Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-17
STATE NOTES.

In the tournament on the race track
at Cum berland, Friday, the prizes were
won by representatives of our State, as
follows: James w. Carskadon, of Min
eral, first, $50; w. S. Cunning OF
Hampshire, second, saddle; w. K. Van
! meter, of Hardy, third, bride. The
entries were H. CaSkadon, OF heyser'
who wore green and white; e. John
son, of Romney, white and black, .. ).
Fisher, of Moorfeld, red; W. S. Gun
ningham, of near Romney; j. Sheetz,
Headsville, pink aud black; V. M. Al
kire, Keyser, red and white; w. X.
Naumeter, Old Fields, black; j. Cars
kadon, Headsville, black and white; R.
L. Cracroft, Baltimore, black and red;
u. ID. Mcneil, MooreAeld, blue and
white; f. V. Williams, Williamsport,
green; w. T. Vanpeter, Old Fields,
white. The judges were W. Williams,
of Moorfeld; Zack Laney and DR..
Frank Keys, of Keyser. Messrs. A. R.
Lewis and f. C. Welton were in charge
o! arrangements and Mr.. Harvey La
dew was marshal Of the field.
Thursday afternoon last, Louis Els
wick and his divorced wife, Eliza Hack
ney, were united in marriage IN Kama.
wha county, oy Rev. Mr.. Briscoe. Eliza
Hackey, it will be remembered, is the
woman who was charged with having
killed Bette Moore, on the headwaters
of CampbBlps creek, early last spring,
by cutting her throat from ear to ear,
and who was on preliminary examina-
ton before a justice Of the peace, re-
leased from custody.
Darrell Logan, well-known horse
dealer, of the G. V. +. r., had leg cut
of by the cars last week, from the
effects of which he soon died. Mr..
Logan is the man who captured Captain
john E. Cook, one OF John Browns
Riders at Harper's Ferry. He got 81, O0C
for catching Cook. -SbepherdStOlOn Beg.
tSter.
Mr.. Pharmer, of New York city, has
purchased 10000 acres of timber land
near Marlinton, Pocahontas county, ana
will commence the erection Of large
steam saw-mill at that place in the near
future. The capital of the company
amounts to $1,000, 600. Mr.. PharmeT
says that Marlinton will certainly have
a railroad.
A worthy couple residing in Grant
district, Marion county, now we'll ad-
vanced In years, though well preserved,
are the parents of twenty-five children
eighteen boys and four girls-19 OF
whom are living and reside with the
parents.
The grand jury at this term OF Court
only found twenty-four indictments in
all-twelve for misdemeanor and twelve
for felony. The people Of our county
are either growing better or are becom-
ing better versed in the art OF not get
ting found out.-McDolCelL Recorder.
John Austin, who was tried in Wayne
county last week for the murder Of
Sherman Paine, on Kiahs creek, last
summer, was found guilty Of manslaugh-
ter by the jury. Judge Harvey SEN
fenced him to ten years Imprisonment
in the penitentiary.
The work of laying the natural gas
pipes through Clarksburg is being rap
idly finished, and the line completed 70
the well, two or three gangs of men
being at work upon the line at different
points.
Frank Kesedar, brakeman on the
B., S. & D. road, lost his life at Alpine
Station, Friday, while coupling cars,
being run over by an engine.
Fifty-one head of sheep and seven
calves were killed by q freight train al
Rohrbough's Siding on the Braxton
road last Friday.
A citizen just naturalized in Randolph
county, lived in the United States fifty
nine years before getting out his
papers.