Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-01-16
STATE NOTES.
being.

A little child OF jeff Miller, OF Nor
gan county, aged five, had one OF her
hands almost severed with an ak, by her
brother, October 20, last. The surgeon,
DR.. ]. Il. Hunter, found that the left
hand was almost severed at the wrist,
nothing but the integuments on the low
er side sustaining 1t. The first impulse
was to amputate, but taking into con-
sideration that TWO out OF the three
arteries remained intact, and the
healthy condition Of the child, 1t was
determined by him, with the acqules-
cence of the attending physician, DR..
Rau, to try and save the member. After
sewing the middle artery the parts were
brought into opposition and retained by
sutures and adhesive plaster, placed on
a perforated metallic splint, anticipates
freely given, and the little sufferers
strength sustained by a generous diet
with suitable tonics. In six weeks the
parts were healed and at present she has
some motion Of the thumb and fore
finger, with the possibility OF useful
hand. This case is remarkable from
the fact that it is we'll established fact
in surgery that when a joint Is opened
amputation is the only remedy in large
majority OF cases.
Monday evening as Mr. Lin. Richards
was returning from Thomas he had
most thrilling encounter with q large
panther. When about half way between
Thomas and this place, the beast pre-
Seuted itself on the road and refused to
let Richards proceed on mis- way. Realiz-
ing his situation he at once reached for
his iaek-knife, when to his horror he
found that he had left it at Fairfax,
where he had been at work. A club was
his next refuge, and procuring a good,
stout one, made for his partnership.
The battle was long and fierce, but by
we'll directed blows at each bound OF the
beast, Lin finally persuaded him that
he was not his meat, yet not until he
had had his clothing torn to consider
able extent. He is not certain how
large the panther was, only that it was
q monster. Its track measured four
inches long and three inches wide. The
next time Lin travels that road he'll
carry his jack-knife with him.-DdUiS
Times.
Wolves have for some time been play
ing havoc with thu sheep OF the farmers
of Back Fork aud Point Mountain,
Webster county. A day or two since
the citizens organized hunting party
of determination, and John Gregory, q
member of the party, killed a large full
grown wolf and saw three others. They
are still hunting, with their character
istic determination, and will probably
clean out the pack.
Two painful accidents occurred at the
Morgantown University gymnasium
Monday. Student II. d. Baker, of Mar
tinsburg, fell from bar and broke his
arm between the wrist and elbow. G.
Il. A. Kunst, Of Grafton, one of the best
athletes of the gymnasium, fell from
pair OF flying rings, striking sideways
on the right foot, swapping both bones
of the leg between the knee and ankle.
Or Tuesday afternoon last, about 4:30
o'clock, Willie Peal, the ten-year-old
son of George w. Peal, Of Brownstown,
Summers county, was strusk by shift
ing train and killed. He was attempt
ing 10 cross the railroad track to
Mace where his father and brother
were, when he slipped and fell on the
lev track in front of the moving cars,
which crushed out his life instantly.
w. Collins, of Lewis county, died,
leaving an estate valued al $4,000. He
had been going with Minnie Collins, who
now springs a letter on the Probate
Court like this: ~ now state what l
told you before: if leave this world be-
fore we are married, and we are still
corresponding, will you my all after
my expenses are paid" She claims the
money.
Miss Ida Davis, %. daughter OF the
late Hon. Albert &. Davis, OF Morgan
town, was last week placed in the coun-
w Jail at Morgantown 10 await room at
the insane asylum. She has been
adiudged q lunatic. She is one OF the
best known literary ladies in the State,
and is said to have lost her reason by
too close attention to her literary abors.
On last Thursday evening Jno. Kerns
and - Tiller, who were confined in the
Logan county jail on charges OF felony,
made their escape. They had, in some
manner, unlocked their cell and came
out into the day hall, ana when Jahor
Kemper White went in to take their
supper they ran out over him and made
their escape.
Fourteen oil wells are going down at
Wyatt, Harrison county, close to the
big 1000 barrel well on Milestone
creek.
Mrs. Susan Sturgeon died at Sisters
Vile, last Thursday, aged SO. She was
pensioner of the war OF 1912.
There is good prospects of an electric
railway between Ronceverte and Lewis