The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-03-15
THROUGH TIE STATE.
Accidents aud InGldSnts in WS.t Virginia
and Vicinity.

$3.50 NAsstANNNe
The next annual meeting Of the Supreme
Lodge Of knights Of Honor Of this State is
to be held next month at Clarllsburg.
The f., NJ. 4 P. Company will put up
telegraph line from Fairmont to Morgan
town, as soon as the ground is in condition.
The Huntington Council has passed an
ordinance allowing each member 50 80
for services at each meeting, but the
years compensation must not exceed $50.
The West Virginia Aonitsr, published at
Pennshoro, has suspended publication.
The Office will be removed TO Elizabeth,
Writ county, where the publication OF the
Monitor will be resumed.
The citizens Of Grantsville, Calhoun
county, are considering the cost OF erect
ing q telephone line from that place to
Burning Springs, Writ county, connecting
there with the line to Parkersburg,
General "Stonewall" Jackson's old war
horse, sod Sorrel," q former Greenbrier
county animal, is at the Confederate
Soldiers Home at Richmond. He ia very
feeble and cannot live much longer.
During the past week Hon, John d.
Anderson, clerk Of the State Senate and
one OF the best known politicians in the
State, has been lying dangerously III with
typhoid fever at his home in Nicholas
county,
A man named Helmick has been sent
to the penitentisry from Lewis county by
Judge Brannon for eight years. 1t was
the third conviction for burglary, and
Helmick could have been given much
longer term had the judge SO desired. As
it was, he gets of easy.
a]Prof. ]. N. Kendall, OF Richie county,
who was the candidate on the last Repub.
licSn State ticket for Superintendent Of
Schools, has entered the ministry and
will Join the Eastern Tennessee NJ. E.
Conference, He departs for that State
about the first OF next month.
John Bennett, Of Centreville, Upshur
county, while on his way to prayer
meeting was struck on the head by some
unknown person. The blow was 80 So
we're that Bennett was felled to the earth
and remained unconscious for some time.
His scalp was badly cut by the club.
The bill of Coroner Jones, Of Preston
county, for services in connection with
the late NsWburg disaster, amounted to
$l05. Mr.. Jones has filed his bill with
the Clerk Of the county, with an endorse
ment that the whole amount Ghall go into
the relief fund for the benefit Of the sui
ierers,
The Huntington Printing Company, (the
Republican newspaper and printing otiice,)
OF which K, j, Simpson, OF Weston, was
President, has surrendered It's charter and
dissolved. Mr., j. j.. Peterson, who has
served as editor, will, it is reported, con-
tinue to publish the paper. Mr.. Peterson
has ability and makes the Republican one
Of the best and brightest papers IN the
State.
Jacob Knapp, a young man Of educa-
ton and muscle, has been teaching the
school at Olive Hill, in Barbour county,
this winter. |. NJ. Polling, aged g, was
one OF his pupils; he had muscle but no
education worth mentioning. He under
took to run the school and was laid out by
u poker in the hands OF Knapp, making q
scalp wound nearly two inches long, A
warrant was issued for Knapp.
The twenty.third annual session OF
Washington Conference, which embraces
the c0lored NJ. 4. churches OF a part OF the
territory Of Virginia, West Virginia, Ma
ryland, Pennsylvania and District OF Co.
lumbia, was held at Charleston last week.
There were 100 delegates present. Rev.
L. W. s. Peek was reelected "a Secretary,
Rev. w, P. Ryder, Statistical Secretary |;
Rev. 7, a: White, Conference reporter.
Reports sent out from the Washington,
Pa, oil fields Saturday evening, state
that the manifold well tho great
gusher struck last week Is falling oil
very rapidly In production. During Fri
day night and for II hours ending Satur-
day morning, the well flowed ut tho rate
OF II barrels per hour. Saturday after.
noon 1t was only doing u or u barrels.
The well Is the most peculiar one yet
drilled, as oil was encountered at 1900
feet. The other wells are 1000 feet and
over in depth.
The Republican city primary election
occurred at Steubenviile Saturday, polls
Closing at I o'clock. The fight was au
earnest one, and resulted in the nomina.
ton OF tho following ticket: Frat ward,
City Council, George Swords, Board OF
Education, b. N. Lindsey; Assessor, viii.
liam Hipsley. Second ward, Board Of
Education, DR.. j. ]. Mccoy. Third ward
Council, H. W. Nelson; Board Of Educa.
ton, DR.. Blackburn Assessor, ]. N. earns.
Fourth ward, Council, W. B. Donaldson
Board Of Education, David Filson; AS.
season, Jacob Perkins. Fifth ward, Uoun-
oil, George King; Board OF u luCstion, W.
D. MCLaughlin9; Assessor, George Smith.
Sixth ward, Council, Q. :. Ferguson; AS