Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-07-18

might have done more serious In
/ Jury had not the neighbors interfereo,
/ having been attracted by her screams.
/ The wound made on her arm was eau
terized by local physicians, but they
are still undecided whether IL was eau
terized in time. Morrison Is bard
working and Wsil-to-do man. he has
| 10 be kept tied down to keep from do
ing himself and others injury. He is
very weak, and reported to be sinking
rapidly.
The Democratic brethren Of the State
| when they meet IN State convention In
| Petersburg On the 9th, will have
/ plenty Of room to spread themselves.
The WigWam under course OF con-
struction 81 the corner Of Ann and Sec
| ond will accommodate 500 az least.
The rink will be nearly 200 feet
SQUARE. The framework Is about COM
! pleted and ready for the roof. 10 will
| not be q flimsy structure by any means,
as strong, heavy timberS are being used
| in its construction,
The platform win be on the Second
street side and will accommodate one
hundred people.
VIM. Trissler, young man about Is
years Of age, son OF John &. Trisier,
| who lives In the lower end Of Cove dis
trict, Barbour county, was found dead
/ in his fathers corn field, Tuesday Of
/ last week, under circumstances that
pointed very strongly 10 suicide. He
/ bad gone to the field TO straighten some
/ corn that had been blown down, re-
/ turned TO the house In short time and
/ got a rifle and returned 10 the field. In
a short time . report of gun was
heard al the house, and young Trisler
/ not returning 70 the house when eX-
| pected, seaach was made for him, and
be was found lying In the field dead,
with a bullet hole through his head.
/ From the direction the bullet took 10 Is
| supposed he placed the breech OF the
gun on the ground, with the muzzle
| against his chin, and with his foot
/ pulled the trigger. The ball passed
! the brain, and must have caused death
| Instantly. He was bright and intelli-
| gent Youns man, and no cause IS as
/ signed for the rash acA
st. Adams on the Chesapeake & Ohio
/ railroad was the scene Friday afternoon
Of a terrible tragedy. Charley Doome
| is the telegraph operator at st. Adams.
| Friday noon he was Willing away the
time playing the game OF
dice called scraps" with q
/ negro whose Rame we are unable to as
certain. Fortune favored DoOme, as he
! won most of the colOred mans money.
I T-ne ID
! pocketboOk, returned 70 the station
where Doome works, and asked him TO
again play. This DOOme refused TO do.
] LonEusge between the two became vio-
/ lent. and suddenly the colOred man
drew huge knife from MS pocket and
without warning plunged II into
/ Doome's left lung. Doome fell 10 the
! ground, fatally wounded. The negro
/ attempted to escape, but was arrested
by the local authorities. DOome llnRer-
ed along until evening when he died.
| The authorities hearing that the mob
proposed TO take "snap Judgment"
/ hurriedly took the prisoner to Charles
ton where he was taken to jail.
A serious shooting affair growing ont
Of a general fight, occurred near the
/ bridge ~ the mouth Of Gregorys' Run,
/ Harrison county, Sunday. Austin Swl-
ger was shot, no doubt fatally, by Joshua
| ID. Fortney, who claims that he did II In
self defense. Il appears that Austin
/ Swiger and his two younger brothers
went 20 a well-known bathing place
near the mouth of the run TO go In
/ swimming. John Fortney, a son OF
/ Joshua ID. FOrtney, three sons OF Andrew
/ Bates, and Scott COffman, also went to
/ the same place. There has been bad
! feeling between the Fortney's and Swi-
| gers for some time and, and Austin
| Swiger and John FOrtney got into a
| quarrel and a fight was the result.
| Swiger, II is said, was getting the
| best OF II when the Bates
/ boys took part 10 It., Scott
/ Coffman then called for Joshua D. Fort
| ney to come, his object being to stop
/ he fight. FOrtney came with cane In
I his hand and Swiger drew a knife. The
/ two engaged In q fight, which ended by
| Fortney drowing revolver and shoot
/ ing SWiger. Fortney claims he fired In
self-dsfense and that before doing so
/ Swiger cut him with the knife. and
shows wounds In the back which he
| claims were m ade IN that way. Swiger
claims that he drew the knife to pre-
vent FOrtney from attacking him, and
/ that the latter struck him three times
/ with the cane before shooting. The ball
/ struck Swiger 10 the hip, passed through
/ BIS body and lodged In the liver. Fort
ney Is In jail.