Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-06-27

but no other injury was noticed about
his person. E. S. Briant, undertaken
at BrightOn. received telegram from
the father OF young Biggs to take
charge Of the body, and accompany it
to States, opposite his home, and the
order was promptly obeyed. There
seems to be some suspicious connected
with the untimely demise Of young
Biggs, and the matter will probably
undergo thorough investigation when
the body arrives at st. Adams.
On last Thursday at the railroad camp
at Centralia, Braxton county, one OF the
construction trains ran over a colored
man, Charles MeClung, cutting on leg
~ three places and an arm at the shout
der. He was at once placed in car and
sent TO Sutton, attended by DR.. CALI
han. Drs. Newton and Morrison were
telegraphed to meet the train at the
depot, which they did, but the man died
few minutes after the train arrived.
he was terribly mangled and had no
possible chance Of living, although ev-
erythiag was done for him that could
be. bis home was in BuckbannOn, but
he was buried here. The accident was
caused by McClung's recElessnsss or
carelesSness. He was one OF the labor
erS, and was i'm the habit OF jumping
from the train while in motion, although
be had often been warned to not do so.
When the accident occurred he was rid
ing on the front end as the train was
backing into camp at noon. He jumped
of in front and fell on the track.
Miss Gertrude Hager and Lizzie
Spears are two OF the hsndSomest young
ladies in the section in which they live,
some twelve miles up the river from
Hamlin in Lincoln county. Their per-
sonal attractions have brought them
many suitOrS among the young men In
the vicinity, and considerable rivalry
has existed between the two girls, each
anxious 10 out do the other in captivat-
ing susceptible hearts. This long con-
tinued CONQUEST for social preference
led to bitter enmity, and Miss Spears
having recently gained several con-
quests by her superior charms, her riv-
al and bitter enemy, Miss Hager, could
stand it no longer, and one day last
week challenged the object Of her hat
red to mortal combat, and fired five
shots at her. She proved to be a bad
markSman, and none Of the shots took
effect. Miss Spears was before Justice
Smith the day following for warrant
TO restrain her enemy from further vio-
lence, and the end is not yet.
AS an instance of the curious places
in which birds sometimes build their
nests and rear their young, we are told
the following by Messrs. Gibson and
BOStick, who are running saw mill on
the Hofnagle farm, two and one-half
miles from Ronceverte. About midway
the length OF The driving belt Of the
mill is a presS-pulley or belt-tightener.
Attached 10 this is a heavy block de-
signed TO give additional weight TO the
pulley. In hollow in this block, some
weeks ago, a little wren built its nest,
and in spite of the rapid motion OF the
pulley and a vibration Of from 8 to 10
inches, she reared and fed her brood. At
times she was obliged to clutch the nest
with her claws TO avoid being thrown
out, and at other periods, when the
mill ran slowly, she was observed by
the mill hands TO be sitting on the nest
with her eyes closed, as if lulled to
sleep. As time passed on and the young
birds began TO try their wings, and were
thus endangered by their surroundings,
the workmen removed the block to
safer situation, where the birds com
pleted their growth and abandoned the
nest. Last week the mother wren was
observed flying around with pieces OF
straw in her mouth, as If hunting her
old location. The mill hands imme
diately returned the block to its old
place on the pulley, and the wrenis ow
rebuilding her nest amid the hustle an d
hurry incident TO ssw-mill work, placing
each straw as carefully and properly in
the midst of the jostle and vibration OF
the block as If the nest were in the limb
of a tree or on the solid ground.