Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-11-11

who ran after him and stuck him in the
back with a bayonet. The official an
nouncement was made that he had been
wounded by a soldier in the discharge
Of his duty, and no punishment was
ever given the man from Milton, who
wounded him. West was badly hurt
out was getting along well, bur grew
worse after getting home, and Is said to
have died few days ago.
The Richie Reuie,O tells of party OF
seven coon hunters, who after freeing
a coon stood around with bowed and
uncovered heads while one of the num-
Der offered up the following petition:
Good Lord, we know we have the
coon between the earth and the heavens.
Give US strength TO cut this white oak
tree; the guests and the preacher will be
at our house tomorrow, and we know
we'll have corn bread and COON"
Amen! went up from the other six, but
before the echo of the last amen had
died away, the owner Of the land
stepped from the shadows into their
midst. and saved his tree from de-
struction. Probably the preacher went
hungry the next day.
Rowlesburg seems to be having bad
times with tramps and thieves. Some
weeks ago w. w. Shocks general store
was entered by thieves, supposed TO be
tramps, and large amount of clothing.
-jewery, ETC., was taken. The thieves
were not captured. Last Saturday
morning, about o'clock, the same store
was again entered and about $500 worth
of Dry goods and jewelrY and sum of
money stolen. Part OF the goods were
stored IN an old house near the river,
aud were recovered. 1t is hoped that
the thieves will be captured and pun
ished.-TeTrG AICG Oracle.
Without exception the best Demo
cratic newspaper published in this
State is the WHEELING REGISTER. The
REGISTERS facilities for getting andpre-
senting the best news OF the day are the
finest Of any of our State and the WEEK
LY REGISTER gives the cream OF the
daily news gathered during the week,
It's columns contain the latest national.
State aud foreign news and it is the
paper for West Virginia in that 1t con-
tains more State news than any other
city weekly or daily published outside
of the State while giving due attention
TO that which is of national and general
interest. Randolph Enterprise.
Miss Annabel Hoke, daughter of
Judge Hoke, left Ulm, Germany, Sep
TENDER 30, for Stuttgart, where she be-
gins her studies in the great German
Conservatory of Music on the 18th Of
October. Miss HOke is very greatly de-
lighted with the city Of Stuttgart, and
is boarding with u German lady wEo iS
proud of the pleasure of having Termed
the acquaintance of Americas great
poet, LOngiellow, while on his trip
down the Rhiae at the time he visited
that cOuD:ry several years ago.--PreS-
ton Journal.
Eastern capitalists are said to be ne
gotiating for the purchase Of the Park
ersburg street railway, with the inten-
ton of converting it into an electric
line. The city has ovsr five miles OF
track, and mule cars run every fifteen
minutes-if nothing happens. The
State journal thinks that by the first
Of the year arrangements will be COM
pleted for an electric railway there.
The Charleston Street Railway Com
pany has changed its motive power
from mules to electricity. Last spring
the company was required by the city
Council to put up $1,000 as a guarantee
that it would be running cars by cleo
tricity by December first. The neces-
sary changes have been made, the trial
trips pronounced satisfactory, and next
week cars will be running regularly by
electricity,
United States Court meets in Charles
ton next week and there are over 200
prisoners to be tried. Marshal Vlnson
does not know what TO DO with them all
and will take them on to the capital in
instalments. He has engaged quarters
in the Kanawha county Jail for as
many as il will accommodate and as
they are tried will bring others to take
their places. All the jails In the south
ern end Of the State now have their
quota.
Charley Walker, who was arrested
and taken to Calhoun county to answer
a charge of horse stealing, has just
been senten ced to two years In the pen
itentiary. There is also an indictment
against Walker, returned at the June
term of the Kanawha county grand
Jury, for the killing of Van Samples.
Miss Livia n. Simpson, the spicy edi-
tress Of the Poi2t Pleasant Gazette, is
said to be about to start new ReDubli-
can daily in Charleston. j. E. Dana,
J. II. Huling, John Slack and other
prominent Republicans OF Kanawha
are said TO be backing her.. Ex-Demo-
crat ]. B. Floyd will be the editor.
Clarence Hamilton, of Monroe coun-
", was fleeced out of all the money he
had with him while in Chicago short
time ago. lie was lured into game OF
'dinky dink." He was presented with
FIVE dollars by the proprietor OF the
game and kicked out.
Editor Silas P. Smith, OF the West
Union Record, has the sympathy OF
his newspaper brethren over the death
of his wife, which occurred October
Goth, at their home in West Union. She
was an estimable lady.
The county commissioners Of Hamp-
shire county have granted license TO but
one person in that county FOR the sale OF
spirits of an intoxicating character, and
be, being a manufacturer, cannot sell
less than pint.
Lieutenant R. NJ. G. Brown was quite
seriously injured in Washington last
week. he was knocked down by team
of horses aud received several scalp
wounds and bruises about the face
NClCS.
Rev. E. B. Bagley, Chaplain Of the
House of Representatives, was born in
Virginia. His first charge was 10 the
mountains of West Virginia, where he
,t,.d To- ebrao small churchas