The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-05-15
HERE AND THERE.
The Most Important Happenings All
Over the State.

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Barnnm's show viii be at Charles
ton next Monday.
Mayor-eleet. Lloyd Campbell, of
New Cumberland, declines to serve
in that capacity.
The Webster county Echo says
that the recent forest fires in that !
county have greatly injured the gin
seng trade.
A man named Darnell, employed |
in Gilmer county brickyard, was
struck on the head by lever and
had his skull fractured.
a white rat was caught by cat
under the house of Mr., VIM Brown,
of Charlestown, last week. 1t was
ID inches long and pure white.
Uriah Kimble and John Shively
got into rumpus at the store at
Van Camp, Tyler county, which re-
suited in Shively stabbing kimble
twice in the breast, inficting severe
wounds.
Tuesday number of Italians EN-
ployed on the Pt. Pleasant extension
of the Ohio river road struck for
higher wages. The contractor told
them to go to place warmer than
their own sunny cline.
There are now 600 ovens on the
New river and 200 on the kanawha.
in operation. This number will be
doubled by the first of August next,
and all in active operation. The
coke produced from the soft coal sec
ton of the New and Kanawha rivers
is of a very good quality.
a serious accident occurred at
Pennsboro recently. John Shiflet
and his wife, better known as sGold-
smiths maid" were on high old
drunk and happened to be on the
railroad track when the west bound
accommodation arrived. Shihet in
his efforts to save Jenny, failed to
get out of the way himself, and was
struck by the engine receiving seri-
Gus and perhaps fatal injuries.
Two young men of Tyler county,
named Maytield and Mccormick, on
their way home from church quar-
relied about a young lady. From
words they came to blows, and it
ended in Mccormick stabbing May
field twice; once the blade entered
beneath the jaw bone and went
through to the roof of his mouth.
The other cut is on his left side, and
is a very serious and it is feared ia
tai one.
A gentleman named Wilson, for
merIy Of Barbour county, near Peel
Tree, left Clarksburg last week with
quite number of colored people for
California. He pays their railroad
fare and pays them by the month
and retains portion of their earn
ing every month until they have
paid the expense of going to Califor-
MIA, which is about $40. They are
generally farm hands and the wages
are to be $50 per month.
Piedmont has an outstanding in
debtedness in bonds, bearing inter
est at the rate Of 10 per cent. per an
nun, of $1,000. The Mayor of the
town has issued his proclamation for
an election to be held on the 10th
day of May, to vote ON an ordinance
refunding said Indebtedness to the
amount of $4,000 at the rate of six
per cent. per annum, and tax of 20
! fc thn tl M -nl,,a4ta,, Of
erty is to be assessed to pay the in
terest and principal of said bonds.
Secretary of State Walker has is
sued certificate of Incorporation to
the Piedmont d Cumberland Rail
way Company. This road is to run
from Piedmont, Mineral county,
along the North Branch of the Poto
mac river to point in Mineral coun-
ty, opposite the city of Cumberland,
Md. The principal office is to be at
Piedmont, and the capital stock is
fixed at S500,000 The shares are
$50 each and are held by ex- United
States Senator Henry G. Davis, of
Mineral county, Stephen b. Elkins,
of New York, Thomas b. Davis, G.
w. Harrison and II. G.. Buxtor, of
Mineral county, and Ed. W. S.
Moore, of Marion county. This is
an extension Of the W. Va, G. d p.
road
The G. A. r. of West Virginia
were in camp last week in Wheeling
The following officers were elected:
Department Commander, John
Carlin; Senior Vice Department
Commander, Major Lee Raymond;
Junior Vice Department Commander,
Gen. r. f. Fleming; Medical Direc-
tor, NJ S. Hail.
Chaplain r. M. Wallace and Judge
Advocate /. H. Duval were not pres
ent.
The Commander elect announced
Comrade f. H. Crago, of Holiday
Post, as Assistant Adjutant General
and Comrade Thomas G. Miller, of
Meade Post No. 6, as Quarter Mas
ter General. and they were duly in
! stalled.
The ''boys" had good time at a
Camp Fire. Thursday night.
John, Charles and Jed Wolf,
brothers, have been arrested and
placed in Jail at Point Pleasant,
charged with the murder of an un-
known peddler, and of Hazelwood,
of Porter, Ohio, the last named hav-
ing been found last fall hanging
from tree in the woods, near the
residence of the VOLTS. They had
their preliminary examination, and
sufficient evidence was adduced to
warrant the Justice in sending them
to the Circuit Court to answer an
indictment for murder, bail being
refused. The information upon
which they were arrested was furn-
ished by Sarah Wolf, wife of Jed,
against whom threats had been made
by the trio to do away with her,
from the fact that she knew too
much, being personally cognizant of
the commission of these two crimes.
She was corroborated in some re-
spects by her mother, Mrs. Yates.