Huntington advertiser. [volume] (Huntington, W. Va.) 1874-1921, 1875-08-05
STATE NEWS.

House in Parkersburg. The frs
story is up.
Joshua Hunt, aged SO years ant
16 days died in Monongalia Count!
a few days ago.
a man named Chas. PRESS o
Wheeling undertook to commit sui
eide at Newburg, W. Va, last week
The re-assessment of lands in Sum
mers County, places their valuation
at 1899, 1895 being an increase o
S49,603,95 over the former assess
ment.
Mr.. Eugenius Evans, a highly re
spected citizen of Monongalia County
was stung to death with bees on the
23d of July. He was hivinga swarm
and received some 30 or 60 stinss.
On Friday Odd inst, the Monon
gahela river, (says the Post, } reached
Is feet 10 inches at Morgantown.-
Crops, stock, Timber &C., were car.
ried off in immense bodies.
The Little Kanawha had a terrible
food last week. Fences, bridges and
crops were swept away. On Reedy
Creek, many farmers lost almost eve
rvthing. Damage amounted to $500,
600. Messrs Trim & Co., lost 1OO,-
600 slaves.
The Changers of Jefferson county
will hold grand picnic near the
FIGURING Springs mills on the 18th
of August. Their brethren of the
neighboring counties are invited TO
attend. Several good speakers will
address the meeting.
Near Portland, w. Va. at Mr..
Jones saw mill, Mr.. Philip j. Stcr
ling was engaged in some occupation
near a belt, which by some means
entangled part of his clothing, and
ne was caught up and whirled around
with great force considerable time
His brains were scattered over the
room. his LEGS and arms torn off, and
he was otherwise mangled. He leaves
a wife and five children.
4 correspondent from Wood c0un-
ty to the Fairmont Index, thus dis
courses:
"Last night We had a severe rain
storm accompanied by wind, which
has generally damaged the corn and
oats, many fields look like they had
been rolled down with heavy rollers.
The corn will rise some and may ear
pretty well, hut it cannot make the
crop it would if this storm had not
occurred. "
And abiding to the tighincss of
money he says: "AIoney in some 10.
calities is so scarce that when two
pieces of scrip accidentally meet it
requires the genius and ability of
about four good men to tell their val
ne and introduce them to each other.
If there is not something done to in
crease the circulation Of greenbacks
among our people, their trading, buy
ing and selling will necessarily be-
come 4 question Of blrter.
The food caused by the rains of
last Thursday night i'll the Mononga-
hela river must have been terrific.
The Fairmont Mder says that on
Friday the Monongaheh rose about
- inches in an hour Ii is estima-
ted that about three thousand log
passed down the river, most Of which
came ont of the West Fork River.
We have not heard the particulars
OF the amour; Of damage done, but
it must be immense.
The .Uoua'1ip HeraH SAYS, "thc
County Court has issued its draft to
the amount or ten t,oa~md fire 'bNGref
doHms in payment for our Court
House, and the Central Land Cons
pany has given the land en- which to
erect the building
1t strikes IL, that it is rather a
curious way to do business, to issue
the drafts for all the money before
any of the work is done. But we hope
Summers County, will soon have a fine
building to ornament the lively town
of Hinton.
There is now living in Grcenbrier
county a family Of children. eleven
in number six boys aud five girls
with the following remarkable Chris
tian names, and, strange to relate,
he;r parents are bath It'll mice and. an
prretHy. in the ejonmotcf good he1i9!
The name: Of their progeny are as
follows; Lcdona, Livaro, Livcea.
Llalzo. Leancy, Lac.ea. Laduro,
Laanidas, Layun, and l.ydaho.
The trouble with most people, who
nav read these names. will be to as
certain which is which and wto is
who. as to the sexes Of this strange
enumeration. -GreHJrier Int.
The Grafton Sentinel, says: We
are informed that 4 new enemy to the
olt crop has put in an appearance, III
the shape of an ugly looking worm
CLOSELY resembling the ordinary cut
woru) which crawis up the stalk and
masticates the heads Of the oats with
wonderful rapidity. There are mill,
ions Of these worms infes;ing the oats
fields in this section, and it Is feared
that their ravagcs in connection with
the extremely wet weather will al
mort if not totally destroy the crops.
1t is source Of evil never before
known here, and farmers are wonder
inc over it. 9
Barbour County was visited with Il