Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-07-17
.BVS Or The STATE
VARIED ASSORTMENT OF NEwSY PARA
GRAPHS,
ling Of the Happenings in the ilrious Interior
Counties During he Past
Week.


Of the Wayne county Circuit Court. As
the powder company took an ap zeal the
decisiOn Of the Court In perpetuating
she Injunction does not 90 into effect.
The Times further says that the eastern
attorneys Of the company expect 70 win
the case on the trial in the Supreme
Court aud expect 20 make a strong case
by showing that the result OF the trial
here was brought about by prejudice
and the free use of Doodle on the jury.
This is remarkable statement in the
face Of the fact that the case was a
chancery proceeding, tried and decided
by Judge Guthrie and there was no jury
in the case at all.-WGURe AelCS.
Abraham Suydam, a brilliant lawyer
and slick rascal died in Sing Sing
prison, Monday, Of heart disease. He
WAS serving a sentence Of five years Tor
brand larceny, and was committed No
MEMBER /, 1890. Suydam is well known
in this county aud State. For consid-
cradle time be was located at BarbOurS-
Vile. and by his clever rascality de-
frauded many His scheme was TO Sc
cure a counterfeit seal Of the counties
In which he operated and make sales to
unsuspecting parties Of property which
be had no right to dispose OF. There
are many in this county who Will readl-
Nv recall Suydam as a very slick and for
many years successful rascaL-Hunt-
NgtOH Commercials
Swindlers are again abroad in this
State, aud the scheme they work is
handy. They represent themselves as
agents of the United States govern
lnent and state that their business is
no organize lodges Of old soldiers. They
organlzed a lodge in Lincoln county
aud told the soldiers the secretary OF
the treasury needed gold to meet the
demands OF the times; that II they
would assign their pension checks,
which are payable in gold, they would
receive greenbacks In return and the
gold be forwarded 10 Washington, The
swindlerS then caShed the checks with
bright new greenbacks, which have
since proved worthless.
PropellIng boats on the canal by
means Of the trolley system is not an
fmprobability. The managers are
awaiting with anxiety the result OF the
Experiment 20 be tried on the Erie
canal, and, II successful, efforts will
likely be made for the institution OF
the system on the c. Il o. This would
mean the RELOCATION TO the rear OF the
patient and long suffering mule. The
uress OF Baltimore and Washington
have been dwelling at length over the
idea, which is taking enthusiastically.
The introduction OF the system would
mean great economy. IL would cost
about $3.50, 600 10 wire" the canal and
About $500 10 provide each boat with
dynamO.- HdrpeT'S Ferry Sentinel.
Col J. w. A. Ford brought to this
0ffce this week a ginseng root dug
Cd the River hill, which is almost a
Derfect representation OF the human
body. Ii weighed, when green, nearly
three-quarterS of a pound and measured
nearly two inches through the body.
Tho arms are somewhat irregular IN
size and length, but the body is striS-
ingly like that OF stoutly made boy.
A gentleman here expresses the opinion
that In China this root would be worth
Its weight in gold. -Greellbrier lndepGR-
dent.
There IS certainly no financial de-
rressiOn In Clarksburg, Every schemer
mar comes along gets donation. The
library man is said 10 have gone away
happy. a picture canvasser came next
and gathered = number of photos and
cOllected soc. In advance on each one.
Then a fellow with sn advertising
and county directory scheme gathered
US several good two dollar bills. Our
peopie are still apparently In pleasant
mood and II there is another takir In
the State he should visit Clarksburg at
-, FraT
Charles Brumfeld, who was acQuit-
ted last week Of the murder Of his
father two years ago, has developed in
the .wo years into as great desperate
As his father was and is the terror Of his
native mountains. Since killing his
father he has killed another man and
has wounded two more. The people OF
Lincoln county are afraid TO testify
against him.
During a thunder storm last Satur-
day the lightning struck In the rear OF
c. p. RoSs's store at Waveriy, and in
stantly killed a team OF horses which
were tied 10 a rack some fifty feet away.
Another team which was fastened 20 the
same rack were not injured In the least.
Several persons were badly shocked by
the electricity, but none seriously.
Wednesday morning q man wheeling
a wheeIbarrow, and accompanied by his
wife. arrived in Sutton, having walked
al the way from kanawhs county, and
the man had wheeled a good load OF
clothing and household effects the en-
tire diStance-abOut one hundred miles.
He said he was looking for work on a
farm.
A Young sOn-aged seven yearS-oi
Mr.. C. T.. Siford. OF Chares-Town, at
tempted on Friday last to light a fire
with kerosene. The can exploded as
usual, and the little fellow was badly
burned, and so was his mother, who
tried TO extinguish the flames. Death
ended the boys suferiugs on Monday.
A man living on Fishing creek, Wet
zel county, has been deaf for five years.
The other day "a went to a physician
III examination, when a wad Of cotton
CT lp,etely coated over was found in
each ear The cotton walls were put
In five years ago t. stop earache and
had been forgotten. Echo.
James Clair, colored, one OF the old
est aid most respected citizens Of Mon
roe county, died at Union on the 18th,
aged SO years. be had been sexton OF
the Presbyterian Church for fifty
years He had accumulated consider
able property.
At .SisterSviIle they have had quite
controversy between the town authOri-
ties and the teamsters over the question
OF the right OF the town TO make the
reamsters pay license tax. Judge ia
Goes decided that the town has the
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