Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-10

TWO years. was taken In custody last
Saturday by Constables Holley and Pc
trle upon warrant sworn out by Miss
Emma Ellsworth, charging him with an
assault with an attempt to commit
rape. Craig was brought before Squire
/ Smith and waved examination, giving
bond for his appearance in the sum of
$500. The doctor asserts his innocence
and we hope he may be able to establish
| it, but II guilty deserves punishment to
/ the full extent OF the law. The girl is
II years old and was domestic in DR..
| Craig's house. Her neighbors say she
has always borne good reputation
Lincoln Citizen.
Mr.. VIM. NJ Tyree, an agent for NJ.
Erskine Miller, of Staunton, Fl. H. Fay,
of Boston, R. h. Grocer, Of Philadel-
/ phia, and other northern capitalists, has
invested the sum Of $1,000. 900 in coal
and timber lands in Greenbrier, Nicho-
las and Fayette counties. The deeds
have been all made, and just now no
other lands will be brought. Messrs.
/ Miller ard Fay were here last Friday
and went with Mr.. Tyree to examine
these lands. On Big mountain, in this
county, they examined two four-foot
seams and one ive-foot seam Of first
class cooking coal, and expressed them
/ selves as pleased with their purchases.
Some well known Huntington and
/ Logan county capitalists have started
new town called Williamson on the line
| Of the Norfolk & Western railroad in
Logan county. The first move was to
/ get newspaper established, and then
I they organized a company, and will be-
| gin the publication Of apewspaper call
ed the Sandy Valley NelO Era, at an
early day. The new town has bright
! prospects.
The fire is still raging in the Glenn
ents mines at FairmOnt and it is the
/ opinion Of many that it will rage on
with the present facilities for fighting
it. Water is being pumped into the
mine every day and night, but it is said
il runs out about as fast as it is pumped
in. The neighborhoOd has suffered
considerably on account Of the fire, as
very little work has been done since IL
commenced.
Mrs. and Miss Duffy and Miss Kate
Curran, OF Martinsburg, while visiting
at Michael Goheen's, Esq. were attacked
by three men on Thursday evening about
shutdown, and the ladies made their
escape from the wretches by jumping a
wire fence and gaining admittance to
ex-Sheriff Lannon's house. Though ter
ribly frightened tlNy were unframed,
Mr.. Lannon's residence serving as pro-
tectOr.
Two Italians who worked on the canal
at Mountain Lock, about six miles be-
low Shepherdstown were drowned last
Sunday. They were in bathing, and
although unable to swim jumped from a
boat into deep water. They drowned
in sight of a number OF persons, who
were unable to help them. The bodies
were recovered and buried.
Posters are out announcing meeting
at Dunlow on the 18th inst, Of tho citi-
zens of Grant and Lincoln districts OF
Wayne county, OF ChapmanSville and
Hardee districts OF Logan county and
Laurel Hill and Harris Creek districts OF
Lincoln county, for the purpose, so
states the circular, Of organizing new
county.
A great deal of excitement was
created in and about Petersburg, Grant
county, Thursday, growing ont OF q
rumor that Marsh, the President OF the
keystone National bank, of Philadel-
phia, had been there the night before
with friend. The strangers were fol-
lowed for a distance, but no arrests
made.
J. II. Huffman, whose narrow escape
from being lynched, in Greenbrier coun-
tv, about ten days ago, was re-
ferred TO last week, has been forced TO
leave the county. Huffman went to the
locality where he had the trouble from
Putnam county, four years ago.
A few nights ago "Bub" Wheeler, a
Lewis county man, went to his home
and found four colOred men sacking the
residence. Wheeler borrowed shot
gun from a neighbOr and fired into the
crowd, seriously wounding one man.
| No arrests were made.
The South Penn Oil Company is sur
rendering all its oil leases in Grant dis
trict. Ritchel county. This action by
the company is not understood, as 1t Is
universally conceded il there is any oil
at all in Richie county it is in Grant
district.
The Pendleton NclOS chronicles the
killing by w. n. Murphy, OF snake OF
an unknown species, five feet long and
seven inches in circumference. Mr..
Murphy says he is confident the snake
could have swallowed small child.
Last week the Central Normal school,
Pleasureville, Kentucky, conferred up
on Hon. T. c. AtkeSOn, president OF the
State Board OF Agriculture for west
Virginia, the distinguished title OF
bachelor or philosophy.
William BaiSdon, formerly of Logan
county, was last week sentenced, In
Buchanan county, Va, to eighteen
years In the penitentiary for the murder
of man named Irons, TWO years ago.
Last Friday John B.. the three-year-
old son of J. b. Wilkinson, Of Logan
county, drank vial Of creosote, which
he took to cure the toothache. His life
was saved with difficulty.
Charley Cox, Of Taylor county, lost an
eye under peculiar circumstances. John
Sine threw a stons at COW. The stone
hit the animals horn, glanced, and
struck Cox in the eye.
Ex-senator j. n. Camden IS IN rocco
hontaS and Webster counties looking
over the line Of the West Virginia and
Pittsburgh railroad, now in course OF
construction.
James Brewer has been sentenced, In
Logan county, to be imprisoned In the
penitentiary for ten years, for the crime
OF murder in the second degree.
Nearly thirteen hundred head OF sheep
AMI lambs were shipped from Ravens