The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-04-10
THROUGH THE STA TIE.

Happenings IN West virginia Nlouhou
From State Exchanges.
Dogs are playing havoc among Harri-
son county sheep.
Horse thieves are bothering the farm
ers OF Upshur county.
The Wayne county criminal court
was opened with prayer last week.
The frat snake OF the season was kill
cd at Elk Garden by Robert Fisher
The Rumbarger Lumber Company, at
Dobbin, is cutting 100000 feet per day.
The state Sunday school convention
will meet at Clcrksburg tho first week
in May.
The H. G. Davis Company's Thomas
mines are shipping coal to Texas and
Oklahoma.
John Monroe, OF Harrison county, has
been arrested, charged with the murder
OF William Mcdonald, his tatherin-law,
in Hampshire county.
A charter has been granted TO the
Holly River Company to construct a
boom on Holly river, in Braxson
county.
Chesapeake and Ohio canal matters
are booming. Barges are leaving Cum
berland, Harper'a Ferry and other
points along the route at lively rate,
and arriving at the same ratio.
Hon. John W. Mason, commissioner
Of internal revenue, has moved his
household goods TO Fairmont, and will
take up his residence there as soon as
he is relieved OF his duties at Wishing
ton.
The grand jury Of Barbour county
found sixteen indictments against the
Baltimore L. Ohio Railroad Company
for allowing cars to stand on the track
where the railroad crosses the turnpike
at Philippi.
Some time ago child OF NJ. II. NAL
10y, OF Rowlesburg, died OF diphtheria.
Last Monday second child died OF tho
same disease, and on Monday q third
followed A fourth child is sick OF the
same malady.
Mr.. Albert Clark, the blind man, is
building dwelling on the outskirts OF
town, and, strange though it may seem.
he is building it himself. Mr.. CLARK is
coal miner and can do good days
work as such.-Fairmon West Nirginidn.
While Clayton Stout, working in his
fathers mill at Freemansburg recent
ly, and while putting on belt his arm
got caught and before he could extri-
cate himself he was badly manged, his
arm particularly being crushed and
broken in a horrible manner.
The Monroe Wdtchman reports that R.
S. Mccartney, special agent, shipped
last Monday to Parkersburg box con-
tanning forty-three samples OF products
OF the soil for exhibition at the Worlds
Fair at Chicago, selected from the Coun-
ties OF Greenbrier, Monroe and Sum-
mers.
1t isnot generally known, that Presi-
dent Cleveland is interested in mineral
lands in Wayne county, but it is never
theless true. He has an interest in the
Miller and Sands lands. Part OF these
lands have been leased to the Wells
Branch Coal Company, and are being
mined.
Last week the store house Of the
Quinnimont Coal and Iron Company,
and large stock OF goods were destroyed
by fire. There was an insurance OF
5000 on the goods, but mono on the
building. Tho loss to the company Is
probably $1,000 over and above tho in
surance, as they carried largo stock
OF goods.
The engagements Of William Ford
Lanpworthv, Of London, England, to
Miss Verona Belle Williams, OF Mingo
Flats, W. Va, and OF Samuel Estridge,
Of London, England, to Miss Myrtle
Brown Williams, OF Mingo Flats, W.
Va, are announced. 1t is understood
that the double wedding will take place
at an early date.
The Fairmont West Yirwinian has the
following important railroad item:
"For several weeks past we have given
considerable space to articles from
Pittsburgh papers which related to the
proposed West Virginia and Pennsyl.
vania railroad. We deem 1t due to our
readers to state that while VIC published
them in good faith, We have come to
tho conclusion that they wero written
without any foundation whatever. We
have 1t from tho most reliable author.
ity that President Lowndes has made
no deal with tho Pennsylvania Central
or any other company. Mr.. Lowndes
is dong all ho can TO further the enter
prise, aud Is not without hope, but as
as yet no arrangements has been made
that warrants any person or newspaper
in saying that tho road will DO built
That We will get the road some day
every ono believes, but that II will
come soon there Is but little prospect.
Tho only hopeful sign wo see or know
Of Is that President Lowndes IL giving
the matter tho Same attention now he
has In tho past, and IL may DO that he
will finally accomplish tho object 20
long aimed al"
CLARK Shelton, a remarkably dCiorrned
thiFteen.yeas.old boy, who has been q
familiar figure on tho streets Of Clarks.
burg, 10 to be placed on exhibition In a
Chicago museum. The telegram says.
almost every person that visits Clarks.
burg has soon the deformed child as
his playmatOs pulled his little wagon
along the streets taking him TO and
from school. Clark is thirteen years
old, and was born with his unfortunate
dDiormity. lilo has no use OF his lower
limbs and propcls himself along the
street by swinging his little body be.
tween bis arms. Many persons hnvn
been moved to sympathy for tho poor
little wall and have turned aside from