The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-01-16

disease He was moving at the
time and leaves a wife and three
childrci.
A few days ago there passed
through Shepherdstown. over the
Shenandoah Valley Railroad, the
carcasses of three bear, killed in Ar
kansas, and on their way to Phila-
delphia. Their weights were sos,
$50 and rs pounds.
Ira Brown, a man of many ..ali-
asses, was arrested last week at
Parkersburg for felony committed
at Clarksburg. Seven dollars were
found on his person besides letter
from his wife in Ohio and another
from his ''mash" in Chicago.
The post master at Rockport, Wood
county, refuses to turn the office
over to the new man appointed to
the place, assigning as a reason that
as his commission was the oldest
he would retain the office until he
received special orders to step down
and out
George Morrison was escorting
Miss Carrie Evans, both of Coal
Valley, home from skating rink on
a recent dark night when some mis-
ereant fired at them. The bullet
grazed Miss Evans forehead. Who
it was that fired the shot is not known
or even suspected.
A II year old daughter of John
Spitger, of Pocahontas county, com
planned of one of her teeth aching
and requested her father to pull it.
He found it loose and pulled it out
with his fingers. A flow of blood
followed and before it could be stop
ped the little girl had bled to death.
At II o'clock Tuesday night a fire
broke out at the Hannis distillery.
Martinsburg, and completely de
stroyed all the frame work and roof
of the cooper shops. The prompt
nest of the fire companies prevented
a great destruction of property. The
loss is about 81, 900, covered by in
surance.
The West Virginia Central Il
Pittsburg road is but thirty-six
miles long, but it is now daily ship
ping coal to Cincinnati, Chicago, St.
Paul, Omaha and other cities. and
not long since two large cargoes of
coal from this road were sent from
Baltimore to San Francisco. Hon.
Henry G. Davis is the owner of the
road.
The Charleston Star has a very
poor opinion of its own town. 1t
says: One of these days, it is not
necessary now to say just when, there
will be an upheaval in Charleston
that will shake the city from centre
to circumference. The clements of
moral volcano are at work, and it
will not be long until the noise of a
mighty explosion is heard.
WHEELING, w. Va, Jan. John
r. Dunlap, business manager of the
Louisville Commercial, and Miss
Isadora, daughter of Mr.. Mortimer
Pollock, a wealthy resident of this
city, were married here this evening.
Rev. DIR. Leftwitch, of New Jeruse-
lem church, Cincinnati, offieiated.
The wedding was the most elegant
seen here for several years. The
bridal party go East on a special
car.
A family of sixty-seven persons
passed over the c. q o. railroad last
week, en- route for San Antonio, Tex
as, where they will locate. They
were from the Whortleberry regions,
situated along the Virginia Midland
railroad, and consisted of great
grand mother, grandmothers. moth
ers, fathers, sons, daughters, uncles,
aunts, nieces, nephews, grand and
great-grand children. Twenty-Five
were grown, the remainder were
youths and children.
The plays rendered at the Court
House last week, under the manage
ment of Prof. Brown, were financially
as well as otherwise quite successful.
The net proceeds after paying all
expenses, amounted to about S26.
Mr.. Brown has made an order for
forty some volumns of well selected
books for the Normal library. We
are pleased to know he has selected
works of history, poetry, literature
and such other useful and valuable
books as will give the students a
taste for substantial reading rather
than a desire for trashy literature.
l-Glenville Banner.
1t was reported on our streets
Tuesday morning that Tom Cum
ningham's wife had left for parts I'M
known in company with one of the
Italian workmen ON the Kingwood
railroad, the night before. 'Italy,'
it seems, is not only proficient in
the arts of music and mud digging,
but an adept to whispering sweet
nonsense" to other mems wives, and
convincing them that the best thing
they can do is to leave the men they
had promised to 'honor, serve and
obey" and go with them to some
other cline and bask in the light of
their love and affection. Preston
County Journal
Great excitement was caused at
Charleston last week by five prison
ers escaping from the county jail.
When the night guard went into the
Jail to lock the prisoners in their
cells one prisoner knocked the guard,
Dick Wyatt, down and general
stampede followed. Upon reaching
the Jail Tailor Bowles was met and
knocked down before he could fasten
the outer gates. The prisoners who
escaped are George and Richard JEFF
frey, brothers, who killed VIM. Doug
lass; George Bearsley, who killed
Henry Moore; Louis Douglass, who
killed Tom Teal last Christmas ev-
ening, all white. Luther Smith, a
negro who had been convicted and
sentenced for three years to the pen
itentiary also escaped. Two days
afterward they were caught and re-
turned to the Jail.
A certificate of Incorporation has
been issued by the Secretary of State
to the Pittsburg and Preston County
Railroad Company, formed for the
purpOSe Of huildiuu a railroad from,