Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1879-07-14
GENERAL STATE NEWS.
Fire at VOlcanO-The Town
Makes a Narrow Escape
Moral Keyser-Unique Indian
Burial Place-The Dog MUS

Burial Place-The Dog Nuts
ance.
The wheat harvest in the Greenbriel
Valley is about over. The quality o
the wheat is said to be excellent.
THERE are now about three hundred
visitors at the Greenbrier White Sui
phur Springs, and about fifty at the Cal
we'll House.
The postofTice at Buckeye Cove, POca
hontas county, w. Va, is discontinued
for want of candidate. The papers &c
to Mill Point.
THE county levy for Fayette county
this year is eighty cent? on the hun
bred dollars valuation OF real and per
sOnal property.
MART LEE, who was hung by mob at
Coal Valley, in Kanawha county, was
formerly a slave OF Col. Alex. Hum
phreys, of Monroe county.
GEN. G. S. MECUR, OF Mt. Jackson,
will offer at public sale at an early date,
large lot of pure bred sheep. The Cen
eral thinks he has the largest and finest
lot OF pure bred sheep he has ever seen,
either in this State or Kentucky.
AN ordinance was passed by the
Council of the town OF Keyser, on the
9Th inst, making it unlawful for any per
son to keep a house OF ill-fame in said
town. The ordinance further provides
that all places where lewd and lascivi-
Gus persons congregate shall be prinld
tacie places OF ill-fame.
THE Jonadabs are to have a great day
at Byrne's Island, Harper's Ferry, on
the oath instant. Large delegations are
expected fromBaltimore, Maryland along
the Bay and convenient to the railroads;
also from Pennsylvania, Washington
City, Martinsburg, Winchester, etc.
Eloquent speakers, the Marine and
other bands will be in attendance.
Thu PAUL House at Volcano was dis
covered to be on fire the other day, but
the flames were extinguished before
much damage was done. An attempt
was made to fire it again the next
night. The Walking Beam says that if
it had once gotten little Roadway it
would have been goodbye to Volcano.
Nothing could have saved the whole Of
the business portion from being burned.
And now Volcano wants fire appara-
tus.
WE regret to learn that a number Of
dogs entered the sheep-fOld of 5. b.
Williams, on Sinking Greek, in this
county, Sunday night last, and killed
seventeen of his flock. A number Of
others were wounded and the remainder
were scattered in the woods in various
directions. Worthless ours are the pest
of the farmer and curse to the sheep
interest in all parts OF the country, and
there seems to be no certain legal re-
dress for those who suffer from their
ravages.-Greelbrier INDEPENDENT.
SEVERAL years ago a large pile Of rock
was discovered on what is known as
Ellison's Ridge, near Bentreville, in
Monroe county, and as there was no
other rock near the place, it was sup
posed that the pile of rock was placed
there bv a man. A short time ago
party of men, after removing about
forty or fifty wagon loads OF the rock,
came upon a upon vault formed by
large flat rocks placed upon their edges.
After removing the top of the vault a
human skeleton in good state of pres
ervation was found. 1t is supposed to
be the tomb of an Indian chief. Be-
sides this, several other skeletons have
been unearthed and great many In
dian relics have been found, such as
beads, pipes, tomahawks, arrow-heads,
etc. The graves, no doubt, are many
hundred years old.