The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-06-30
STATE AsD vIUINIrr.
Recent .DoinEu. OF West virrinians and
o. mol itt Their NelEhboru. u. sIiI4 ~

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Jennie Grant, Of Greenbrler county, W
bitten by large coppsrhend snake and 10,
time her Lie was despAired Of; she is no
| slowly recovering. 2,8;;a ,f,,'5,' - =
, Tbs Rltchle Gazette says that Colonel ], J.
Hhssler, Of jackson county, will receive Il
votes OF the Richie county delegates to Ii
; Dsmooratio stats Convention, for Auditor.
Tho Democrats OF Lincoln county ha,
adopted resolut tons endorsing the candidae
OF Hon. L. Boyd Faulkner for 0overuo
Hon. 9. @. Watts for Attorney General, an
W. 1. Thompson, E.q', for Treaaursr. -,
The terrific rain storm that swept over h
interior, OF the 6tate last week ralsed all th
rivera and In some casas turned them Int
regular torrents. The Greenbrier got out {
Its bHnksand caused considerable damage. I
The eNlcholas county Chronicle says: A It'll
daughter Of William d. Hun, OF Beaye
Mills, was killed by falling tree on Eatur
day evening last Three little children wer
playing under the tree at the time and II js
wonder all were not killed. IN II. I
From the arrangement that have besr
msde for the soldiers reunion at Mstamoras
Ohio, on the Fourth OF July, II will be i'm
mense. A large crowd will bs present, Ex
curaion rates will be given on all boats. A
dancing platform 80 feet 20 usre has been
erected, and 7. T. CookAyns will furnIlh tht
music. -. = sgErl lI--E7 = :,
There was case OF forsaken bride and di.
appointed guests In Cambridge, O., lasl
Thurfdsy evening. The supper was ready
and the company waited from o ill s O'Clock,
when message was received from the father
OF tho groom announcing that the youns
man, who was to bring the preacher, had de.
parted for Missouri. I,-i lg7-I
Mrs. James Anderson, OF Brooke oountv.
whose husband has farm near Short Creek
was filling lamp from CLAUS oil can, when
The can exploded. It was standing near the
stove, and the supposition is that in filliup
the lamp q few drops must have fallen on ths
stove. Mrs. Anderson was very severely and
possibly fatally burned Z Her Screams al.
tracted her. husband, who In extippnishinp
the hamea was badly burned abo at the arms,
l Hamilton Bobbitt, who lived near the
mouth OF Wolf creek, In Summers county
was found dead In the road, O short tiistsnS.,
from his homo. The deceased had bsan M.
sent from home for several days pieyious To
bis death, and hsd baen drinking heavily for
several dnyA and 1t iu believed that bis death
resulted from this cause. He was man who
stcod we'll In the community In which he
lived, and bis propensity ioi drink was his
only known fault. He 'lsaYes wife. He
was aged about fifty yeara. s''li3.'' ''5-- :.
The base ball feysr 10 raging among the
inhabitants OF the interior, Judging from
the papers all clatses Of people have the
oraz,, and thosa that don't piny 70 to no
those that do. Jealousies have Strung nm
bstTeen neighhoring touus, and their re.pee-
tive paper, keep the hzht at an interesting
point all tho time, and devote plenty Of spacs
to scores and notes about the games. Several
crack clubs have, however, been dsvalo ped
throughout the 6tate, and their supporters
have reason to be proud Of them.
ParkezahuIg Is happy. The baltimore &;
Ohio has promised to build magnificent de-.
pot, machine shops and round house In her
midst this fall. and now there Is vague pro.
position, coming from somewhere to ins effect
that splendid. big hota Ia to be built there
before Ions, The Journal saya' Home and
foreign capital viii be put into the enter.
prise; and the building will surpass any thing
of the kind tn the Slate. = Parkersburg can
easily maintain one such hotel, but It will
not be built until alter the extension Of the
Ohio River railroad from this point 10 Point
Pleasant, when the demand viii be- mnnh
greater. 1t Ii also proposed that W. JSHiII'
Of Hills Central, will be the manager. sens.
tor Camden and others will interest them.
selVes IN the matter. - y.
The surveying eorps Of the Chicago, Par.
kersburg q Norfolk Railroad company (ths
Black Diamond sJstem OF West Yirginis} ar.
rived at Elizabeth, the county seat Of Wirt
county, Friday, and were rendered hearty
and en.husia,tlc welcome by The people Of
Elizsbeth. A meeting wal held and Cant.
8. !. Shaw, Of parkersburg, made lengthy
address, explaining to the citizsns about the
proposed road. The survey OF the proposed
line from PArkersburg to Elisaheth Is nearly
four miles shorter than by the river, Ii beIpp
tweGty,aight miles to Elizabeth by water and
bqt about twenty -four uilea by. the survey.
The shortest curve In the road is but air de-.
grees, and the deepest, cut but sixteen feet.
Along the entire line the road 10 above the
high.water mark OF February, 1884. Tha
people OF Elizabeth aud Writ county ara
greatly interested In the road and its future
construction. t--z7 : 7Ss-l'7-' :
!. The lightning played some strange freaks
In and about Greenbrier county during last
weeks heavy storm. W. O.TJohnson, O!
Monroe county, had eleven head OF sheen
killed. James W. jackson, living neal. Law.
isburg, lost two cowB and number Of ,tele-
phone poles near the field in which the cows
we're, were splintered into kindling wood by
bolt A bolt atruck the chimney OF the res
idsnos OF Capt, eamuel Tyree, near Lewis
burg, running down into one Of the rooms OF
the buildIng,splitting the man tla.piece, twist.
ing the family clock out Of shape, breaking
lamp and knocking looking glr:s into
smithereene; fortunately, the family wet
away at the time. A young man named
Otey Livesay was severelw stunned by light
pfn1 ruhfla aaakfpU sho1knr
tree. He was found the following morning
lying upon the ground In an ineensible con.
dition.4 he was soon partially restored 10
consciousness, but could give no intelli. ible
account Of the disaster which had beiallen
him and at last accounts was not perfectly
conscious. s'y4,., :. - :.