West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-05-02
WEST VIRGINIA FREEMAN.
WEST VA. NEWS AND NOTES.

build handsome brick depot at
Pennsboro, soon.
CoPPER.-A rich copper mine is
reported to have been found in
Summers county, two miles from
Meadow Creek Station on the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
The vein is said to be over four
feet high.-BrdrtoN Democrat.
PosrAL.-Mrs. Virginia L. Ware
is appointed Postmistress at the
Greenbrier White Sulphur Springs
uice John M. Fitz, resigned.
WEST VA. DoCToRs.-The Med
ical Society of the State of West
Virginia will hold its 10Th annual
session at Grafton, commencing at
2 o'clock p, m., Wednesday, May
16. The use OF the court room has
been secured for the sessions of the
Society. Our local physicians are
already making preparations for
the entertainment of the visiting
doctors. The committee to collect
funds necessary in carrying out the
program that is being arranged for
the occasion is meeting with graf
flying success. Grafton is cele-
brated for her hospitality, and she
viii be equal to the occasion in
this particular instance Grafton
Eagle.
MYSTERIOUS MURDER.-The State
Tribune has an account of a mys-
I'terious death in Charleston. Some
two weeks ago, Leo Kann, clerk
in Mr.. Gallanberg's store, myster-
iously disappeared. After two weeks
his body was found floating in the
river, with such marks of violence
about the throat and head as war
ranted a coroner's jury in saying
that the deceased came to his death
/ by violence. 1t is general lnder-
stood that it is case OF murder.
The Eureka Detectives are work
ing up the case.
CHICAGO BEEF.-The Register an
nounces that Swift q Co, of Chica-
go, firm with 100000 capital
is about to build refrigerator house
in Wheeling, 22x70 feet and 30 feet
high holding three carloads Of beef
and nine tons of ice.
STORE BURNED.-The store house
and about 81 900 worth Of goods be-
longing to Willis Walker, of Tup-
pers creek, burned Friday night,
April IS, 1888. Insurance $500.
Supposed to be the work Of an in
cendiary.-,Stdte Tribune.
TWENTY-FIVE SALOONS. The
City Fathers of Charleston, have de-
liberately concluded to curse the
people with twenty-five Recruiting
Stations Tor the Devil during the
next year.
NARROW EsCAPE.-The State
Tribune says DR.. Chas. Spangler
and Geo. .. Thompson came near
drowning while crossing Indian
creek, near Red Sulphur recently.
The swollen current carried their
team below the ford, but all reach
ed shore after hard struggle.
Ellenbor9 is to have new depot.
The B. & @. is doing an immense
business at Richie county stations.
-Ritchie GGsette.
RoBBERY.-We see it stated that
the store of L. D. McWhorter &
Bro, Berea, Richie Co., was re-
Gently entered and goods to the
amount Of S199, carried off by the
burglars.
BURNED. The house of Andrew
Cats, on Tayior's Ridge, was de-
stroyed by fire on the 10Th inst.
Mr.. Cats was, we are informed,
absent at the time of the fire; and
but little of his household goods
were saved. This is heavy loss
to Mr.. Cats. We understand his
loss will reach between one and
two thousand doliars.-MarshaU
Herald.
SHEEP K1LLED.-One night last
week, dogs entered Mr.. John
Koontz's sheep-fold and killed and
wounded thirty-one sheep out Of
flock of forty-one.-NiichoLas Chron-
icLe.