Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-01
SOME STATE TOPICS.
OUR WEEKLY REVIEW OF THE WEEKLY
PRESS.
Information Of Carrsn. Events, Cleaned From The
County Papers Throughou. West
Virginia.

On Tuesday, December 10, while Mr..
"A. Y. Leach, who lives on the Knobs
above Union, was chopping wood, his
axe glanced and entered his left foot
between the second and third toes and
cut OF nearly the whole ball OF his foot,
the discovered portion being connected
with the member by q nero snred OF
skin. DIR. George w. Reaborn was
called. Mr.. Leach in the meantime
sustaining the loss of much blood. The
wound was sewed up and under DIR.
keaourn's care, is healing, though the
process must be necessarily slow. Mr..
Samuel III. c. Burdett, who resides
| near Hillsdale. met with very similar
accident on the next day-Wednesday-
cutting his foot dreadfully with an axe
while chODping wood. DR.. II. NJ.
Brown was called and under his minis
trations the wound Is healing. 90
Christmas day at a point just beyond
the southern end OF the bridge across
Indian Creek NJ Fullen =. O.. young
Mr. John Mccormack, who was on
horseback and riding very rapidly, ran
over little six-year old son OF Mr..
James Brown, VINO resides near Rock
Camp. The road is narrow and makes
an abrupt bend at this point. The little
Fellow was knocked down aud trampled
upon by the horse and his left leg
broken just above the ankle. DR.. Rea-
burn was called and set the broken
| member, and the lad is TeCoVering.-
Monroe Wdtchmdn.
The Supreme Court OF Appeals OF
this Stale has decided that the certii-
Gates of indebtedness issued by the
county Court of Wayne county several
days ago, and given 10 Wayne county
men in exchange FOR road building, are
not legal, and reverses the judgment OF
the Circuit Court in awarding a manda-
mus on the County Court 10 pay them.
| The United States Circuit Court has de-
cided that the bonds issued by the
same County Court aud sold tc non-res-
| ident spectators, are Illegal, but fur
Their decides that the county must pay
them as money had and received
J Here is q conflict OF judicial opinion
that will work wrong To one party or
the other. All this Illegal paper should
stand on the same footing, in court and
out OF court. If one issue is illegal,
both are Illegal. II it is right aud just
aud legal TO pay one, it is right and just
and legal to pay both. The courts of
the county should try and get together.
Wayne NciOS.
Since our last ISSUE two cases Of
smallpox have developed in the infected
house "a this place. Mr. Estll Nc
Chung, who was reported as III last
] week, has the small pox, and his little
sister, Agatha, aged about twelve years,
also has II. Little Agatha has been
quite i'll, but the crisis ia her case has
been passed, and she Is now considered
out of danger. Estili's case Is in pro.
cess Of development, and while he is
quite sick, is not considered dangerous
| ly so. Both the eases were much more
severe than the original case Chat OF
Mr.. Slaven.) Both these families oc-
cuLy the same house, which is strictly
guarded. There is no sign OF the dis
ease outside OF that house, and no fears
are entertained that IL will spread. -
| GrcCnbTicT Independent.
Elizabeth Right, OF near Belington,
was arrested and lodged in jail mere last
| Monday charged with burning q stable
belonging TO Noah Kittle. She and her
son George Right were arrested and
tried before magistrate. The boy gave
bond for his appearance. but the old
lady was committed to Jail. Two horses
were burned with the stable. -Philtppt
| Republican.
The revival conducted by Evangelist
| Fife at Hinton was closed last week,
and since that time seventeen persons
have Joined the Presbyterian church,
thirty-three the Methodist church. ana
thirty-nine the Baptist church. We are
| Informed that there are still quite q
number of persons who have expressed
their intention of Joining in short
| time.
Thomas Bisborough, OIL Liverpool,
and Thomas Stevenson, Of London,
England, are in Parkersburg. They
are engaged in the lumber trade and
are looking up heavy oak for export.
The reward OF 1000 for Information
that shall lead to the arrest and convic-
zion OF the murderer OF Preston Il. Hal
| derman has been increased TO s., 500