Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1886-07-11
FAIRNIONT.

VI AAAN -NSA 49, N---
FAIRMOST.
A Limited Number of Indictments-Teaeh-
ers Appointed-News.
Spscial 1sazgum % nc sapdsy Rsgi<ef
FArRxoNT, w. Va, July io-Circuit
Court, Judge Fleming, sal on Tuesday
hast. Ths grand jury was sworn and
eharrei and at once went 10 work The
perl Jury was dfschai &C., ! = :. being agreed
to by parties interested, and considered by
the Court that this was most inopportune
time to take Jurors and litigapts from their
farm work. No jury cases came on to be
heard in consequence, and the ehancery
docket gets q good chance for thorough
going over. The grand jury finished Its
work on Wednesday evening and adj
iourned. A limited number of indictments
was found, most of them for misdemeanors.
The Cartright case was postponed, with the
rest of the criminal business, until the No
yember term.
The Board of Education met on Tuesday
morning last and appointed teachers Tor
the ensuing year. Following Is list OF
successful applicants: Principal, Thomas
&c. Miller; First Assistant, Mrs. NJ. l..
Fleming; Second, Miss Virginia l.. Pride;
Third, Miss Mary NJ. Burns; Fourth, Miss
Amanda Fleming; Fifth, Miss Mary Wade;
Sixth, Miss Laura c. Huntington; Flem-
ing school. Harry G. Linn; Evansville
school, Miss Anna b. Miller; ColOred
school, James NJ. Satterfeld. The new
teachers employed are Misses Burns and
Miller and Mr.. Linn. The others are the
same rs last year.
Quite a number of FairmOnt teachers at
tended the Association at Mountain Lake
Park this week and also took i'm the
teachers excursion to Luray Cave. Profs.
Sipe, of the Normal, and Miller, OF the
Public schools, and Misses Fleming, Ebert,
Prike, Burns, Brand, Martin, Burke, Ida
and Amanda Abbott, Jennie Fleming and
Verona Maple were of the party. DIR. l..
L. Carr accompanied. Fay Hartley, Leigh
Iayman and John Reed left on Thursday
TO ioin the excursion for Luray. Prof.
Miller returned home Thursday night.
U. n. Arnett, Jr., Esq, prominent
attorney of this place, has recently been
rendered an 81, 800 position in the Pension
Department, but has not yet decided to ac-
cept ii as we learn. He is 10th to leave a
large and growing law practice. MIR. Ar
nett ranks high in the profession and Is
one of the most successful members OF our
bar. His appointment was well merited.
The political pot is on the boil here.
The friends of ex-MayOr c. j. COrbin are
urging his claims as candidate for the
Legislature on the Republican ticket. This
would probably not suit the bosses, but
Corbin's clean record and sound sense and
the general esteem in which he is held
would make him most formidable candl'
date.
Geo. H. Richardson, the former efficient
pit boss at CASTOR mines, has resigned bis
position and will depart with his family
on the 18th inst. for Hutchinson, Kansas,
where they will locate. Thus our county
loses another one of its best citizens.
Hon. VIM. A. Ohley, of the Iader, and
Mr.. Geo. Morrow, both popular bachelors,
are in Detroit, Mich, enjoying short va
cation. 1t is not the intention Of either tC
meddle with Senator Jones little love
affair
John B. Lewis, the colored orator Of this
place, died here on Wednesday and wa
buried Thursday He had accumulated
considerable property, the major portion o
which he left to his nephew and his mother
/ in-law. Fifty dollars goes to Johnny Haw
/ kins, the nameSake of the deceased, $50 Il
the Palatine Baptist church, and sion
worth of property TO Mrs. Lincoln Jones
F. W. Pierpoint was appointed admins
traitor of the estate.
/ Miss Alice, daughter of Robert Lowe, o
/ this county, and sister of Mrs. Mark Hall
of Wheeling, died on Monday at her faith
er's residence, near Eldora. She was ;
most excellent young lady, much loyeC
and esteemed, and her early demise is /
source of general regret. A number o
friends from Fairmont, Palatine and yicin
ity attended the funeral which took plact
on Wednesday.
What may prove murder was commit
ted on Burners Ridge, in this county, or
July Sd. A young man named Murphy
struck one Keener in the head with a rock
and so seriously injured him that his life
is despaired of. The grand jury found a
true bill against the young man for assault
WIFI W MIL NOulie, lAse'
disappeared.
G. G.. Farrance is remodeling his Madi-
son mills here.
a special session of the County Court
is called for this day week for the pur-
pose of awarding the contract for the cree
ton of an iron bridge across Buffalo creek,
in the town Of Warrington, the old bridge
having been washed off in the recent flood.
c. NJ. Shinn recently sold his Barnes
vile property to Mrs. William Priekett.
John Blaeksher, C.. F.. Wells, Jacob l..
Murray and D. n. KOon, of Warrington
district, were in town this week attending
court
A good representation from this place
attended the meeting of the Bar AsSocia-
ton in Grafton ON Thursday last.
Col John w. COrrothers, of MOnOngalia
county, is I'm town to-day.
Miss Mamma DOnehoo, of Grafton, is
paying visit to her aunt, Mrs. Koran, on
Main street.
The Adventist preacher still holds the
fort in the court house and breaches night
~ to good audiences.