Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-09-11
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Nswsy Notes Upon a Wide Range Of Matters Of
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The store Of Mr.. C. NJ Rawlings, at
Rawlings Station, has recently been
several times robbed and Mr.. K. has had
3 burglar alarm put up, with bell at
his house. Late last Sunday night the
alarm rung, and Mr.. Rawlings accom-
panied by his clerk, Mr.. w. E Cresap
and two other men, went to the store.
As the party entered the front door
burglar escaped by a side door and was
pursued by some. of the party. Mr..
Cresap saw a man running and taking
him 10 be q burglar, fired his gun az
him, A charge OF shot struck him,
and he fell TO the earth. 1t was found
to be Mr.. Rawlings, who was somewhat
seriously wounded. DR.. West and
Gerstell are attending him, and We are
happy to say, do not consider him dan
gerously hurt. 1t is a pity to miss a
burglar, but IL is greater one TO nit
the proprietor himself. We hope Mr..
Cresap will his the right man next time.
Mountain Echo.
Our readers will remember that Al
bert Eagan skipped out of this county
several months ago, taking a lot OF
property with him and leaving a great
many creditors behind, and that Attor-
new T. A. Brown located him In Ken
lucky and had his property attached
and brought back here TO satisfy por-
tlon Of his debts, and that ne left his
wife here and took another woman,
Mrs. Quick, OF Morris, with him. After
he lost his property ia Kentucky he de-
~, Falr and want IA
Seattle, Washington, and wrote for his
wife TO come to him and they would
commence life anew. Shortly after she
got 70 Seattle, Mrs. Quick appeared there
and Eagan took her and deserted his
wife again. She being left there penni-
less with her children the citizens raised
money and sent her back here. She ar
rived few days ago aud her brute OF
husband Is still az large with the Quick
WOman.-EItzdbeth Times.
Cheat river, which empties into the
Monongahela nine miles north OF Nor
Eantown, at PIT. Marion, Is one OF the
most remarkable streams in America. 1t
winds through a chain Of steep noun
tains, and one Of It's chief characters
tics is the rapidly with which 1t rises
anu AdkAo- OWAnR W AAo N~OOk cNA@S 49,
water msdly rushes into its bed after
hard rain. Monday night, August %,
the section through which the Cheat
passes was visited with heavy rain
storm. The rain fell heaviest several
miles above lees Ferry. The evening
of the goth following the big rain, at
fifteen minutes, before 5 o'clock the
river began TO rsise-coming In great
waves and sweeping every movable o5-
ject before, and in fifteen minutes 1t had
risen ten feet-a perfect foaming whirl-
pool. The river fell again almost IS fast
as 1t had come up.
House Collins, of Richie county, was
here last week, and got into trouble as
usual House has been here four or
five times, all told, and has always met
with misfortune. Ae has been arrested
several times, and was once scared near
ly to death by being shot at, and was
once knocked silly by Detwiler, the
blacksmith, and last week uncle Joe
Spencer, OF the Tyler House, laid him
out with a club for making nuisance
Of himself in front of the hotel. No
doubt Rouse thinks this poor place
for him.-Tyler Star.
A prisoner by the name Of Stephens
broke jail at Richie c. H., one day last
week. He dug a hole through the brick
wall and made his escape all in the pres
ence Of some workmen, not ten steps
away. Another prisoner had succeeded
in getting one arm and head through
the hole, but failed to get away.
Frank Fesler. aged ten years, fell
from a hay stack near Philippi, few
days ago, and the tines Of hay fork
entered his neck under the chin and
penetrated through the jaw and roof OF
the mouth, coming out over his left eye.
He will recover.
The hunters are having splendid luck
Staying squirrels. Homer Rymer killed
about thirty-six or more last week, Will
Winters and Grandstaf about fifty,
Bert, Earl and ]. S. Peirpoint between
twenty-five and thirty. ReUiel0.
Middleton Jenkins, OF Barbour coun-
~, stood on ladder to saw large
limb from tree, the limb being higher
than where he was. Mr.. jenkins is
new nursing two broken legs.
Mrs. William Campbell, Of Charles
Town, killed large garter snake in her
bedroom. last Sunday. When killed the
reptile was in the act OF stealing the
baby's milk from the msntel,
Two weeks ago Oscar Eliason, OF
Marion county, was hurt in runaway
accident near Barrockville. He died Of
his wounds on the 18th.
Samuel B. Wright Of Frederick
county, Va, was drowned in North
river, at Forks OF Capon, August Goth.
A gang OF thieves which has been
operating at Bluefeld has been broken
up.
II IS said a big Pennsylvania company
is to erect large tannery at Elkins.