The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-06-12
HERE AND THERE.
The Most Important Happenings All
Over the State.
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Wellsburg is played out as a gas
providing region. Their principal
supply is now piped from Washing
ton county, Pa.
Two men named Temple and
Wright, gave concert at Braxton
G. III. recently. After the program
was over a portion of the audience
legged the performers.
While man named Mendenhall
who resides at Leechtown, Wood
county, was chopping wood Monday,
tree fell upon him, crushing him
to the earth, injuring him mortally.
The Kanawha NJ. /. cadets left
Friday morning for the mountains.
They will visit old camping grounds
and drop their lines in the deep,
cool waters of the Gauley and New
rivers.
A six-year-old child of Marion
Stanley, of jackson county, was
drowned few days since. 1t was
sent to spring to draw water and
accidentally fell into the hole head
foremost
Incorporated companies under the
laws of West Virginia are required
TO pay a license or forfeit their char
ter The Auditor has just eau sed to
be published list of those failing
to pay the license tax. The list
numbers over five hundred.
The ex-Confederates of Charles
ton and vicinity united with the ex-
Federals and participated in the
memorable exercises of Sedgwick
Post, G. A. r. No. 3, which took
place Monday morning. The graves
of the dead of both armies were dec
grated.
The Ohio River road has purchas-
ed a one hundred acre tract of land
in the town of Point Pleasant, and
the Ohio Central has purchased a
two hundred and fifty acre tract
just outside the corporate limits.
Real estate seems to be looking up
in that locality.
Mr. S. l.. Southland has been ap-
pointed Auditor and Cashier of the
Kanawha d Ohio railroad, vice G. j.
Ermlich, appointed Master of Trans
portation. Mr.. Southland was at one
time Superintendent of the Rich
mond d Allegheny railroad and is
well acquainted with railroad bust
ness.
Mr.. Cody buffalo Bill was so
badly injured at Wheeling Monday
that he was unable to appear in
Cumberland where the "Wild West"
appeared Wednesday. The vaquer-
Ors who were injured at Wheeling
Tuesday were also unable to do their
part and the show in consequence
was rather tame.
Catharine McNemar, of Braxton
county, is in Jail charged with forg-
ing the name of S. B. Bowyers to an
order. Mrs. McNemar has figured
very conspicuously of late in the
neighborhood in which she resides,
and was indicted by the recent grand
jury for poisoning an OK belonging
to John G. Morrison. :
Rev. J. w. Hedges, residing in the
suburbs of Hedgesville, about six
miles from Martinsburg, lost his
dwelling house and it's contents by
fire through cleaning bed with coal
oil, which match accidentally ig-
nited. Loss, $4,000 Mr.. Hedges
lost his barn and all its contents by
fire about four months ago.
On the right bank of the Green
brier river, some six miles above
Ronceverte, is valuable bed of coal
said to resemble anthracite. The
vein lies horizontal, is four feet thick
and of indefinite extent. Cropping
from the hill sides it is easily mined.
The Grafton h Greenbrier rail-
road is expected to pass that way
and afford access to market.
During the storm last Thursday,
the furniture factory at Point Pleas
ant was struck by lightning, which
ran down the chimney, overturning
chairs, spelling fine mirrors and set
ting fire to some cotton. A colored
man sleeping in the room was not
awakened. Everett Kiger, an employee,
happened along and extinguished the
flames or the building and contents
would have been destroyed. Loss,
about 5000.
Hattie Dodge threw herself into
the Kanawha river from the Par
kersburg wharfboat. with the inten-
ton of committing suicide. A young
fellow who happened to be near by
succeeded in getting her ashore,
where she was taken in charge by
the police. She is a very pretty
girl, 20 years of age, modest in con
versation and manner. She said her
life at home was unhappy, and she
was tired of life.
Secretary of State Walker has is
sued certificate of Incorporation to
the Keyser bank, organized for the
purpose of doing banking business
according to the laws of West Vir-
ginia at Keyser. $1,000 have been
subscribed and $1,000 paid in with
the privilege of icreasing the stock
to 100000 in shares of 800 each.
The shares are held by +. n. Rey-
nolds, Jas. f. Carskadon, Geo E.
Price, j. NJ. Long. N. j. Crooks, G. |
F. Carskadon, E. G. Wine, I. Il.
Carskadon, N. Alkire and G. r. Car
skadOn.
Mr.. j. B. Power, of Charleston,
who'has been in Raleigh county in
vestigating the damage done by the
recent cyclone, says: 1.-THE path 0
the storm was from fifty feet to one
mile in width, that it wrested up the
tress by the roots, and its route was
on Little and Big Beaver principally.
How much damage was done could
not be accurately estimated, but in
the few miles gone over by him
there was a loss of 100000 feet of
lumber and as the storm continued
on, no telling how far, the total loss
is probably 10,000,0O0 feet of tim
Der.
George W. Bunner, aged between
and q vaara VIVA alnoaf instant |