Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-31
FAMILY ARRESTED.
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| J. PrichaEd, c. w. Ferguson and Chap
man Fry have closed a contract for
sinking an oil we'll on their East Lynn
property with limit as to depth OF
$500 feet. If they should strike oil,
and it is very probably that they will,
1t will greatly increase the value of
their already valuable property. The
section at and near East Lynn appears
10 have been specially favored with
valuable resources. 1t has the finest
showing of coal on the Twelve Pole; a
| large vein of No. and small vein OF
No. fire clay have already been dis
covered; deposit or mineral paint has
been found that has only to be ground
and mixed with oil to be used; lead has
been found there, and large deposits OF
rich iron ore abound. With railroad
up the East Fork. the East Lynn prop
erty will prove bonanza to its owners. "
1t seems that Paris Brumfield, of Lin
coin county, is not dead after all. He
turned up all right in Huntington Fri
day and told how the story Of his death
originated. He had rallen from the
raft on which he was floating down the
stream, and as soon as his head came
above the water the old feeling OF mis-
chief entered it, and he began to howl
and feign strangling and act like a
drowning man generally. He went
under the water and dived to shore. 1t
was dark, and the men on the raft
thought they had seen the last OF poor
Paris. They had to stand by the raft,
and they circulated the story that Paris
body might be found in the murky
waters of the Guyan. But it seems
that Paris was not born to be drowned.
On Monday night last as Miss Bell, Of
Martinsburg, was in the act of retiring
for the night at the residence OF MIR.
Ed. Henson, at Bunker Hill, she discov-
cred burly negro under the bed in al
most q nude condition, She screamed
loudly in her fright, but before help ar
rived the negro bolted from the house
and escaped, A diligent search was at
once instituted, but the brute was not
captured until Tuesday, when he was
seen by Mr.. George L. Sencindiver
crawling under hog pen to hide. He
was hauled out and brought to this city,
where he now lies in jail.
Frank Cox, jobber for the Beaver
Creek Lumber Company, left the Cox
Camp in Tucker county, last Saturday,
and many of his men up there are anxi-
Gus TO know his whereabouts. Satur-
day he drew about 50, 500 to pay off men
in his employ, but he failed to show up
at the camp after obtaining the money.
He also obtained $50. so worth of cloth
ing from Hillelson e. Kaplan OF this
place. His whereabouts are unknown,
and his men are believed to be left out
in the cold so far as their pay is con-
cerned.
A shooting ARRAY occurred at or near
Craigsville, Nicholas County, few days
since between man by the name OF
Lee of the first part and Mullins and
two boys named Rose of the second
part. Lee did most Of the shooting.
No one was hurt, but bullet came so
close to one of the Rose boys as to as
sist in combing his hair. Some thirty
shots were fired and but for being so far
apart some one would have been killed.
A grudge was the cause.
1t looks like there will be more ex-
tensiye mbering in Twelve Pole this
year than there has been in any previous
year. w. 5 Napier has q large num-
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He will have ten thousand logs in
Kiahs creek alone. S. S. Vinson hav-
ing purchased the large and valuable
timber supply of the lands OF the
Guyandot Coal Land Association, has
already given large number of con-
tracts and will have 100 teams at work
soon.
In his efforts to collect the Judgment
against the bondsmen Of ex-Sheritf
Wilkinson, of Wayne County, it looks
like Judge Johnson, attorney for the
State, will go to the extreme limit Of
the law. He has even brought suit to
set aside conveyances for valuable
consideration, made before the institu-
ton of the suit in which the judgment
was rendered. He will probably fail in
this.
Bill Davis, of Catettsburg, Twas ar
rested at Huntington by City Marshal
Mays and Constable Wilson. Some
three weeks ago he cut a man with in
tent to kill. The crime was committed
In Kentucky. He was locked up in Jail
awaiting a reQuisition from the Gov
ernor of the State, but cut a hole in the
floor and escaped.
Tuesday of this week the State mill
tary encampment will open at Gypsy
Grove, Monongolia county, and sixteen
companies will be in attendance. The
brigade and other officers will arrive
Tuesday, and the military commands
will report the following day. Next
Sunday Rt. Rev. Bishop Peterkin will
preach TO the camp.
Mr.. George Mish, living near Darkes-
Vile, Berkeley county, raised this season
on 81 acres of land 625 bushels OF mer-
charitable potatoes, on one-sixteenth Of
an acre 40 bushels OF large onions, and
on another piece of ground Of the same
size 90 bushels of onion sets. Mr.. Mish
has realized that it pays to grow some
thing else besides corn and wheat.
Mr.. Mike Hines, son of Mr.. Ed. Hines,
of White Sulphur Springs, waskilled
at Graham, Tazewell county, Virginia,