The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-05-07
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Fishermen have been catching o good
maiy carp this week. Sam Muck got
one Tuesday that weighed sixteen and
onethalt pounds, and yesterday Law
renee Jones caught ono that weighed
twenty pounds. The fish arc seeking
shallow water now, where they will
spa tSn, and bite freely at a bait OF corn.
-shepherdstown Register,
Alremarkable story about a hen comes
sfroih The farm OF Mr.. Elias Rockwell.
The hen was very large and indicated
by Per movements that something was
wrdng. She was cut open and to tho
great astonishment OF those looking on
islxtfen full developed eggs with hard
shells were removed. This story IS un-
douptedly true. as Mr.. Rockwell Is one
OF ohir best citizens and his veracitv has
neyEr been observation-disclosures Mes
sen$er.
The boys here have been catching
soH1e very large fish which are stran-
gerd in these creeks. They somewhat re-
semlble the black bass, but have larger
and redder scales and fms fully three
inches in length. which resemble the
GeoFsian palm leaf. They are thought
to lie much larger than any other fish
in these waters; n caught last Mon
dayI weighed forty pounds; and almost
any time you can see some fisherman
returning with q dozen or two Weighing
ten 70 fifteen pounds aplece.-West Un-
ion Herald.
A very remarkable accident occurred
on Scott Hill Tuesday morning. which
resulted in the death Of George Nc
cartney, aged about sixty years. He
was doing some work on his farm and
waf pricked in the eye with a brler,
which resulted in almost instant death.
KtnSwood Journal.
The Davis Coal & Coke Company are
preparing to make extensive improve
meftz at Henry In Grant county.
Houses are to be built and a coal shaft
opehed this summer and about s2Oo.O 600
will be spent there by this Company,
which has done so much already for:
this section OF West Observation-Disclosures
Advocate.
A blue heron was killed on the river
bank here a few days 6 It was a
beautiful bird and the first one of It's
kind ever seen here. It measured about
three feet from tip 10 tip and was an
object OF general interest. It was sent
to 9 taxidermist at Weston to be stuff
ed for the normal school collection
Glehville Pathfinder.
To u friends the farmers, we will
say our appetite is good and eggs, po-
tatoes, butter and chickens,t to say moth
ing OF horses and cattle can be disposed
of by US as Well as the average man.
CALHOUN Signal.
Henry selby, who died at Shepherds
town, Jefferson county, this state, on
Apfal q, aged lightweight years, was
toAti' sep cSSiS night u HIS teHtlTe lie
and died in the same house. He never
married, was quite wealthy and had
never been out of Shepherdstown but
twice during his life.
The Review has in its possession the
last letter received by the mother of
Frank Sutton, from her son, who was
one of the unfortunate victims OF the
battleship Maine disaster. 1t is written
on paper with a fine picture of the
Maine at the top, wreathed in Ameri-
can flags and hemmed In by piles OF
cannon balls and Is dated "OT Hamp-
ton Roads, April 3, 1897" He enclosed
herE $40 and told her he would send her
more soon, remarking, II am the boy
that can make tile spoke OF coming
home again some time, but stated tina.
he had not had his foot on land for
seven months and did not know how
long 1t would be before he got on ter
"a .ilrma" again.-Hampshire Review.