Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-06-29
THROUGH THESTATE
THE WEEKLY RECORD COMPILED BY TEE
REGISTER,
OF the Accidents and Incidents Occurring in the
Various Counties Of West Virginia
During the Wssk.

Major A. T. Laidley had presented to
the State Historical and Antiquarian
society list Of the persons who were
organized into a company for the de-
Tense of Kanawha county shortly after
the John Brown instruction at Harp
er's Ferry in October 1859, from which
list the Kanawha Riflemen was after
wards formed and mustered into the
service of the Confederate States on
May Sth, 1861. Major Laidley has also
given the society sheet of letter pa
per, such as was used in the. LOG Cabin
and Hard Cider" campaign in lS49,
when "Tippecanoe and Tyler
too" were the candidates. II
bears in the upper left hand corner a
cnt of the famous log cabin with bar
rel OF cider lying near by, the whole
surrounded by words, ''The Land of the
Free and the Home Of the Brave "Ten
valuable volumes were received from
the State library Of Texas, Thursday,
rare old coin from 4. o. Gibbs, and So
600 in COnterate money, epresentng al
the different issues made by the Con
federate government. This was con
tributed from various sources. So
rapidly is the collection of the society
increasing that the executive board OF
the society, at the meeting last night,
authorized the immediate construction
of three large additional glass eases.
The society will then have 335 square
feet of glass in show cases.
1t seems from indications and reports
that Tyler county must have quite
nest of thieves somewhere within her
borders. An exchange says: Wesley
MuSgrave, OF Brush Run, Tyler county,
met with the loss of a heavy wagon
which some scalawag stole from him
last Saturday night. He traced the
thief down by the Fair Grounds and
found the wagon torn 10 pieces on the
Kennedy place, near a house belonging
to man named Hoover. Thieves are
numerous in that neighborhood. One
of Clark Horner's boys had two head Of
cattle stolen from him. During the
funeral OF young Durkin, at Pennsboro,
not long since, hog was taken from
the Durkin property. The Cunningham
OK was killed In about the same place
where MuSgrave's wagon was found.
Other men in the same community have
lost stands Of bees, meat, chickens, sad
dies, harness and other articles"
A sensation was created at Charleston
Friday morning by the finding of pair
of pants, a coat aud shoe on the side
walk near one of the corner gates of the
Capitol yard. III the clothing was found
g.. so in money, knife, a key and
cigar. As some papers belonging to
Bascom Smith were found near, 1t was
thought at first that the clothes be-
longcd to him and it was rumored that
he had been murdered and mysteriously
spirited away. but he turned up all right
in short time and disclaimed all
knowledge of the garments. They were
taken in charge by the police, but no
clue has yet been found as to their own
erShip. 1t is thought they were left oy
some intoxicated individual who, not
knowing where he was, dsrobed and
went home en- diShdbilte.
A tremendous cave has been found
near Hendricks, in Tucker county. 1t
has been explored over half a mile
through large arched corridor, which
is six to thirty feet high. A living
the corridor and into all the Subways
that line its sides About the center OF
the cavern is an immense room upheld
by staiactites and stalagmites. The
cave has only been partially investiga-
ted as yet.
Two boys went in swimming down at
Midddeport last week, and, as storm
threatened, they threw their clothes
into box car on the side track of the
c.. II. " Il II. to prevent them getting
wet. But yard engine backed up and
took the car before they could get up to
the top of the bank. 1t was Il terrible
predicament that they were in for some
two hours, when third boy came to
their relief and recovered their 'fig
leaves"
Last Friday night they had a drunken
row at Monongah, In which man by
the name Of Stout was terribly cut and
thrown over the bank and left for dead.
Next morning he managed to make him
self known, when attention was given
him. He does not seem to know who
his asSailants were, but the authorities
thnk they know who it was, and will
bring them to justice. Stout, though
doing well, was very badly cut.
On Monday, MeSSrs. T. w. Moore &
Co., of Maretta who owns large tract
of timber land and operate saw mill
near Burning Springs, had cut on their
land a white oak tree which measured
: feet in diameter at the large end and
over three feet az the small end.oo
made $3.50 feet of lumber, board meas
ure, and was one of the largest trees
known of in that section.
After drawing the casing in the
Mclean oil well back of Red House,
for the purpose of roaming, light flow
of oil was struck. Prospects are en-
couraging at this well.-Pmtndm Demo
crdt.
The time for the reunion of the Flem-
ing family at Farmont, has been fixed
for "Wednesday. August 10.
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