Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-04-10
KINGWOOD.


KINGwooD, w. VA, April County
Court convened Monday.
The Busy Bees, " young ladies' mission
ary society, gave festival IN the M r..
church Monday night and cleared nearly
nifty dollars.
A very severe rain and hail storm &C
companied by lightning passed over this
section Tuesday morning about o'clock.
No serious damage is reported, no wever.
Rufus Myers, one Of the notorious Cooley
gang, confessed, and was Sentencrd 70
eight years in the penitentiary. Sherih
Jackson took him 20 Moundsville the first
part or the week.
Mrs. ]. I. Patton, Of this place, died sud
denly Tuesday at 1880 p. H., from the
breaking. internally, of a large aoscesS.
Her husband came home at noon for dinner
and found ner living on the floor insenSi0le.
He hastily summoned a doctor but moth
inc could be done. and she died as stated
above. She was a daughter OF Herman
Blake. of ROdamer's, this county, and
leaves a little babe about nine weeks old.
She was buried in the cemetery here Thurs
day az 10 a. 10.
Drs. Trippett and Powell, members Of
the Local Board of Health, visited RowleS-
burg Thursday Of last week IN the interest
of the sanitary condition OF SAID town.
II a
by ID. Sherman Gutherie, Of this place, has
made its appearance. IL is neat eight
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0espeaE a liberal patronage for IL. MI
Gutherje is an experienced writer for the
press iu general, so Of course he will make
the Press a success. Terms, 80 cents year,
which is entirely too low.
Marmaduke Swearinger died at Oakland,
Md, Wednesday, OF pneumonia, anu was
buried here Thursday p. IN. He was the
father OF our tOwnsman Luther Swearln-
ger. He served during the war with
Mauls5y's Battery. He leaves a large
family 10 mourn his loss, most Of whom are
grown.
II. C.. HYDE, who has so long and ably
filed the Craftsmanship Of the Democratic
County Executive Committee, resigned.
and Col. William La Nelle, the terror TO
Preston Republicans, was elected in his
stead
"Graudma'' Foyle died in Terra Alta,
April =. of old age She had been living
with relatives in a distant part OF the
State. and feeling she could not live much
longer returned 10 Terra Alta but two or
three days before her death. She died OF
old age-upward Of 90 years old. She was
the mother of DR.. j. Is. FOyle and X. 3.
Foyle both Of about town.
rank =. 0Olcs ul lut lamp oAoLuu,
near TunueitOu, had his house and all its
contents burned last Thursday morning.
MIR Cole was sleeping in the house alone,
ami woke up about 4 "a. m, 10 find the house
ready 20 fall in. He was considerably
burned on the head, hands and feet. Some
$50 or $50 in money was also burned.
l.. H. Albright, merchant, left Thurs
day for the Eastern cities, to lay in his
spring stock of goods.
Hotel Gordon was closed this week.
Senator Morley expects 10 repair tue house
cons derabiy between this and June LIST,
when it will be reopeued with new land
lord-one who has had considerable ex-
perieuce. liz IS expected TO be filled this
summer with city bOarders. So anyone
contemplating visiting our little town for
the summer should engage rooms soon.
Mrs. VI. L. Shafier Of Tunnelton, is dy-
ing with cancer of the breast.
The grass is growing rapidly; wheat is
looking remarkably well, and the farmers
are mostly busy sowing oats, or preparing
the ground for that purpose; the trees are
putting on summer airs, and everything
Indicates that winter has departed.