The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-01-10
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DIR. w. ]. Bland, Superintend-
ent of the Hospital for the Insane,
is very i'll, with very little hope for
his recovery, The doctors think
he may get over it, but he will
never recover entirely. Twelve
physicians held consultation the
other day
F. G, Caldwell. of Wheeling.
dealer in furniture, stoves and man.
ties, has made an assignment, liza
bilities SIG, 900, assets $50, 900.
w. J. w. Cowden is assignee.
The German Bank, of this city,
and the Eureka Foundry Com
pany, of Cincinnati. are the pre-
ferred creditors, the former for
81, 5000 and the latter for So, 900
We are pleased to learn that our
enterprising fellow-citizen, I. R.
Carskadon, is out in the new role
of inventor, having just obtained
valuable patent for an improvement
in silos. The use of this valuable
mode of preserving winter feed for
stock is rapidly increasing, and Mr..
C.'s patent, which reduces the
cost of COMPRISING ensilage to a
trif1e, should receive the attention
Of all progressive farmers. -Keysey
Echo.
A series of experiments are now
in progress in the Department of
Agriculture, the John Hopkins
University, Baltimore, and at the
office of DIR. Reeves, executive of
6cer of the West Virginia Health
Board. The first result achieved
has been the discovery that the
germ of hog cholera is a specific
germ, bacillus, and can be repro
duced. If the experiments verify
present hopes, hogs and other ami
mails may be inoculated with the
virus of cholera and by producing
in them the disease in mild form
the ravages by the plague in its ia
tai shape may be prevented. Al
ready cattle may be inoculated for
Texas fever and pleuro- pneumonia,
and DIR. Reeves has the strongest
hopes of the same result with the
cholera. The disease is now rag
ing through Belmont county and
all Eastern Ohio, though practic-
ally stamped out in this State.
A VIGILANCE CoMMITTEE.-A
telegram on Dec. 81, from Wheel
ing, to a New York paper, says :
A committee of vigilants has
been formed in Fulton, the eastern
suburb of this city. The national
road bisects the village and forms
the only approaches, the eastern
end opening into the farm land
where the Marlin outrage was com
mitted, and the western into the min
ing camp where the Workenour
family was outraged and $500 sto-
len by masked robbers. Fulton
has been the scene of bloody muir
ders, daring robberies and high.
handed outrages and became the
rendezvous of thieves and thugs.
A few nights ago word was sent
from here that a number Of notice
crooks had gone to Fulton. Ii
the evening three watchdogs were
found poisoned. This aroused
the villagers to their danger. A
meeting was held in the school
house, the situation presented anc
a vigilance committee organized
A guard of twenty was selected
armed with guns and instructed te
clear the town Of every ssupiciou.
character. This was done ano
eight unknown men were at th'
muzzles of the guns marched from
the place. They could not &C
count for their presence and were
held to be suspicious. When thu
town was clear pickets were set
That night an unsuccessful attemp
was made to rob the residence o
Charles Kraft, the thieves having
hoated down the creek. Las
night the guard was doubled anc
everything was quiet. The afai
has created great deal Of excite
ment in and about the city. To
day ten detectives came here al
lured by the heavy rewards Offered
by the county to work up the Mar
ling case. In addition to thu
81, 900 offered a citizens purse O
81, 900 additional is being nnade up
GRAFTON LETTER.