The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-02-06

The Most Important Happenings
Throughout the State.

/ During large meeting OF the
salvation Army, at Huntington, last
Tuesday, some miscreant outside
threw number of stones upon tbs
roof. which caused sound as Of
cracking timbers and falling walls.
Then eusued one of those wild, sense
less stampedes which demonstrate
that self preservation is the first law
of nature. The lords of creation,
many of them leaving their wives,
sisters and sweethearts to take care
of themselves, made wild dashes for
life and liberty through the windows
/ without taking the trouble to raise
the sashes. The SCATTERING of glass,
the screaming of women and the
trampling of feet created most in
fernal tumult, seeming for time 10
turn the rink into bowling wilder
ness of lunatics. The building was
nearly emptied before the people re-
covered their senses and discovered
the groundlessness of their alarm.
Fortunately nobody was seriously
injured in the scramble, and the list
of minor casualties is not long.
A distressing story comes to town
from the little German settlement
some miles from town, lying midway
between the Winchester and Staun-
ton pixies. Monday last the little
grand daughter of Geo. Weaver, one
of the most respectable citizens of
the town, shot herself ct her grand
fathers home. Mr.. Viewers son
had a loaded revolver in his bed.
Some guests coming, Mrs. Weaver
removed the revolver and placed it
on the mantle There little Emma,
who was only six years old, got it,
and whilst playing with it it went
off, the ball passing through her
stomach and inflicting mortal
wound. The child was an orphan,
her mother having died suddenly
during the night year ago. Par
kersburg Sentinel
The Wetzel Democrat says: The
Coxtown scandal, which has been
raging off and on for year, has fl
nally eliminated in n separation of
husband and wife, suit for divorce
and suit for damages. The parties
are Mr. G. II. Woods, plaintiff, and
Mrs. Woods and Mr.. Allison, de-
PENDANTS. Mr., Woods is a promi-
nent citizen of Coxtown and Mr. AL
lison is an engineer on the Ohio riv-
er railroad.
Doctor Hoy, of Mason county. says
that Congressman Gibson will be re-
nominated, and elected by an in
creased majority, and that Senator
Camden will have a walk-over when
his term comes. p. {. Eastman,
Esq.,is to be State Senator from that
District, according to the doctor, and
there is no doubt of his election. Mr..
Eastman is an able and upright cit
zen, and in 1876 came within few
votes of being nominated for Gov
ernor.
There was but one case in Police
Court yesterday. At midnight last
night the only inmate of the lookup
was a crazy man who woke up all
East Wheeling yelling ''Police." and
who said six men with pistols were
after him and he ran twelve miles
an hour, and fell away so his clothes
wouldn't fit him. His only name
known to the police is Dutch Eena s
Husband. - Intelligencer.
A few days since two human skele-
tons were discovered at the river S
edge, short distance below Red
House, Putnam county, exhumed by
the floating ice The bones were not
in a perfect state Of preservation,
and are supposed to be those of two
Union soldiers who, while scuffiing
on steamboat that was passing
through the chute during the war,
fell overheard and were drowned.
The ruins of the Heidendricht fire
at Parkersburg, was the scene of
some sport on Wednesday. On that
day the floor of one of the burned
buildings was taken up and a gorge
of rats was uncovered. In one spot
they were packed together like sar-
dimes in box. The boys and dogs
went at it, and in a short time they
killed 345 rats.
A sad accident occurred near
GAINESVILLE, Tyler county, by which
a Mrs. Ruckman lost a child, Whilst
out riding she unwrapped her year
old infant, gave it nourishment and
wrapped it up again. On unwrap-
ping it two hours after she found it
had been smothered to death. RI
A colored debating society that
holds its session in a school house
not far from Shepherdstown, recently
discussed the question, "If mans
wife and mother-in-law is drowning,
which shall he save?7 The mother
in-law was left to sink. see sl
e 1t is thought that the destruction
of game birds in the mountains, dur
ing the recent cold snap has been
fearful. Numbers Of partridges,
pheasants and other game have per
ished, and an almost total extermi.
nation is feared. st a'le s'te i
A message consisting of three
words was sent from Clarksb urg to
Shanghai, China, on Monday last
by M. G. Holmes, which cost him
S6.47. The route the message was
sent is distance of about $4,000
miles.
Fayette county is coming to be
the great tobacco region Of West
Virginia. Win. Willard sold his
crop in Richmond for II cents a
pound, and Thomas Wilson sold the
product of three acres for $479.
E. M. Arnold, of Weston, has in
vented new metal, composed of
five metals, which SO closely resem-
bles gold in color, weight and APP
pearance that it takes metallurgist
to detect the difference sal X.
The walnut lumber of the Elk riv-
er section, which is remarkably fine
in quality and in great demand. is
being shipped to the factory of the
Domestic Sewing Machine Company
at Patterson. n. ~
Milton Weston, of Chicago, who
organized the Weston L. Webster
railroad. has been convicted of man
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