Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-31
ARRESTED,
CHARGRD WITH THROWING ROUGH ON RATS
ma SPRING.
Sensational Charges Against PostEastsr-A
Shooting ARRAY in Nicholas County.
Other Stats News

William Burdett and wife, Jane; Liz
zIe and William, their children, and
Miss Sallie Ayers are all out on $500
bail at Hinton on the very serious
charge of attempting to poison the fam
lily of James NJ. Dempsey, of near Clay
ton, Summers county. The warrants
were sworn out by Mr.. Dempsey, who
alleges that the accused placed Rough
OH Rats in his spring. The defendants
were arrested by Sheriff Kesier and
taken before Justice Dunn, when they
waived%n examination and gave bond
to answer before the next grand jury.
The arrests created good deal OF ex-
element and comment in Summers
county, where all the parties are well
known.
The people of HedgesviIle, Berkely
county, are considerably exercised over
the sudden and mysterious death OF
Mr.. Daniel Tyler, middle-aged col
ored man of that neghborhood. On
Friday evening, week ago, about 10
o'clock, he was found dead in the mid
die of the road, in the suburbs OF the
village. He was lying on his back,
with one arm folded over his breast,
and his hat in the hollow of his arm.
His coat and shirt were rolled up UNI
der his shoulders as if he had been
dragged, and his comb and pocket
book. which had been opened, were
several feet from him. An inquest was
held before Justice Benz. GeYer, and
81 h
from some cause unknown. Several
days afterwards, suspicion of foul play
having arisen, his body was taken up
and pOst-mortem examination made,
the physicians making it, we under
stand, certifying that his death was
due to breaking Of the neck. The mat
ter should be investigated to the bot
tom.
The mouth of Camp creek near Sis
onville, Kanawha county, was surround
ed Sunday with hundreds of people who
had assembled to witness miraculous
faith cure that was to take place. Mrs.
Anna Jones, who had been a cripple
from birth, declared some days before
that she had had revelation from the
Lord, telling her that il she were bap-
tized she would be cured of her lame
ness. She was to be dressed in white,
girded about the loins with blue sash,
and her flowing sleeves Of white bound
with blue of ribbons at the elbow. RevS.
Ermore and Atkinson were present, and
were to officiate in bringing about the
miracle. The people waited in breath
less excitement while she was carried
into the water, but they waited in vain,
for she had 10 be carried out as she
went liz. She is still cripple, and the
multitude who went to see IL miracle and
were disappointed have no further be-
lief in the faith cure.
The Mountain Echo says: Between
Addison and Weston, or between here
and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. on the
route between the places named-is
2x4 postmaster who will get good
term at Moundsvile, or else he will get
his Just deserts. There has been steal
ing going on for several years. 1t was>o
when Grover Cleveland was President,
and it is still the case under President
HarrisOn. The Offices of any impor-
lance have been transferred TO other
hands, hence the reason why it is hold
over" l. w. Curry, our Sheriff, has
lost over $500 in the past three months,
and the most of it was taken between
here and Weston, on the BGchannon
route. We lost letter containing 81
since. 1t has simply come to the point
that in order to send ten cents with any
safety it is necessary to spend ten cents
in registering it, Will our people toler-
ate this iOngerp
A few days since two of our local
fishermen, George Msh Smith and
Sheriff Mendenhall, saw rather re-
markable sight in Cacapon River where
what is known as the .'Briery Bottom
Ford" bass weighing not less than
four pounds, husly engaged in Sc
caring meal OF hornets. which he
caught on the fly by leaping to within
few inches of the nest, which is Of enor-
nous size, and hangs from the branch
of u tree about three feet above the
water. Our fishermen saw the bass
make several successful leaps, but
owing to the excited condition OF the
hornets deemed il unwise to go very
close TO the scene of action, and made
no attempt to catch either the bass or
the hornetS.-MOrgdn Mercury.