Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-12
IN BAD PLIGHT.
An Ohio Nav Fouad Lying ON Street,
with Bad Cuts ON ais Head.

An Ohio MAN Fouad Lying ON Street,
with Bad Cuts ON ais Head.
Yesterday morning about eight O'Clock
q man, completely covered with mud
and bleeding from two serious cuts on
his head, was found lying on the street
at the hay scales, az Seventeenth and
McCulloch. He was In a decidedly bad
fix, and the patrol wagon was called aud
he was taken TO the City Hall, where
DR.. Ashbrook attended him. When
brought around the STRANGER said his
name was j. II. Lu6enS, Of UhrichSyille,
o., a shoemaker by trade. and q. A.
T.. man. He had S48.5O ia his possession.
Lukens was evidently little queer In
his head, as he insisted be had only left
home last Friday, but had been TO Louis
VILE, New Albany, Ind, aud Cncin-
natl. He claimed TO have fallen In q
creek at Cincinnati Sunday, and his IN
derclothing was still wet, while his out
or garments were completely covered
with yellow mud. He says he was on q
b. & o. train yesterday morning, that
the conductor wouldn't stop for him,
and he got of, falling down bank on
Seventeenth street, where he received
the cuts In his head. He claims he was
on freight, and II so he must have
laid where found for quite while.
Israel Leasure, Of Slacktown, was
driving toward home last Sunday night,
when be made a narrow escape near
the Top mill. Fer some reason the
man went sound asleep and the horse
pulled the buggy GA the Panhandle
railroad tracks. The animal stood there
and 10 about q half hour later George
McGul came that way, and Weakened the
sleeping man and got the horse from
the tracks. He had hardly gotten the
rig from the railroad, when the 1910
southbound flyer dashed past
Fred Vogelsang, Of Twenty-ninth
street, while driving a horse and cart
GA Main street near Twenty-secOud,
made a remarkably narrow escape yes
terday afternoon. Street car 21 came
dashing down and the carts horse
backed the cart across the tracks. The
motorman slowed his car, but IL struck
the hub Of the cart, breaking 1t. The
driver was hurled by the jar from the
seat and fell az the horses heels, where
be was held. He was considerably
bruised, but worse scared.
Archie Jones, Of West Alexander,
employed laying tracks In the Elm
Grove coal mine, suffered alpainful.acci-
dent q few days ago. He was pounding
rail with q sledCe when a sharp piece
OF steel flew striking him above the eye,
cutting q large and painful cash. Had
the steel struck but quarter OF an
inch lower bis eye must have been put
al mn
dressed the injury. The young man is
laid up at his home In West Alexander.
George Balzer, Of Main street, was
delivering goods in a cart at Thirty
fifth and EOfi streets yesterday when
he suffered a painful accident He was
lust getting in the cart when the horse
kicked, striking him on the breast and
knocking him out of the rig. He re-
NAMED unconscious for some time. The
result was a very painful bruise.
Sunday evening Attorney 5. o. Boyce
was badly bitten in the right thigh by
his bic dog. The dog was lighting with
another dog and Mr.. Boyce was endeav-
oring to part them when his dog sud
denly attacked him. Mr.. BOYce was
laid up yesterday as a result.
John Tucker, young man or South
ChapliDe street, fell from fence eight
feet high yesterday and badly injured
himself. He fell on his head, and his
neck was badly sprsined, besides re-
ceiving other bad injuries. The young
man is laid up as a result.
Joseph Robinson, Of South Eof
strest, met with an accident yesterday.
He was going up. the river bank with a
log on his shoulder when be fell, re-
ceiVlng injuries which will lay him up
for sons time.
August Menge, employed by Fred.
Harpfer, the Thirty-third street
butcher, badly severed his hand with a
butcher knife yesterday.