Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-03

said to be brothers, named Iip'i, ~, u"-
hail from Rappahannock. va. tney
have been in this neighborhood before,
and are probably pretty bad men.
A Young man from Wilmington. Della
ware. a relative Of ex-Secretary OF State
Rayard. recently came here, and upon
the recommendation and request OF MS
distinguished relative was gwen d pos,
ton on the West Virginia Central ran
road. The young man was admitted "
the best society circles, and the youns
ladies of the vicinity seemed particular
" fond of him. However, one day last
week in the vicinity of Elkins he MADE
"break" at his boarding house that
indicated his true character. Ihere
were no men about the premises and the
hostess drove him from the house at the
point of a pistol, firing one shot at him.
| Iuckily for him the revolver had but
one load in it, and the lady did not nave
sufficient acquaintance with hre arms
TO reload. A warrant was sworn out
at Elkins for his arrest, but he MADE
good his escape. Alphaus Buckley, pro-
prietor OF the Valley Hotel, has the
Young mans trunk and clothes, which
he attached at Elkins, as memento OF
an unpaid board bill.-RGndotph Enter
prise.
A shooting affair occurred near the
depot at Sutton last Wednesday morn
ing, about the time the train was ready
to start, which caused considerable ex-
element. Two young men got into
quarrel, one accusing the other or haV-
ing stolen money from him. Thomas
Adams is the name Of the man who
claimed to have lost the money. The
accused did not stand his ground and
ran away from Adams. The latter pur-
sued him, however, and fired two shots
at him with a revolver, both missing
their mark. Adams was arrested and
is now in Jail. Both men had been
cooking in railroad camps on Laurel
creek.
The Observation-Disclosures safe be-
longing to Messrs. A. Spencer 81 Co.,
Harper's Ferry, and which was washed
away by the food of 1889, with the
company's store-house. was recovered
last week about quarter Of mile be-
low the B. & O. bridge at Harper'S
Ferry. 1t was unearthed in the bed OF
the canal by the Italians at work on
this thoroughfare, and had been
sledged to pieces before Mr.. Spencer
could remove it. Some jewelry and
coin. notes at hand and canal orders
were recovered in good condition, but
several hundred dollars worth of other
papers were destroyed by rough hand
ling.
The States geographical surveyors,
composed of seven persons, are now in
camp at Roanoke, where they will re-
main about ten days. The highest
point vet discovered in that vicinity is
at the head of Canoe Run, and is now
marked by flag, which floats grace
fully to the breeze from the top OF a tall
hickory tree. The surveyors were sent
out by the Government about four years
ago, for the purpose of taking COM
plete Typographical survey OF our State,
for geographical and scientific purposes,
and it is thought that it will take from
six to eight years to complete the work.
The Mayor of Huntington has called
three meetings of the City Council to
elect city clerk in place OF G. ii.
Myers, deceased. The council is com
posed Of five Democrats and four Re
publcans, and one Democrat is away.
The Mayor has the deciding vote in case
of q tie, and as he is Republican,
Democrats refuse to meet until the alb
sent Democrat returns. There is much
important business to transact and citi-
zens are growing impatient.
John Patterson, a Crooked Fork,
Jackson county farmer, came very near
being killed by his runaway team,
Monday of last week. He was riding
down a steep hill on sled load OF rails,
and was throwed off and under the
sled and dragged quite a distance,
breaking leg, smashing several ribs
and otherwise frightfully injuring him,
so that he has been in precarious con-
dition ever since.
The breaking OF a wheel under a
west bound B. & o. freight car, loaded
with sugar from Clans Spreckles Phila-
delphia refinery, coming down the
Rowlesburg Srade on Wednesday morn
ing, caused wreck and tore up both
tracks, put stop to all travel for sew
eral hours and left lots Of sugar on the
mountain side.
A man who lives between Beverly
and Huttonsville dug a well abont
thirty-fve years ago in which he found
at depth OF thirty-five feet, and be-
low solid rock, large log, a grape
vine and a bunch of leaves, below these
he found white sand and a most de-
lightful stream OF pure cold water.
When and how did the log and grape
vine get there?
News has just reached Hamlin, Lin
coin county, that Peter Pauley who
lives in Duval district horribly outraged
the person of Mrs. John Nichols, Mon
day. Pauley is idiotic, but a powerful
and unmanageable fellow, and it is said
the assault on Mrs. Nichols was most
violent and vicious. The fellow has
been apprehended and his victim is in
very critical condition.
Hiley Cremeans, OF Beech Fork,
Wayne county, has been held for muir
dering his two-year-old child. He had
some reasons for believing he was not
the father and had always shown a
hatred for the child. During the tenn
porary absence of other members Of the
family he Drained it with hammer.
we learn Indb d week OI TWO since
man was killed on Laurel creek by the
explosion of boiler of saw mill. A
colored man working on the railroad on
Laurel creek was, we learn, killed while
blasting with ynamite.-Brorton DEM
OcrGt.
The Little Kanawha Lumber Com
pany is now working 120 yoke Of oxen
on the Rock house fork Of Pigeon, and
are hauling $4,000 cubes of timber a
day.-LOgdn Banner.
Eli Dawson, son Of Squire William
Dawson, was drowned on the eth ult..