Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-02

more numerous and lar more disastrous
than the horse tradefA On the evening
Of the second day they c0agregated and
counted their sWag which hiaounted to
over 81, 900 up to that time. II is said
that they had paid the fair association
500 for admission. but on the morning
Of the last day the sheriff Of the county
made a Settlement OF the gang. and
only the she'll and ball men were left,
they being too cautious TO be caught as
as they circulated among the crowd.
Robert Cunningham was here a day
or two this week ard caused suit to be
entered against ex-Sherif POlinG for
S25,O 900 damages claimed TO have been
inflicted BY the wound received w or
three years ago. The readers Of the
Herald will remember that the Sheriff
and two or three others vent TO arrest
Cunningham one night, and he jumping
out OF the house and running, some of
them shot him and be was taken TO Mr..
Poling's residence, where he was kept
until able TO leave.-JdcksOn Herald.
An attempt was recently made to rob
Rev. Leroy Gibson, a Methodist preach
er, whild travelling along the road from
Shady Spring, in Raleigh county, to
Jumping Branch, I'm Summers county.
He had a considerable sum OF money on
his person, and was attacked by three
rougb-loOking characters. He succeed
ed ia getting away and secreted himself
In a thiCket Of laurels.
Last Sunday while some boys were
out on the mountain they came across
an old deserted log house, which appar-
emily bad not been in use for many
years. Inside was found among other
things a legal document dating back In
100. Also a package Of very interest
ing letters which had been written by a
soldier during the war Piedmont Her
aid.
There are several dog fanclers at
Point Pleasant, Mason county, and the
combined value of their kennels is sew
eral thousand dollars. Within the past
week no less than ten valuable dogs
have been poisoned by some malicious
person, among them being three valua'
bic bird dogs worth $500.
I. is reported that viRilant commit
tees have been organized on Thirteen
10 punish the party or parties that burnt
Rogers barn some time since. 1t Is said
that one party has been notified toleave
the Couutry.-JGCkSon Herald.
The remains OF a woman was found
under the bridge az Catlettsburg
Wednesday morning. An inquest was
held and IL was found to be Margaret
Thompson, from Kenova, but it was
not known whether she was murdered
or killed By accident.
Robert Z. Coeu, aged II, was cut In
two by a train in Richie county, a few
days ago. He attempted TO jump from
the top Of q car moving in one direction
to the top Of another moving In the OPP
posite direction and fell.
Tho ~postofice at Ravenswood was
robbed last Tuesday night, about $50
being taken from registered letters.
A registered letter containing $1,000
for the Spencer bank was overlooked
by the thieves.
The clerk Of the Circuit Court Of Gil
mer county, C. B. Conrad, is SO years
old and has held his present Office close
TO fifty years.
One hundred and nine students are
enrolled at the Fairmont Normal
Schol, and nearly goo at the Uni
versity.
The POcahOntas Times says ''there are
so many squirrels ia parts Of the county
as TO impede travel on the public
Lewis S. Creigh, who recently died
at Lewisburg, G%reenbrier county, aged
70 had lived in that town all his life.
There are four million feet Of mer-
charitable lumber in the yards at Cam
den-on-Gauley, but no market for II.
Pendleton Clark was killed by being
caught in a threshing machine, in
Berkely county last Tuesday.
A band is to DO organized at the State
University.
Morgautown wants a system Of sew
eragc.
November 10th is ArbOr Day in this
state.