The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1878-08-06
FAlRMONT.
A Young MAN Killed BY Light.
ning-County Greenbaek Con.
vention-RaVorable Weather
Good Corn. Crop, Etc.

Good Corn. Crop, Etc.
FARMoNr. August 8.
Correspondence Of the Iutsliisenesr d'. 90
Last Saturday evening dark heavy.
cloud was observed TO the south east Of
this place beyond Palatine, but as 1t
seemed to be passing around Us but little
notice was taken Of 1t. A few flashes Of
lightning and some areports Of what
seemed 10 bs distant thunder we're nil that
were noticed by persons in d0ors. In.
agiue then the surprise o. the community
10 learn about dusk that . young man
had been killed by lightning about mile
and half beyond Psla.ine. The name
Of the unfortunate individual IL Levi
Barker, son Of David Barker Of that set:
Element. He had been away at work 2 or 8
weeks and had not been al home more than
twenty min utes, when younger brother
told him that another young man who
was work ipg near by In q Geld, and who
was TO be married next day Sunday,
wanted TO see him. In obedience to this
request he went out into the field where
bis friend was working and got up on the
fence under an isolated tree, to be in the
shade Il is supposed, "a the sun was still
shining brightly. While they were en-.
gagged In conversation the tree was struck
and the young man fell of the fence dead.
The electric fluid followed the tree to
point about foot above where his head
must have been, then doubtless passed to
bis body, as bot little trace ot II was
found below on the tree. Persons who
attended the funeral yesterday say there
was the largest company present they
ever saw on a like occasion. r. 4" y ~, n,
The Greenback Convention held at this
place Saturday nominated full county
ticket, AZ follows: For House OF Dele
gates, James II. Furbee, OF Mannington, J,
heretofore Republican, and John
Fighter, Of Grant. .Distrlct, formerly 81
Democrat. For Clerk Of the County
Court, John N. Harr,of Palatine; Clerk
OF the. Circuit Court g. s. Dunn, Of Bar.
racksyille. Mr.. Harr has heretofore
been o Republican and Mr.. Dunn Demo-
crat. II remains to be seen what effect
this ticket will have upon the Democratic
ticket already nominated, tor upon the
two Republican clerks who have an-
nounced themselves for 70 election. The
general impression, however, Ia that the
present incumbepts Of the .clerkships,
Messrs. Lott and Crane, cannot be beaten,
The German, Karl Otto .Bohme, who
was supposed to be insane, and who has
been in jaipior some timeSis now at lib
erty on the. street, having recovered from
the attack. He will be sent to Chicago
as soon AZ the, necessary arrangemens
can be made for his passage to that point:
During the last two weeks the weather
has been very favorable to the growth Of
corn. Good rains and plenty Of suns
shine have brought II along very rapidly.
Oar farmers are mostly done hay har-
vest and now getting ready for fall seed.
ing. The bountiful rains We have had
lately, have been, very helptul5to the
meadows Just cut.
The Davis Light Guards are makibsi
great preparations for the "sham battle"
which 10 toitake place here at the Fair
Grounds In September . p !f'''e ~ =
Since the excessively "warm spelln Of
three or four weeks ago, The weather has
been comparatively pleasant. j dGiaC.i