Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-01-05
BUTCHER KNIVES
WELDED BY TWO TYLER COUNTY WOMEN
IN DUEL.
One Of the Contestants Probably Fatally Wounded
Live Stock Killed by Snow-Ths Acct
dent Record-Gsnsral News.

One OF tue UonteslalS TIVoao4i fa'@''y
Live Stock Killed by Snow-Ths Acct
dent Record-Gsnsral News.
News has reached New Martinsyille
of terrible duel between two women
AZ a house on Ten Mile Creek, Tyler
county, last Wednesday. One Oh the
females, named Mrs. Wilson, was fear
fully butchered by her antagonist,
whose name is unknown at present, she
receiving terrible cuts on the head,
face, neck and breast, the wounds being
inflicted with a butcher knife. The
Democrat says: 1--WE do do not know
how the difficulty originated nor who
is to blame, but the injured woman is
said 10 be dangerously ii not fatally
hurt. Drs. Lowther and Richardson
left on Thursday, New Years morning,
TO attend to the case"
BIG CONTRACT.
One of the largest logging and saving
contracts ever made in this State is now
being fulfilled on Flat-top Mountain,
about four and half miles from Alder
sou. MessrS. j. A. Campbell and Bro.
short time ago bought from Messrs.
! Thompson and Cary L. Nickel all the
timber on tract of 400 acres, and they
now have their sawmill at work manu-
| featuring it into lumber and railroad
ties. The number will aggregate be-
! tween 200, 900 and 100000 feet, and
they expect TO make from $4,000 TO So
600 ties. Messrs. +. NJ. Davis X Co.
have the logging contract and put their
teams at work upon il last month. Its
expected that the work viii occupy
them for eighteen months.
THE DREAM WASN'T TRUE.
FLOYD Caste. son Of Jonathan Casio, of
Jackson county, did believe in dreams,
but he doesn't any more. The day be-
fore Christmas he went up TO his uncle
Jake's, at the oil well, TO spend two
weeks. That night he dreamed his
mother was dead and that the home
was burned down. This so impressed
him that he walked distance Of Is
miles through the snow next morning,
reaching home at 8 o'clock and finding
the folks all well and the family resi-
dence intact. He doesn't believe so
much In dreams now as he does light
supperS.
SELLING TOO CHEAP.
Our farmers and owners of coal lands
on Leading creek, Ellis fork, Sand fork,
and on the Little Kanawha river as far
up as Stouts Mills, in fact, the whole
coal belt south and east of US, are sell
Il.
- to SO per acre. We don't know, but
we guess they are missing it by far. IL
will not be long, only Two or three
years, until seine railroad will tap this
great coal field, and then where are ye?
-GlenrUle Banner.
BURIED TREASURE.
During the late war Federal soldier
from Ohio buried $500 in silver in the
field OF Alpheus Buckley near the grave
yard at Beverly. After the war he came
for his treasure, but tree near which
he buried it had been removed, and he
was unable to locate the spot. An eff
fort will be made, we learn, to unearth
the money. 1t was buried about eigh
teen inches deep.
THE BIG SNOW.
The State press has much to say OF
the last big snow. 1t was very destruc-
tive to live stock. Mr. Sherman Clark,
Of Pocahontas county, lost several hun
dred head OF sheep by reason OF the
snow-bcng unable to find and rescue
them before they persisted.
Mr.. James III. Renick, OF Greenbrier
county, we understand, had fifteen head
to perish before they could be gotten TO
shelter. The mail-carrier on Meadow
Bluff route. over the Sewcll mountains.
reports drifts twenty feet deep.
CASUALTIES.
A Third Division brakeman, by the
name OF William Anderson, fell of his
train, first section of %, coming west,
Tuesday morning, in Kingwood tunnel,
and was ground to pieces under the
wheels. The remains, which had no
semblance 10 human being, were gath
cred up and sent to the unfortunate
young mans former home at l.onacon
lag, Md.
Robert Launders, about thirty years
Of age, a blacksmith at Ona, Caoell
county, was kicked by vicious horse
some days ago, while shooting the anil
NAL. 1t was thought at the'time that
he was only slightly injured, but com
plioatlons Of a serious nature have set
in in the past few days, and the man is
said to be In 4 bad condition.
Two Chesapeake Il Ohio engines were
smashed up In collision, last Saturday,
the train men escaping by jumping.
The wreck caught fire and much valua-
be freight was destroyed. The tele-
graph operator, whose negligence
caused the accident, has fled.
The heavy snow caused the roof of
ten stalls of the Round House at Hinton
to fall in last week. Two engines were
partially wrecked. Two men were
caught by the flying debris and slightly
hurt.
L. Armstrong fell fran train near
Huntington, few days ago, receiving
| injuries OF very serious nature.
George j. Brown, Of Tunnelton, Pres
ton county, while mining, last Friday,
was caught under Il fall of coal and re-
manned pinioned down all day. He was
found by his brother in the evening and
released His injuries were not Qt 3
serious nature.
Last Saturday evening, while cross
ing the West Fork bridge, at Weston,
Miss Ada Wheatly slipped and fell,
| fracturing her left ankle. She bravely
managed to reach home without assist
ance. where medical aid was had and
the fracture reduced. The hurt is very
serious and will likely keep her con-
fined to her room for some time.
DEATHS OF OLD PEOPLE.
VIM. Leach, Esq, one Of the oldest
and most esteemed citizens OF Monroe
county, died at his residence on the
Knobs, In Wolf Creek district, at 10
o'clock on Christmas day, 1890, In the
s9th year OF his age.
Michael Rosenberger died near Mid
dleway. Berkeley county, last Tuesday,
in his SEVENTEEN year
BRIEF NEWS NOTES.
Last Sunday evening Mr. Samuel
Harris, well-known business man al
Elkins, met Postmaster j. ". retit at
the railway hotel at that place and at
tackled him with a cowhide, INJECTING
serious injuries. 1t is said that the
cowhidlng is part of scheme to force
him TO resign.
The Sumner county authorities offer
$50 reward for the arrest Of Frank
Crawford. charged with attempted muir
L. Crowford il civ feet bigh dark