Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1884-08-10
FAIRMONT.
An Alleged Railroad Obstructionist-A
Change of Teachers Personal Notes

An Alleged Railroad Obstructionist-A
Change of Teachers - Personal Notes
and Views.
FIRMoNT, August -[Exclusive. Re
cent developments have established com
pletely the fact so long asserted and so
,trcnuously denied, that the F., NJ. 4 P.
railroad company is playing the part Of an
obstructionist. The officers of this road
have all along insisted that it was their sole
intention to build their road and not inter
rere with any other project. But their &C
tons have established that first, they would
prevent the construction OF the W. Va. 4
Pa. road. Injunctions have been granted
the F. NJ. 4 p. enioining the W. Va.
4 Pa. from working on some ground
in controversy; and after the injunctions
are dissolved, the W. Va. & Pa. will be
built in spite Of all the efforts Of the B. 4
U. concern TO prevent it. Conventions
were held in all the districts in this county
on Saturday last to appoint delegates to
the county convention which meets in Farm
ington on the 10th. This will be the larg-
est convention ever held in the county. and
we could make no selections from the can
didates mentioned that would not be &C
ceptable to the people. Mrs. A. NJ. Pin
nell lady we'll known in Fairnont, and
J. W. Huntington, former citizen of this
place, and brother of K. G. Huntington,
we're married at Beverly, o, Tuesday last
Prof. Ulysses Fleming late of the Normal
School, has been appointed to the principal
ship Of the Grafton public schools. He
succeeds P. II. o Brien, who goes to ALE.
gheny Pa, to take charge Of one of the
ward schools in that city. Capt. J. Ed
Watson met with a painful accident on
MonGu; last. He jumped from a car at
CASTOR Mines and STEPPED on a stone which
rolled under his foot, and resulted in
sprain to his ankle We have been over
whelmed with candidates for the past week
Harrison Monley, John C. Gallahue, W. B.
SUE, Dan Cooper, Van Knight, Miles
Souderly, W. W. Campbell and va
rious other aspirants for official posi-
ton have been here, working like beavers
Dan Bennett, contractor on the F., NJ. &
P. road has moved his family into the
house owned by S. W. Hall, on Monroe
street Prof Sipe, of the Normal school, re-
turned on Tuesday from Lewis and Harrison
counties, where he has been looking after
the interests of the Normal school. Miss
Mollie Herbst, of Richmond, Va, is visiting
Miss Dora Stone, on jackson street. Capt.
John S. Burdette and daughter, of Charles,
ton, were here this week visiting at A. ].
Stones. Capt. l.. A. Dattle returned here
from Parkersburg on Thursday. Capt.
John Fisher left on Wednesday for
short visit in the Buckeye
state. He was accompanied by his daugh-
ter Miss Cora. J. Fay Watson, is again at
home after quite lengthy absence Supt.
Birch, of your city. was in town on Wednes-
day last Capt. Charles Wells, of Glovers'
Gap, was here on Wednesday. talking poll
tics. Clark Reed was here this week drum.
ing the boys for their last summers suits.
B. 7. Lowndes, President Of the West yir,
ginis and Pennsylvania road. is in town on
business connected with that company.
The people ont in this county have forgot
ten the candidates for other Offices and are
all bowling for "Pat Duffy"