Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-10-10
ATE TOPICS.
CURRENT HAPPENINGS OF
THE WEEK.
allies Robbaries, Fires, and the
News OF the Past Six
Is in Ihs Interior.

NAA1of Aft~esAAS'f @AANsf $40 ~
News Of the Pas. Six
rs in The Interior.
very near being a fearful
Judges creek, in Cabell
Friday. A woman named
Is angered with her neigh
Bnlups, proceeded to the
the latter armed with a
shotgun, determined on
Age for some past offense
ring the house she saw two
her intended victim whom
began to abuse with opprO-
mage, but soon her anger
Oh that she could no longer
self. Leveling the gun she
children and lodged a num-
in the breast face and neck
e ones. They are both seri-
.ded; the older will probably
INJURIES, Mrs. Pike is under
held for trial to await the re-
wounds.
lrGess, an Elk Garden miner,
20 narrow escapes from death,
A few days ago Z. I. Mackley
thei -ln-law'S house, but had
but few minutes when the
ard him calling. The young
out at once 20 see what was
er and found that he had
ae cOOns. Burgess climbed up
rec on which the coOns were.
b about fifty feet from the
,e stepped on rotten linn b
Oke under him. He fell six or
c, when his arm caught In a
I'D held him, the elbow joint
o large 70 pass through. He
TO extricate himself and climb
lfferlng no injury save Il slight
rlOf the arm about the elbow.
round below is covered with
rocks, a fall must have resulted
A few days before the same
nan had his clothes stripped of
hing In the "tumbling rod" nf
lg machine. and was slightly
noon on Monday the fine barn
Hemp, situated north Of Charles
nd about "a mile from the court
along with stables. graneries,
as consumed by fire, supposed to
cen caused by some small cOlored
aging with matches OF smoking
ties upon straw stack close TO
RI. Much farm machinery, way
arneSs. thirty-fve tons Of hay,
an hundred bushels Of wheat, etc,
destroyed. The wheat, we under
belonged jointly 10 Mr.. Hemp
r. Harry Bane, who was the ten
The barn was worth at least three
and dollars, upon which there was
,gurance OF one thousand dollars,
SHINE OF the contents were insured,
ough lot sufficient TO cover the loss.
Giles BlantOn, a Wayne county man,
vas found In the alley between Second
nd Third avenues, Huntington, Mon
.ay night, by Officer Staley, in horri-
lie condition. His shoes aud hat had
ieen stripped of of his feet and head,
nd his clothing was bedraggied with
nud-and dust until he presented an aw-
ul sight. Parties stated that they saw
wO men dragging him up the alley and
hat they had robbed him. he was
iven a pair Of shoes Tuesday morning,
nd ln-the mayors court was unable to
ell about anything that had happened.
3lantOn is said 10 be good citizen
7hen sober. but his appetite for drink
makes him ugly.
David Fountain, the pedestrian who
tramDing from New York to San
snciseo on a wager to beat the record,
we'd In Grafton last Thursday
ming, having left New York on
goth OF last month. He had been
fifteen days, but having laid of
days, be had been walking only
days actually, In which time he
fered GIL miles, averaging over
les per day. He is five feet nine
Ugh and weighs 100 pounds. He
tut four and a half miles per
reached Parkersburg SatOr-
will be at Cincinnati Thurs
iianOpolis next Monday.
.sy afternoon Jacob Lam
about sixty years Of age,
on Tyler's run, BraxtOn
Shot and instantly killed
potatoes ia a field. The
ae was committed by his
behind q tree about thirty
nd fired the shot. The
i,aped and has not yet been
Athe inquest it was proven
2 man threatened 70 kill
y one Of Geo. Hines sons,
1ut three miles east OF
out hunting and had
Ieys, and had them tied
was going through the
narles POwnall, son OF
iownall. seeing the tur-
them with a shotgun aud
whole load Of shot in
ome OF the shot striking
zee.
ht OF September %, at -
La away Hamps hires oldest
4b Amick, in his one hun
~ year. He was born May
Il departed this life Septem-
%. and was therefore one
ars, four months and eleven
fHe was a veteran OF the war
q retained his memory to
n il MS last illness suffered
rr. who was in the Fairmont
IN with the shooting OF John
was taken before Justice L.
on last Monday for hear
Harr waived a preliminary
n rave bond in a penalty OF
his appearance before the
Of the Circuit Court TO an
rdictment, II any be preferred
Tim.