The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-11-02


asking from $3.50 to 5000 an acre for
land that could have been bought for
$40 an acre before the surveys for the
new road were made
Charley Miller,of Wildwood, Jack
son county, accidentally shot himself
last week. He was standing on the
railroad track, the breech of his gun
resting on the tie, his left arm on the
muzzle of the gun and by some acct
dent the gun was discharged send
ing the entire load through his left
arm between the elbow and wrist,
shattering the bones and decorating
the flesh so severely as to necessitate
amputation.
Nun Morgan, a boy about Is years
of age, who lives in Lafayette dis
trict. in Peasants county, accident
ally shot himself few days ago
while hunting, inflicting a serious
wound in the shoulder. 1t seems
that he, in company with some other
boys, were after a rabbit. Young
Morgan climbed on stump to look
for the rabbit, and went to set his
musket down on top of the stump,
when the hammer coming in contact
with it the gun was discharged, lodg-
ing load of shot in his shoulder.
The Wetzei Democrat has the fol-
lowing account of the shooting of
young Kirkhart by the Widow But
Ter: MRS. Thos. Butler is now con
fined in Jail, charged with the feloni-
Gus shooting of Hartman Kirkhart on
Sunday last. Kirkhart is young
man about 81 years of age, and in
company with another man named
Lemons and another named Wade,
stopped at Thos. Buffers, on the
way home from church. A Difficult
ty arose and Mrs Butler fired out OF
the window with revolver. One
shot struck Kirkhart in the abdom-
en-. At this writing the physician,
DR.. Richardson, has failed to find
the ball. 1t is thought the shot may
prove fatal"
There is considerable excitement
among the residents in the neighbor-
hood of Union Ridge, Cabell county,
over the existence of a wild animal
in that region. People are afraid to
leave their homes at night, and
young men visiting their girls re-
main all night at the girls home, or
do not go at all Counting at night
is really played out up there A
crowd of men organized themselves
into hunting party few days age
to hunt the animal. They got near
it's rendezvous, when the roars Of
the animal frightened them of,
Those who have seen the beast, and
not died of fright, say that it is ten
feet long, five feet tall, of dark
brown color and roars like hon.
Mr.. Edward S. Ebert, an elderly
gentleman of Shinnston, Harrison
county, and who was stricken with
paralysis year or more ago, since
which time he has been in an almost
helpless condition, was one day last
week very badly burned. He was
seated before the fire, and raising
himself from the chair, fell against
the CRATE when his clothes ignited.
No one was present, and he was una
BILE to give the alarm. Fortunately a
sister entered his room in time to save
his life, but not until after he had
been seriously injured. The back of
his coat was on fire, and, as he was
lying on his back, the flames were
somewhat smothered and were max
ing slow progress. The coat was of
heavy wooden material, and this was
in his favor, as it burned slowly. Mr..
Ebert's back was the part injured,
and it will be some time before he
RECEIVERS, if he ever does. The burn
extends over large portion of his
back, and is very ugly and painful.
Mr.. Ebert is 81 years OF age.
Lewis county is coming to the
front. Among other things it has
developed most remarkable piece
of humanity. She is woman, and
all woman or more or less remarka-
BILE But this woman lives in cave
where she does not have an oppor-
tunity to talk to other women. This
is very hard to believe, but news
paper correspondent says so, and it
must be true. OF course she must
have some way of amusing herself,
and since she could not talk to her
over the back fence she
passed the time by making sorties
through the neighborhood and set
ting fire to barns. wheatstacks, ct
cetera Some time ago the neigh
bors got weary of furnishing amuse-
ment of that kind and they set
about capturing her, which was done
by the officers after great resist
ance'' on her part. The same cor
is our authority for the
statement that she showed "great
resistance" She would make good
freak, Her name is Aman-
Ga WllmOth.
Last Tuesday evening, at an ap-
at farm house in Reno
district, near Fellowsville, Preston
county, two young men had jug of
alcohol concealed. Silas Bolyard
and another boy whose name is not
known. knowing the alcohol to be
about, went in search of the jug, and
finding it drank the whole of its con-
tents. Bolyard is dead and the 9th
err boy was in a precarious condition
at last accounts. Bolyard never
spoke after drinking the stuff and
died in few hours. He was about
eighteen years old. and was reared
by Mr.. Lewis Bolyard, his uncle.
The funeral took place Wednesday.
The boys. it appears. had been given
n drink of the alcohol by the Young
men who owned the jug. before GO
ing 10 search of it, that had been ii-
luted and sweetened This sharpen
ed their appetites, and knowing the
jug 10 be in the vicinity vent in
search Of It. What they drank from