Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-12-21
THROWN Is FEET.
4 SERIOUS ACCIDENT ON MINERAL COUNTY
TRAM ROAD.
A Merchant Of Randolph As Coed As Murdered Oy
Convicted Murderer-Sevsral People
Shct-The Grimes and Casualties
of the Week.

fatal accident occurred on the tram roau
of SchuIl & Co., near Shaw. Minerai
comfy. 1t was on the last trip in the
evening. and three trucks, heavily load
ed with logs, were started down the
grade. each accompanied by brake
man. AT one place on the grade tne
track gave way as the front truck pass
ed over it, but this truck passed over ID
safety. The brakeman on the secohu
truck stopped his load in time to save
himself, and turned to signal the hind
most truck, which had become I'M
manageable and struck the secohu
truck with considerable force. Inc ooys
were thrown seventy-fve feet or more'
and the ground powed up as the heaVy
logs were hurled hither and thlther'
Samuel Elliott, who was lying on the
logs of the hind track, being lntoxl-
Gated at the time, was thrown violently
forward and instantly killed. de Is a
Young man, being an employe OF the
company, and native Of Pennsylvania
Samuel Shingledecker, brakeman on
second truck, was struck in the back
by log just as he jumped from tne
car, and miraculously escaped instant
death. He received severe injuries. a
Mr.. Kimball also received slight lnlur-
les. Drs. Il. II. Kalbaugh, OF Bloom
ington, and L. L. Edgell, OF Elk Car
Garden, were summoned and rendered
the necessary medical aid.
Last Saturday drunken row oc-
Cured at or near Thorn Grove, In Kan
dolph county, that will, in all pro6a-
bility, result in the death OF one Jeffer-
on Mlllnax. Owing TO the slow
communication from st. George
the scene of the tragedy, when
is about forty miles away and Oil
the railroad line, facts are difficult to
obtain. 1t seems as though Jefferson
Mullnax, who is a merchant, went over
to the Thorn Grove saloon and proceed
ed to gil himself up with bad
whisky, and pat" Ely hap
pening along about the same time,
proceeded TO do likewise. They then
went TO Mullnax'S store, where they be-
came involved in a quarrel and Ely
struck Mullnax over the head with a
Winchester rifle, fracturing his skull
in q horrible manner. Null
max was living Thursday morning
az one o'clock. Ely is the same man
that murdered Purkey some years ago,
for which he was sentenced TO the peni-
Tertiary for fifteen years, but was sub
Sequently pardoned. Mullnax is a son
of John Mullnax, who killed young Tur-
ner some years ago.
One day last week, as Mrs. Ezekiel
Alternately, who lives near Barnum,
Mineral county, was sitting beside a
COW in the yard engaged in milking, q
bull which was running at large came
up behind her and tossed her in tho air.
Fortunately her son was in the stable
near by and came to her assistance with
a pitchfOrk, with which he succeeded
in driving the dangerous animal away,
or the result would doubtless have been
fatal. AS it was, Mrs. Alternately, we
and otherwise bruised, though, we trust,
not dangerously. The animal speedily
dispatched.
Last Tuesday party Of young men
OF Winfield district, Marion county,
were out hunting, and suddenly and
Unexpectedly the sport was ended by
one Of the number getting shot. Two
of their dogs got into fight, and Nc
ClOy ShuttleSworth, son of Mr.. c. l..
ShuttleSworth, attempted to part them,
using the breech of his rifle. In so do
ing the gun was discharged, the ball
entering his right side and coming out
at the back, having travelled about five
inches. The wound is considered very
serious, but it is thought will not prove
fatal,
While Col. 2. II. Bennett, of Fair
mont, was grading the new street to
the depot, in making a blast one day in
the vicinity of the Protestant Episcopal
church, he used to much powder and de-
molished the beautiful memorial win
dows in that edilice. The Colonel told
the church authorities to replace them
at his expense. Last Saturday he was
informed that the work was completed
and that the bill amounted TO the sum
of S97. The Colonel settled the matter.
Morgan's Run, Doddridge county,
steps TO the front with two female pug
lists who engage in an encounter
something after the Sullivan-Kilrain
fashion. Some of the young people had
q falling out over 4 literary society, and
after it is over two of the young ladies
came together in mortal combat. One
knocked the other out in the first round
and not being satisfied, gave another
girl a good sound threShing, ana per-
hapS would have cleaned out the whole
crowd, had she been let alone and given
the privilege of taking one at time.
Miss Matte Benner, Of Elk Garden,
received slight burn on her hand
the first of the week, and for
a remedy applied a cloth satur-
ated with coal oil, wrapping the hand
entirely. Afterwards on nearing a
flame the saturated cloth took fire,
burning the entire hand fearfully. The
hand on both sides was burned until it
became one great blister.
The diphtheria is not raging in this
town 20 the extent that is often report
ed, although it is bad enough. There
have been FIVE deaths caused by dipthe-
ria, and al present there are ten or
twelve patients reported by the doctors.
Altogether there have been some seven
ty or more patients who have had the
disease in various stages. varying from
light TO seyere.-EW Garden NGcs.
While freight train was passing
through Ronceverte, Thursday evening,
Charles KILLER and R. Nj. Blidsoe, brake
men, riding on top of the cars, were
Ueppered with shot from gun in the
hands OF Ed. Culp. The brakemen
dared Culp to shoot, and he let fly
Culp was arrested.
A youth named Gallaher was accidnnt