West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-12-07
West Virginia News and Notes.

engineers IN the neid In the North
Mountain region, west of the She
nandoah Valley, in Frederick and
Shenandoah counties, Va, and
Hardy and Hampshire counties.
w. Va, and exploring for a route
for the extension of its Manassas
Branch from Strasburg, it's present
terminus and junction with the
Valley Branch of the Baltimore
and Ohio, or it's vicinity, to the
Westward, through the iron ore
fields of Virginia and West Virgin
la, to the coal fields of West Virgin
ia-either due West to the North
Branch Potomac coal fields, to
connection with the now partially
constructed West Virginia Central
and Pittsburg railroad in Grant
county, w. Va, or southwest to the
Great Ohio river coal basin itself at
the head of Gauley and Elk rivers,
in Pocahontas and Webster coun-
ties, W. Va Nryinias.
MASON Cry SENsATIoN.-From a
lengthy account of the matter in
the w. Va. Radical, we learn that
DR.. Stearne, of Mason City, had an
adopted daughter, Is years of age
named Hattie, taken when child
from the Orphans Home, Gin, O.
A few days ago from some little
matter of reproof for disobedience,
she became morbid, and leaving a
letter full of confession, asking for
giveness, bidding them goodbye
forever" and telling them they need
not hunt for her, she disappeared,
and though the community is arous-
ed and hunting for her no trace of
the missing girl can be'found.
FATAL AccIDENT.--The Grafton
Sentinel announces the shocking
death of an aged mother and her
daughter, of twenty years, at
Rowlesburg, by being run over by
a helper engine. The engine was
running backward, and the engin-
eer failed to see the women on the
track.
FATAL DRINK.-Wm. Robinson,
of Ripley, and two others, were
poisoned on Saturday from the eff
fects of drinking rum mixed with
aconite, put up for horse medicine.
Robinson died soon after taking the
fatal mixture.-Keyser Tribune.
The Cow WoN.-The Keyser
Echo tells how Walter Babb, a
twelve-year-old boy, of Grant coun-
ty, being kicked by COW while
milking her struck her with stick,
the end of which flew back hitting
the boy in the eye, well-nigh put
ting it out.
DOCS LOOSE AGA1N.-On Friday
night last, about fifteen head of
sheep, belonging to Mr.. VIM. r.
Livesay, Of the Richlands, in this
county, were killed outright, and
twelve wounded, by dogs, out of a
flock of fifty.-Mountaim Herald,
BEE CULTURE.-Mr. H. w. Crit
tenden is successful in Bee culture
A few days ago he shipped 1000
pounds of delicious honey-about
the average annual product Of his
apiary. Huntington Commercial.
HUNTING.-Rev. Clymerand Will
Rinehart, of our town, went to Pat
terson's Greek on a deer hunt, first
Of this week. The party killed
three on Tuesday, and two We'd
nesday.-Keyser Tribune.
GAME. = The Charleston State
says: A hunting party passed
through the city the other day
with two bears, one very large fell
low, and deer, as trophies of their
tri p into Greenbrier.
APPLES. = Charlie Roome has
bought and shipped to Little Rock,
Arkansas, nearly seven hundred
barrels of apples this season.-Tyler
Independent.
KILLED BY A FALL.-Alexander
Hammond, a prominent cattle deal
er, fell from stone wall in Wheel
ing, recently, and was killed.
BRIDGE BUILDING.-Ane establish
ment has been started at Palatine,
Marion comfy, for the manufacture
Of iron bridges.