Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-11-16
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Williams has completed
squire % -, reassesslng the real estate
the worn - The valuation OF the
ID Harry as fixed by him, Is Sl.stt'-
rs,l I'm In 1850 the valuatlon s ~ In ~
$50 s..ate in the county was .I nAeu ~ ~
real ESQ.,. -oS "a. This shows decrease y, VI
sl9g5,, 's 20 in ten years. The cause Ior
g6so4.OOoa, S 10 great extent, was oy
this deC \, along the river being oadiy
the anu bv floods; another cause Is the
i iaa1n,seseation of farming lands. 80,
d'pl'' pobv. for fifteen years a watch
WI. noe noe emily tunnel, on the baitl-
nan a. = Ohio railroad, was killed at
more aI iooe bv train No. ID THURSDAY
thai p,- Roby had just stepped OH a
morn NJ. = rack 10 avoid freight, ana
east-OOSIn II tbe other track directly In
:SR g, ~ the train. II killed nIin i ns
iIo ntly He was ffty-seven years hi ~
81. and leaves a wife ana three Gnu
drsn. nc This week
4 80 Nc ne has recently spent night
aaJ ., an an old gentleman OF TINS county
VIZ VIZ has lust celebrated his Ssth year;
Tno Ia had three brothers each OF
snu W. Sos over so, the aggregate ages
WHOM , "| belpg 337 years. The moth
OF .AJ 80 80 ~ this old gentleman, also Nv
ef-lD-'@ his county, is 90, and is yet hale
ins ISu.sortv-Greellbrier Independent.
an C,.r,ss Miller, one Of the oldest eSas
OnaL nr the Ohio River Railro3N IocI-'
neel nee, indicted by the grand jpT He was
20 county for manslaugh hearing of
in charge Oh Oh - Sp1S'~ a September 18th,
fcials OF the roau was struck at a road
crossing, killirSs. -"
falA am =, o'clock last Saturday night a
Al J. train coming West on the
wOrEsss W r. ran of the track at
y anu roint about four miles east
reno, q r H., severely injuring three
Of va! ~ o6e Of whom was a we'll
persons. abroad man by the name OF
emo" Christian, who was bruised up
dDits badly
:, is aid that the mountains contain
y of pheaSants, squirrels and wild
p! y 'Seys. A gentleman from the upper
VA Of the county told us Tuesday that
there were two gangs Of wild turkeys
IN his farm, and that the squirrels were
80 plentiful that they are becoming a
great nuiSance.-HintOn Herald.
Il is reported that murder was COM
nitted m ROane county, near the Brax-
ton county line, last Sunday. A man
named Nathan James is said TO have
struck a woman named Nancy Ellison
on the head with large cow bell, in
Acting a wound from which she died
soon after.
Mrs. Jane Bumgarner was in town
Wednesday on business concerning her
pension. She is los years old and ap-
Darently in good health. She makes
her home with John BBrneS on fuckers
Creek, and Is perhaps the oldest person
living in the cOunty.-EtizObGth Times.
The barn Of Eli Rodgers, on Second
creek, Greenbrier county, was burned
recently, with three head OF fine horses
and a lot of farming machinery, etc.
Loss. s., 500. Several other fires have
occurred in the same county, recently.
A whole train of freight cars and
an engine ran off the track at Burton,
on the Fourth Division, Saturday and
went down over bank. Nobody was
hurt but the train was annihilated. 1t
was big wreck.
A man by the name Of W. II. Car
son was arrested at Grafton last Mon
day by Officer Sayer, for taking a
watch and chain from Bud Ryan, at
Piedmont or KeySer a few days ago.
Cal. Chadwick, of Duck creek,
Wayne county, gets his name in the
paper by raising radiSh two feet two
inches long and fourteen inches in dia-
meter.
II is reported that Chana Armstrong,
who resides on Elk river, in BraxtOn
county, recently killed eighty-four cop
per head snakes under one stump.
James Welch was fatally hurt at the
Buckhannon depot last Sunday after
noon while coupling cars. One foot and
Lex were mashed Hat.
Joseph Carney fell on a circular saw
at Aliens Fork, Cabell county, last
Friday and was killed, his body being
horribly mutilated.
The B. & o. depot at Long Run,
Doddridge county, burned few days
ago with all its contents.
S. S. Vinson, of Wayne county, lost
S, 600 by the failure of NJ. 3. Toble, of
Ky.
The First National Bank of Blue
he.d, has been organized. Jas. Z.
Msnn is cashier.
An unknown man was killed at Dob
bins, Tucker county, last Friday, while
hauling timber.
Thousands Of barrels of apples are
being shipped from RavenswOOd.
The Huntington Sunday Gazette will
Do out December 9th.