West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-03-14
WEST VIRGINIA FREEMAN.
WEST VA. NEWS AND NOTES.

Salt Furnace at Clifton, of which
Hon. B. J. Redmond is President
and Manager, was something over
S. 1000. The company lost some
$500 barrels of salt in bulk, 1920
in barrels, besides great damage to
the settlers, grainers &C., Of the
Furnace. Point Pleasant Register.
DRowNED.-On March 1st, at
Halls woodward, near Great Bend,
Ohio, off the steamer Hornet, Stew
ard Roush, Of New Haven, this
county. He was is years ofage;
6 feet 3 inches high; his clothing
marked S. S. Roush skate plates
on boots. A liberal reward VIII be
paid for the recovery Of his body,
by Mrs. Lucinda Roush, New Ha-
ven, W. Va. Papers along th9 riv-
er will please copy this notiee.-
Point Pleasant Register,
SERIOUS FALL.-The Morgan
town Post says: On the 9th iult.,
Mrs. Cumpston, an aged and inhrm
old lady of this place, accidentally
fell and broke her left hip. Mrs.
Cumpston is about SO years of age,
and is the mother Of Mrs. VIM.
Pride of this place. On account of
her age and feeble health, little
hopes are entertained Of Mrs. Cump-
ston's recovery.
HOUSE BURNED.-We regret to
announce the burning of the resi-
dence of A. L. Sehon, Esq, near
Hartford City, on Saturday after
noon last, together with all his
household goods and the wearing
apparel of his family. Loss in
building and household goods is
between Sc, 900 and $4,000 insured
on building $500; on furniture,
$500. This house was one of the
old landmarks of the county
Point Pleasant Register.
SUsP1c1oUs.-An old man, living
near Smithton, by the name of
Yeager, was found dead in the fire,
on Sunday morning. Foul play is
susDicioned.- Eagle.
BADLY HURT.-The Grafton Ea-
gle says: Michael Didos, Il Hunga-
rian, who works at Irondale Fur
mace, was struck by a western
bound freight train, near New burg,
on Saturday night, and badly hurt.
He was endeavoring to get some
drunken companions off the track,
and in saving their lives, came near
losing his own.
ScHooL-HoUsE BURNT. - The
school house on Greenbrier river,
near Mr.. James Persinger's was
destroyed by fire last week. This
is the third building of the kind
burnt in this county within the
past three months, and it begins to
look as if these fires were not alto
gether the result of accident
Mountain Herald.
KANAwHA Coal FIELDs.-An ex-
change says; "The coal resources
of the Great Kanawha Valley are
rapidly developing. 1t is now con-
fdently believed that before many
years it will he the great coal
field of the United States. Prof
Anstead, of London, who visited
the section a few gears ago, in a re-
port to the London Geological So
ciety, stated that the Kanawha
valley was the richest coal field
that had yet been discovered on
the globe"
DEAD HoRsEs--Mr. T. B. Davis
had a valuable two-year-old thor
oughbred FLY to die last week of
lock-jaw, resulting from a nail
piercing its foot.
Also, Mr.. Thos. Thompson, of
Keyser. lost valuable horse Tues
day night. 1t was taken suddenly |
sick about dark with something
like collie and died towards morn
ing.-Keyser Tribune.
BARN BURNED.-On Monday last
disastrous fire occurred at Char
ley Meeks' just back of town. His
barn, lot of hay and straw, some
farm Implements and about four