West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-21
Observation-Disclosures
WEST VA. NEWS AND NOTES.

On Tuesday night Charles Ar
mold, son OF John Arnold, of Jack
sonville, committed suicide by cut
ting his throat with razor. Par
ticulars of the affair have not been
received The deceased was
young man of promise, and was
well and extensively connected in
Lewis county.-Buckhannon Ban
ner.
At the late Commencement of
the Ohio Medical College, J. l.. Pif-
er, Clark l.. Rohrbaugh apd John
S. Burdette, of West Virginia, grad
uated as Doctors of Medicine. The
two former are from Buckhannon,
students of DR.. ]. P. Miller, of that
lively town.
The friends of Mrs. Love, of the
Grafton w. c. T. T., will be panied
to see the following, from the Graf
ton Eagle "Dr. Ernie Love was
called to Grafton, on Tuesday, to
see his grandmother, Mrs. Julius
a. Latham, who is quite i'll at her
daughters residence, Mrs. NJ. M.
Love, in West Grafton.
On Thursday evening Of last
week a boy by the name of Gum
jaeger while climbing on a train
in East Grafton, near the old Brew
cry, was thrown under the cars and
instantly killed. His parents re-
side in East Grafton, his father be-
ing grease distributor in the en-
plov of the B. & O. r. r. Co.---Graf-
ton Eagle.
One of the Keyser papers says :
Grant county has had a mad dog
sensation, resulting in the dogs
death. And some days since an an
imal, similarly affected and excited
exhibited such mad symptoms in
Keyser that it was killed.
The Railroad Branch of the Y.
M. C. A. holds regular meetings in
their room in the passenger depot
every Sabbath afternoon at s 80
o'clock. The services are interest
ing and everybody is invited to
attend. Business meeting first
Monday in each month. The AS
ISOLATION has been in existence al
most year, and no doubt accom-
plished much good, Any Of our
citizens may hereafter have access
to the Association library, whether
members or not.--Keyser Echo.
A helper engine returning from
Cranberry to Rowlesburg, last Fri
day, struck a deaf peddler named
Core, walking on the track at the
time. Both shoulders and hips
were badly fractured, and he was
otherwise seriously injured Graf
ton Eagle.
The Mountain Herald tells us of
the burning of the residence of Mr..
James jarrett, of Summers county,
whereby he sustains loss of sever
al thousand dollars,
The Preston Journal has partic-
ulars of the sad death of VIM.
Jones, of independence. He was
afflicted with fits, and was closely
watched and kindly cared for by
friends. But eluding his watchers
on Friday, he was not found till
Saturday afternoon, when he was
discovered near the railroad track,
with an ugly wound on the head,
and lived but short time after be-
ing found. 1t is supposed he was
struck by a passing train.
The West Union "Nickle" Socie-
ty met at the residence of DR.. Nc
Cally, Thursday evening. 1t was
one Of the most delightful, events OF
the season. Quite a number of la
dies and gentlemen were present,
including several from the country.
Misses Mamie Harshbarger, Myr-
tie REYNOLDS, Ida Holmes and Mel
lie McCally, furnished excellent
music for the occasion. Interest
ing charades were INDUCED in un
til a proper time, when the compa-
nv dispersed. The next meeting
will be held at Judge Stuart's, on
the 22d inst.-West Union Record.