Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-11-14

promised to marry was received, making
inquiries about him. He is % years
old
A pitiful spectacle was witnessed
above Coal Grove Wednesday morning.
1t was that Of young woman lying on
the bank where unattended she had
just given birth to. twins She gave
her name was Mary Shobook, and said
she was from West Virginia. She was
in search of G. & 0. rail railroad en-
gineer, who She said was the author Of
her ruin, but whose name she refused
20 give She had walked a long dis
lance and was watching for chance
% get across the river to kentucky
when taken i'll. DwelerS in the neigh
borbOod took care OF her and her new
born babes.-IrOntOn Republican.
Since last Thursday fires have been
raging in the hills and mountains
around Us with the 6ercenesS OF prairie
fires. These fires, although presenting
beautiful sight at night, are doing q
great amount OF damage 70 property,
and are certainly very unpleasant IN
effect Persons passing along our
streets can at times hardly breathe for
the density of the smoke and fine par
Jices of burned leaves and twigs are
constantly filling the eye,-Ek GdriGn
NGCS.
Miss Patsy Armstrong, of near Buck
eye, POcahontas county, was fatally
burned on Monday morning, October
3lst, about 8 o'clock. She was q maiden
lady aged about so years. 1t is sup
Z Oh 10 81. h.1 "a urhn
her clothing caught fire, and no one
being 10 the room with her, and before
her screams could attract any one TO
her assistance almost her entire clothing
had burned from her body. She died
in the afternoon.
A red, white and blue paper balloon
found near John Meeks lot one day last
week had the words Wheeling Repub-
lican Club printed upon 1t. The big
"air ship" was ten or twelve feet high,
ana the boys patched il up and sent 10
"sky high" from Main street one night
last week. 1t rose majeStiCally and
drifted of toward the Nail City as if it
knew "frOm whence it came" IL scared
"Out Of sight" in few minutes, amid
the hurrahs of the small bOys.-MOr-
gGRtoicR Post
Two young men named Mike Powell
and Frank Huff got into d friendly
scu1ling match az Proctor last Thurs
day evening Powell finally threw Hut
down, aud after holding him a while
let him uD, but Huff had lost his tenn
per and on gaining his feet drew
knife and stabbed Powell, the blade
striking a rib, but glanced and ran into
his body. He is reported in a critical
condition.
A. B. Moore, editor of the Wetzel Re
publican. of Wetzel county, has sued
W. :. Wiley, of the Wetzel Democrat,
for $4,000 for defamation Of his char
acter. Jim Mcintyre is the attorney
for Moore aud Wiley very kindly sug-
gests TO Mr.. Moore in the last issue Of
his paper that he at once secure the
services of a competent attorney so the
SUIT can be properly brought and tried.
Evidently Wiley IS not scared much.
A sad suicide occurred on the head of
Hughes river I'm Richie county recent
I ly. EnOch Riggs, a well-tO-dO citizen,
took his own life by cutting his throat
with a razor. He had been respondent
/ for some time and be became demented.
/ To is reported that his wife committed
suicide % year or TWO ago, and that her
I father and sister ended their lives in
the same manner.
Sevonty-fve years ago Colonel Napol
con b. French, OF Princeton, w. Va,
married Jane Armstrong, daughter OF
Governor Armstrong, of North Carolina.
Recently they celebrated their diamond
wedding. Colonel French, at one time,
was a candidate for Governor of West
Virginia, and came within few votes
of being elected. He is 96 and his wife
% years old.-NCJC Dominion.
The fires on the mountains north of
Clearspriug have driven a number Of
bears into the valley, and spOrtSmen are
having their share of fun pursuing the
woolly game. The HaGerstOwn Globe
SAYS: A Cumberland Valley railroad
engineer yesterday nearly ran down
large specimen of the bear family which
crossed the track ahead Of his train
lIoOrcfeId Examiner.
Four banks have already been started
along the line OF the West Virginia eX-
tension of the Norfolk and Western
Welch, the county seat of Mcdowell
county, aud one at Williamson, which
hopes 90 be the county seat OF Logan
county. Five years ago such thing as
bank at either OF these points was not
dreamed of.
Owing to the resignation OF Colonel
x. III. Freer, which has been accepted
by the COmmander-in-Chief, Lieuten-
ant Colonel r. Z. Fast has been placed
i'm command of the First Regiment,
West Virginia National Guards, Lieu
tenant Ramsay has been made an aid on
the Governors staff with the rank OF
Colonel.
Mr.. Levi Porter was the heavy pIung-
or of ShepherdstOwn. He bet nearly
$500 on the election OF Cleveland, and,
of course, won all of his bets. He put
up house and lot he owned against
Sl-5 of Harry G. Getzendanner's money
that Cleveland would win.
All Burnett, the detective, died last
week of consumption at his home in
Willow Island, aud was buried Thurs
day under the auspices Of the l. o. ..
T.. of which he was member lie was
A. years Of age.
Flre-bugs are at work in Huntington,
and several attempts have been made
10 burn the city. Several valuable
buildings have been destroyed by incen-
diary fires during the past two weeks.
The contract for the new synagogue
I'm Charleston, has been awarded 10
Riggs Il CalderwoOd. Ii will cost
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