The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-11-21
HERE AND THERE.
The Most Important Happenings
Throughout the State.


Preston county.
West Virginia has had 1864, 900
put in bona fide enterprises within
its limits thus far in 1885
The enrolment at the Fairmont
Normal School now numbers l05,
twenty more than that of last year.
A new house belonging to DIR. j.
W. Berry, on Little knawls creek,
Lewis county, was recently burned.
Twenty thousand new ties have
been put down ON the Clarksburg d
Weston narrow gauge railroad this
season.
Two boys in Parkersburg quarrel
ed and one of them struck the other
in the stomach with stone, killing
him instantly.
There is not a'eolored resident in
Mcdowell county. In this she beats
Nicholas, which only has seven over
twenty-one years old.
There are 264 inmates of the Pen
itentiary at Moundesville; about
one-fourth of the prisoners are col
ored. Only six are women and five
of them are colored.
John S. Woofter, of Pennsboro,
was recently arrested on the charge
of having set fire to his own proper
ty and that, too, while there were
people asleep in the building.
Bethany College celebrated its
forty -fourth anniversary on the eve
ming of the 10th inst. The exer-
cises were varied and interesting.
President Pendleton is trying to or
ganize cadet corps in the college.
The annual convention of the Y.
NJ. c. A. of Maryland, West Virgin
ia and the District of Columbia will
meet in Martinsburg, commencing
Nov. 10Th and ending Nov. 22nd. A
large number of delegates are ex-
pected to be in attendance.
The public school authorities of
Huntington are taking time by the
forelock by compelling all pupils to
either be vaccinated or leave school.
The Council of the city is also talk
ing of taking some measures to
guard against the epidemic.
Robert Jackson, of Greenbrier
county, while descending short
fight of stairs leading from the sec
ond to the third floor of Touring
mill lost his footing and fell head
foremost to the second floor, break
ing his neck, from the effects of
which he died in few minutes He
was aged about % years.
The boundary line between Poca-
hontas and Greenbrier counties has
long been a matter of dispute, and
last week the line was run by COM
missioners of the two counties and
established. The settlement gives
to Pocahontas county about 10000
acres of land and score of families
heretofore considered as within
Greenbrier.
Mr.. James Pickens, wealthy
farmer and cattle dealer, of Over
field, Barbour county, lost his pocket
book in Clarksburg one day last
week. 1t contained 81, 500 in money
and notes to the value of $4,000.
The pocket book is supposed to have
been stolen. A reward of 800 was
the means of having the notes re-
turned, but failed to produce the
money.
John l.. Heckmer, of Grafton,
Treasurer of the Catholic Knights
of America, two years ago forged the
names of George Brinkman, A. Arm
strong, John Dooman, r. Dawson
and Lewis Hechmer to bond exc
cuted by him. He left the country
but returned and was tried last
week in Grafton and found guilty of
the forgery as charged. He will
have the opportunity of learning a
trade.
A strange thing happened at the
late reunion at Moundsville. Over
20 years ago Sergeant c. G. Mathews,
of Company A, Twelfth West Vir-
ginia, lost a book while that regi-
ment was making a charge on Fort
Gregg on the End of April, 1865,
which was found by comrade of
Company X, named Samuel Beall,
and as the war soon closed they lost
sight of each other until they met at
the reunion, when Beall gave him
the book, saying, Il have kept it 20
years for you" 1t is highly priced
by Mr.. Mathews, not so much for it's
worth as for the associations sur
rounding it InteUiqencer
The citizens of Harrison county
are determined to secure cheap
transportation of grain and feed over
railroads. They held a meeting
some days ago and determined upon
mode of procedure to gain what
they wished. 1t resulted in the ap-
pointment of committee consisting
of Judge G. D. Camden, Hon. j. F.
Randolph, Rev. Aaron Vincent, S. O..
Kester and Henry Bassell, who are
instructed to confer with the Balti-
more 4 Ohio and other railroads on
the matter. The citizens of Harri-
son seem to be unfortunate in their
efforts to get another railroad so as
to be benefited by low rates of trans
portation that would naturally re-
suit from competition.-Intelligen
Ger.
A certificate of incorporation has
been issued by Secretary of State
Walker to the Beaver Falls Iron
Company, formed for the purpose of
manufacturing and dealing in sheet
iron and steel, and boring for nat
ural gas, and transporting the same
by means of pipes or otherwise, for
public as we'll as private use. The
principal office is to be at Beaver
Falls, Penn, and the charter is to
expire on the oath day of October,
1885. For the purpose of forming
such corporation $500 has been sub
scribed, of which amount $50 has
been paid in, with the privilege of
increasing same to 100000 in all.
The shares are of the value of 500
each, and are held as follows: Mel
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