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SW1KDLBT SHiRPlBf AT HARPER^7-A Harle In Van* -ty—?1.^00 is Cxsa Bami-AlaMi xr»* **** Ac-eidsat—tits Saw »• ' -ImiTwo welMre.-^oloreJ men, rItidr their otmes as fc*ch (jr'*1*' of -Uh‘ ens, V»., and A‘ham Lewl*’ of tinsburs. Rot olhe lrain 11 Uarper * Kerry a few d**K° l!d Pr°c«!d®d t0 cultivate the .ualotauce of the malecolored poo i,OD of ,hlt;l V“i('.rooms anlt;J»‘* represented thetn-selves a* agf lor a '■'Bruin s-*blB Hue Union • 1. •nd tUa sd'vantage, thisclation wvr* p!»usib!y advanced bythe sharpsr*1*1 tc« ,e® 018- 50 wa. - !o°S forthcoming fromthe pocitet*»( the dupe* The latter ^rk at high MM In ‘*cobbFoud nuarrles. Id Maine, California*1*'* through tho country and were I* carried to their places In Puligi cars. The scheme was worked 4 successfully that laborers in the B- O. tunnel not only gate up the man - hut quit work, and the con-slt;pquoncwas lhal lhe »wiDlt;1,e wai 6X* posed, -'he two crooks wore arrested. They i* no* having obtainedmoneycom the men, but were inclined to be ipertinent, and asserted that they hi a perfect right to do what they did. be Mayor com mil Ud them to courtaod they were sent to the Charles Tow Jail. It is said that when tho eolord roen, from whom the sharpers bad ot the money, were convinced that the* had been swindled they wouid hav killed the swindlers If they could ha* gotten hold of them. No money wa found on one of the men when he wj first tearched, but further search reaaied the sum of sixty dollars lu hi* bet. The strangers obtained over S100 wile in Her pet’s Ferry by their swtnd-1U operations.A railroad accident that cams appall* iigly near being a serious catastrophe ocurred near the Maryland end of the gh bridge of the Norfolk and Western ail road across the Potomac river at ihepherdstown last Sunday ovoning ibout half-past seven o'clock. A southbound freight train was thundering lown lhe grade toward the bridge when t gondola loaded with Iron ore broke down and Jumped the track, and was followed by two others. These cars ran for some distance along the ties, and then the trucks pulled out and let the trucks fall flat on the track, stopping ;be whole train very sodden y- riooody was hurt, but when the eaffin* came to a bait it was mighty close to the bridge. Had tho accident boon delayed another mlnnto it would hare tumbled the whole business over that high trestle. A wrecking train came down frow andoah, but U was live o'clock Monday morning before the waiting passenger trains get through. It Is aid that the accident was caused by overloading one of the cars with iron ore.Log catching was a profitable Industry Saturday and Sunday. Loginning late Friday uight logs begun floating out of the Uuvan river and up to Sunday evening 70,000 logs had escaped from the booms. The foe allowed forcatching logs is fifty cents each, lhe• *uiu«ion of tho *ogs have been Uhfuilv du/U Uaygj3rXs*to wd Iron-a? high as $100/ - r ’ * 'time the entire lot of them have been redeemed, #35,o00 will have to be paid out to the men who caught them.—Huntington JItmULTwo attempts to poison Capt. William H. Sine, a prominent citizen of Fairmont, were made last week. Both attempts w*»re made while ho was traveling. On tho iirst occasion a bit of fresh cheese, neat: y wrapped bjs was smuggled Into his overcoat pocket. By accident It was discovered ou his returu homo to have been poisoned. The next attempt was made by slipping a bottle of poisoued whisky Into his overcoat pocket, too. Capt. Sine and friends are greatly exercised about it.Gold has been discovered In Preston county in rich and paying Quantities. Tho ore ha* been tested by an expert, who know? gold from iuic», and he pronounces it genuine. Tho nugget examined proved to b* much richer iu the precious metal than any mine now being worked lu this country. The discoverer does not divulge the location of the ••find.” but the vein is in Lyon district, and tbo expert has no doubt that it can be worked to great profit.—Kinj-wood Journal.Col. Xcmegyle'ft Preston county furnace was reported to have been sold to a Pittsburg company, but later In form a-tiuo claims this not to bo true, although| and half a dozen men will answer charges of felon t at tho next term of I Court. Among the offenders are four youn* men chawed with killing young SummerfleU, anil four eaaes of raye.The residence and store of R. W. Bus-kirk. near Wateman, Logan county, was burned last Tuesday nlffht, and bl,..00 In money was also consumed, the cash being kept lu a desk. The total loss Is 85,000, with d6 Insurance.OA fight occurred between two colored imen at Duailow. last Sunday afternoon, which re stilted lu one of them shooting tlfc other in tho right breast. It is be-lievtd |ai the wound will prove fatal.February Is a short month, but the Hauuis Distilling Company, of Martlns-burg, shipped Sl»7 barrels of whisky in February, paying to the government a revenue of $38,1*00 on 31,321 gallons.Charles Morris. Arthur Eibon and John Shroub are under arrest at King-wood for the attempt to burglarize the Hank of Kiogwood February 1st.The ravages of diphtheria in several counties—notably Preston—still continue.George Rose, who shot Ed Pauley, at St. Albans, has been arrested.William Smarr escaped from the Gilmer county Jail, last Friday.I* El AA IKE.The primaries In the several wards on Saturday evening were sllrnly attended, pxcopt in the Second, on account of the inclement weather. The result as far as could be learned, is as follows; First ward—Member ,of Council, Dr. J. E. Ptarsol; Assessor, Seth Jewell; Committeeman, Frank Mason; Delegates to City Convention. Avery West, Louis Et/.el and Edward Allum. Second-Council, Sebastian Wimrner: Assessor, James Conners: Committeeman, W, C. Wamock; Delegate* to City Convention, Richard Crozler, W. U. Weeks. Edward Monaghan. Luke Garvin aud August Schick. Third—Council. Conrad Kura-bacb; Assessor, John Baugh, Jr.: Committeeman, John G. Muth; Delegates to City Convention, Charles Rodewig, Albert Loch*, Fred Wassmao aud Wilber Smith. Fourth—Council, Louis La Roche; Assessor, John Addison. Fifth —Council, J. H. Campbell; Ceramiuee man, Reuben Lowe.There Is no doubt that Michael Lyn-akey h the greatest political hustler lu the Second ward. He took a hand in the primary held on Saturday evening, and bis work is shown In tho vote for James Conners for Assessor.John N. Anderson, who has been quite sick for several weeks, has resigned his school at Quincy on account of 111 health. Ho will also sell his personal property and quit farming.There wa? a red-hot contest for nomination for Assessor in the Secoud ward, Saturday evening, and 100 votes were polled; an unusually largo number for a city primary.A B., Z. * C. passenger train was detained at Alledonla a few days ago to allow the passengers to witness wrestling match between two muscular country lads.Messrs. D. W. Cooper, C. W. Dickens and J. H. Llervea are spoken of In connection with the Democratic nomination for members of the School Hoard.Grace, a little daughter of C. R. Gast-ling, was badly scalded about the head aud neck a few days ago by the accidental upsetting of a cup of coffee.Morton D. Adams, a returned missionary from India, will deliver a lecture at tho Christian Church to-morrowJefferson county by a message announcing the serlons illness of Mrs. Payne’s father.A young man named McDonough, of West Wheeling, a cousin of tho Lyn-skey family of this city, died on Saturday evening.John R. Gow, city editor of the Indc-petuJcnt. was quite sick yesterday, threatened with fever.George Davis has returned from NdwC*nie, Pa.NEW CIMHKHLANO.New Cumberland, W. Va., March G. —Rev. Lysle, Presbyterian minister, and family of Scotsuale, Pa., are visiting tho family of A. 1J. Lee.Rev. Iilley of the M. E. church Is a terror to ill behaved persons attending his church. On several occasions he left the stand and ejected disorderly male bipeds and being a Hercules in strength, it is us use to resist. Like the •ate Peter Cartwright of Illinois ho believes in having order duriug service. Thar* has been several settlements before the Mayor. No adverse criticism except from the toughs.Town election on Moody week, not much craze in view coucerulng it.There Is couftlderble dissatisfaction aud might say Indignation over thecompany or rittsourg is contemplating the purchase of tho property. Thefr agent is much pleaded with the property, aud states that should they purchase the same tnefr company will move their largo plant from Pittsburg to Irondaie.On la*t Sunday morning* son of Samuel Haga, of Hoods Greek. Ritchie county, died from eating dried apples, i The hoy bad been sent to a neighbor to get tho apples and on his way home ate a largs quantity and on reaching homo drank freely of cold water, as a natural consequence ho was soon In terrible agot»7. ills stomach burst before he dted. The bor was about to years of age.Cbaa. P Berkshire, of Morgantown,says he has aoout completed that wonderful cano for the World’* Fair, which I* to contain 10,000 different varies*'* ofplace. When he was ne hero prior to the election, ho said the people would be allowed to make a selection for postmaster, and he would respect their wishes aud recommend for appointment whomsoever tbov would designate. Consequently no on« was lu a hurry to present their c airns, as the present postmaster holds over something like a year yet, and to say when his announce-msut for th:s piaco wa» sent forth was a surprise Is putting it mildly, as it was looked udoc as a breach of fairh. There U no retl*?cliou intended agaiost tho party mentioned by Mr. Pendleton in his announcement. It will possibly bo said nobody is kicking except dlsapj pointed aspirants. Such Is not the case.*»Chaunccj and th© KcporUr..rt , ,, In my dealings with reporters I haveWert Vlw.au wood. A!revly‘-*lt;? ^h4ll lloly one experience Wlih the news-P,ecM vhgv, ' • ;!1 u'Va“** V*-fp»®»r death watch.” .aid Chauocey M.but a short time will be required to fin- 1 Depew1»V“ -M W!i! |,ro!u''-t• A . ouplo of years aito I was laid up before it is take., tu t..,:, ago. Naoue for x week. 1 was not very sick, but in txcepl himself has se »u the cano.There are thcrt;o who believe that the hill* of West Virginia contain something more valuable than iron or coal, and they are going to seek for it. The Buford Gold Mining Company of Harper's Ferry has been chartered, and has a capital of $500. Th* stock h held by N. Penny man, of Baltimore, and several Harper’s Ferry people.Two Hungarian miners, of Montana Mines, were robbed last week of $900 in cash. The money is supposed to hav-3 been taken from their trunks by another Hungarian with who at they boarded and who was a brothar-Ui-law of one of the victims. Detectives are on th»* track of the thief who he* been located In Baltimore.A fight occurred on Lick creek. Cabell county, last Snnaay evening bc-tweou George Adkins and Milton Gilk-ersou. In th* program of which pistol* ware used. Adkir.s was kii.ed and GHkersoa was wounded. For several years Adklna has been regarded as a troublesome and dangerous character.Then* have been uemerous near Elisabeth, Win county.some way it got rumored about that 1was dying.“At 11:30 o’clock at night the tele-phoue In my house rang. I was up and answered the call.'• ‘Is this Dr. Depew’s house?* was asked.“ ‘YeV I replied.“ •!$ he dead?*“ ‘No.*u Ts he going to die to-night?’“ T don’t think so.’*“Ttank; good night.’“’Good night”*A Quwr Railroad.One of the queerest railroads on this continent is the Salisbury A Havey. in New Bracswick. It ia but twenty ail$ long, and. although It connects with tho luter-Colonial road, an admirably constructed line. It Is confessedly unsafe. A printed notice hung up in the car* cautions passenger* that it is wall to get out and walk on reaching a certain bridge, and it wa long the custom to push the cars over this crazy structure before the engine was ''asted upon it* retting timber*.
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Wheeling Register
Wheeling, West Virginia, US
Mon, Mar 06, 1893
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