Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-07-01
PUTNAM COUNTY.
Nearly a Fatal Accident-The Growth oil
the Farmers Alliance.

the Farmers Alliance.
Special Correspondence Of tie Register.
BUFFALO, w. VA, June 2S,-A seri-
Gus runaway accident happened wltnin
mile of this place to-day. Mr.. VIM
Stalder, prominent farmer, was re-
turning to his home in buggy, accom-
panied by his sister-in-law Miss Rose.
When they overlook young girl lead
ing a calf which was worrying her.
Mr.. Stalder took charge Of the calf ana
the Girl got in the buggy. Hitched 10
the buggy was a pair Of young horses
which took fright, going down long
hill and becoming uncontrolla0le, ran
break-neck speed for a mile or more
upset the buggy and dashed the young
ladies' to the ground with terrible force.
Both were seriously injured, and 1t IS
thought Miss Rose is hurt internally
and NAV not recover. The wonder Is
they were not killed outright.
The many friends Of Major j: u
Downtain in this county, congratulate
him on his promotion to assistant editor
Of the KundlOhd Gazette. he Is Demo
crat among Democrats and the Gdzeue
is TO be congratulated as much as MAJOR
Downtain. He has many friends In
this district who would like TO see him
go to congress.
Speaking OF congress reminds us that
we have heard another son OF Putnam
mentioned for congressional hOnOrs re-
Gently in the person of Col. j. I. Bo-
YER. Mr.. Boyer, by the way, has re-
Gently received a patent for Self-motor
sewing machine. As he is Il bachelor
we presume he is trying to invent a
machine that will sew without a woman.
You can't do il "Black." Better hitch
on.
The Farmers Alliance is making some
Roadway i'm this section Of the State and
this county. The several local Alliances,
bv representation, met at Hurricane last
Saturday to organize a county Alliance.
SO far as our information goes, the Al
lance i'm this section does not favor the
Peoples party, or any other third party
movement. But you sometimes can I
always tell. The Greenbrier Independ-
cnt accuses Hon. 5. A. Houston, PreSi-
dent of the State Alliance, Of fayoring
the third party in recent speech in
Greenbrier county. The questions with
the politicians seems to be who Will put
the bell on the Alliance cat.
Hon. w. w. Thomas, representative
of Putnam IN the last Legislature, has
sold over three hundred Mccormick
mowers and binders within the last few
weeks. "Bil' is a hustler from Hust-
lersville, and il a farmer don't want to
buy he had never better hesitate, for II
he does, like shakespeare woman he's
lost. "Bill is q hustler in politics rs
well. and already he is mentioned for
reelection TO the Legislature. Our peo-
pie are anticipating fun in Putnam poll
ties next year, but the Democrats feel
harmonious and hopeful and will be in
the fight when the war is on. The
gubernatorial candidates are coming uP
for scuSSion,a and tits generally thought
that the farmers will have something to
say about who viii be the candidate.
Many available men are mentioned for
the place, but Putnam has no candidate
90 offer so far as we have heard. She
would like a farmer Governor, however,
and the woods are full Of good hay
seed" material. Why would not Hon.
c. II. Knott. of Jefferson, solve the
knotty question? But politics make US
tired. Good night. ACT.