicted two or three
times by the recent grand jury OF that
woman named Till Rosenbeck, with
whom he has lived for several years and
who has borne him several children.
Some say they are married, and others
say they are not. 1t has produced an
exciting ensation.-Senti1leL
J. NJ. Picklesimer is about to COM
plete his three years term In the peni-
Tertiary, for manslughter in Logan
county. He will then be taken back to
Logan and tried on another charge OF
manslaughter. 1t win be remembered
that when he shot into the assembly st
the school house be killed two persons,
a dwarf that belonged TO the exhibition
and boy, son OF Justice Hamilton.
Pedro Marian, an Italian working on
the n. & W. BY, was bitten by spider