West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1882-10-18
WEST VIRGINIAFREEMAN
w. va. NEWS AND NOTES.

ease has prevailed to a fearful ex-'
tent in parts of the State recently.
A son of Mr. George G.. Foster, of
Webster, Taylor county, and
daughter, Is years Gid, both died of
the malady recent -
OLD AGE.-A Clipping from the
Richie Democrat of some days ago,
says: As III @sf8 i
Mrs. Sampson ziekafoose died at
her home near thissplace the 10th
inst. aged so years. The old man
is nearly 100 and yet able to get
about. a@
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT. We learn
of a most horrible aecident occur
ring near Anstead, Fayette county.
A son Of Mr., Marion Mars took up
scythe and went into the garden.
to NOV weeds, and While vigorously
at work cut off the head of little
brother who was sitting Quietly in
the weeds unobserved. = Hinton Re
publican. ~
III .
SAD AccIDENT-'W While two boys
were playing with an old gun re-
Gently in a garnet in Kanawha
county, an eight year old son of Mr.
Marion was accidentally shot and
killed. His little cousin thinking
the gun unloaded, playfully "snap-.
Dedo it at him with this awful re-
suit. 9M
KNOCKED FROM A TRAIN. The
Mountain Herald says: cat Paint
Greek bridge, last Saturday, Mr..
Fred McCreery was Knocked from
freight train and killed. IS
A Miss an. Dan exchange
says: Miss Hattie Jones, of Gran
berry departed from that place yes
terday, to attend a course of medi
cal lectures at the wsmans medi-
cal college in RaltiAiofe. The term
OF lectures last for seven months.
w. VA. MINING.-The Winifrede
Coal Company has recently been
formed in West Virginia by q mum
Der Of prominent Philadelphia cap
talists, who have bought the Win
ifrede tract of land, about twenty
square miles of coal lands on the
kanawha river and the Chesapeake
and Ohio Railroad. They are min
ing some of the best coal in West
Virginia and find a ready market
for it at Cincinnati and elsewhere,
whence it is shipped by barges
down the Ohio river. -Raleigh In
der. 5ee5aa H.
BIG STEER.-Mr John Vanmeter
had on exhibition at the Cattle
Show at Moorefied, a steer that
weighed $3.50 lbs. Sc says the
Examiner. -Echo.
LUMBER LosT.-The Raleigh In
der says: By the recent treshet,
Messrs S. C. Peters & Co., lost some
1000 feet of valuable lumber from
the neighborhood of their saw-mill
near Indian Mills, Summers coun-
ty.
TARIFF COMMISSION. THE Tariff
Commission has been in sessioniin
Wheeling for some days. At a re-
cent meeting representatives of the
glass manufacturing interest asked
an increase of duty on cut glass,
glass chimneys, and opal shades,
and those of the friedrich
interest asked an increase of duty
from 30 per cent. ad yalorum to Sc
per thousand.
MARIETTA CoLLEGE.-The Fresh
man class at Marietta College con-
tains five members from West Vir-
ginia, viz. Chas. B. Couch, Ar
buckle; G. S.Hamner, Parkersburg
E. Humphrey, Belleville; John
E. Leach, Parkersburg George w.
Hunter, Williamstown. State Jour
nal.
Coal VALLEY.-The prohibition
lists held a meeting at Coal Valley
last night, and gentleman who
was present, said he never saw
such turn out at any gathering
in Coal Valley. Charleston CAL.
LEcTURE.--Rev. Father Daily
delivered an eloquent and impress
i've lecture on "The rights and OBJ