The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-11-11
THRoUeH THE STATE,
Accidents aud InGldsats In West vlFEIuil
and Vicinity.

AHH VA0AaAhys
A lodge Of EIks 10 being organized by a
number OF the young men oil PafksnbuIg.
A gentlemen representing q McKees.
port, Pa, company 10 In Huntington with
Q proposition 70 erect and operate q water
works plant,
J.W. Powell, OF the United States Geo
logical Survey, saps chat West Virginia in
her mineral wealth "ls not exceeded by
any State In the Union"
A libsrty.head cent, bearing the date OF
1907, was found recently on Blennerhas-
sett ISlRnd, II bears indications OF hay-
ing been In the fire when BlennereassetFs
house was burned,
Frank Grsbill has been arrested by R.
+. Sheppard, Q B, 4 o. detective, charged
with being one Of band Of hoodlums
that have been stoniHg brakemen on b,
4 o. freight trains at CHARTERS tunnel, on
the Hemp6eld division, just this side
Of Washington, Pa,
The Lincoln county jail caught fire In
the roof from a defective tlue and was de-
stroysd. Two prisoners were in the struc'
ture at the time, They were gotten safe
ly out, The building was erected q nuns
Der OF years ago at q cost Of IS 900, There
was no insurance on 1t.
The Tyler county Democrat hopes that
Judge Rrannon is now satisaed that he
cannot beat General Gof and dominates
Uncle Ben Wilson for the position Of
Democratic standard bearer in the next
Congressional fght in this district, think
ing him q sure winner.
A young colored man named Miles
Avis shot and dangerously wounded FL
mer Carpenter, the son Of q wealthy
lumber dealer, near KRuaWha Falls, In q
quarrel over woman. Avis was arrested
on train at Huntington and taken back
TO the scsns Of the shooting,
Henry Eitsrwin, Of Brooke county,
while Chopplng wood at his place on the
Bethany pike accidentally cut OF one Of
bis iour-year-old daughters feet, The
little girl slipped up to her father while
he was intent upon splitting a refractory
log, and placed her foot upon i Just in
time for the descending axe total upon Il
At an early hour Monday morning the
residence Of Hon. W, A. Quarter, oil
Charleston, was destroyed by IRE to-
gether with nearly all It's contents, The
loss will be about $1,000; insured ior
$500. A defective hue was the cause,
The same morning an inCsudiary fred a
stable belonging to W. ]. Wilton, also oil
Charleston, It was destroyed entailing a
loss Of about $500; no insurance.
At the recent election In Oabsll county
the county seat was taken by majority
OF II, from Barboursvllle to Huntington.
The election Ia TO be contested. Able
lawyers have been engaged on both sides
and the fight will be q most exciting one.
II ia alleged by the PLAINTIFF that the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Company
voted q train load Of section hands In "a.
Yor Of Huntington, who were net entitled
10 Votei hence the'HuIt.
II 10 said that Albert Spencer, residing
at Harper's Ferry, has In his possession a
cooking stove that originally belonged to
John Brown while living on Maryland
Heights, just above the seizsd Govern.
ment arssnals at Harpsr's Ferry. Mr..
Speacor purchased the slows, which was
then in good condition, from family who
we're neighboes OF Brown. Ho will place
II on exhibition next year at the Ferry,
and 1t will afterwards be shipped TO BOs-
ton.
Il. NJ. jones, . young man Of bridge.
port, Harrison county, has been arrested
on q warrant Issued by Q Monongalls
county magistrate, charging him with an
attempt to poison Raymond Griggs, o well
known citizen OF the latter county, by
giving him BtryChnine In quantity Of ap.
ple brandy He was taken TO Morgan.
town and released on $500 bond. Jones Ia
said to be Engaged to DO married to a
daughter Of Mr.. Griggs, and the affair has
some peculiar features.
Secretary Of State Walker has Issued a
certificate 81 incorporation to the South.
ern Telephone Company organized for the
purpose Of constructing and maintaining
telegraph and telephone lines. Tho prir.
cipRl office is to be at ChsrlestoWn, Jeffer-
son county. $500 have been subscribed
aud $50 paid In. The stock may be In.
oresssd to 81, 0Q0, 900 in ell. Tho stock Il
a!yidea into shares OF $50 each and held
Us follows B1shrod 9, Washington, r,
Chew, Forest w. Brown and Frank Beck.
with, Charlestown,1 share each; s. w.
Tyrer, Washington, D. O, ! sbare.
1t Is reported that the organizers OF the
proposed road from Moorthsld have OBJ.
tanned a certificate Of incorporation from
this State, under the name Of the Gum.
berland, Moorefeld & Southwestern
Virginia Railroad company. The road Ia
to be commenced at Cumberland, Md,
and thence by the most practicable route
through tho counties Of Mineral, Hamp,
shire and Hardy TO Mooreaeld, the county
seat Of Hardy. The principal office 10 te
be OF Mooreheld. The capital stock is to
be 100000, divided into shares Of $50
each. The shares are held by eighteen
citizens OF Moorefeld and by w. A, Enge.
man, Of Brooklyn, New York.