Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-12-19
GOLD DISCOTEREp
rvrrFvgyT IN LINCOLN COUNTY Owe PAY
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q, Exact Locality oftAs Find Kept a Secret by
bs D.so0ywm-6snsral STATE Intsl-
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a.e7very in this county OF an ore be-
r.ve5 to contain gold. Specimens Of
,ss are have been brought 90 the iowa
.,5 local experts pronounce it the
o,,rine article. IL is the intention OF
,soss who discovered the ore to send
sDeelmens to competent assay ist, aud
have a thorough test made. The exact
l,,atiop Of the fnd is being kept secret,
rrrit is known that it is somewhere on
tba waters Of Upper Big Creek of Mud
-lvsr The ore is said Co exist I'm large
Quantities plentfully impreguated with
tba yellow metal, and should test de-
-sl,T the genuine stuff Lincoln county
,r,u shortly become the III Dorado Of
.ts South. Further developments will
1sc.6se'y watched and noted.
Orfts an excitement was caused In
Pa-ks.ey Springs Tuesday evening by
-ts ssrsa..onai report that the Berkeley
s,-frrs bank had closed it's doors, or
,~,s "5ustsd." A lOud-mOutbed, strong
-rrred c04utrymaa had two or three
SMALL checks cashed, In the aggregate
sb-ut $50, aud he came out Of the bans,
70 il rer1rted, made the remark that be
lad drawn all the money cut OF the
Laak. This was interpreted into ''rho
r9rs has busted" lt ives soon grid
t---qf AN over town, and was soon
natter of general discussion and gained
some cradence among some especial en-
or.ps of the bank. As it happened,
tuesday was the regular meeting day of
tbe directors, and Mr.. AldertOn, the able
cashier. soon had the directors called
fr.o meeting, where upon q reward OF
cto0 was offered for the detection of
the person or persons VINO first circulate
I'd tbereDort The local detectives were
soon ont 10 force, and 10 took but
short while 90 centre the crimeN or
whatever it may be, upon Mr.. Gore
OnDs. who fatty denies that he made
any such assertions. He now comes
cut in card stating, first, that he did
not say it; second, if he dld say it he
5fd not mean TO injure the financial
standing OF the bank. III the guilty
marty is found be viii be dealt with
very severely. A "run" on the bank
was expected Wednesday morning, and
the officials were prepared for it, but
instead found money pouring in for
safe deposit ia large and small amounts.
AN good citizens are solid In their con
f5ence in the bank.
Persons coming from the Four Mile
refch5OrhOOd on Guyan river report
that for some time q bear or an animal
resembling a bear, has infested the
woods To- that section, and al attempts
t9capture the beast have been unlyail-
Ing. A few nights ago pack OF dogs
belonging to j. NJ Dial closed In on
bruin and a terrible fight enSued, but
the dogs were routed, the animal, what
ever It was, furnishing them severely.
10 disappeared in the darkness as The
men came up with their guns, and tbty
declare 10 was of enormous size, and
black, but whether q bear or panther
they could not tell. The people in that
lcommuuity have declared war on the
tcr.tter,' and are determined 10 hunt
him d0wn.-LtDcOlN Citizen.
There wasa switching party in Pala-
tine on last Friday night or Saturday
morning. in honor Of gentleman who
has good wife and three children
whom be fails 90 support as husband
aad father should. He drinks tangle-
foot to excess, and his language In his
household IS not pleasant. a bundle OF
switches was left at the front door d.-
rected 90 his honor GU, stating that u
he did not "pull up the slack aud go
90 work as a good citizen should, he
would get a switching The notice
worked like charm, and 10 Is very
likely that an artistic tradesm0n will
be a better man in the near future
FGim0Ht Free Press.
On last Friday morning, 81 William
son, Thomas Brown, cOlored, shot Eph.
Bates also cOlored. Bates says That
Brown came into his room where he was
10 bed aud tried TO rob him, when be-
shot him. Brown died in few minutes
after being shot, and Bates tried to
make his escape, but was captured the
same day and taken before Squire Jas.
Chapman, who sent him on for further
trial. Deputies Sheriff Buskir6 and
Beyus lodged him ia Jail 40 Logan c. IL.
ils. Monday. Bates is quite young and
has a good reputation, while the negro
who was killed had very bad reputa-
ton.
There are nine lodges and five en-
campmeuts OF the Independent Order
o, Order of Odd Fellows in Preston
county, with o membership in the sub
ordinate lodges Of about 600. Ine
Knights Of Pythias have three lodges
with q membership of about ESQ. The
J1uir Order of United American
Mechanic have six lodges and o wem-
o3rshiD OF $50. There are also three
Masonic lodges, two of the Improved
Order Of Red Men, eleven Good Temp
Tar and one knight of the Golden
Eagie The Good TempiarS have PROB
ably 500 members in the county ana
the others aR have good member
ship.
The peach-grOwing industry is draw
Ing nearer TO ShepherdStown. Dr. Il.
$. Reynolds has just set out twenty-five
hundred trees on his farm, occupied Oy
Nr. David Hawn, near Mo,er's Cross
Roads, and MeSsrs. WIN. j. aud 81. Of.
Shepherd have had planted ABOUT Ioul
thousand on their Lower harm,
north OF SheDherdstOwn. bOtn or
these ventures are In the nature OF eA-
per,ueuts, of course, bpt there IS every
reason to hope that the land selected
viii prove favorable for peach culture
Mrs Josie Akers, who lives in the
aegdtorhood Of Greenville, Monroe
county, attempted 70 commit suicide on
The 1lh inst Her husband was aoSent
irou the house at the time and Mrs
A6ers obtained q razor with which sPe
eut several gashes in her throat. DIS.
Boon aud Trasher was CALLED In ana
rendered the necessary medical assls-
lance and the lady is now thought 70 oe
recovering. no cause assigned for the
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