Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-25

Dufield is his name, and he carries the
mail from Jackson Court House to Bur
falo twice each week, supplying Twelve
offices and making over 2lO miles. MI
Duflield took the contract for carrying
the mail under President Hayes, and up
to the present time has walked 11O,OOO
miles, distance equal TO over for times
around the globe.
The woods near Kanawha Falls are
infested with bears. A Mr.. Baker,
while hunting his cows one day last
week came Unexpectedly upon family
of six, four of which he succeeded in
freeing without the aid of a dog or gun.
As they went up different trees, he
could not keep them all in view, and
two of them escaped. Mr. b. watched
the other two until morning, when he
captured them alive and well, and will
tame them. They are supposed to have
been driven to that locality by forest
fires.
Sim Johnson, who is now confined in
the Kanawha county jail under SEN
tence of death, the execution TO take
place June 10Th, seems to be taking
things as easy as could be expected
under the circumstances. He is very
quiet in his manner, his appetite is fairly
good, and his sleeps seems TO be undis-
turbed by visions of his coming fate.
His counsel has given up all hope of
saving him from the gallows and it is
harply likely that any further effort
will be made in his behalf.
James Johnson recently, while TAX
ing up the brick of an old cave on the
lands of VIM. HaSS, about 200 yards
east of Little CacapOn bridge and on
the north side of the Baltimore and
Ohio railroad track. found cemented in
them small iron box containing
1913 in gold II is supposed that it had
been put there many years ago and had
been forgotten, or the person placing
it there died without ever revealing the
same.
Considerable excitement was created
out i'm the settlement northwest OF
Kingwood. about Shafer, Brown Il Co. S
saw mill last week, by the appearance
of a bear. 1t came TO house one night
and ate out of the swill-barrel, and lay
all night in the yard, where lunches OF
its hair were found next day. a woman
saw it, and Mr.. Grove c. Jackson also
saw it. DR.. Pratt, Julius X. Monroe
and Sheriff Jackson went out hunting
for it on Monday, but could not see II.
A great many pine trees are dying
through the vallieS as far east as the
Blue Ridge mountains aud continuing
TO the Ohio river. The bark seems
To be all full of small holes and the rosin
is somewhat Spewed out. When the
tree is cut down about 30 feet from the
stump it is blue or mildewed. The de-
cline of these trees has only been in the
last four or five months, and it COM
menceS at the top.
A well in Mrs. McKinney's cellar in
this place, which has been used for
some years only for washing purposes,
is now so impregnated with oil that it
cannot be used. 1t is near the other
we'll and it is feared that it will also be-
come unfit for use. There has been no
oil kept either in the cellar or in the
smokehOuSe over it. The water when
drawn smells very strong of Oil.-Ritchte
ReUiclc.
nenormous catfish inhabits the Ka-
nawha river near the mouth of Poca,
and il has been seen by citizens at differ
ent times for the past fifteen years. 1t
is said 10 be fully six feet in length and
that a number OF trot-lineS have been
broken in futile attempts 10 capture IL.
PIT. Pleasant Gazette.
The b. & o. railroad bridge at Har-
per'S Ferry is to be remodeed, the
change being designed TO do away with
the curve in the bridge on the Virginia
side. The contractors for the new piers
required were in Harper'S Ferry last
week arranging to do the work
The Red Men had q very pleasant
anniversary celebration at RowelSburg
last Thursday. The affair was under
the auspices Of the Tribe and the Poca
hontaS degree lodge of that place. a
parade in the evening and supper at
night were the features Of the occasion.
"a. S. Cof, of Louisville, raised the
third Shory window of his room at the
81. Nicholas Hotel, Huntington, before
daylight Tuesday morning, and stepped
out, falling thirty-iiye feet. He was not
seriously injured.
A company of New Workers are pre-
pairing to plant large saw mill on
Back Fork of Elk, above the mouth Of
Sugar creek, for the purpose of saving
timber on a large tract of land owned
by them in that section.
The work of putting in the iron trest-
ling on the Maryland side of the Nor
folk and Western railroad bridge across