Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-03-27
CIRCUIT OF Thu STATE.
ITEMS OF INTEREST THAT HAyb HAPPENED
IN MANY COUNTIES
More Private Letters From Blaine Unearthed-
Mss Ida Hewitt Of Cairo, the Only Female
Locomotive Bnginssr-0hsr Notes
Of Interest


grounds on the opening day OF the Ex-
position. She has made al arrange
ments and will leave for Chicago about
a week before the opening. A propo-
sitiOa was made some time ago 10 Miss
Hewitt 70 become member OF the
brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
She naive,y replied that, while she
could not hnd 10 In her heart 20 attempt
becoming q brother 20 them, she would
be a sister as long as she lived. The
road on which Miss Hewitt learned her
business and on which she is now run
ming regularly is known rs the Cairo
and Little Kanawha and is feeder Of
the Baltimore and Ohio at Cairo from
the lumber districts lying back Of the
railroad in that vicinity.
Colonel Searight, OF UniOntOWn, has
made public some more private letters
from Dir. Blaine. One Of them was
written in 1870 when both were quite
young; others in 1879. Tender refer
enCes are made 10 their school associa-
tiOnS and 10 some young ladies who
went sleigh riding with them 70 some
weil-knOwn nearby resorts while they
were ia college az Washington. Mr..
Blaine retained in memory all the de-
tails Of everything. 1T seems 20 me
that the bells are now juggling and to
q my narrow purse that Old John is just
coming round 20 settle up. Is this an
illusion? Or is 10 not q reality after the
SwedenbOrgen type that repeats and
lives over again the dreamy delights Of
the days long gomez Times
changes are the marveis we dwell on.
The life of every person, Stone says,
Contains within itself the elements OF
the brightest and the saddest Of ro-
manceS.'"
Last Friday evening about dusk seven
men escaped from Jail 80 Blueheld,
while taking exercise IN the corridor Of
the Jail, by pryiEg of a heavy oak
plank, with which the corridor is ceilcd
overhead. After getting into the gar
ret they had no trouble 90 reach the
hall through q trap door and escape at
the front door, The jaiiOr was out at
the time. The men who got out were
Charles and Webb Hunt, Charles Evans,
Charles Johnston and Osborn Neil
rath, colored, and George Num- and
Andy Dawson, white McElrath re-
turned 20 the jail the same night and
asked 20 be taken back 10 his cell as the
night air did not agree with him. All
effort 20 recapture the others has so far
failed
On Tuesday OF this week some men
cutting pulp WOOD near Thomas found
the skeleton Of q man about 800 or 400
yards from the railroad al what is
known as North Crossing, near the old
Dobbin road. The man had evidently
committed suicide, for the skeleton was
sitting against stump and just in
reach 40 one side was found a box
marked poison. The remains were
brought 90 Thomas aud his coat, which
was not entirely decOmpoSed, was rec
Ognized by Mrs. j. T. Gallagher as the
coat wore by her brother, Johnny
O'D0nneI when ne disappeared on May
%, 1S92.-TJlckCr Democrat
Early Monday morning the store Of
Geo. IT. CarSkadOu, of Mineral street,
was entered by burglars and robbed.
The safe was blown open and about SOS
and o box containing valuable papers
were taken. The safe was literally
blown % pieces which shattered the
glass In window The robbers 10
their esgerneSs 20 get away overlooked
8 p0cketbO0k containing So and a gold
watch. 40 clue TO the depredat0rs but
70 is evident 30 was not the work Of a
stranger.-E@Scr Tribune.
The attorneys ih the Spease case at
Weusburg were at home talent. The
Prosecuting Attorney, IL. ii. Cotton.
who was elected I'm November last, Is q
comparatively young lawyer. John
Palmer. son of j. c., was admitted 90
the bar about year ago, st the age of
%: while j. G. Palmer aud II. c. Her
vey, both Of home growth, are both well
known practitioners. They all aCQuit-
tee themselves faithfully to the State
and ybeir clients, AID with great credit
20 themselves.
While there is complaint nc many nat
ural gas towns ia Ohio, Pennsylvania
and other States none Is heard here.
Our people have been particularly for
tuuate From the beginning the sup
ply has been abundant and seldom ex-
cept for q few hours at time has 10
been shut or Our neighbors at
Waynesburg arel Shivering in the cold
as their supply DIS either exhausted or
the well has cavCd.-NOrQGut0l NCV
Dominion.
The RUctie Gazette is authority for
the Statement, chat "a son OF Samuel
Haga, OF Bonds Creek, Ritchie county,
died from eating dried apples. The boy
had been sent % q ueizhbor for the o.
plies, and ON his way home ate o large
quantity and ON reaching home drank
freely of cold water as q natural con-
sequence he was soon in terrible agony.
His stomach burst before be died. The
boy was about I'D years of age"
The railroad people have been az
work for some time taking no the light
rails-45 pounds-Still on the railroad
between BuckhannOn Junction and
Orpha, and repacing them with heavy
steel rails. There is not now more
than three miles on liCht rails on tho
road. New ties are being put 10 as the
heavy rails ere laid, and the road will
soon be I'm much better shape and safer
for travel
Foirmont and Palatjro present an in
terest,ug study JUST new FOR the friends
OF prohibition. Flirm0nt voted against
license, and PalaJne, connected with
Fairmont by free bridge of large car
rying capacity, voted Tor license. When
the saloons all get urder Roadway To-
Palatne what win De the effect az the
Fairmout end OF the bidge?
We see by an exchange that q twelve
foot vein OF gold baS been discovered
near KeOdalla, iu KanawhR county. IL
is said that the ore has been analysed
and found 20 contain S9.1O in gold and
20 cents In silver TO the ton, and that
this was the l0weStgrade.