Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-17
SOME STATEN
TEE LEADING EVENTS OF TaW?lST SIX
DAYS,
As Chroniclsd in The Columns Of the County Press
Casualties Crimes ard General News
Of All Sorts.

hNIoU kAINNNr aAN ~Nr--
ers OF UpShur county.
Twenty-six additional coke ovens are
being built az Eikhorn.
They are talking Of water works at
Welch, Mcdowell county.
Logan county will soon build a jail 70
cost from $4,000 20 $4,000.
The Wayne county criminal court
was opened with prayer last week.
The Rumbarger Lumber Company, at
Dobbin, is cutting 100000 feet per day.
Gus Msrtindale, one Of Wheeling's
favorites with the ladies, has forged
checks 70 = large amount and is wanted
by the authorities.
I'D. VanGossen, Of B erkeley Springs,
who was cut with a knife by John
Michael, last night, is represented 70
be In dangerous condition.
A Young child OF VIM. c. Harmon,
who lives near Mouth OF Seneca, PEN
dleton county, feel from a child's wagon
last week and broke It's neck.
Forest fires have done an immense
amount OF damage in the mountain
counties. Hampshire county has been
extremely unfortunate In this regard.
A regularly organized gang Of thieves
appear TO be operating along the line OF
the 3. & o. On one train one day last
week four persons were robbed Of large
sums.
Ronceverte town Council has levied
tax Of 81 600, upon the whisky dealer,
and Notwithstanding this high tax there
were four licenses granted az recent
meeting OF the Council
The sheep Industry OF Lewis has be-
come so Improbable and annoying ON
account Of sheep-kilIng dogs, that some
OF the leading farmers Of that county
contemplate abandoning that enter
prise
Last Friday forest fires ragged all day
along the Kan8wba Little Sixteen and
the great damage 20 fences and stand
ing timber belonging 90 Jabez Beard,
A. G.. Beard. Il. II. ). Whitehead, Mr..
Weldon, NJ. 5. Pullin and John r. Vest,
Sr., the latter OF which lost $500 worth
Of timber ready for market
A drunken row occurred at Davy, Nc
Dowel county, last Wednesday night
between Lewis Hall and Dave StauSiil,
in which the latter was brutally beaten
With rocks and other missiles, and at
last accounts was said to be in preca-
rious condition. Hall was assisted by
his sons and Others Of the Hall family.
It IS doubtful whether Stanslll will re-
cover.
Constable Burleigh, OF Harpe's Ferry,
brought 20 Jail az CharleS-TOwn Mon
day. negro mau named Lee Brent,
charged with making a murderous as
sault with a banjo, upon Mrs. Mary
Murphy Of that place. Mr.. Burleigh
has apprehended and holds In custody
at Harper's Ferry, awaiting the Sheriff
OF Clark county, Va, cOlored man
named Henry Mason, charged with
shooting another cOlOred man a. BOyce
last Friday night.
There was cut and hauled to Shenan-
dOah Junction last week for shipment
TO Liverpool one OF the largest and I'M
est white oaks ia this neighbOrhOOd and
supposed % be one Of the largest In the
country. 10 was cut on the farm Of eX-
Sheriff Lucas and made three logs, each
19 feet long, the first 20 inches In diam
eter at the large end, the second A
Inches and the third A. inches; making
a single stem OF 36 feet six feet at the
butt and IS inches at the smaller end
ShepherdstOwn Register.
Two children Of George Saunders
(colored), aged respectively seven aud
ten wears. were drowned 10 East river
at Kelley's Tank, near Glen-Lynn, Mon
roe county, on Tuesday, April 4th.
The creek was somewhat swollen and
the children attempted to cross il on a
log for the purpose OF fishing on the
other side, when the little girl, aged
seven, fell of the log, pulling her little
brother, aged ten, of with her. The
body OF the boy was found on the 9th
and that OF the girl on the Sth
A short time ago Eugene Mccain, of
Harrisville, cut one of his great toes OIL.
He creased tho wound and tied it up,
but afterwards concluded be could not
afford to entirely part company with IL,
as II had stuck 70 him through thick
and thin and ordinarily was a well be-
haved, useful member So be went out
TO the wood pile, hunted around till he
found il and then washed it, slapped Il
back on to the old place and tied 10 up.
The wound healed up and Macs foot
will soon be as good rs new.
One Of Gilmer cOunty's chief contri-
buttons 20 the Worlds Fair was taken
10 the railroad Monday for shipment.
It was q lump OF coal weighing from
$500 to $500 pounds, and was taken
ont OF Elmer Elliott's bank, a short dis
tance above here. It took eight horses
10 haul this mammoth lump, and even
such a team was hardly equal to the
task, as they were stuck for several
hours on the way to Weston. This is
the kind OF coal that has been lying
here through all the years awaiting the
advent OF a railroad.
In Harrison county last week there
occurred q most desperate, If not tragic
struggle between 8 VIM. ChSdmell aud
a man named Shafer, two neighbOrs,
by which Shafer now lies in precar-
ious condition, his life being despaired
of. 1t was family feud Of long stand
ing. Caldwell was passing Skaters
house, when Shafer used abusive Ian
guaRs toward Caldwell, who in return
knocked Shafer down with a stone,
Jumped on hls breast and otherwise
maltreated him. PasSers-by carried
Shafer into his house Ia an unconscious
condition, and st last accounts physl-
clans report his condition critical.
On Monday evening last about :
o'clock, Mr.. and Mrs. w. w. BOxley
and their two little boys were boat
riding on Greenbrier River near Don,
when their boat caught on rock and
was capsized. Mrs. BOxley and the
children held on to Mr.. Boxley. who