The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-01-16
Accidents and Incidents in West Virginia
and Vicinity.

the Weston Democrat to Il. d. HarTlboL
and ]. Il. Edwards, and the paper ia to ot
enlarged and improved. The firm will b
7. A. Edwards & %.
Freight traffic over the Chesapeake &
Ohio Is now very heavy, east and West
On Friday fifty cars were loaded at this
placs with walnut logs for Liverpool, Wis
Newpor! News. The logs came from St.
Louis.
Misses Clara and Willie Harmon, Of
Winfield, Putnam county, have been held
in $500 In court for exhuming the remains
Of an infant child OF George McAllister'E
Just why the girls committed the revolt
ing act ia q mystery.
The store Of NJ. NJ. Smith, at Greenland,
Grant county, was broken open on Friday
night last, and gold watch, 3 lot Of Jew.
elry, Hilks and cutlery were taken. One
hundred dollars reward Ia offered for the
capture Of the thief.
G. D. Mccartney, of Union, hiss piece
OF provincial currency issued at the city Of
Annapolis, Md, on December 20, l775, for
tho sum OF two and two.thirds dollars, and
Ia asid to have been originally signed by
Benjamin franklin himself.
Residences and places OF business are in
great demand in Berkeley Springs and
renters are looking anxiously around to
secure good locations. Peraons owning
eligible sites could have no better invest
ment than the erection ofneat dwellings.
DR.. A. ]. LYDIA, financial agent Of the
West Virginia Conference Seminary, left
on Saturday to spend some ter. daysa Guy
sadCtte aud Huntington in the interest
Of that institution. Over $4,000 have
been secured In cash and on paper up to
this dste.-ChdrltSton Star.
The paradise for tax collectors has been
found in RRvGnswood, Jackson county.
Tho Council, whose term OF Office expires
soon, will turn over s., 200 in cash to their
successors. The corporation Ia free from
debt; aud every cent OF tax levied during
the past year has been collected, the col
lector not having 8 single delinquent to
report.
Mr.. Daniel Bedirger Washington died
at his residence in Index, Csss county,
Missouri, December 90, 1887, sged 70
yearH, 10 months and 20 days. Mr.. Wash
ington was native OF Jefferson county,
and was the son Of John Thornton Angus.
tine Washington, OF "Uedar Lawn" and
great grand.nephew Of General George
Washington.
Mrs. Isaac T. Lsese, OF Romney, sged
twenty years, while brushing of the man.
tel piece on Monday, January I'd, had her
clothing to catch on fire. She ran out to
the run and tried to quench the flames,
but aH no one was near 10 assist her, ahe
was burnt in such terrible manner that
death relieved her Of her suffering on
Wednesday, the 4sh.
Since composite Photographic are very
fashionable just now, the State Journal
wants to know how the following amateur
effort will do2 tits eaid to be that Of the
next Governor Of Weet Virginia:
General GoFi,
Colonel McIRin,
Geo. ". Atkinson,
George Il. StnrglH,
Judge Hoke.
Great excitement prevails above here
with the hattering prospects, OF coming
railroad. Parties in vicinity OF the Brew
ster place, on Dry Fork, are having their
lands surveyed. We see no reason why
we should not have railroad through
this section, for our natural resources are
equal to any in Southwest Virginia for
fine coal and timber. We encourage its
advent.-McDotOeH ProgrtsS.
Robert L. Bland, tat:compooitor in the
Weston Democrat Office, is engaged In
constructing 8 model for an improved
cylinder Newspaper hand-presS Of his own
invention. The improvement Ia vRlu.
able one, and in addition to reducing the
labor Of the pTeBsman one hundred per
cent, will enable the paper to be worked
at faster speed than that attained by
the hand.preases now in use.
The Morgsntown Post Of last week says
the home OF Misses Jane and RebeccR
Stewart, In Union district, Monongahela
county, was totally destroyed by fire on
the 4th instant. Most OF the household
goods, together with several thousand dol
lars in money, was lost, The ladies
named are well known, being sisters Of
The late Mrs. "Ibbie" Pierpont, ex.Goy-
ernor Pierponts step.mother. Their loss
is very severe, andthey deserve great sym
pathy.
ave have been successful" said Presi-
dent George W. Thompson last night, "in
arranging with Recsivsr Wickham, OF the
C. & o., 10 run our Ohio River trains into
Huntington and to have q union agency
there, and TO connect there with Q. 4 0.
trains. The recent bad weather ha1 de-
layed work little and 1t Is possible that
trains will not be running regularly o 4
the Huntington extension before the frat
Of the onth."-Pdrksrsbur0 Journal.
The new Wood Pulp Mil Company Of
Harper's Ferry, has contracted with ex
Senator Henry g. Davis for Its supply o.
spruce and poplar wood, which will come
from along the line Of the West Virgins
Central Railroad. It will be delivered In
iour.feet logs somewhere along the river
and will be ioated down to the mill. SOME
sample shipments were made via thu
Chesapeske &, Ohio Canal from therC
lately, the loSs coming in via the Yves
Virginia Central Railway.
Judges Bond and Jackson, sitting il
Baltimore as the United States Circui
for the District Of West Virginia, have re
Gently confirmed the gale pt the Whit
Sulphur Springs to William A. Stuart ant
directed the Receiver, A. L. Boulware, o
Richmond, Va, to give the purchaser pos
session. The question Of the liability
ne stockholders for unpaid subscriptions
amounting to $3.50, 900, and all other queu
tons involved, were reserved until Febru
ary, when the court will meet again Ii
ParkerBburg.
Congressman Wilson, Of our nelghbol
ling district In West Virginia, attended tn
free.trade banquet in BostonlAst week an
ploriAed the Golden club doctrine, Whicl
q repulniye to his constituents. Mr.. Wi
son has twice been elected from the MOI
eantoWn; district by pluraliiss Of less tina
hundred, and weventure TO predict thu
he has been elected for the last time, 1h
Territory which he migrepresenks In OoI