West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1886-03-24
WEST VIRGINIA FREEMAN
WEST VA. NEWS AND NOTES.

MlllSE U u1ditih A0VO OOAA SoAA
lands on Big Clear Creek, Monroe
county, to Messrs. Harmar &
Gardner, of Cleveland, Ohio. The
amount paid for 5000 acres of land
with the Improvements of five
years aud 1900 acres of wild land
is $4,000. The purchasers will
use the lands for grazing as has
been done by Messrs. Miller q
Martin.-AIdcrson Statesman.
GAs-Wheeling is making an
other effort to light herself with
natural gas. Wells are to be sunk
in Mt. Pleasant district, Washing
ton county, Pa, and the gas piped
to Wheeling. The company has
leased 1900 acres of land and
work will begin at once.-E.
LUXATKcs.--We have in the con-
fines Of our Mason county cells,
five luuatics.-It is shame and
disgrace to humanity and Christian
ity and a heavy reflection upon
our State soions, that this poor un-
fortunate class OF our fellow-citi-
zens Should not be better provided
for.-Eetest Pleasant Register.
SHEEP GRAzERs.-A special
from PhiIippi to the Register says:
"The recent heavy failures in Bar
bour county seem not to be with
out attending advantages, which
appear IN the public sale of three
valuable farms, including the
Modisett farm, the Proudfoot farm,
each of 600 acres, and the Talbot
farm of 300 acres, aggregating about
1900 acres Of perhaps the finest
i'm proved body of grass land in that
county, for $4,000, to the Messrs.
Sayers, Of Greensburg, Pa, who
expect to sub divide this fine body
of land aad sell it to sheep grazers
from Green county, Pa. There Is
plenty Of room for all such new
comers,"
The Tyler Independent says
Middlehourue is to have a new
Brass Band.
The dogs are killing a great
mary sheep in Roane county; 30
says tie BuIeetin
Mr.. Elijah Steed, whose death
was noticed in the Oracle last week,
bt q ue&thed $1,000 to the school
fund of q nion District.-&. Mary's
Oracle.
MARRrED.-At the brides resi-
dence, at Willow Island, w. Va,
on Wednesday, March 18th, Alt.
w. Burnett to Miss Fannie Norris.
Mr.. Burnett is Chief of the Eureka
Detective Agency of Charleston.
DAILY MAIL.-C. & S. Thistle
have formed a partnership with
John Cotton in carrying the Daily
Mail between Sistersville and
Middlehoarne and just as soon as
the roads will permit it, No. l
Mail Hack will be put on and be
kept running during the summer.
-TyJer Independent.
PACKING HousEs.-It is reported
that r. I'll. Browse will erect q
packing house at this place in the
near future. Such an enterprise
would be of material benefit to this
community if properly managed ;
and we know of no one more
capable of managing it than Mr..
Browse.-&. Mary's Oracle.
CoNvIcTED.-James McCord, the
crooked Wheeling cigarmaker, was
convicted in the u. s. Court last
Thursday, and sentenced to a fine
Of S1O0 and year in the Peni-
Tertiary
DRowNED.-On the 18th inst,
Edward Kincard, IA years old, of
Ravenswood, was drowned in Sand
Greek. He fell out of a "john" boat
he was pushing alongside barge.
His body was recovered in half an
hour but life was extinct.
RETukNED.-Capt. Maddy has re-
turned from Florida, his boat, the
Chesapeake, having been with
drawn from the st. John for lack of
patronage, which was brought
about by the completion of rail