Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-16
DEATH BY DROWNING.
srTalL PATM ACCIDENTS on INTERIOR
STREAMS
v,,5,-,us ARRAYS, Serious Casualties Suicides.
o.rars and An The Varied News o. the
Saia Daring SIX DAYS PlsL

Last " eQncSuN4s 10y "a ANii1'NA' o SDii
-, Tobn Lander, was drowned in the
S,rrb Branch Of the Potomac. Floyd
I'D his cousin Abe were rowing Ellen
Myers over the river in canoe. They
h,3 proceeded from the shore but few
,ss, when the boat became unmauage-
.,,e and began to foas down the river.
AsapatnraI result this excited the girl
and her strokes with the paddle only
,dsd the boat 10 it's downward course,
-,,ber than take il ashore. While the
,,,- was I'm this condition, by some
ussrs Floyd fell overheard, but man
900 ro hoat down the river few
-srts and catchO little island, where
81 raised TO his feet and stood up; but
,.bifa he was iu this position the canoe,
,.-b the other two occupants, passed
tir, and aOated on down the river. IL
g. sroDospd that through fright and be-
w'derment the little fellow tried 20 get
bse. into the canoe. AT anyrate he
rInrgsi into the river behind the canoe,
and was not seen any more until he was
Sorod some half mile below where be
u,s seen 20 enter the river. The Myers
cir. and the other boy were hshed out
oftbe river by Philip Conrad half a
mile from where they attempJd TO cross.
j. Ke.uster, a resident Of Point
Marion. Preston County, noticed a dog
dragging around what he supposed TO
h. tbe body OF some ANIMAL last Tues
eav morning. Investigation proved
differently. Ia was part of the body of a
Young babe The brute had the lower
limb and trunk, but the head and arms
wore missing. After much dil.jgent
.esrcb an arm was found in the mouth
II another dog. When discovered 10
too. hard work 90 drive the dogs away
from their feast of human leSh. The
remains were traced TO q secluded
pIqge. where, in the pathway, they had
evidently been inferred. The body had
bssn wrapped up ,n a newspaper, and
bad0uly been buried q short time. The
grave was not more than SIX Inches
dssp. Coroner H1.bert was informed,
and the case was fully investigated. No
clue has been found as 90 the parentage
OF the child. Evidently the dogs had
eaten part of the body, as portion OF
70 could not be found
C.P. Berkshire, son OF Judge r. l..
Berkshire, of M0rgant1wu, is aJ WORK
ora cane which he vii. exhibit IN the
West Virginia building no the Worlds
Fair The cane is thirty-SiX inches
long aud DO thicker than an ordinary
walking stick, but the person who leans
uD0n TO will be resting on q portion OF
every known land, and also the un-
known, FOR already there are $3.50
pieces OF minerals and wood I'm IT, gath
cred from all parts of the iuhabitable
globe, aud a chip from an TrOlite from
the bottom of the sea. Mr.. Berkshire has
placed To- the cane @ piece of every min
era and wood found in West Virginia.
The work, which Is Ski.ltuuy done, and
has occupied most Of his leisure time
during the past three years, was exc
cuted with an Ordinary American jack
suIe This is the third cane Mr.. Ber6-
shire has made OF this kind. and when
completed il viii be composed Of TO-
900 pieces.
TO- making the excavation for the cell
lar for the County IuhrmarY on the
Poo! Farm 40 Elizabeth, last week, ;hey
dug into what was supposed 90 be an
Indian mound which had been used as
burial ground. Bones, images, hair
and relics were found in abundance.
Mr. w. =. Howard was the contractor
and among the things he found was
stone about twelve inches long,
three inches wide and two inches
thcs, on one side OF which was engrav-
cd the face of man, and on the other
side the head of some animal which
looked like q FOX The stone was soft
ana rather easily cut, was q light color
on the outside but very black inside.
He also found a lot Ol bones and Indian
hair The hair was long and black as .
raven. Auumber OF 0iuts and other
rocks We're found with different eugrav-
lgs ON them. one Hint was found
which w.l weigh nearly a pound.
DO Saturday last while running log
idit Co sutton, Cal Bemage, one OF the
hands ou the raft met with serious
accident AJ che new railroad bridge
l course OF erection across Ei6, below
1e mouth OF Holly, a rope had been
stretched across the river, made fast at
both ends. The water is pretty swift
az that place and when the raft was
llatns down % went under the rope,
which caught on pin. Bamage ran 20
tli me rope ont when he got nearly 20
! 'oe rope slipped oil the pin and struck
l.m with terrific force. He was knocked
ABOUT tnirty-Gye feet, falling on the
Ia'- and was badly injured, but a.
,aolsn seriously hurt he will recover.
a, ine raft moved on 10 caught on an
y'oer pin and this time 10 broke. If it
1dI not broken it would likely have
sI-ca some hands who were working
ID NE rear end Of the raft
The wolves had killed thirteen head
'aeep for Sabe Hull, Of Randolph
-l,y When the alarm was given at
0o>af-town, Webster county, that
que wolves were In that vicinity, great
At.'emeGt prevailed In thas part. Az
securing all the firearms in the
-'s-oornood, boys dudes, dogs, young
s.-' old men, and no doubt some Of the
'-l sex started 10 pursuit. After pur-
-lN them some distance, they sue
,lel 10 capturing a young kid. In a
, ,-o'. ''me they came TO q cave in the
,,A, ana supp0sing that they had at
r .s' so' their game bagged. great en-
s--s'4sn prevailed. SEEDING a dispatch
.,-0.e quick for dynamite, they con
,.lel they would blow them up; but
lung was found bu, pOlecat
a. a man named j. Stobert was drown
20. Nul,a.lourg on Saturday week.
vas out on the river for pleasure
~ ana approached too near a shOal
go MS boat was whirled over the
\. "a and be was drowned. He held
W We boar manrllllv until nearlv