The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-06-02
q STATE,
Accidents and Incidents In wost Virginia
and Vicinity.

and Vicinity.
st. George 10 to have q large steam saw
Rndplaning mill,
The RoWlesburg Handle Factory Is run
ming day and night,
The sistersville staye factory has q daily
output Of 1000 slaves.
A boy named Fauley broke out Of the
Tucker county jail Saturday night and is
at large.
The Grafton 4 Greenbrier road is to be
completed to B~ellngton this season. The
money has been raised, Notwithstanding
fierce opposition,
D. B. P~urinton, Of the West Virginia
Uniyersity, Is at work on q text book to
be used In colleges and universities on
the Evidences Of Christianity.
The work Of extending the Weston &
Buckhannon narrow gauge road will be
pulled, 1t will probably be completed
this year within ten miles Of Helyetia.
The Writ county Transcript says that
while q raft was being locked through
Palestine, q fish Of the pike species about
three feet long jumped from the river, and
landing on the raft, was caught.
The Winfield Democrat says: "The
Black Band Iron and Coal Company,
Davis Greek, and the Kauawhs Camel
Goal Company, at Coal Valley, have re-
sumsd work. The Raymond miners are
still out,
W, j. Walker, Superintendent OF the
Baltimore 4 Ohio railroad hotels, died
Monday night at the Queen City Hotel,
Cumberland, after an illness oil five days.
The remains were forwarded to New York,
his home,
Mason City was visited by two disastrous
fires, resulting In q loss Of over 5000.
Both were Of inCendiaIy origin, The fires
destroyed seven buildings and one barn.
Two Of the buildings belonged to Judge
], B, Redmond,
Col. W. Jerry Hill, the well-known pro-
prletor Of Hills Central, ~Parkersburg, at
the last annual meeting 1.-THE seventy OF
the Hotel Mems Mutual Benefit AssoCia.
ton, was elected one OF the Vice Presi.
dents. The honor Is we'll deserved.
MI. s. L. Southland has been appointed
Auditor and Cashier Of the KanSwhs &
Ohio Railroad, vice G. ], Ermlich, ap-
pointed Master Of Transportation. Mr.,
Southland Was at one time Superintendent
OF the Richmond 4 Allegheny Railroad,
and Is well acquainted with railroad bust
ness,
Rev. j. W. Hedges, residing in the su-
burbs OF He~dgesvllle, about six miles from
Martlnsburg, lost his dwelling house and
its contents by fire through cleaning a bed
with coal oil, which q match ~acCidently
ignited. Loss, $1,000. Mr.. Hedges lost
his barn and all Its contents by fire about
four month ago, A..
On the right bank Of the Greenbrier
river, some six miles above RonCeverte, Is
a valuable bed Of coal said to resemble
anthracite. The vein lies horizontal, Is
four feet thick and OF indefinite extent.
Cropping from the hill sides 1t Is easily
mined. The Grafton & G%reenbrier rail.
road Is expected to pass that way and
afford access to market.
Secretary OF State Walker has Issued q
certificate Of incorporation to the Keyser
bank, organized for the purpose Of doing
q banking business according to the laws
Of West Yirglniaat Keyser. $4,000 have
been subscribed and $500 paid in with
the privilege Of increasing the stock to
$l00,000 in shares, OF 500 each. The
shares arc held by F. NJ. Reynolds, Jas.
+. Carakadon, Geo. Il. Price, ]. NJ. Long,
N. ]. Crooks, G. F. Caiskadon, Z. G,
Wine, T. r. O~arskadon, N. Alkire and g.
X. Carakadon.