The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-13
THROUGH THE STATE.
Items and Events of Interest Cleaned from
Exchanges.

Items and Events OF Interest Cleaned from
Exchanges.
The late cold snap went hard with thu
young lambs, and many farmers IN tn
State sustained considerable loss.
The Morgantown Post will, early mex
month, move into handsome neV
building. The Post is one Of the bee
county newspapers in the State and de
serves the prosperity it enjoys.
Miss Clida Wood iell in the river nea
a mill, in Calhoun county, while gettinl
out OF a boat last Tuesday, and got a Sc
we're wetting. She might have browne!
had not timely assistance been rendered
Squire John Howell, OF Clinton Dis
trict, Monongehela county, Informs tn
Post that he sold a COW last week t
George Griffith that has attained thu
wonderful age OF 81 years. The ANNA
has never gone dry since she was two
years old.
Charles Edgar Brown, who is q candi
date for the Democratic nomination FOL
Mayor OF Cincinnati, ia native Of King
wood, this State, and is brother o
Lieut.. r, NJ. G. Rrown, OF Samoa fame
and OF the lats Gen. George W. Brown
Of Grafton.
John Rose, shoemaker, went tc
Ravenswood, this State, from Claring
ton, o., and obtained employment. He
stole suit OF clothes from bis boarding
house. He was placed in the Ravens
wood lookup, but escaped and has not
been seen since.
Waitman T. and Ellis Burrows, sons
OF VIM. Burrows, OF Pleasant Hill, GAL
houn county, were arrested by Consta.
bio J. O. Stump, on last Tuesday, on q
warrant charging them with house burn
ing. They had preliminary hearing
on Thursday, before Peter johnson, JUS
tice, and were held In $500 bond 10 an.
swer an indictment on said charges.
The Morgnntown NeOU Dominion tells
this remarkable story: "DuriDg the re-
cent violent snow storm dead jaCk-rab.
bit fell from the clouds to the ground in
front OF the Spruce street residence OF
John NJ. Davis, Esq. According to re-
port, it Is OF enormous size. It can be
discovered Just where 1t came from by
inQuiring OF Eli Perkins or Col. 0chil.
tree. Some think 1t was waited here
from Wyoming on the fag end Of one Of
that States blizEards."
While E. R. McGugin was perusing
the columns Of a paper on the north
bound Sunday train, when at Humph.
rey's crossing, Il bullet came crashing
through the window about three inChca
above his head and embedded itself in u
peat Just across from him, within ten
inches Of Conductor Kennedy's wife.
Who fired the shot is hard to tell, but
the railroad authorities should at once
ferret out the miscreant. Two men
were seen standing near the cross
ing at the time the bullet went crashing
through the window, who probably
know something Of the atiair.-Rarens
rood NetrS.
The Morgantown Post relates the fol-
lowing: Policeman Turner arrested an
IriBhmAn here, employed on the pipe
line, last Monday, charged with stealing
hat. It seems that he quietly lifted
the hat from the head OF q stranger and
replacing his own in its stead, deliber'
ately walked away. Squire Staggers
fined him $3.50, which was merely the
costs in the case. The fellow made such
pathetic plea Of not having any money
that those who had claimed attendance
threw their costs OF, making the coste
So 40. This the stranger extracted from
roll oil bills amounting to $l65, to the
chargin Of the Squire and the indigna'
ton OF the witnesses.