The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-09-17
THROUGH TUE STATE,
Items and Events of Iptsrsst Cleaned from
Exchanges.

Items and Events Of lnteFest Cleaned from
Exchanges.
Senator Faulkner Is recovering from
bis injuries, and is now able to walk,
The Clements mines, neaI opekiska,
on the r., NJ, & p, which have been
idle for over year, are again to be oper'
ated,
Race stiCkley, aged about 4 years.
youngest son OF John A, suckley, Of
Hardy county, accidentally shot himself
last Thursday, from the effects Of which
he died in about half an hour.
The Huntington AdrtrliSsr Co., are
issuing q very neat and newsy daily
Democratic paper, which is q credit to
the town and TO Its promoters, 1tstarts
of with tlattering indications Of success,
The Taylor County Court held special
meetings on saturdayand on Monday
last. The deed conveying the county pro-
perry at Pruntytown TO the State for the
use Of the Reform School was made and
properly signed by the Court,
A serious sickness Is prevailing at and
near Meadowville, Barbour county. II
is in the form OF a dysentery and many
are confined to their beds. In the fam
lily Of Mr., Martin Sherman there has
been four deaths and others oil his fam
lily are seriously Ill, Bad water Is the
probable cause,
"a white man and colored gentleman
were engaged In q little game OF draw
poker at Slate, last Monday night, The
man OF sable hue held two Jacks and a
razor, which no welded In the most
improved and artistic style, and raked
the pot, Notwithstanding his opponent
held four aCes,-Htst Virginia Repub'
lican,
The Glade Fire Brick Company Is do.
ing booming business these days at
their Nuzum's Mills works. They are
furnishing the brick for the Upper
Monongahela Coal and Coke Company's
ovens, and are at present filling an order
for n million bricks from that company.
They have about 100000 now ready for
delivery and, are making about 10000 a
day.
Arthur Wilson, q boy 10 years OF age,
met witha serious accident last week ON
the farm OF Mr.. George w. Buxton, In
Berkeley county. Mr.. John Griffith was
cutting clover seed with a mower, and
tho OF horse becoming refractory, he
told the boy to strike tho horse with a
rake. Ho did so, and tho horse leaped
forward so quickly that the boy was
caught by the mower and his leg cut oil
just below the knee.
Everything Is still kept on tho jump
In and about the embryo city OF Camden,
Marion county, erstwhlls known Us
Bricrtown. An elegant little depot will
be ono Of the NJ. Il. r. e contributions to
the little towns building boom, and the
foundation for the same Is now being
laid. The east side OF the river will not
DO big enough to hold all the town, and
the coal company Ia as present laying out
a site OF the west aide Tor $50 or 800 ad.
ditional houses. In fact It looks as II
the biggest portion Of the future city Of
Camden will be on the wCst side OF the
river.
The Fairmont Wta Eirginian says:
"The Harrison boom has even struck
the Castor and Montana mines, the
miners at both places having been given
an increase OF wages few days ago. In
fact all hands-day laborers as well as
miners-have been favored with an In
crease. The latter now get 50 cents per
ton for digging coal, their wages having
run down from 50 cents under the Ar.
thur administration 10 so cents per ton
under Cleveland and Reform. The
miners are intelligent men, generally
speaking, and know why business is i'm
proving everywhere"
During the month OF August the
Greenbrier Creamery Company turned
out over 10000 pounds OF butter, the
product Of over 100000 pounds Of milk,
for which the farmers received over
$500. 1t Is the aim Of the company to
reach monthly expenditure for milk
OF $4,000. With this end In view tho
company proposes TO expend 81, 900 i'm.
medlately in enlarHing It's capacity and
increasing Its facilities. Among the i'm.
provements contemplated Is cold stor.
age and the location Of one or more
separators. The company says that they
will have no difficulty In disposing Of
all the butter they may manufacture.
Mr.. D. P. Wright, OF Morgan county,
is hunting up the records in regard to
james Rumsey, who launched the FIRST
boat propelled by steam at Sir Johns
Run, and Is trying to :get the full histo.
ry OF the large stone used by Rumsey In
a grist mill In Allen district 100 years
ago, and which is now on exhibition In
front OF the Court House. Mr.. Wright
has received the following letter from
the Patent Office: "In looking up the
records l find that on August 20, 1901,
one James Rumsey (spelled In one place
Rumsey, In another Rumsay) procured
three patents, ono on "Savary's Steam
Engine one on "Propelling Boats or
Vessels" and one on "Working Mills. !"
The irst one mentioned was probably
an improvement on the Sayary type OF
steam engine which he also saw In use
in England. Tho old mill stone Of which
you spoke was probably part OF the sub
jeCt Of the last mentioned patent. The
first patent granted to any one by the
United States was In 1900. l mean To
write all those old things up some day
when l have time; they are very inter
esting In themselves besides showing
now what immense strides We have
made In the progress Of those arts"
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