Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-09-28
HEAD CUT IN TWO.
A HORRIBLE AND FATAL ACCIDENT AT
PIEDMONT.
Boys Who Dropped Old Iron Down an Oil We'll
Dropped Dsad-SeriOus Accidsnt-esnsrai
News Of the State.

News Of the State.
A horrible accident, resulting In the
| instant death of Thomas Crawford, oc-
Cured in the chipping room OF the
Piedmont p ulp mill, few days ago.
Crawford went into the chipping room
and stopped in front Of the circular saw
for a moment or two. While there
log was put upon the carriage and had
been sawed into two pieces, but being
longer log than those commonly sent
into the room ii was necessary to saw IL
| again, and young Crawford had just
stopped down to assist In moving the
log for those Of his friends working the
saw, when from some unaccountable
reason the mandril or shaft OF the ma
chine, on which the saw is suspended,
snapped off, and the saw, whirling with
tremendous force, flew from its pinnlng
and striking the young man, while stlii
bending over the log, cleft his skull
from the bridge of the nose In front 10
the nape of the neck in the back.
John Cooper, one of the largest retail
merchants in Summers county, mas
made an assignment, with liabilities OF
$27, 900, and nominal assets Of $50, GOO.
There were three deeds Of assignments,
one to NJ. V. Galloway, for the goods
and personality, and one to W.. w.
Adams, for the realty and open &C
counts, and another for the notes given.
The arrangements for the present
are that the store shall be run
by Mr.. Galloway, one OF the trus-
tees, in order that the large stock OF
goods may not be sacrificed, but made TO
pay as large proportion OF the debts as
possible. Among the creditors and en-
dorSers for whose claims judgments
were confessed are, the Bank OF Alder
son, Bank of Ronceverte, National Val
ley Bank, Stanton, Banking Company
of Princeton, r. G.. Meadows, OF Con-
cord; j. II. Miller, John Haynes, q. w.
Lilly. X. R. Flanagan, Isaac Gerrow,
of Hinton, and Ii. GwiIn, Green Sui
phur, and perhaps others.
Mischievous boys have caused lot
of trouble and expense for the oil men
who are sinking wells at Elizabeth,
Writ county. Four of them have con-
fessed to dropping old iron, etc, down
the wells, lust to hear them rattle"
The Times says: THE drill was started
Monday in the oil well on the Poor
farm and when it reached depth OF
about $50 feet it stopped, having struck
something that had been dropped in the
hole After some fishing piece OF
casing about eighteen inches long was
drawn out, but it appears that there is
something in it that can not be tiShed
out. The drllerS think it is bit with
the sharp end up, and they say, il it is,
1t cannot be gotten out. The well is
about 1900 feet deep, but is plugged at
o depth of 900 feet. The drillers aban-
doned it Tuesday evening"
The West Union Record says negotia-
tions are being made to sink two wells
in Mcclellan district. One will be
located near Sedaia on Robinson, and
the other near the mouth of Franks
run, mile below Centre Point If this
enterprise assumes shape IL will de-
velop a large amount Of territory. 1t
was current here the latter part Of last
week that small quantity Of gas had
had been found in what is termed the
"salt sand" In the Freeman well at q
depth of perhaps 1,400 feet. II the re-
port is true indications for oil are good.
The drill has not yet been started at
Long run. The cause Of the delay is
unknown to US. The we'll on the Nc
Dolgal farm near Pennsboro is perhaps
being worked as a mystery" The re-
port that it is 1000 barrel well proves
TO be q fake.
Last Tuesday evening Johnny Craw-
ford, little cripple boy of Sutton, met
with quite painful accident. He had
been around the rock quarry where the
workmen are blasting rock and had
filled his coat pockets with powder. He
then went to the river bank and
sprinkled some of the powder on the
ground and attempted to light it with
a match. When he struck the match it
broke and the lighted end few into his
pocket and ignited the powder. There
was an explosion and Johnny was
knocked about ten feet, and his clothing
taking fire he was terribly burned
about the head and face. Had it not
been for George Bland, who was near
by and jerked off his burning garments,
he would probably have been burned to
death.
The Milton Star says: "Quite little
phenomenon appeared to US and OF hers
here last Sunday evening during the
twlightyin the sky due south and about
forty-fve degrees above the horizon,
consisting of zlgzag line OF light, gam
boiling, blazing fire about two yards
long and one inch in diameter, remain
ing stationary about minute and
half or two minutes and then grac efully
subsiding. Now, we arc not skilled in
the solution OF phenomena, but being
pressed for an opinion we gave this:
That it was the mirage Of some old
worm fence burning, perhaps far north
of this place.
Edward Tllbury Jones met with
serious and probably fatal accident at
his home at Forks Of Gladly one day last
week. He was shooting with a shot
gun, and snapped a cartridge several
times, and concluding that the primer
was not good he took out the primer
with some sharp instrument to replace
1t with a good one, and while working
at it the load was discharged, the load
going into the ground, but the heavy
brass shell striking him in the forehead
over the right eve. Drs. Talbot and
II. Yokum removed the crushed part of
the skull, which Is about the size of
silver ouarter of dollar EIkine Mems