Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-02


raised Evans from very small boy, and
some time ago the latter had induced
the formers wife to leave with him.
After few weeks they returned ana
began housekeeping in the neighbor-
hood. On the occasion OF the shooting
Evans was tantalizing Davis about his
wife, whereupon the latter got his rifle
aud fired ball into Evans breast, pro-
ducing dangerous wound. Davis came
to the Kentucky side of the river"
There were smiles on the faces OF our
people Wednesday morning when they
heard the gas escaping from the Ten
nant well on @. p. Russell's farm just
across the river and opposite the centre
OF town. The roar OF the gas sounded
like steam from dozen steam boilers
escaping. Mr.. Tenant says the well
will furnish enough gas to run every
fire aud mill in the town four or hve
times. As gasser it is simply I'M
mense, nothing of the kind to any ways
equal il has been found In this neigh
hood. Mr.. Tenant will pipe 1t into
town IL he can secure the privilege In
an anything like favorable terms, so
benefit of natural gas at less expense
than coal now costs them.-Iyter Demo-
crdt.
A State Farmers Institute, under the
auspices of the West Virginia State
Board Of Agriculture, assisted by mem
beers of the West Virginia Experimental
Station and the Professor Of Agriculture
of the State University, will be held at
Clarksburg, Wednesday and Thursday,
November II and IL. Prof. L. G. Alike
son, DR.. T. A. Myers, Prof. A. ID. HOP
kins, Col. ID. d. Johnson and DR.. y. L.
Millspaugh will lecture and open SUBJ
iects for discussion upon purely agricul-
tural topics, in which discussions the
farmers of each locality are cordially
requested to take part. At evening
sessions q calcium light will be used 10
illustrate by photography agricultural
subjects of interest.
Mrs. Mollie Davis, the estimable wife
OF Mr.. c. c. Davis, Of Richie county,
has been suffering great deal OF an
noyance and pain from rather a pecu-
liar cause. While eating plum butter,
recently, she swallowed q plum SEED,
which lodged in her throat, and has re-
NAMED there ever since. Mrs. Davis
has consulted prominent physicians OF
Buckhannon and Clarksburg, none OF
whom mas been able to remove the seed,
| and il is difficult to determine what the
result will be IL some means are not
| soon found to dislodge IL. IL Is reared
that it will be necessary to cut the SEED
out of her throat.
Quite an interesting case OF comous-
| tion occurred at j. l.. Orders drug
store, at Huntington. A globular vase
was filed with water in the show win
dow. while close behind it was frame
on which was placed several pieces or
wood showing specimens of vanishing.
| The RAYS of the sun were so concen-
trated by shining through the jar OF
water as to ignite the wooden frame.
| The smoke In the window was dlscOv-
cred when an examination found the
fire burning. Had there been no one
present for short time there might
have been serious results, and no one
have known how the fire was started.
Last Monday afternoon Mr.. William
Howard aud Miss Julia Woods, two
members of colored society in Shop
herdstown who, though yet youthful,
are not unknown to fame OF certain
sort, regaled themselves with walk up
ASdia iRaff track. Mr.: Howarfd Ii'r maSl
ner remarked TO Miss Woods that ne be-
lieved he would pepper her, as remem-
brance of the occasion. He pointed the
gun at her, and to his establishment and
Miss Woods panied surprise the gun
went off, part of the charge wounding
the lady in the back. Howard has fled.
The new iron bridge across the Poto-
mac river at Hancock seems fated to Ill
luck. The worst accident In connection
with its construction occurred last
Thursday, when one entire span was
thrown ninety feet into the river below
! by the giving away OF the falsework.
Two men, named Jones and Smith, en-
/ ployed on the bridge, and Hancock
man named Brakeall, went down with
the wreck. Jones was killed and Smith
fatally injured, but Brakeall escaped
unhurt. The bridge would have been
finished in another week but for the ac-
| cident.
There was big shooting match at a
house kept by woman named
Belle jenkins, at Central City, Cabell
county, a few days ago. 1t appears
that two bricklayers named Jones and
Procket fell out over the same
girl, Lottie Packer, and met at the
house, when 4 war Of words ensued and
a number of shots were fired, but no one
has been able to find out who did the
shooting. No one was killed and no
arrests were made.
The Martinsburg World says that q
thief broke into the smoke-houSe OF
Mr.. III. NJ. Tabler, in Berkeley county,
on the night of October 21st, aud stole
lot of hams and other meat. Frank
Phoenix, a colored man living in
Hedgesville, has been arrested for the
crime. On Friday night, says the
Statesman, some one stole all or Mr..
John French's meat and then set lire
to the smoke-house, which was con-
sumed, together with several other out
buildings.
The South Penn we'll on the Urias
Taught farm, at the head OF Peddlar's
run, Monongalia county, is certainly the
biggest we'll ever struck in West Vir-
ginia. 1t has now been flowing about
two weeks and its daily production will
reach one thousand barrels. This well
is situated about one thousand feet
from the well on Milton Wilson's place,
north Of the Wilson well, but west of
the oil line. The striking of so large
we'll has to some extent revived business
in oil circles.
Last Friday some hounds ran red