Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-07
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serious and almost necessarily fatal In
| jnries, while at work at Sites & Wiley's
stone quarry, at G. w. Ferguson's.
blast was touched off and Warf took
shelter behind pile of stone near by.
Fragments from the blast tore the pile
Of stone down. A large block fell on
Warf and broke his back about the
middle and otherwise crushed and In
jured him. There is no circulation be-
| low the injury, and the lower part OF
the body and the limbs are not sensitive
to touch or Of pain. DR.. Burgess, who
attended him, says the unfortunate
man may live in that condition for some
| time.
A diabolical trick, performed by some
miscreant, came to light at Parkersburg
| Saturday. One of Prof. Tolbert's men
was arranging the balloon and apparat-
us for the ascension this afternoon.
| When he started to fix the trapeze he
| discovered that one Of the ropes had
been cut nearly in two. Had this not
been discovered by the attendant the
| spectators in the afternoon would have
been treated TO most terrible and
sickening sight. There is hardly
doubt but what the rope would have
broken and let the daring aeronaut fall
to the ground.
Last Thursday the colored Odd Eel
lows Of Cumberland, Nd, held a picnic
at the mouth Of Little Capon, In Hamp-
shire county. Toughs were there In
abundance, with plenty Of fighting
whisky. A game of base ball between
Cumberland and Paw Paw clubs, ended
in general row. A number of pistol
shots were fired, several of which took
effect. Ed. Preston, saloon-keeper
of Cumberland, was badly used up.
"Sweet" Williams, Of the same place,
was shot In the head. Both are crit
ically Ill and may die.
John McGinnis, three miles east OF
town, was attracted by peculiar
noise, which he thought was a locust,
but this peculiar noise so annoyed Mrs.
McGinnis she could not rest and the
following day Mrs. Sarah E. Moffet,
sister of Mrs. McGinnis, discovered
rattlesnake under the bureau which al
ter being dispatched measured "A inches
in length. Remarkable to say this
snake was in the house from Thursday
night until Saturday noon and no one
bitten by it.-Gtlmer Banner.
Here's another dldn't-know-it-was-
loaded accident" A 80 calibre Smith
and Wesson pistol in the hands OF John
Crowl, of Weston, was discharged, and
the ball struck his mother In the back,
passing directly through the left lung,
and lodged in the skin below the nipple
where 1t was extracted by Drs. Edmiston
and Bailey. Crowl says he did not know
it was loaded. His mother still lives
and there is hope OF her recovery.
Train No. 4, east bound, struck near
Flagg's Crossing, on the 3. & o., about
one and half miles east Of Martins
burg, on Thursday morning last, Thos.
Arnica, brakeman, who had been sent
back to flag the train. He sat down on
the track and went to sleep and was hit
by the pilot of the engine. He died
early Friday morning from the results
of his injuries, and his remains were
sent to Paw Paw for burial.
The largest sunflower we have ever
seen was brought to our office this
morning by J. II. Barker, OF Elk City.
The stalk is II feet, inches in height
and inches in circumference and the
flower itself measures 4 feet and l inch
in circumference. 1t is veritable cur
iosity, owing to It's mammoth size
Charleston Star.
Eugene W. Stump, of Little Capon,
Hampshire county, while out hunting
last Saturday, in company with Eddie
Nolan, was accidentally shot by w. ID.
Moore, who was also hunting. The ball
took effect in his right side, just below
the ribs. The wound, we understand,
is very painful, but is thought not to be
a serious one.
A negro excursionist was killed just
below Harper's Ferry last Monday. He
had his head out Of the car window or
was leaning out over the platform, when
his head struck post to cattle pen
schultz, crushing his skull.
James E. Neal, OF Philadelphia, Pa,
who has been making Parsons, Tucker
county, his headquarters for the past
two years, was taken violently insane
last week. He was taken to his home
in Philadelphia.
At the new town of Williamson, in
Logan county. on the line of the Ohio
extension u Iuc ~ ~ W. AS' Ae'i -" iNi 90
sale of lots was made last week. The
town starts out under favorable
auspices.
An eight-year-old son Of John Meyers,
living about thirteen miles from Frank
lin, Pendleton county, was bitten in the
hand by a rattlesnake few days ago.
His arm was much swollen a. last ac-
counts.
The big dry house Of the Blackwater
Lumber Company, at Davis, Tucker
county, caught fire at 3 o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon and the building and
a large amount of lumber was consum-
| ed.
Tom Scott, the colored man charged
with the murder of William Childrey, at
Huntington, and who was recently ar
rested at Leavenworth, Kansas, has
been safely Jailed at Huntington.
Peter Dunn, of Falling Water, Berke-
lev county, died last Wednesday, aged
GA wears. He was born in Roscommon
county, ireland, June 5, 1898. He came
! to America in 1859.
Martinsburg has handsome new
daily, the World.