Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-09
NBTS on THB STATE
AN INTERESTING BUDGET OF WEST VlR-
GINA EVENTS.
Timber Men Husling On the Big Sandy-SsVsTal
Fsal Aeoidens--Suiciie Of Railroad
Miscellaneous Notes,


pole and GuvandOtte rivers az present
for one of the largest timber runs on
record the present spring. All the TIM
her men have large forces Of loggers
continpsllv AZ work, and are getting
60 ene timber in shape TO come out
on the first water. Each or the little
o-ooi-s olonp both forks of Sandy,
whore there is vet standing timber mas
been filed with logs that VIII rescn tue
main stream on the first rise. KaItlng
forces will be in readiness 10 handle IL
All as fast as 10 comes out, and the TIM
her that will reach the Ohio VIII De
spficiept TO call back 70 Catlettsourg
the tale OF her palmiest days. This
work is not confined 20 Big Sandy alone.
Tn both the other streams similar prepa-
rations are IN progress, aud great guam
titles OF rope, chaindOgs, and otner rais-
ING material are being shipped up Oy
timber dealers aud owners. The market
will doubtless be glutted again, but tnlS
will only increase the profits OF the
local mills, and no kick will he maoe'
The Tucker Pioneer has about as much
trouble as the Ariz0p0 Kicker, ana run
ming paper in Tucker county Is hOg
serving the Lord on d0wery Oeds OF
ease. Judging from this editorial IN the
last issue: 1--WE promised 70 apologize
last week for our late issue. The CIR
cn,,stances are thus: We didn't have
80 r,ear M our house. Our patrons
nave been so lack about paying up that
we were unable 90 buy. We hau 10
No. n,aar and so we shOuldered our
gnn and started FOR the woods 70 huus
we're ont we killed q deer, 70 our great
snrDrise. We lugged &c 90 our doml-
cue. We ate OF 10. lt had been so loAe
since we had anything 90 eat Vha1 d.
made Us sick. This made Us late aE4.n'
We hope this is q sufficient apology
sixtv-two dollars and fisy cents is
pretty neat sum 90 be- gathered 10
from TWO bean vines-yet Mr.. j. A.
Campbell, OF Fort Spring, Greenorier
county. is the lucky man VINO can just
lv boast OF this remarkable yield Last
simmer. w. At.ee, Burpee q Co., Of
Philadelphia, the great firm or seed
gAwers. offered a series of prizes toi
the most prolific vines OF their black
lima beans. grown in the United
States. Alr. Campbell had been uslns
their seeds, and finding his yield OF
beans unusually abundant, selected
few Of his best vines, and entered
them for the prizes. lie won.
"Bud" Fisher was arrested Fridal
night at Piedmont for tampering viii
the United States mails. Fisher ha
been q driver on the Star route OeJ"eel
Kevser and Petersburg, and was dis
charged q short time ago Tor drunS0h
lf1.er H.l "a ID rw ID j. u.s.
An eighty-dOllar check which n9d OeeL
mailed by q Washington commission
house 70 a country mercbant on NJ
rorte and is now i'm iail. Since he hac
Endorsed the merchants name, Jht
charge OF forgery VII De auueu' a
number OF mysterious inlscaf IIeNoS VI
mail matter are 40" OelAs uacou ~
him.
A felIov samed Roderlck, who hailed
from the county of Grant, who had no
hem dgoortlng himself according L
tbe taste of some of the Old Fields male
DoDgIation, was taken from house be
Low the Old Fields on the night Of DE
oenber 27. and Notwithstanding th
thermometer was playing around zero
and very fresh wind was triskinl
sround. be was treated to coat Of ta
End instructed 10 leave for his home a
once and never maize his appearance d
tbat Deighborho0d again. All Of Whicl
he proceeded 20 do Immediately.
Pbihppl, the couay seat Of BarbOu
lung 20 the lsst1aS q population
casts IS Democratic usus, of SIS, an
Wssb wees there we're -. ojlo "a ,
as S soiIKIo1 Tor application s alueu sss
To- 'O.'o"s' For Minister 20 Ho, os o,i I
po-. puse asler at PhiipD ter a. s- On,
-. LHeH1 appointments at VU. i6r Dost-
oGsao 'g =, postal cIerksh collector Of In
teTnaI -'peeiSt2r one, and two for places
In the State Department az Washing
ton.
j. H. Lambert, OF Wayne county, has
rendered his resignation as Sheriff. Mr..
Lambert wrote mis- resignation Monday
and left iJ with b. u. Prichard, who
presented 10 20 the County Court Wed
nesday 10 is not 6nOWu definitely what
prompted him 90 take this step. though
It is iutimated THAI DO was difference
that arose between him and some of his
deputies and SuretieS on his bonds, over
the appointment OF q special deputy TO
keep an Office 80 the court house. The
the County Court, for want of iuriSdic-
tion.
ThOs Kirk, Of IrOndale furnace. has
beaten the record ia killing rabbits,
having up 10 Christmas killed nearly
three hundred and when starting out on
the morning of the 26th declared that
before New Years day the number
should reach four hundred. His wond-
srtul luck comes from the fact that he
has secured a ferret which will crawl
into hole, rOut the rabbit which is
then killed by Mr.. Kirk, His less for
tunate neighbOrs are enviOus and are
endeavOring to get out an injunction TO
stop the work Of the ferret.
An eight year old daughter Of @. Mil
Ter, at Newburg, Preston county, met a
horrible death last Wednesday. Her
mother had left her in the room and
the girl climbed upon a chair in front
OF the mantle 90 get something when
her dress and clothing caught fire
, from the CRATE, and when her mother
ran into the room she was In flames.
She died next day. After death the
flesh dropped from her bones.
Richard NewhouSe, a brakeman on
the Is. & o., committed suicide by TAX
ing carbOlic acid at the house of Jack
Athey on New Greek on Sunday night
last. we are told that he mad been
drinking freely and that a young wo-
man with whom he was 10 love refused
20 marry him. He was from the neigh
bOrhoOd Of PurgittSvue, Hardy coun-
~, we understand, and was about %
years OF axe.