Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-07-10
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.

In Webster county, recently, 4,S0O
acres of coal land were sold at Sl2o
per acre.
Bertha Davidson, a seven-year-old
girl shot herself through the heart at
Clarksburg. She found a revolver In
a desk and was play ing with it, when
it went off.
Frank A. Parsons, a civil engineer,
son of Colonel Parsons, chief engineer
of the West Virginia Central Railroad,
had his right hand blown off by dy-
Mantle near Beverly, Saturday.
Four wears ago Judge A. c. Snyder,
of Lewisburg, purchased $500 acres oil
land near Nicholas Courthouse al
sale for delinquent taxes and gave S9O
for the land. He held it until last
week, when he sold it to Eastern cap,
italists for $4,000, $4,000 cash and
the balance payable in six and twelve
months with interest.
James Hawkins and Howard Dol
son, returning Tuesday from Buffalo,
where they had been with Joe Loeb
EFT. Jr., who had agreed to overtake
them, were halted by two mask led
men. Dolson escaped, but Hawkins
was shot and robbed. Before dying
next morning he described his assail-
ants. Dolson was arrested. He said
Luther Glenn and Joe Lochett, Jr.,
were the masked men. They were
arrested and jailed at Winfield. The
murderers got Sl5.
A case of crying Wolf once too
often occurred at Parkersburg one
day last week. Several young men
went in swimming and one of them,
who was an excellent swimmer, amused
himself by pretending to be drowning
and calling the others to his assist
ance. Finally, after he had repeatedly
deceived them, his companions paid
no attention to his cries; but when
they were ready to leave the water
thev searched in vain for their foolish
friend-he had called in earnest the
last time and had drowned almost
under their eyes.
Ed. Pickett, the popular Baltimore
g. Ohio conductor, carried as passen-
gers on his train last Thursday thirty
pupils of the deaf and dumb school at
Romney who were going home to
spend their vacation, and expected to
take the Ohio River Railroad at Par
kersburg. Ed. telegraphed the otfi-
Gals of the road, Il have thirty mutes
on board, please be prepared to re-
ceive them" The dispatch was re-
ceived all right, but the operators
read it mules" instead OF 'mutes."
Two cattle cars of the most improved
pattern were awaiting his train as 1t
pulled into Parkersburg - Ctarks6urg
NepS
A correspondent of the REGISTER
sends us the following true account Of
a most notable fight in this State ::
There have been many stories in print
and in circulation about the Hall and
Steele fight which took place at Squire
Murphy's on the bank of the Tug riv-
er in Mcdowell county, about 90 miles
from Elkhorn but what is said in this
article will come nearer to the facts.
Old Lewis Hall, as he is called, and
Young Lewis met Sam and Hiram
Steele at the above place; a quarrel
commenced between young Lewis
Hall and Hiram Steele. resulting IN
young Lewis being shot through the
breast, dying instantly and never
speaking IL WORN. Dilll pitcIc hlli
son Hiram shot several times at old
Lewis Hall, one ball entering through
his hand and another through his
coat, but Hiram had seven shots
through his body in less time than it
takes to count that number, and fell
dead by the side of young Lewis:
Sam Steele was shot three times and
died short time afterward. 1t is
said that the fight was most excit-
ing one, and that old Lewis Hall
showed his grit and bravery as he has
shown it many times before. lie is,
no doubt, the best fighter in West Nir-
ginia to-day. At the May term of
court at Perryville he appeared and
had his hearing. On the new railroad
that is now being constructed through
the vicinity in which he resides, the
men employed, from engineer and
contractor down to the negro laborer,
all like Mr.. Hall and find him to be q
square man to deal with and "a liberal
man with any of his worldly posses
sionS. H.