Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-05-11
ONE HUNDRED.
.g,y,> sLtsN CELEBRATES A CENTURY
or LIB.
,., F..a. Accidents at Points N me Inter
-Tle General News Of the state
Rr a Week.


Gene OF a great event in the annals
-bat ueighborhOOd, being no less an
sion than the celebration OF Uncle
Inv Aliens one hundredth birth
t,r Uncle Tommy Is no Stranger 20
.....uriOus Of this county, oy repu1a-
.,- Fl not personally, As an extensive
.-.h ~ his life appeared IN TINS paper
.e-v long since. He Is now
,.par.au. having passed the
.5rs3-i milestone IN the
.,,,.v ~ life, as was stated
a., Tuesday the affair was cell
,,-,red by great dinner AT Mr.. Cath
~ which no less than eighty-fOur
,,. we're served and which was fol-
Sod bv appropriate tOaStS from mum
.f.if soldiers present and others,
..ba. having been made by Robert
..,.r n NJ Sim0ntOn, j. Clark Cath
,rlor,s. \. Clair, etc. Among the
,...ts Vas an Associated Press report
=. Who procured "a photograph Of Mr..
A..o. aus the Cincinnati ana New YORK
.'..,.rs w. Doe em0elIiShed with por-
.-..- ',, we, rs graphic history Of the
gentleman -l.
s,,g DAVIS ago Misses Nettie keyler,
NJ. C.r.sty and Eta Ellis, of New
b-. sen. up ON SHOOTS hill, near
.s,- .owa t0 enjoy the view, and while
.b.-. MS ChriSty stepped ON large
b.....ra.. Ii did not take her lOHg
81. stop 0f, and she accompanied the
I..-,~ w.-b sundays express
..r Bat the girls were not g0ins TO
Ia. -ha- snake get away. II was the
"a. a and IL
Sims killed it they should, according %
.l. old adage, conquer au their enc
m.,. $ ,hry made battle and fought
-s- luisL.s OF old. Miss ChriSty gath
.-.I 81 suck and placed 81, on the snakes
.tv Miss NeJJie gathered stones
rrh ST ,> Eta threw on the snake Till
Nas dead. They JAen tied Slring
l-olud It's neck aud dragged il 20 town
triumph. where 10 was measured and
1lnd t0 te 56 inches in length.
The splash dam. costing $4,000, near
E.,IuS. belonging % l. Condor, of Bal
.u0re. and formerly of Jhe Shaw Lum-
5-- Company, has been bErned by in
canimrie,. All the drifts ON the PO-
.0uac river. between Haymau and Hen
tricks. OF the West Virginia Central
..INNAr .NII~l~ttAA- NA ANANN ~ VI
thousand, Of feet of the finest cherry
and ash. were set ON fire at the same
slime The motive for this wholesale
burning was one of revenge. When the
shaw Company went into bankruptcy,
some time ago, they were owing large
uluber OF persons along the river for
lumber o. a5or, and as they could get
nothing me of them decided upon this
means % revenge The attendants at
,lt camps have been notified % leave,
AMI Che camps viii De destroyed.
The EiaXtJu DoRDcrUt says: \ lew
days ago e. young man arrived here on
eli. -ra aad had with him a large
u.aS. h had the trunk hauled up to
.5ra aud put i'm w K. Crosses livery
stable. saying that be wanted TO leave
- -bcre ua,i. he could get it shipped
10 -ue river Jo Joe tucrey'S camp.
0.rug rt1- night 10 was learned that
>,a. r-r,.,s were getting whisky
-a.r.. and thc TWO authorities made
rad ou ,l- place. The young man
el> -tere and when he saw them
enter LD Jumped out at door and
male b., escape He has not since
3rel 4c-r. of. The trunk was taken
possession VI and when opened was
tJlad Co 0e full of jugs Of whisky
Ili bottles OF beer. The authorities
llyc Che valuable cargo.
W. j. William sou and L. II. Prichard
VI lit.ettSburg, Judge Harvey and l..
T. FinsOn Of Huntington, j. q Dickin-
SON. president of Kauawha Valley Bank
81 Charleston, and j. c. Anderson Of
Wheeling. have purchased l,2OO acres
D.. and iu Logan county, opposite the
mouth 90 Pond, and on the line OF the
-aiiroad They have POO acres of bot
.1u lauc which they will lay ont in
Gown 90 Dc called Williamson. Mr. VIII
inSOn is the General uperintendent
and VIII have an engineer there in a
.ev days 20 lay out the town. This is
lar of the best points ON the line for a
.uVn auC the only desirable point on
T.. river a company has been incor-
g1rlJed 90 build "a bridge over Tug AZ
.ll- place and 10 will be made the Shi D.
Dig poil. for Pike county.
a fire D. the woods along the river
,..weyu West Union and BellingtOn did
mach damage the latter part of last
sock. large numbers OF rails, much
.n1er embark, etc, were burned.
Among tra heaviest losers is W. W.
jones'. wt0 is reported 90 have lost
Tails, hay timber, etc. % the value Of
s..ethrc near thousand dollars
samuel p.Jman is reported 90 have lost
,.n' >2p. or $500 worth of taubark;
y IL-cker lost large number of
and some good timber There
s.r- many others who lost heavily
e.I,e laueS we have not learned. The
. Saturday night put a stop 10 the
-.j stopped It's further rayagcS.
atlcmen connected with the glass
-.e> Gu be located i'm Central City
+ here for several days recently Sc
Ting sites and making arrangements
-lr erection OF the necessary build
rs one % the concerns Will be known
', le Central Cty Window Glass Fac
-.-y ald he other as the West Virginia
tn, GaSs Bottle Works. Both will
ota,rs near the river. The archi-
...> hays the plans ready, and the
O. Boa used in the construction OF
--t buildings gre being made rapidly as
'>,io.c. Work will be commenced on
' buildings probably next month.
tract> call for their completion by
.-' l>t o., September. Everything
'He> o. chose who wait Huntington
'.mules,,.
some 90 the citizens of Barbour cOun-
are excited over the "doingS' OF the
.imons. a correspondent OF one OF
' FA.lpp. papers, says: This part OF
.-r rorn,ry has been infested for sever
months by creed or sect generally