The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-14
THROUGH TIE STATE.
Accidents and Inc.osnts In West Virginia
and Vicinity.

The enrolment at the Fairmont Normal
School now numbers l05, twenty more
than that Of last year.
A new house belonging to DR.. J. W.
Berry, on Little Knawl's creek, Lewis
county, was recently burned.
Twenty thousand new ties have been
put down on the Clsrksburs & Weston
narrow gauge railroad this season.
There is not a coIored resident in Nc
Dowell county. In thiss she beats Nicholas,
which only has seven over twenty-one
years old.
Tho tariff for selling liquor in Washing.
ing county without licente is $3.50 and
thirty days in Jail, or, at least that is what
four Offenders got at last weeks term Of
court.
Campbell Spencer, Of Durgettstown, Pa,
was arrested on charge Of making, pass
ing and altering United States coin. He
was taken before United States Commits
sioner Clark and held in $500 bail for q
hearing.
Tho amount realizsd from the sale OF
Cleveland & Pittsburgh Railroad stock
bequeathed To Wash.JeE. College by DR..
Beatty TO endow the memorial chair Of
Latin, added 10 former amounts donated
TO the college by DR.. Beatty aggregate
$l05, 800 76. DR.. LeMoyne, founder otthe
crematory, was also a liberal donor to
the college, having endowed the chairs Of
applied Mathematics, and agricultural
and correlatiye branches-$?0 900 each.
In the case against Chief Of Police Ham
rond, OF Washington, Pa, charged with
the murder OF John B., better known as
"Devil John" Vol, before the grand jury,
the first count, murder, was ignored, but
a true bill returned on the second count,
granddaughter. The shooting occurred
July %, while Wolf aud another, un.
known, were trying to burglarizs the
liquor house Of Vandergrift & Bro. Ham
mond told them TO halt and go with him.
They turned upon him, whereupon the
fatal shot was fred. Tho coroner's jury
justified tho shooting, believing that Ham
mond was in the discharge OF his duty,
and in danger Of his life. y. a- rs m /
Col. George R. Latham, OF Buckhan.
non, who in 1880 was Superintendent OF
Census for West Virginia, has gone to
Florida, where he will engage in orange
GuAkulSs AH6 aIACIFuuIk sVINut bh4bs
The Colonel has an interesting history.
Heisa man Of culture, refinement, breadth
OF mind and excellent command OF Ian
guage. He served during the war with
distinction and rose from the ranks step
by step until at last he was bYeYetted
Brigadisr General. After the war he
returned to this State, but he was soon
called to serve his country in civil ca.
pacity. He was appointed Consul to Mel
bourne, Australia, and with his family
lived at that place for four years,
when he was recalled. He seemed to
have no financial ability, for no took
the handsome sum Of money which he
melted at Melbourne and placed It in
ill-improned land in the most barren
portion Of Upshur county. Then he
embarked in the hotel business at Buck
harmon, and for several years was land.
lord a the Heavier House at that place.
But he b came more and more embarrass-
ed year after year until few weeks ago
he gathered together the remnants Of
his worldly goods and departed for new
state, the strength, vignr aud energy Of q
strong manhood gone, to end In short
while q career which promised such bril-.
liant results.