Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-06-19
FATAL SHOOTING
NEAR LEwlSBURG, GREENBRlER COUNTY
LAST WEEK.
A West Virginian Robbed Of Sl,9OO-Ths Csred
Bridge-A Peculiar Run Of Names
General State News


was shot and fatally wounded by John
Dudley. On the day above mentioned at
about 10 a. NJ, McCloskey, after boom
ing intoxicated on apricot cider, went to
the house Of John Dudley anc made
some insulting remarks 70 Mrs. Dudley
who was alone in the house with her
little son. She ordered him away, and
finally threatened 10 shoot hm with
a small shotgun IL be lld not
leave. McCloskey refused 10 60,
and she sent the boy 10 Iotify her
husband, at the same time rlnntng TO
neighbor's and getting a Winchester
rife. On her return she mel her huS-
band and gave him the weapon. In
the meantime McClOSkey Lad started
TO intercept ner, and was AZ the end OF
Hunters lane when Dudlel came along
with the gun. Dudley Ordaged him TO
the ark and behave himself. McClos-
kew refused and advanced on Dudley,
who leveled his rifle and igain ordered
him 20 stop. McCiOsSey continued 70
advance, aud Dudley, sejng afraid Of
him, aimed OF his brtast, but, as be
afterwards said, not wishing 20 Kill
him. he lowered the uuZZle % range
With his legs and fred. The ball
struck McClOskey in he upper rieht
leg between the knee snd the nip, pass
ing through the bone badly shattering
IL, and Just missing tie femOral artery.
lie died the next day
A Mr.. Gruber, living near Wilbur,
Tyler county, was very low with ty-
phOid fever, and continued In poor
health into the sprng. Mr.. Gruber and
family used waite from a sprlRg near
the house. The attending physician
claimed that II vas this spring that
caused 80 much sickness 10 Mr. Cru
ber's family, anC that they would not
get we'll until they quit the use Of the
spring water. After warm weather
oDened I'D an( the snakes began 70
leave their wlHer quarters, there were
quite q numbg Of snakes seen 20 come
from a hole in the ground, and through
which the water came that fed the
spring. Amng the number were one
copper coloRd snake, two or three
blsck snake and q number OF house
snakes. OR informant, Mr.. Y. b.
Chapman, says the water 10 the spring
WIS as clea. and pure looking as any he
ever saw. Yet the doctor made the
chin as shove stated, and from the
ntmber ofSnakes that came from the
string hemust have been about right.
Marriase appears TO be a failure, at
last In Eanawha county. The number
i divorce suits are increasing at each
ncceedng term OF Court, and the ques-
ion is being seriously asked II there
.annot be found a remedy for such a
startling condition Of affairs. Marital
VOWS are held very lightly, even by
many Of those who have not applied
for divorce, but the number OF those
sninQ for release from the bonds OF
matrimOny is such as to cause general
comment. The next term Of the Kama
VIVA Circuit Court will begin to-
dav. Among the chancery cases TO be
tried st that term OF Court, which have
been docketed up TO this time, are
thirty divorce cases.
Last week was a field day Tor snakes.
Will Campbell killed a large blowing
viper I'm his fireplace; VIII Pool took
IN a copperhead and two or three other
species Of the reptile. Ed COrder killed
a black-snake five feet long In his yard,
right in the heart OF town. George
HOfF, near Holftown, not only killed a
large black-snaKe, but noticing lump
on It's Side, opened the snake and found
imbedded In the intestinal lining an
egg gourd, about the size Of an average
hen egg. it is supposed the snake
swallowed the gourd for an egg and as
Il did not digest became imbedded In
his stomach.-ROmG Record.
The Clarksturg Ne,Cs loosely re-
marks that there was shower Of bot
ties in that town, last Saturday night
1t says: BOTTLES Of all sizes and shapes
we're scattered about, and they had GER
tainly teen filed az one time with red
and fiery looking liquid Of some kind.
One that was seen near the pOStOtdce
was said by an expert 10 have . nip In
it. whatever that might mean. These
bottles must have fallen from the clouds
as tOads and frogs are said to sometimes
fall. One man said they we're caught
up by some mysterious means at Grafton
aud dropped here"
Mr.. James Angel and Mrs. Ruthie J.
Angel were married last week at Mid
dleDOrt, Rev. Joseph Angel officiating,
and that isn't Ell OF il. Mrs. Angels
maiden name was Angel. and she was
first married TO Hezekiah Angel, SOL
der who was killed ia front Of VickS-
burg IN 1868. After thirty years OF
widowed life as an Angel, she again be-
comes q married angel, and as the an
gels have thus far guarded and pro-
tected her on earth, let us hope they
will so continue, until she is turned
over to guardian Angels beyond the
skies.
On Wednesday last T. P. Adams,
ESQ, OF Keyser, picked up bit Of an
old gun barrel that looked so rusty
that he thought il might be relic Of
the war. Thinking il might be OF use
for some purpose he put in his kitchen
stove TO burn of the rust and dirt. A
few minutes later, while the whole fam
liz, fortunately, were out Of the room,
there was q big explosion. Rushing
into the kitchen they found that the
stove had been blown to fragments and
the house somewhat damaged and set on
fire.
The County Commissioners Of Miner
al county have agreed TO pay half the
expense Of erecting a highway bridge
across the Potomac river between that
city and Luke, Md. The estimated cost
OF the bridge is Sl2, 600, and the county
Of Allegheny, Nd, will bear half the
expense. The Allegany County Com
missiOners have not yet taken formal
action, but q committee appointed for
the purpose has made the necessary ex-
aminations, and has reported favorably
upon the plan.
For some time the engineers have