Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1874-05-21
State and Neighborhood.

Harvey 4 Georges paper mill at
Wellsburg, West Virginia, burned
last week Loss, fifty thousand dol
lars. The mill was uninsured.
\ colored citizen of Burkeville,
Virginia, announces himself a can
didate for Congress in the Fourth Dis
trict of that State and says: My
platform Is the Declaration Of indie
pendenee.
Tie body Of a man found dead IN
the woods near Powhatln, Ohio,
TWENTY-FIVE miles below Wheeling, !
week AGO has been identified rs that
Of Daniel uarbaugh. Of New Leba'
non, Ohio. It is not known how his
death occurred
Ohio county, W. Va, is aeitating
the 81 iect Of bctterroadS. We wish
our ucighbors better luck than the
advocates ofimprovcment have found
in Chi, locality. - SteiJcarWe % ) Her
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rye q; n sly the same in this coun-
ty.-ED.
\ committee of the city council OF
Richmond recently visited the han-
awha coal fields and engaged a sup
ply Of coal for the city gas works.
In their report to the council they
speak in high terms of the wealth OF
the section they visited and the hos
pitality Of the people.
The Board of trustees of the Wheel
ire Steel Works meet tonight, and
definite arrangements Hill be made
for the new rolling mills, so that
work on them can commence soon
The firm report themselves a. fully
sati.fied with the business they are
doing, having made large shipments
of steel this week.
The assessors for the town OF
Mound<ville have completed their Ia
bors for this year, and report an In
crease of - dogs over last. The In
crease of the value of real and per
sonal property over last year, Is 800,
600. 1t may be added that the as
sessments this gear were made higher
than they were last year.
\ collision occurred on the Central
Ohio Division of the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad on the 18th four miles
west of Belaire, between freight
train bound east and IN extra train
carving emigrants bound west. The
fremen OF both engines were killed.
Some few of the emigrants we're
slightly injured, hut. as far a. known,
none of them were killed or seriously
injured.
The Wheeling Register SAYS Of the
growing crops &c: "Wheat never
looked better, and there was a 'lrgt
breadth sown. Oats are up and look
well. Corn wa' most planted last
week. and the ground was IN FIRST rate
condition. Fruit will be Il full crop,
even peaches promising well. Stock
OF nj, kinds wintered well; Cattle
and Hog, command 4 good price fol-
the butcher Sheep are in good con
dilion and the crop Of wool will bt
excellent.
Alta meeting of the stockholders
Of the Wheeling, Parkcrsburg and
Cincinnati Transportation Company
held at their office yesterday, the fol
lowing gentlemen were elected di
rcctors for the ensuing wear: Charles
Nuhloman, Chas. II. Booth, John
Murine. J. Harrison, II. SchmuI
bach. Phil. An>hu;g, and T. kimple.
TIE board Of Directors thcn elected
Can't Charles Muhleman, President
and Can't. John Murine, Secretary
and Treasurer 49, i'hee!pg Reyjstcr.
The.tgck rai>cr> Of NIoorfeld, Har,
dv county. held a1 Indignation meet
ue 'g.t week. They clajm tbet the
I.I-inor. n Ohio Railroad charge
diem m.te FIR seuJ.ug q car load Of
cat,e from ;hcre to Baltimore, DOG
uic-. than from pul,ershurg OF
Wheeling. 900 miles. Thcy ask 4
rlcabic reduction in price They al
SD claim thc risht to shift cattle at
New Creek. or Patterson'> Creek, I'M
loading and re loading cars chartered
t.rou h. But the railroad viii dc
as il leases.
THE CHAMPION HFN.-We were
shown three eggs on Saturday last
laid bv one hen on the same day, one
Of which Is fully developed egg; the
other two are smaller and without
any she'll, except a tough skim
What Is more remarkable, the self
same hen ha. lard three eggs OF the
above description every day Tor the
last eight days. as can be voucheC
for by unimpeaohah'e witnesses Sh,
i the property of Mary Johnson, {
colored woman living in this place. =
Grerbrier Independent.
Our friend Bernard Mollohan. write
Is as follows We have had plcntJ
OF ram for the last month, and III,
rivers have been w tC pretty gooC
logging stage for some time. Par
ties from Charleston are having saw
logs cut and put IN Elk river abov,
and below the Court House. | wa
cut last week ON surveying tour il
what are called the Yew Mountains
at the head of a branch of Elk Gale,
Burgpo Greek. in company with Nv,
gentlemen from Center county, Penn
,ylvaria. On an examination Of tn,
pines there, the strangers pronounced
them to be the "Balsam OF Fir. y
I The mines 0row from 80 To iO0 fee