The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1886-04-24
HERE AND THERE.
The Most important Happenings
Throughout the State.

Wright, aged So, the head OF large
family, was killed in the Cannelton
mines, Kanawha region, by a fall of
slate.
The knights of Labor have
strong organization at Volcano, in
Wood county. They own their own
hall and will start a cooperative
store.
The authorities of the Mounds
vile penitentiary have refused to
receive any more United States pris-
oners unless the government will de
fray their expenses.
Colonel George l.. Peyton has Of
fered to rebuild the Hale House, at
Charleston, if the City Council will
exempt the property from taxation
for a period of ten years.
The 18th day of May has been Get
by the county court for the people of
Wood county to vote on $7j, 900 sub
scriptions to the "Blaek Diamond.
The people of that county can well
afford to give the money.
The men who lost the $1,000 ties
out of Middle Island creek when the
high water broke the Blooms, gather
ed up a large quantity of the timber
about Marietta. They purchased
about $4,000 that had been caught,
paying six cents apiece.
The firm of Mayors d Helmick, of
Fairmont. who last week were award
ed the contract of building the court
house at Clarksburg, have withdrawn
their papers. The trouble arose
over a disagreement in reference to
the manner of payment for the work.
An important meeting of the Di-
rectors of the Weston Insane Asy-
lum is to be held on the goth inst
Contracts for provisions will be
made at that time. The new addi-
tion is being erected as fast as the
weather will admit. There are now
6SS patients under treatment.
General Manager Thomas r.
Sharp, for Erwin Davis, chairman,
and John w. Simpson counsel, for
the bond holders committee which
purchased the Ohio Central railroad,
have donated to Mayor Huling, of
Charleston, 100 tons of coal for the
poor of that city whose homes were
recently inundated.
A large log that has been six years
coming down the river, landed in
Piedmont during the freshet, and
was on Friday taken out and hauled
to the Davis Bros. mill. 1t made a
big load for four horses; took six
men and two mules three hours to
get it out of the water and load.
1t will cut from 700 to 800 feet of
hemlock Misunderstanding Ga
zette.
A female patient recently escaped
from the second story of the Weston
Insane Asylum by breaking the bars
in window and making swing
out of bed clothes. She went into
town and stopping at the house OF
Father Tracy, was cared for and re
turned to the asylum. While out
walking she secured rock which
she used in breaking the bars of the
window.
The new iron bridge across the
mouth of Leading creek in Gilmel
county went down in the late high
water. The bridge was not high
enough. 1t is supposed a gorge o.
timber caught it and all four o.
the piers were swept down. Tht
material being iron is thought to b.
close and unless broken or out O.
shape it is asserted by the Banae'
that the expenditure of a few hun
dred dollars will replace the struct
ure.
The Haggerty Detective Agency
of Fairmont, has sued the town o
Clarksburg for $3.50, the aggregate
amount, as it claims, of half of GER
tain fines assessed under what i.
known as the fifty dollar whiske,
ordinance. This law provided ,
penalty for selling whiskey in eacl
case of $50, one-half to the informer
Mr.. Humphrey Hoff was the inform
er, but was never paid, for the reason
that the fines so assessed were neve
collected by the town.
Davis postofficc in this count,
was changed last summer to Vadis
in order to let Henry G. Davis nev
Davis city, in Tucker county, adop
the first name. A letter from Vadi
now bears the imprint of of the of
flee and the postmaster name-"R
f. l.. j. Lowell which stands 70
Robert Edward Lee Jackson Lowell
the longest name of any postmaste
in the United States. 1t is scareel,
needless to add that Mr.. Lowell is
solid Democrat Weston World.
, Tucker county, this State has per
J haps the largest lot of cherry log
/ that have ever been seen in on
J bunch, lying in the Blackwater forl
of Cheat River. There are 10000,
, in this one drive. 1t was last weel
driven out of the North and Soutl
, branches into the main stream an,
will in all probability get to Davi
, this week, where the logs are to b
cut. This stock comes from tn
J Canaan Valley, being the first eve
cut and driven from that part of tn
State. The same firm will mex
year finish cutting the balance q
} the cherry timber in that vale.
} which they bought two years ago.
Mtelligenccr.
One of the saddest accidents eve
chronicled was the drowning of tn
three young civil engineers on Ne'
River last Saturday, just abov
Hawks Nest. The way it happene'
was thus: Messrs. Hood, Haynes an
the Quinby brothers, all of Rich
mond, Va, and engaged by the G.
O. in locating a short line fror
Hawks Nest on the opposite side @
the river from the present line, wer
crossing the river in skiff in com
pany with colored man. The ski
! began to fill with water and the me
jumped overheard and swan for tn
shore. Mr.. HAYNES and the colore