The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-12-19
HERE AND THERE.
The Most Important Happenings
Throughout the State.

Parkershurg was incorporated
January %, 1920.
The original price paid for large
tract of land in which Parkersburg
is now situated was $50
During the holidays the students
of the Chenille Normal School pro-
pose to present Julius Caesar"
1t is rumored that either General
Wickham or Gen. Echols will be
made General Manager of the c. d o.
Railroad.
The Charleston Star says that
there are twenty new divorce suits
booked for the next term of the Ka-
nawha Circuit Court.
Parkersburg was named in honor
of Alexander Parker who was given
patents for the land on which Park
ersburg is situated, by Governor
Beverly Randolph, of Virginia, on
July 3, 1887.
William Keister, Robert Holloway
and Nelson Fletcher, of Mason coun-
ty, were out fox hunting. Holloway
fell and the lock of his gun strik-
ing on rock was discharged, the
load entering the knee and lower leg
of Fletcher who was about five feet
away. Prompt medical attention
was afforded but the wounded man
died the same evening He was fifty
two years old.
Ben. Graham, of Preston county,
went out coon hunting on a recent
night. His dogs freed what he sup
posed was a coon. The tree was a
valuable locust and he shot the
black object supposed to be the coon.
1t fell to the ground, ran short dis
lance and was caught and killed by
the dogs. Instead of coon it prov
ed to be monster wildcat 1t was
two and half feet high when erect
and weighed twenty-six pounds.
During the progress of a festival
at Engle, thirty miles east of Charles
ton, for the benefit of a colored
church, William Boiling and Joe
Lambkins became engaged in a quar-
rel as to who should accompany one
of the women home. After few
words Boiling exclaimed: Look
out! l am going to Shoot at the
same time drawing a pistol and
shooting Lambkins in the left side,
from which he died. Boiling was
arrested.
WHEELING, December I0.-Early
this morning burglars entered
Moore's Hotel, on Water street, and
stole SAG in cash, a certificate of de-
posit for 5000, check payable to
bearer for $500, mortgage for 81, 800
and negotiable papers to the amount
of several thousand dollars. The
money and papers were taken from a
drawer in the proprietor's sleeping
room The thief evidently knew
where the valuables were kept
There is no clue.
The following are the dimensions
of the new Pt. Pleasant bridge:
Length of the West Virginia iron
trestle approaches, 1,52452 feet;
length of iron truss bridge span No.
l, 1,24S.23; No. 2, 259.34; No. 3, ESQ.,
SO; No. A, APO; No. 5, 200; total,
1870. Ohio iron trestle approaches,
Ohio side, 1892: total length of
bridge, 4,92S.30, being fraction less
than one mile. The total weight of
the bridge and approaches is 1922,
52S pounds. Total cost of the
bridge, 100000.
The Secretary of the Treasury has
submitted to Congress the following
estimates for the appropriation for
rivers and harbors in West Virginia:
Continuing the improvements of the
Big Sandy river, $4,000; for New
river, $25, 900; for Elk river, $4,000;
completing the Improvements of
Buckhannon river, $4,000; continu-
ing the improvements of the Great
Kanawha, 100000; for the Guyan-
dotte river, $4,000; Improvements on
the Little Kanawha, $55, 900; for the
Monongahela, 1921 ,000
New CUMBERLAND, w. VA, Dec.
12.-Last spring when the time
came for the sale of paupers to the
lowest bidder according to custom,
the board contracted with one indi-
vidual to keep all the poor in the
county. He was to receive $2,100
per year. But in the original draft
of the contract certain portions,
which were vital to the interests of
the county, were left out, causing
much excitement and no little
criticism of the board for signing
such loosely-constructed concern.
The county will be the loser by the
way the thing has been bungled to
the extent of about $4,000 per year
for five years, the period of the
present contract.
WHEELING, December 1l.-Shortly
after s o'clock this morning 10 pris-
oners, who were being taken from the
city work house by two guards,
Tom Stanley and Martin Maloney,
to work in a stonequarry, made
united break for liberty. The guards
covered them with their revolvers
and recaptured all but two, Thomas
Murray and Joseph Carr, who made
good their escape, the guards firing
several shots after them. After their
revolvers were empty Thomas Mar
tin, another prisoner, attempted to
overpower Stanley, when Maloney
hit Martin with..the butt end of his re-
volver, knocking him senseless. The
16 prisoners were taken back to the
pen and locked in cages. They will
hereafter be worked out doors with
balls and chains.
The OTHER FELLow.-A few years
ago young man left Petersburg for
the West. Like all young men he
left his 'girl behind him." OF
course, a correspondence full of af-
lection, love and devotion was car
ried on between the two. Unfortu-
nately, the young man could not
keep the secret of his love to him
self, so he makes a confident of a
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