Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-13

Live topics of General News from Interio
Counties.


A fatal accident occurred near Light
burn on Friday, May q. Abe Simons
/ and several young men were out on
| squirrel hunt. One Of the party, young
| Barb. son of Abram Barb, on placing
cap on his gun, his finger slipped from
the trigger and discharged the weapon,
sending the ball through the head OF
| Mr.. Simons, who lived only two days,
| and was buried at Broad Run cemetery
| The deceased leaves a wife and four
| children.
Mrs. Noah Rexroad, residing short
! distance east of Harrisville, fell from
| porch in the rear of her residence on
/ Tuesday OF last week and broke her hip
in two places. She lives by herself and
| It was sometime before she was able to
make her condition known. However,
| she managed to crawl to the front OF
! the house and call some one who was
passing on the public road to her assis-
| lance.
At the recent competitive examina-
! ton conducted at Anderson by DR.. w.
L. Barksdale, Capt. c. T. Smith and
NJ. A. Manning, Esq. Mrs. w. ID.
Sawyers, Of Meadow Bluff District, that
county, now Principal Of the public
school at Hinton, passed the most salts
| factory examination, and will therefore
receive Mr.. Alderson's appointment as
a cadet at the U. S. Military Academy
at West Point
Last July Hiley and Cora Commeans,
of Wayne county, were arrested for the
killing OF their infant The woman
was afterwards discharged, but the
man was held over and his trial begun
at the present term of Court. The case
was ably argued on both sides, and the
! jury was unable to agree upon YER
dict. The rehearing was set for
future date.
Nancy Chambers, q sixteen-year-old
girl, was drowned ia Mud river, near
BarbourSville Sunday morning. She was
| sitting on a log on the bank of the riv-
| or, when il turned over and she fell In
| TO the water. The girl was faVorite
in the locality where she lived, and her
untimely death is universally regretted.
A special communication OF the Grand
| Lodge of West Virginia IS called to be
holden at Fairmont on Wednesday next,
June Is, 1892, at one o'clock p. m, for
the purpose Of laying the corner stone
OF the new Normal school building in
that place with appropriate Masonic
ceremony.
A man b9 the name of Johnson, Of
Lewis county, shot an immense eagle
while hunting in Greenbrier county re-
Gently, and sent two OF the quilts to
Grover Cleveland with the request that
he write his Inauguration address with
them.
The drawing of lots at the new town
OF Marlinton, Pocahontas county, took
place on Wednesday Of last week.
About 400 people were present. One
hundred and ninety-two lots were
drawn, which aggregated $40, O2O.
A petition is being circulated in Jack
son for the purpose Of securing the re-
lease of Thos. Carter, who was sentenced
10 the State prison recently for burglary.
1t is said that about 400 names have
been secured to the petition.
One hundred years ago last Sunday
the first religious services ever held in
Salem, Harrison county, were conducted
by Seventh Day people in the old fort
built by the early settlers for protection
against Indians.
There was a cloud burst on the noun
tain between Twelve Pole and Mud
Fork of Island Creek, in Logan county,
Wednesday. Fifteen minutes Of rain
fall made the creeks higher than ever
before known.
At Charleston, Josiah Kelley, son of
Inv
angry bull, and may die. The unfortu-
nate boy graduated from the High
School last Thursday and is promising
youth.
John Arnett, colored, Of Charlestown,
died suddenly on Tuesday night of last
week. His wife went down street,
leaving him sitting upon the porch, and
when She returned found him dead.
VIM. Hoyt of Wetzel county shot
loon last Monday which measured six
feet from tip to tip OF its wings and five
feet four inches from the tip of its bill
to its tail.
Oil men at Sistersville gave the Mayor
twenty minutes TO open the lookup and
let out one OF their number who was
drunk, on pain of throwing the lookup
In the river. The man was released.
Mrs. c. c. King and her family were
saved from being burned to death at
Huntington by dog. The house caught
fire at night and they were awakened
by the barking Of the dog.
Two Grafton boys were found guilty
OF highway robbery, but being under
sixteen they were sent to the Reform
School instead Of the penitentiary.
The trial Of Newton Hobbs for the
murder Of Henry Beaver, in Pleasant
county, resulted in verdict Of guilty
in the second degree.
S. II. Morrall was killed by lightning,
at Philippi, Tuesday afternoon. His
two sons and Martin Gamer had narrow
| escapes.
Leonard Sturm, of Calhoun county,
had one leg broken in two places, and
sustained other injuries by tree falling
/ on him.
The West Virginia Educational Asso-
citation will hold its twenty-second an
nual meeting at Grafton, July 5, 6
and Z.
FUNERAL OF MRS. MILLER.
| The Remains Followed to the Cemetery
by n Large COncOurse of Friends.