Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1892-02-22

j remained 10 show that the skeleton was
that OF man Of very large stature.
! The skull was decayed and found in
i several pIces, but several teeth were
found to be sound. We hope after this
the children Of that vicinity can sleep
soundly. Tradition tells US that ii was
the grave OF an old chief. The boys
settled the mystery.
The report OF the investigating COM
mittee shows that j. c. McEldowney,
late clerk Of the Wetzel County Court,
| issued duplicate orders to number OF
/ persons ranging in amount from 81 or
| 81 up TO $50, and that the persons 10
whom the orders were issued, twice
/ drew the money on the orders after en-
dorsing them. The duplicate orders
| amounted to something over $500. They
were issued TO T. NJ. Stone, Henry Herr
man, Levi X. Hoge, L. P. horner, NJ.
| b. Davis, II. II. Snodgrass, Ben Earn
/ shaw. Jas. Masters MILFORD Moore and
| others. They were orders issued by
| the clerk a second time, endorsed oy
the persons TO whom they were payable,
/ and the money drawn on them from the
/ Sheriff.
A man giving his name as c. II. Wal
| lace, of Grantsville, Calhoun county,
w. Va. claiming to be Vice President
of the Calhoun County Alliance, has
been working his Jefferson county
brethren for money. He claims to have
been TO New York and had sold a horse
/ for $3.50. and had had his money stolen
| from him while on the train between
/ Washington and Harper's Ferry. As no
such a man lives In this place nor In the
! county, so far as we know, and as .Dr,
Thomson, who loaned him the money,
/ has heard nothing Of him or the money
since he loaned it 10 him, we presume
he must have been an Alliance faker.-
/ Calhoun Chronicle.
While digging q grave on Trace Fork,
Lincoln county, last week, the bones
OF human being OF gigantic stature
and proportions was eXhumed. Inc
skeleton is in a good state OF preserya-
ton, and the outlines OF the frame
sufficiently defined TO determine that
the stature OF the person must have
been nine or ten feet. The skull and
other bones also indicate DrodigiouS
size. No one now living has any
knowledge of the grave or its occupant
and all other indications point to its
belonging 10 some prehistoric race OF
giants, contemporary with mastodons,
fossil remains of which have oeen
found in many parts of the country.
&c. barrow, the manager Of the
Acme base ball club, of Martinsburg,
and late proprietor of the photograph
gallery on West King street, and the
proprietor OF the new Opera House
lFeler's HalD, skipped off one night
with q busted" theatrical company
which had been playing at his hall. He
leaves i'm debt to nearly everybody In
town. barrow had been representing
himself there as being worth about S25,-
600, and during the summer and fall
spent money extrayagantly. 1t is now
thought his pretenSes were un-
founded, and that he has spent all Of
his Inheritance.
Mrs. J. H. Sharp, of Brooklyn, Wet
eel county, a few mornings since, short
ly before daylight, went out OF the
house TO get some clothes hanging on
the line near the ciStern. The ciStern
wall had given away, and Mrs. Sharp
fell into the opening, which contained
about ten feet Of water. She screamed
for help, when her son awOke, ran out
of the house in the darkness OF the early
morning, and also fell into the ciStern.
be succeeded in getting out readily, and
assisted his mother ont. \ bad fright
and ducking were the most serious re-
suits.
At a saloon in Lincoln county, near
Cove Gap, last Saturday week, Buck
Enocks shot and killed Martin Da,ton.
The particulars, as we learn them, are
~ follows: Twice that day Dalton had
Jumped on EnOCks and pOmmelled him.
EuockS went home and returned, and 1t
is supposed he went to arm himself.
J-pon his return Dalton struck him
with a club from behind, and Enocks
turned, drew revolver and shot him
through the heart. Knocks has the
name OF being quiet and peaceable
man.
The best corn market that we know
OF is on the head waters OF Fishing
creek. Corn will average u dollar q
buShel the year around and the price
often reaches Sl.5O. This is because
the people are engaged in timberinR
and hauling lumber and must keep a
good many teams, and as their work
must be done in the planting season
thev haven't time to raise corn. Trans
portation is difficult and expensive and
corn is always high.-Wetzet Democrat,
A fine military company, numbering
fifty-One men, was mustered into the
service of the West Virginia National
Guard, Tuesday, the 9th inst, by Col.
J. w. A. Ford, commanding Second
Regiment. This company his been as
signed 10 his regiment by Adit. Gen.
Oxley, and will be known as "C' Com
pany. The officers are as follows:
VIM. \. Page, Captain; Otis b. Wills,
lst Lieutenant; Jno. E. Nawter, End
Lieutenant.
The many friends in and out of his
church will regret TO learn that Rev. b.
Il. Evans has resigned his paStorate Of
the NJ. +. Church in Weston to accept
= cali in the State OF Washington. His
resignation has been tsndered and &C
ceuted here. His new charge is 5000
miles away, and Mr.. Evans expects TO
remove his family there in few
weeks.
Albert Watts, last week, succeeded in
cspturing six OF the Illicit whiSkey
sellers along the line OF the Norfolk and
Western railroad IN Wayne county.
One, a woman, Lydia Spaulding by
name, succeeded in making her escape
from the guard. The others were
brought to Wayne c. H., on the train,
last Friday, except one who jumped of
the train as it was approaching that
place and made his escape.