Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-06-19

having PIT. Pleasant, and had displayed
1 reeklessly. His friends advised him
60 deposit the money and take draft,
but be had more confidence in himself
than be had in the bank, and the usual
results followed.
Several days ago while Jehr Jones'
son OF Edward L. Jones, OF Gladly Fork
ia this county, was sitting in room at
his fathers house playing upon his Vlo-
lin, q bird few in at the open window
and alighted upon the bow OF the In
strument The musician continued his
playing gently and the little visitor
kent his perch upon the bow until the
tune West Virginia Hills" had been
flushed, and then fitted out at the win
dow again and was gone.-RdndotDh
Enterprise.
Ii Is reported that real estate In
Tucker county sold at extremely low
prices last week. Harper Home farm,
OF about 4, 200 acres, with some 81, 500
worth of buildings on II, sold for only
SIS, 500. II was bought by some New
YORK Jews, who will coloniZe 1t with
Jews from Russia. Other lands sold In
about the same proportion.
A colored boy, who said he was from
Lynchburg, Va. engaged with some
other boy in having fun with an Old
gun, at Keyser, on Wednesday last.
They loaded the gun with a Gig charge
of giant powder and the colored boy
aforesaid fired IT, Tue result was that
the gun burst and the boys left hand
was badly lacerated.
A family Of nine persons, Of Wayne
county, four men aud five women, who
went 10 Colorado four years ago In wag-
ons, came back in the same way, ar
irving home this week, having travelled
/. 900 miles. They left Colorado March
IA, and travelled without stop only at
night.
Mr.. John Ober, Of Wetzel county,
has on his house q roof, which Tor
influences and durability can not be
beaten. 1t is made out OF tin cans, and
took about forty-eight hundred OF them.
The roof is also very pretty, LOOKING
much like one made out OF shingles.
A farmer near st. Mary's recently
purchased a tract OF land, for which he
paid one huadred and sixty dollars,
cash payment In part. He paid In small
coin. eight hundred dimes, eight hun
dred pennies and the remainder In tWo'
three and five cent pieces.
Ida Hicks and VERNE Foroush, two
Young girls who ran away from their
homes In Huntington, few weeks ago,
were arrested In Cincinnati last Monday
for unbecoming conduct. They claim
that q gambler in that city is RESPONSE
bic for their ruin.
In tearing down the old Pendieton
house at Martinsburg, built over hun
dred years ago, old coins were found OF
the dates Of 1878, 1884 and l7sS. The
house was built by Capt. STROBE, the
great-grandfather OF Mr.. Henry 1T.
John Shepherd.
There is gentleman living in Logan
county, sixty-fve years old, who has
never shed q tooth, never used razor
on his face, and has never had any signs
OF hair on the face, that is as smooth
and soft IS a maiden's.
Between twelve aud one o'clock last
Sunday morning William Fitzgerald,
aged thirty, married, and a resident Of
Cameron, was killed by falling from a
Baltimore aud Ohio freight train just
west of Glover's Gap.
Davidson Hicks, II, was run over by
a hand car near Reedy, Roane county,
one night last week. He was lying on
the track. His injuries are serious; 1t
is thought his intentions were suicidal.
Rev. Charles NJ. Brown, pastor of the
Southern Methodist Church at Front
Royal, Va, was drowned in the Shen-
andoah river near CharleStown on
Wednesday Of last week.
Jacob Simon, formerly Of Barbour
county, has been found guilty Of the
murder OF Susie Hoover at Blooming
ton, H., and sentenced to imprlson-
ment for life,
The County Court Of Mcdowell coun-
ty has let the contract for a highway
bridge, 100 feet long, TO span Etkhorn
river at Welch to +. NJ. Sperry.
The grand jury at Buckhannon
brought in 213 Indictments.
The b. q O. hotels at Deer Park and
Oakland are open.
Nearly every house In Harrisville has
q metal roof.