Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-08-18
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.
The News From Every Section of the
Little Mountain state.

The Elkins House at Gormania was
destroyed by fire last week.
The Nail City Stamping Works, at
Wheeling, employing 300 workman,
went into the hands OF a receiver last
week.
Pendleton county has a delinquent
list of only eight taxpayers to the
amount of 1897, Ohio county has
5000, Kanawha 1000, Summers 42O
and Monroe 402.
Pierce Lynch, a b. Il O. employee,
fell from the platform Of an ice-house
at Keyser, a distance Of about four
teen feet. receiving injuries from
which he died in eight hours. He
leaves large and helpless family.
On Six-Mile Creek, Lincoln county
Robert Drake was assassinated by an
unknown man. He was sitting in front
Of Albert Franklin's house, when n
man rode up on horseback, shot him
through the head and rode rapidly
away. There is no clue to the muir
derer's identity.
Senator Kenna OF West Virginia
died poor, leaving large family un-
provided for. Col. Bright, the ser
geant -at-arms of the Senate, has APP
pointed Arthur Kenna, one OF his
sous. a page. Mrs. Kenna received an
appointment as postmaster at her
home, Charleston, so the family is do
ing very well.
The counties of Mineral, w. Va,
Nh haI ntyraaI ~
build an iron bridge across the river
lust above Piedmont, at the pulp
mills. VIM r. Percy, Of Frostburg,
has secured an injunction restraining
the letting Of the contract, on the
ground that! it is for private con
venience and is not demanded by
public necessity. He also alleges
that Allegany county is i'll bad tinan-
cial condition.
The Mormons of Poca district four
teen miles from Charleston, have sent
a representative to interview Cover
nor MacCorkle and get his protection
against the citizens who are endeavOr-
ing by force to break up their reYi.
walls. They have not seen the Cover
nor vet and the opinion Of the better
class is that instead Of rendering them
assistance the Governor should take
steps to expel them. The colony is
increasing all the time.
A recent dispatch from New Mar
tinsville says Indications are that
another oil field, rvaling in extent
and riches that OF Sistersville, Tyler
county, will be developed in this vicin-
ity. Thursday morning the Fluharty
Run well, ton miles up Fishing creek,
began spouting oil over the top OF the
derrick, and it is estimated at from
1900 to 1000 barrels q day. The
Shenago well, nine miles further up
the creek, has also come in strong
and the excitement is great.
White Caps came to grief in Sweet
Springs, this State, Sunday night. A
mOL went to John L. Wiler's boarding
house to tar and feather him because
he had not left the country as ordered.
When a mob attempted to break down
the door Wiler stepped out, shot and
killed Powell Beckuer, and prob6ly
fatally wounded Thomas Coyne.
Coyne was well-to-do farmer, and
was respected in the community.
Beckner had been employed in the
management Of the hCte! at Sweet
Springs. Wiler surrendered to the
authorities.
Lewis Hall, the West Virginia des-
perado, who was recently found gull
" of murder in the first degree by the
Mcdowell County Criminal Court and
sentenced to the penitentiary for life,
has been granted.a new trial and sent
to Huntington for safe keeping. Hall
boasts OF killing twenty-five men. and
says he only desires to live long
enough to remove two or three more.
He is worth considerable money, is In
telligent and veLy amiable unless his
temper is aroused, when he is trans
formed into brute,