Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-03-06
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Ferrv n fam dsago and proceeded TO
cnl,ivo.o .bo ,uaintance of the male
colo,oa no.,ion Of the the town.
Croonos go wis represented them
selves - ~. for a certain "Cable
Ti,o IT-,ior, =" and the many ad-
veDt.oas ~. ed members of this asSo-
ciotioe $50 plsusibly advanced by
tbo sbsrna-aat the initiation fee OF
Go 20 - long forthcoming from
49, Doo,-o,5f the dupes The latter
49, - boiven work at high salaries
IN WeohbIsone quarrles," In Maine,
CalifornIa and through the country,
and we've be carried 70 their places
a. pnl1Ua cars. The scheme was
worked successfully that laborers
I'm the r. o. tunnel not only gave up
the mon, but quit work, and the con-
seonenrwas that the swindle was eX-
nosed Nhe two crooks were arrested.
They not deny having obtained
monevrom the men, but were inclined
10 he apartment, and asserted that
tbev I'd a perfect right to do what they
aid he Mayor cOmmittad them TO
coprtand they were sent to the Charles
Tow iail. 10 is said that when the
eolo,d men, from whom the sharpers
had OF the money, were convinced that
the, had been sWindled they would
hav killed the sWindlers II they could
hay gotten hold of them. No money
wa found on one Of the men when he
wa first searched, but further search
recalled the sum OF sixty dollars 10 MS
bot. The strangers obtained over Sl0O
vile in Harper's Ferry by their Swlnd-
lig operations.
A railroad accident that came appall'
fVly near being a serious catastrophe
ccurred near the Maryland end OF the
Egh bridge Of the Norfolk and Western
abroad across the Potomac river al
;hepherdstown last Sunday evening
.bout half-past seven o'clock. A south
bound freight train was laundering
Town the grade toward the bridge When
4 gondola loaded with iron ore broke
down and jumped the track, ana WSs
followed by two others. These cars ran
for some distance along the ties, ana
then the trucks pulled out and let the
trucks fall fat on the track. stopping
he whole train very suddeRiy. Moody
was hurt. but when the engine came 10
A halt il was mighty close TO the bridge
Had the accident been delayed another
minute il would have tumbled the whole
business over that high trestle. Il
Wrecking train came down from Shen-
andoab. but 70 was five o'clock Monday
morning before the waiting passenger
trains get through. IL Is said thai the
accident was caused by overlooking one
Of the cars with iron ore.
Log catching was a profitable indus
try SATURDAY. and Sunday. Beginning
late Friday night logs begun floating
ont OF the Guyan river and up 20 Sun
dav evening 10000 logs had escaped
from the booms. The fee allowed for
catching logs Is fifty cents each. The
Err nzuytion OF the logs have been
Faithfully dIE1 Guy2S<ofte and Iron
as high as S1OO. 1Dy' the time the en-
tire lot Of them have been redeemed,
S35. 600 will have to DO paid out 70 the
men who caught them.-HlntiRgtOR
Herald.
Two attempts TO poison Capt. William
III. Sine, a prominent citizen of Fair
mont, were made last week. Both at
tempts were made while be was travel
ing. On the first occasion q bit OF fresh
cheese, neatly wrapped up, was snug
gled into his overcoat pocket. BY acct
dent il was discovered on his return
home to have been poisoned. The next
attempt was made by slipping a bottle
of poisoned whisky into his overcoat
pocket, too. Capt. Sine and friends are
greatly exercised about it.
Gold has been discovered in Preston
county in rich and paying quantities
The ore has been tested by an expert,
who knows gold from mica, and ne pro-
nounces 10 genuine. The nugget exam
ined proved to be much richer in the
precious metal than any mine now being
worked in this country. The diScOverer
does not divulge the location of the
find" but the vein is in Lyon district
and the expert has no doubt that il
can be worked TO great prOft.-Kng-
lCOOd Journal.
Col. Nemegyle's Preston county fur
mace was reported 20 have been sold to
a Pittsburg company, but later informa-
tiOn claims this not TO be true, although
II is known that large manufacturing
company of Pittsburg is contemplating
the purchase Of the property. Their
agent is much pleased with the prop
erty, and states that should they Dur-
chase the same their company will move
their large plant from Pittsburg to
Irondale.
On last Sunday morning son Of Sam
uel Haga, Of Bonds Creek, Richie
county, died from eating dried
apples. The boy had been sent
TO a neighbOr TO get the apples and
on his way home ate largS quantity
and on reaching home drank freely OF
cold water, as a natural consequence he
was soon in terrible agony. His stom-
ach burst before be died. The boy
was about 10 years Of age.
ChsS. z. Berkshire, of Morgantown,
says he has about completed that won
derful cane for the Worlds Fair, which
is to contain 10000 different varieties OF
West Virginia wood. Already = (
pieces have been PIT in the cane, en-. )
but a short time will be required to en-
ish 10. liz will probably be on exhibition
before il is taken to Chicago. No one
except himself has seen the cane.
There are those who believe that the
hills OF West Virginia contain some
thing more valuable than iron or coal,
and they are going TO seek for it. The
Buford Gold Mining Company OF Har-
per's Ferry has been chartered, and has
3 capital Of $500. The stock is held By
n. PennYman, Of Baltimore, and several
Ferry people.
Two Hungarian miners, Of Montana
Mines, were robbed last week OF 5000 in 1
cash. The money is supposed to have |
been taken from their trunks by another