West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1881-11-09
West Virginia News and Notes.

1t is now said that one thousand
men will be employed at the new
car works in Huntington.
There are 95 papers published in
West Virginia; eighty-six weekly,
five monthly, and four daily.
The Hawks Nest Riflemen will
be on duty at Fayetteville, at the
hanging Of the murderer Henry
Jenkins.
The Chesapeake and Ohio Rail
way Company have given the wild
ow of Engineer Wilson, killed at
the Anderson collision some weeks
ago, So, 500.-.Stote.
FATAL AccrDENT.-Mr. James
McCombs, of Nicholas county. was
run over and instantly killed by a
train on the G. & o. Railway, at
Coal Valley, on last Saturday.-Fdy-
cite Enterprise.
Much TIMBER.--The Morgantown
Post speaks of the great quantities
of timber in the creeks and river,
awaiting water, and of the big pr
ces now ruling in Pittsburg, and
mourns the bars between that
and this.
There are 81 counties in West
Virginia and newspapers are pub
lished in AS of them-leaving 8
counties in the State that have no
home papers, viz; Boone, Clay, Lo-
gan, Mcdowell, Pendleton, Poca-
hontas, Webster, Wyoming.
WILD TURKEYs.-The Morgan
town papers report fine times, kill
ing and eating wild turkeys in. those
parts. The Post says: The turkeys
are driven to the settlements owing
to the scarcity of chestnuts and
acorns.
FATAL ACCIDENT Tuesday.
two miles below Covington, on the
G. " 0. Railway, while the train
was passing over covered bridge,
a colored man attached to Robin
sons circus, was knocked from the
top of car, on which he was stand
ing, and killed. M0uatain Herald.
Boss STICK Timbermen will be
interested in this item from the
Morgantown Post The "boss" stick
of timber passed our place yester-
day, with pap George Smith as
driver and'Vester Barker as steers
man 1t was rs feet long and
cubed 352 feet. 1t was the grand
est piece Of timber ever passed over
the road.
RED MEN CONVICTED. Attorney
General Watts attended recent
term Of Court in Barbour county
and assisted in prosecuting the ar
raigned Red Men. Floyd Harsh and
John Watkins were convicted of
cutting and whipping in a shame
full manner, Mr. Isaac N. Phillips.
The extreme penalty Of the law was
imposed in each case, $50 fine and
II months imprisonment.
TERRIBLE AFFRAY.-NEw MAR
TINsvmLE, Nov. monday even
ing young man named Powell es-
corted a Miss Briggs to her home,
about two miles out Of town, and he
was met by the young lady's father,
who informed him that he could not
enter the house. They had an al
tercation and Powell lifted stone
and threw it at Briggs head, frac-
turing hisskull. A young man in
the employ Of Briggs named Kirk
hardt here interfered and Powell
cut him in tho face with a knife,
destroying one Of his eyes.
THE W. P. &C. r. R.-The Point
Pleasant Register, after paying
high compliment to the liberality
ofland-owners in the Kanawha Val
ley, in conceding the right Of way
to the A. & N. W. r. r., gives our
farmers bit of speech as follows:
eve have reason to believe our far
mers along the Ohio will be as lib
eral to the W. P. & c. road as were
the farmers along the Kanawha to
the A. & N. w. road Liberality
always pays in the end. Let those
who can give the right of way, give
it, and let others put their land at
a fair marketable value. Every
citizen must do something toward
encouraging substantial improve
mentS, as everybody is benefited