Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-08-17

vomit before breakfast. She ate lit
tie then, and was attacked with another
vomiting spell during which she threw
up the money. 1t stuck in her throat,
but she finally got it up. The money
is black and only about one-third as
thick as originally, and about two
thirds in width; one way it is as long
as at first. The edges on the even ends
were thin and very sharp, but broke off
in washing. The eagle, stars, etc., on
the coin can be seen distinctly. The
child seems we'll, and 1t Is to be hoped
that she Will regain perfect health.
Friday night John Washington, a
young man fifteen or sixteen years of
age, left his home on the farm Of w. S.
Summers, near Huntington, Greenbrier
county, and went out, as was supposed,
to a neighbours. His parents thought
little OF the occurrence, as he frequently
stayed away from home at night. But
Yesterday morning, when his father
went out to look after the morning
work, a horrible sight met his gaze,
when in the corn crib he saw the body
of his son, cold and stiff in death, hang
/ ing from a rafter in the corn crib. He
I had been dead some time, and it Is sup
posed that when he left the house Fri
I day night he went at once TO the corn
crib and hanged himself. No motive
could be conjectured for the rash act
The young fellow was known as half
witted creature, and was hardly respon-
sible for his act. A coroner's jury yes
terday found verdict of suicide, but
did not render any verdict as to the
motive.
Many of our best citizens are becom-
ing diSgusted with the conduct Of a
certain oil man who is in the habit Of
keeping a woman or two with him In
open violation of law, and If the author
tiles don't take the matter in hands and
stop it a coat Of tar and feathers is
threatened. 1t is reported On the very
best authority that this same man has a
nice Christian wife and little girl up in
Pennsylvania. This lady should be
notified of her husbands conduct. II
is not pleasant for US to mention such
matters, but it is the duty of journal
list to do it and it is the duty Of every
citizen of this town to help suppress
such conduct. Such proceeding is an
Insult to every decent man and woman
in this commnnity.-WeSt Union Record.
Richard Hughes, Familiarity known as
"Uncle Dick Hughes, was struck by a
passenger train, near Huntington, Fri
day night, and instantly killed. The old
gentleman lived with a daughter few
miles below the city, near the railroad
trestle at Fourpole. He had gone in the
afternoon to see aneighbOr living across
the railroad At about 6 o'clock he
started on his return home, and when
going over the railroad crossing one Of
his feet became fastened in the boards
which are laid for the crossing. He
saw and heard q passenger train, west
bound, coming toward him, and he made
great efforts TO eXtricate his foot, but TO
no avail. The train came laundering
on, struck and passed over him, man
Cling the body in u most terrible man
ner. Deceased was II years OF age.
The Petersburg correspondent Of the
MoOrefeld Examiner says: One OF our
Burgers took il into his head that he
would 60 on a spree. His wife deter
mined that IL he would get drunk he
should stay st home and not bother any
one else So she stood over him with a
club and made him drink enough
whisky to put him to sleep and every
time he awOke she made him take an
other pull at the jug until he promised
to get sober. He says that for once he
got enough of the stuff and hereafter
when be wants TO get on d bender the
old lady will know nothing about it.
A daughter of ]. Elsie, living few
miles from Osborne, Roane county,
killed herself few days ago, the weap-
on used being a revolver. One tale or
the cause of the shooting runs this way:
The girl had on previous occasions said
she would take her life If her mother
did not quit treating her so badly. The
girl had been away from home the Sun
day before the fateful event, and came
home and went into a room to put away
her clothes, when the foolish idea oc-
Cured to shoot herself, and she blew
her brains out. There'was no one in the
room at the time except little boy.
Early last Monday morning Thomas
J. Jackson, u Il. & O. brakeman, fell
from a west-bOund freight train at
Harper's Ferry. His body struck the
platform and rolled under the train.
His skull was badly crushed, his right
foot cut off at the ankle and his leg
stripped OF the flesh. Jackson died in
two hours. He was twenty-eight years
old, had wife and two children, and
resided at Brunswick.
New Martinsville people are agitating
an electric light plant.
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