Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-05-02
A NARROW ESCAPE
FROM A TERRIBLE DROWNING IN WAYNE
COUNTY.
A Long List Of Fatal and Other Casualties In Vari-
oCs CcualeS-The General News Of
the Past Week.

falo Shoals, Wayne county, last Mon
day. DR.. AlOnzo Garrett, who had been
visiting patient on the opposite side
from the Shoals, came 70 the river and
called 20 Z. G.. Morrison to Ferry him
over. Mr.. Morrison rowed the skill
safely across and taking the Doctor on
board started on the return trip. The
river was very swift and full OF logs and
drift, and when passing through the
drift the skiff sheered and ran upon
log. They at once realized their dan
ger and lust below the mouth Of New
comb Mr.. Morrison sprang into the wa
ter ami ATTEMPTED TO swim ashore, call
ing 10 the Doctor TO do likewise. But
the Doctor had decided to take
his chances in the skin, and
crashing the oars he succeeded
in reaching the shore, barely in time TO
save himself from being swept over.
Mr.. Morrison was less fortunate, ana,
finding be could not reach the shore,
climbed on TO a log and was swept over
the dam. He did not rise TO the sur
face for two or three minutes, and the
sDectatOrs had almost deSDalred OF ever
seeing him alive, when he reappeared.
Being good swimmer, he attempted 70
sRim. bur finding himself dragged down
by the weight of his clothing he caught
10 a cross lie and was caught with the
hook OF "a spike-pOle aud dragged from
the water lust below the ford. Mr..
SCHUYLER Luther, who was catching
driftwood, first caught him and was as
sisted by his brothers, A. Z. and U. ,.
Luther, without whose help he would
probably not have succeeded.
The sessions OF the Presbytery OF
Greenbrier, held in Hinton last week,
we're attended by seventeen ministers
and nineteen ruling Elders. Rev. K. l..
Telford, of LewiSburg, was elected
Moderator, and Rev ID. Nj. Leyton, OF
Frankford, and Mr.. j. Q. Dickey, Of
Huntington, Clerks. The reports sent
ont from the churches showed a graft
fying increase in the mem bership, which
now numbers over three thousand, and
also an increase in the contribution or
the churches to benevolent causes, pas
tors salaries and congregational pur-
poses, amounting 70 about thirty thou
mined 10 90 forward in the effort TO es-
tablish the McElhenny Female lnsti-
tute, at LewiSburg, and requested Rev.
r. L. TelfOrd 10 spend two months in
visiting the churches and soliciting con-
tributions 10 an endowment fund. The
regular fall meeting OF the PreSbytery
was appointed for Mt. Pleasant Church,
on the 18th OF October, at 7:3O o'clock
p. m.
A fatal and distressing accident &C.
Cured az No. mine, at Elk Garden, on
the afternoon Of the 26th. The mine
cars are drawn out Of the long main
heading by SteaUs power by wire rope.
John l.. MichaelS was employed as
Creaser to keep the rollers creased on
the track over which the wire rope
passes. AS a trip OF twenty loaded cars
was coming out, John ManiOn and
Thomas Martin, brakeSmen, saw flash
OF light from q miners lamp, and on
stopping the cars and going back found
Michaels in the middle of the track ter
ribly mangled, the whole train having
passed over him. On being found life
was not extinct, and he exclaimed my
God, ] am done" His left leg was cut
of, his right leg broken, his right arm
cut Of, head badly bruised and man
gled BE lived an hour and half when
death released him from his suferings
He was about thirty-Seven years old and
leaves a wife and TWO children.
An accident, which came near result
ing fatally, occurred on the river, az
BraxtOn c. H., last Friday. There was
q large rise in Elk, and party Of river
men had started for Charleston with
log raft While passing the point at
which the railroad company is erecting
bridge across the river, the force Of
the raft against the rope was very great,
and when il finally slipped from the log
il few back with terrific force, and in
doing so caught Colonel Remage, one Of
the hands. throwing him distance OF
nearly thirty feet. When picked no he
was unconscious, and had received nu-
merouS severe bruises, which IL was
feared would prove saJ0l. AT last re-
ports, hlyever, ne was resting easy,
ane is now supposed 10 be out OF danger.
Nne places of business in Harper'S
Ferry were entered by a thief or thieves
friday night, and the cash drawers
"
tiOns on two safes were tempered with,
but they were not opened. w. \. De-
lauder's blacksmith SHOP was first
entered where an iron bar and several
iron wedges were secured. The follow
ing stores were then visited, only those
being selected that had double doors:
r. H. Cavaliers drug store, L. NJ. Con-
ner's saloon, Valley Clothing House,
James Couway'S saloon, bar of Hotel
Conner, w. O. Raus' grocery store,
George Lorgerbeam'S saloon and y. r.
Webb'S drug store.
A tight between two cOlOred women,
Tilhe Harris and Lou Price, took place
on the streets OF Fayetteville last
Saturday evening. 10 seems that there
had been a bad feeling between these
women for some time, and that on Sat
urday they had met for the first time in
a long time. To meet, meant 20 right
their wrongs, or 70 try 10. After some
lively Sparring the Harris girl, who is
much the smaller Of the two, threw the
Price woman down, and made her prom
ise never 20 bother her again, and she
was glad TO promise to be her friend
thereafter and forever more.
Tuesday morning b. Il o. accommo-
datiOn train No. is was wrecked one
mile east of Tunnellton bY the engine
leaving the track Milton Hodges, the
engineer, was killed, and the fireman,
baggage master and several passengers
severely bruised. The engine, tender
aud cars were more or less damaged.
The remains Of Hodges were taken to
Keyser the same evening and the iu
,,o~of ,rrfn ooarr this aftprponn Mr