The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1884-12-27
THROUGH THE STATE.
The News of the Week Boiled
Down,


Down.
About a o'clock Wednesday
morning burglars broke into the
two depots of the Cleveland and
Pittsburgh Railroad at Bridgepor,
and opened the two safes, blowing
the one in the freight depot almost
into fragments. Uriah Ship, toll
keeper at the bridge, heard the ex-
plosion and went out to ascertain
the cause. One of the burglars
fired four shots at him without eff
feet. He returned the fire, empty
ing every chamber of his revolver.
The firing attracted a crowd armed
with revolvers, shot-guns and rifles,
and the burglars three in number)
were chased in three different di-
rections, but all escaped. They
fought gamely as they fed, turn
ing and firing at their pursuers
every few steps. Probably fifty
shots were fired, but so far as heard
from nobody was hit on either
side.
I. G. Farnsworth, has struck a
bonanza in the shape of a tin mine,
containing IL foot vein, covering
$50 acres. 81 per cent pure me-
tai is contained in the ore.-Busr
Bee.
Them State building at Charles
ton is progressing rapidly and it is
thought that the Executive offices
will be ready for occupancy by the
first Of May.
Only Wheeling and Benwood,
Of all the towns Of West Virginia.
have responded to Superintendent
Butchers invitation and furnished
materials for the exhibit of the
West Virginia free schools at New
Orleans. The exhibit will be good
but not extensive.
Hon. "A. A. Lewis, Of Weston,
is the latest one whose friends have
determined to press his claims for
the position of United States Mar
shall. He like the others is life
long Democrat, never faltered in
devotion and support, is capable,
etc. Gradually all the counties in
the State will be heard from.
A young man named George
Kincaid was drowned in the river
near Loup Creek Shoals Kanawha
county last week. He was assist
ing in bringing some heavy timber
through the shoals, when, by the
breaking of a capsan, he was thrown
into the water and drowned before
assistance could reach him. His
body had not been recovered at
last accounts.
A magnificent curled walnut tree
was recently cut down on the farm
of Jacob Hyer in Braxton county.
The tree was nine feet in diameter
and will turn out e, 600 feet of inch
lumber. The only way to market
this tree would be to haul it sixteen
miles to Elk River, at a cost of
$40, and then float it 100 miles
to Charleston, on a stream that is
only large enough to float it in time
of freshet and yet the owner has
been offered $3.50 for it where it lies.
Secretary of State Stalnaker has
issued a certificate of incorporation
to the Moundsville Water Works
Company. The incorporators,
Messrs. G. S. McFadden, w. B.
HUMPHREYS, l. J. Potts, R. ]. Nc
Fadden and H. R. Reed, propose
to erect water works to supply the
town of Moundsville and its suburbs
with water for domestic, manufac-
turing and other purposes, and to
carry on general plumbing bust
ness. The capital stock is $780,
900, of which 81, 900 has been sub
scribed.
L. c. Painters saw-mill at Iron
town, was the scene of sad and
probably fatal accident last Friday.
Mr.. w. w. Raymond, brother of
Mr.. Jacob Raymond, of West
Grafton, is head sawyer at the mill.
On the unlucky Friday named, he
was engaged in adjusting some Of
the machinery while in motion in
close proximity to the large circu-
lar saw when nut on one of the
shafts caught his coat and in a
twinkling he was drawn round the
shaft with feareful force. The ma
chinery was stopped with all the
speed possible to human hands,
but not before the unfortunate
man had been terribly crushed and
mangled. His most serious in
furies were found to be several
broken ribs, one OF which was
driven into his lungs. In his revo-
luton round the shaft his right leg
was thrown across the saw and al
most entirely severed, the flesh
and bones being horribly mangled.
Sentinel.
The Supreme Court of Appeals
on Saturday promulgated an opin-
ion Of vital interest and importance
to railroads, holding them as public
servants and thereby subject to