West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-07
VEST VIRGINIA FREEMAN.
WEST VA. NEWS AND NOTES.

O"haN y iNSidiilS dUOub Two
miles from West Union, was found
dead in his house with his left arm
and side burned and his clothes on
fire. He was we'll when las. seen
and evidently had been crossing
the floor OF his house when he fell
dead, and so close by the fire that
his clothes took fire, disfguring his
remalns.-Telegram.
Clarksburg is talking and plan
niEg Opera House" If they get
anything nicer than cur Academy
of Music, they'll be proud and we'il
be jealous.
BREWERY BURsTs.-Last Wed
nesday a boiler fue in Reyman's
brewery, Wheeling, collapsed with
loud report, startling everybody
in the vicinity. Much damage
was done, but no lives lost. So it
seems the brewery is not half so
dangerous as what it 5rews, for
many lives are lost every year bv
the liquid poisons that flow out
thence.
L. r. ACCIDENT.-We are inform
ed that Big Bend Tunnel, on the c.
4 0. has fallen in upon freight
train. and consequently the delay
of trains will be considerable. We
do not know the extent Of the break,
nor what damage was done.-Char-
lesion Call.
The Webster Wagon Company
has contracted with the State for
the labor of 100 West Virginia
convicts in the Penitentiary, for
the term of five years, at 65 cents
per day each.
LEGIsLATIvE.--The following
from the lntelligencer, is not very
fresh but interesting withal. We
clip--"The Tax levy bill, making
the annual levy for State purposes
Is cents for 1888, came up on
second reading. Mr.. Simonton
moved 20 strike out Is and insert
30. This provoked II lively discus
sion. Mr.. Gorrell sent to the clerks
desk and bad read an editorial
from the Register on this subject.
Mr.. Simonton said if he wanted a
newspaper scrap read, he would
select newspaper which was at
least truthful. No one could say
that this was not an extract from
Governor Clicks message, or the
opinion of one of the ''stalf cores
pondents" who went to New Eng
land for that paper to investigate
the prohibition ques ton, and
struck a brain wave in the shape
If copy Of the New York World
After some further badinage Mr..
Gorreli demanded the previous
question and the amtndment was
rejected, and the bill ordered to it,
third reading"
Runaway Boys. -Jamcs M. Me
Conas. who resides on Guyandotte
river. in Lincoln county, was in
town on last Weln' SHAY. on the
hunt of his son and another boy by
the name Of Baker, who ran away
from their homes a few days ago
The bows are about IS years old.
and were seen in Cprpdo on Friday
If last week .-Ceredo Enterprise.
New SAW MILL.-T. w. & L
Hanes have purchased a new saw
mill of Griffith & Wedge, of Zanes-
Vile. O. The mill il at ]. s. Wells
landing. The Messrs. Hanes viii
make their first set" on Ben's Run
three miles from its mouth
TYLER Independent.
OLD FARM SoLD.-"Todd." the
Long Reach reporter for the TYLER
independent. thus notes the sale of
one of the early improved farms of
Of that vicinity: 20. l.. Morgan
and Thornton Ilugu+ have houf 1T
Of Elijah (Prophet) Steed his farm
con 'ainine 200 acres for which they
paid 5000"
HEAVY Loss.-Among the heavy
losers at Point Pleasant by the late
flood is Joe M Bowling, the gentle
manly proprietor Of the Young
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