Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-02-24
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The News From Every Section of the
Little Mountain State.

John Bell. bar keeper iC the Bolts
House, at Wheeling. fell down stairs
Tuesday and broke his neck.
Cabell county will vote in May on
n proposition 10 issue 100000 per
cent. thirty-yesr bonds TO build
courthouse at Huntington.
John c. Ballard has sold his two
farms in Monroe county for a sum
aggregating $4,000. E. j. Hall, of
Bluefeld, was the purchaser
Last Sunday Enoch Childers, OF
Harrison county, accidentally ran the
blade of Il penknife into his thigh.
An artery was cut, and he bled 10
death in few hours.
John Reece and Bub Eastwood be-
came involved in a quarrel at Edger-
ton mines, near Charleston, last Sun
day Eastwood struck Reece on the
head with a rock, killing him almost
instantly.
Martin Smith, of Peasants county,
nesday, by his team running away.
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lines and was dragged until his skull
WAS crushed.
Ii is stated that the promised chair
factory OF Buckhannon WAS mAnipu-
lated by an expert swindler. aud that
he got $4,000 from Levi Leonard,
$4,000 from the bank and considera-
bic amount from the Buckhannon
Boom Company, and left them in the
lurch.
Saturday night a large rock on the
mountain side of Keeney's creek
broke loose and crashed through
shanty, killing four men and injuriug
eight others. They were Italian la
bOrers employed on the construction
of a short line railroad from Nuttall-
burg on the Chesapeake & Ohio.
Their names are unknown.
A sensational shoo,ing affair took
place at st. Adams, Friday morning,
between Geo. Rose and E. Pau!ey.
Pauley had been away from home,
aud as he alighted from the train Rose
opened fire on him. There were eight
or ten shots fired, and when the smoke
cleared away it was found that Pauley
had been fatally shot through the
right lung and Rose through the arm.
Rose made good his escape. Ii is said
Pauley caught Rose with his wife two
weeks ago, and at the time shot him
in the back. but it dpd not injure Rose
seriously. Up to that time the men
had been warm friends
\ dispatch from Huntington, this
State, says: Shirley Quilting and
James Ewing settled a recent quarrel
Saturday by fighting it out with pts
tolls. They met near the house OF
Ewing's father. John Ewing, a wealthy
and prominent man, who lives about
four miles from CHtlettsburg. XIV. 1t
was duel TO the death. Both par
ties fired aud Ewing fell dead, shot
through the heart. Quilting was NOR
tally wounded and has since died.
Quilting was Il married man, and his
wife was with him At the time OF the
shooting. Ewing was a Young un-
married man 1t is said that he WAS
generally well thought OF, but in
clined TO be wild The trouble grew
out Of quarrel which occurred about
two weeks ago, when Ewing struck
Quilting with club.
Thomas Allen, veteran, 1913 years
Of age. lives in Tyler county, n few
miles above Parkersburg, this State.
Mr.. Allen is II hale aud hearty man,
whom a casual observer would take
TO be about 20. Every day in the
wear. rain or shine. cold or warm. he
walks from his home TO the postoilice,
a distance of three miles. and returns.
He is the recipient of many newspa-
pers dailies and week.-Mrs., sent him 10y
admiring friends. Mr.. Allen served
under The Duke of Wellington, in the
war with NapOl, on under Gen.
Scott, in the war with MeXicu, and
entered aud served in the war Of
the rebellion on the Union side.
AT the time Of his last enlistment he
was - years old, but his physical APP
pparance so belied his years that he
had no difficulty in passing muster
as on the lesser end OF 40. The old
man has undOubted written evidence
not only Of his great age. but OF his
history as soldier. He says that
the last time he heard from his father
was some time during the last war,
when he was still living, at the great
age of 1Ol.years His mother died at
the age Of 80 years The old man
looks as if he would be able 10 tackle
another decade or two before going
over the range.