The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-07-18

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well-known citizen. A discovery
was afterward made that both of
the girls had been betrayed by him. |
Wednesday night the two sisters
decoyed Hammond to the woods,
beat him to insensibility, tarred
and feathered him and left him to
his fate. He was found next morn
ing almost dead, with one eye put
out. Hammond is said to have
relations in Richmond, Va.
There is a neat little game
which swindlers are playing on far
mers of this State, and as an at
tempt may be made to introduce
the play into this county, we give
the mode Of procedure which is as
follows: A very sleek individual
calls at the farmers house and says
he is representative of a firm who
is getting statistics as to the guam
tity of grain raised in the State,
and that he is assigned to this
county. He then puts down the
farmers name, place of residence,
and gets from him the number of
bushels of different kinds raised,
the number acres from which the
grain was grown, the quality Of the
land, kind of material used for ma
nuring, etc. This statement is
read to the farmer and the sleek
young man asks him to sign the
report, which will be sent to Chi
eago, and when the book is out he
will get copy. The farmer signs
and the young man departs. In
short time the farmer is notified to
come and pay a negotiable note
left at the bank for collection"
Wheeling and the vicinity was
visited on Friday evening by
two very severe wind and rain
storms, accompanied by vivid
lightning and heavy thunder. An
incalculable amount of damage was
done to the crops, and in town
choked sewers, flooded cellars and
the other Inconvenience that at
tend a heavy storm were numerous
and caused no little loss and dam
age.
The day, like the two preceding
ones, was excessively warm.
Early in the morning the thermom-
eter commenced climbing, and by
2 oblock the mercury was up, way
up, terribly up-in the nineties.
In the city there was hardly a
breath of air stirring, and those
forced to be on the streets or kept
actively engaged, suffered greatly
with the baking heat. About !,
O'Clock it began to cloud up slightly
in the west and few drops of rain
fell; then it became sultrier than
before, and continued so until
shortly before 6 o'clock, when a
strong wind sprang up and in a
very few minutes the sky was
darkly overcast with heavy clouds.
The wind increased and the vivid
and binding flashes of lightning
were frequent. Suddenly the flood
gates were opened and the rain
poured down in torrents. 1t came
down almost in sheets, and for
time it was nearly impossible to
distinguish objects at the distance
of half a square. The effects were
confined to no particular portion
of the city, as is sometimes the
case, but all over the city inside
of five mintes after the rain COM
menced the sewers were filed to
Overlooking and the cutters unable
to carry off the rush of water, over
flowed and filed cellars with water
and left the pavements covered
with Shiny mud. The cross streets,
especially those coming down from
the hills, were soon converted into
roaring torrents, the water reaching
from curb to curb. In many
places Main and Market streets
presented the same appear
ance. In several cases, at points
where new buildings were in pro-
gress, the lime, sand and morter
beds were demoralized and washed
away.