Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-22
STATE TOPICS.
BRIEF NOTES OF A MULTITUDE on INTER.
ESTlNG MATTERS
The More Important Events Of the Past Week
Occurring through the Length and Breadth
Of West Virginia.

with men hunting for the body of Dick
Knapp, who was supposed 10 have been
murdered. SO much evidence accumu-
lated that II the body could DO found a
remarkably strong case could be made
against certain parties, and n reward OF
considerable amount was offered at that
time for the body. Last week some
hunters found a grave on the east side
OF the river not far from the place
whore the piece OF cloth which was con-
siderea such a strong clue was found.
The grave was unmistakable, and was
discovered by the fact that 1t had sunk
In the ordinary way. II will he opened
shortly. -PocdhOntus Times,
Mrs Henry Rhea, OF sutton stepped
into tho house Of neighbOr next doc,
leaving three small children lying in
bed. II was quite cold, and when the
little ones awakened and got out of
bed, they naturally ran To the fire in
the room. One OF them, Harry, boy
OF 4, got too close aud his night gown
caught fire. He ran into the yard. his
gown ablaze, and tried TO climb over
lhe fence TO a neighbours lot but was
caught ON the fence and slowly roasted
I'LL his mother, hearing his cries, came
to bis assistance. He died.
There is a reported oil boom in the old
Burning Springs districts which appears
TO nave sprung out of a new oil find in
that vicinity. Many OIL men are said to
be leaving Sistersville Tor that point,
ana prices are increasing as rapidly as
the influx OF new men arrive on the
ground. II is asserted that tact OF
land OF four and one-half acres which
was bought two weeks ago for 5000, ex-
changed hand the other day for So. 500.
further statement is made that twenty
wells will be drilling within the next
month
A portion Of the scatfoldiug under tho
Is. n q. bridge at Harper's Ferry fell
last Wednesday, and three men who
were on IL at the time were preclpitated
to the river below. One OF them was
struck In the back by piece OF timber
and slightly injured. The other two
escaped unhurt. But for the fact that
they fell into the water all three, prob
ably, would have been killed, says the
sentinel.
Gov. McCorkle has offered 4 5000 re-
ward for the arrest Of kenos Douglass,
who murdered Thomas Reid, at Trout
valley, Greenbrier county, on Christ
mas night. This. with the $500 offered
by Greenbrier County Court, makes
500 now offered for his arrest. Doug
lass has been seen several times since
the murder in Bath county, Va, and
Pocahoutas county, w. Va.
One years trial OF the Criminal Court
has proved that an additional court has
In no degree relieved the situation that
has been complained Of. The result Of
one years work OF tho new court has
been the conviction of one man to the
n fa
hardest kind OF hRht.-Wdlnc Nous.
Plans for building bridge from West
tatrmoat across Blacks Run TO the
South Side are under discussion. Tho
money is to be raised by popular sub
scription. There are natural founda-
lions, and the structure will be a regu-
lar highway bridge about 200 feet in
length, probably one span.
Another effort was made by John
Ferguson last Saturday to bail his son
Johnson out OF jail. The necessary
bondsmeu were not secured and moth
ing was done 1t takes a number of
creek farmers to qualify TO $4,000 i'm
real estate above all liabilities. W0nc
NcJrS.
Charley Barnett. a thirteen-year-old
step-son OF VIII Slaughter, VINO lives
AONA AiliiN' - yin lAfduet vi n iluEG at
the headwaters OF Crow run. Roane
county, died Saturday morning OF
hydrophobia. The boy had been bitten
by a dog six weeks before.
At a. NJ, last Saturday. two broth
ers boarded the west-bound train at
Dingers. Near Duulow one of them
missed the other and got of at Dunluw
and went back 10 Wi'sondale, near
which point the man was found dead
beside the track.
The Council of Charlestown has award
ed tho contract for the new bridge ex-
tending from Charles street north over
the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad TO the
Vulcan Road Machine s. Bridge Com
pauy OF Cha rlestOWn.
Counterfeit s. gold pieces have been
circulated in Lewis and Braxton coun-
ties
NJ oegautown now has five papers, and
an other is 20 appear next month
la Grippe is very bad in many parts
OF the State.