The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-08-27
rnRoueH THE STATE.
Accidents and ineidvnts III woat virEinia
and vicinity.

Accidents and ineidvnsa iu wsut virginia
and vicinity.
Ranawha cnnnty's delinquent tax list !
amounts to 81, 900.
The contractors have just completed
trestle over Crofs creek at Mingoior trains
70 pass over while new Panhandle
bridge sbeing bull.
: Capt. ]. d! Sweeney, OF Tyler county,
d efaduate OF the West yirginia; Uniyerlt-
tyioti the class Of 's5, hiss been appointed|
10 an important position in the Concord
Normal school.
The detachment Of the United States
Geological Survey thAs has been at work
in,this State for some time past Is now IN
Preston county. Anong'the members 10
ason Of General John, a. Logan.
Col. NV. NJ. Appleton, Of Salt Sulphur
Springs, Monroe county, has in his pos:
session aibook ublished in 1855. He has
also Z. Springfield rifle which was used in
the defense Of Fort Sumter in 1851
The operators OF the West Virginia tin
mines at Glenwood complain that they
are delayed in their work by reason Of
not having found o practical time; all
the timers Of England, being retired on.
pay, refuse 10 work in other mines else
where. ~
Major B. s. Thompson. OF Hinton, for
years past, the chief engrosstng clerk OF
the House Of iegatep, has been appoint
ed postmaster at Hinton. The Major was
one Of the most popular attaches Set the
Legislature and his many friends from all
parts OF the State will be pleased; to hear
Of his appointment.
"A few evenings since o steel still got
| !, 800 barrels capacity exploded at the
Camden Oil Refinery in Pafkefshurg,
causing considerable damage but no. loss
oflife. IL had been off for d day: and had
not been steamed sufficiently 30 that when
tho top manheads were taken out the gus
lignited and the explosion followed. *
Colonel j. A. Fickipger. chief engineer
of the Ohio River road, has gone 70 Pt.l
Pleasant to make one last effort to,secnre
the right Of way on the river route. This
listhe last chance s.Pt. Pleasant will have
Offered her TO take hold and do her share
towards extending this road. The town
land Mason county cannot afford not to
have the road extended. r
The Parkersburg STATE Journal says:
Last Saturday evening while Hardesty
and Dexter Modisett were sitting in front
ot their home near Mufraysyille, . heavy
storm camepp, and the lightning struck
several trees in the vicinity. Before they
could reach the house a bolt struck both
lHardesty and Dexter, killing them in
stantly. "A child sitting In the lap Of Dex-
ter was untouched while every bone in
the formef's body was broken.
Last evenings Washington, Pa. Reporter
says that the oil excitement there still
continues. The Peoples Light and Heat
Company have had several oflers TO pur=
chase the Gordon well, but they are
lmaking preparations TO save the oil and
send tito market. Yesterday morning
1.-THE. we'll was full Of oil and when the
Ebailer was lowered q stream OF oil shot
lfully: forty feet above the derrick. The
.lfl3w continued over ten minutes and q
large amount Of oil was wasted. Com
lnection with the tank was snbsequ ently
lmaae and future flows will be saved.
A,woman hailing from East Liverpool,
where il is said she kept q sporting house,
arrived in Steubenyille q few days since,
aud renting o fine house on Fourth street
lin the most fashionable quarter of the
city, proceeded to open boarding
house. Her first arrivals were four az
Itractive looking women from East Liver
pool, who when the police raided the
place claimed to be ssdomesticsn The
hearing Of tho case occupied portions, of
1.-Two days and the town was agog over the
scandal. The result wa, the five women
Were fined, the madame for keeping q
4 house f ili.fsme and the girls for being
Inmates, blu the fines ssuspe pended on their
promising to leave town inside Of two
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