The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-02-09
INTERESTING INCIDENTS.
4 Brief Synopsis Of Haps and Mishaps
Occurring in Our State.
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Miss Fannie Hogue, Of Charles
ton, has taught a Sunday school
class in the First Presbyterian
church of that city for eleven years
without missing 4 Sunday, making
577 consecutive Sundays That is
a very remarkable record.
Martinsburg has had romance.
Several years ago "a prominent
physician secured divorce from
his wife. They both felt sorry over
the affair and endeavored to patch
up their differences but were pre-
vented by relatives. They were de
termined, and last week the DIR.
eloped with his divorced wife
The damage suit of Mrs. Moore
against the city of Huntington has
been settled. Mrs. Moore has re-
ceived from the city 81, ao4. 50 dam
ages. The amounf allowed was
$1,000 and the costs s744.so.
This was a case growing out of in
juries received from a fall on a ne
sleeted sidewalk of that city.
Mr. John Jones, of Monroe
county. had his leg broken one day
last week. DIR. Ford, Of Talcott,
was called in to set the limb, but
decided to wait until the next day,
giving his patient a Iogr dose of
carbonate of ammonia as he sup
posed. Jones fell asleep and re-
NAMED in a comatose condition for
several days when he died. 1t is
now believed that DR.. Ford adj
ministered morphine by mistake.
Last evening Secretary of State
H. S. Walker, and wife, enter
tanned the members of the Legis-
lature at their beautiful home on
Capitol street. The reception was
largely attended and was one Of
the grandest affairs ever given at
any private residence in this city.
The elegant manner in which Mr..
and Mrs. Walker entertained their
guests, will long be remembered
by those who were present.-Char-
lesion Gazette.
Wesley Hale, aged about As,
who claimed to own broad acres
in the Kanawha valley, laid siege
to the heart of a well-todo Nelson
vile, O., widow, aged about 50
years. They were married, when
he induced her TO sell all her prop
erty, and she gave him all the cash.
They went to Point Pleasant and
stopped one night, and in the morn
ing he borrowed a valuable ring
from her, saying he was going to
Charleston. He forgot to return
and the poor woman was left penni-
less. Charitable Point Pleasant
people furnished her money to get
home on.
The report that gold has been
discovered near Wayne c. H., this
State, has been sent out. The ru-
NOR is that four men went TO the
place, which is four miles from the
Court House, and during the past
two months have met with success
in surface mining have taken out
at least $40, 900 worth Of the pre-
cious metal. A reporter heard of
the wild rumor and called on Sena-
tor Prichard who is a resident of
Wayne county, and who owns the
land on which it is alleged that
gold has been discovered. Sena-
tor Prichard says he leased the
land to Geo. +. Mackey who claims
to have come from York, Pa. The
Senator states that Mr.. Mackey
has gold specimens, but does not
believe that he found them in
Wayne county.
A good one is told upon one of
the three gentlemen who recently
visited Parkersburg, as witnesses
before the u. S. Court in session
there. 1t is now the general Gus
tom of the overs of frst-class city
hotels, in selecting a suitable name
for their houses, to prefix instead
of affix the word "Hotel' to the
name selected. Well, upon quit
ting the cars after arriving at Par
kersburg, our three friends wendell
their way to the nearest hotel, and
as the night was already far advan-
ced, they retired at once. After
going to their room they began
asking each other what hotel they
had stopped at. One of the gen.
tlemen suggested that is was the
Hills Central; another said it was
the Hotel de Grabb; but the third
and last of the Fayette gentlemen
said both the others were wrong;
that they we're stopping at the
"'Hotel Entrance, for he had OBJ
served the sign over the front door
when they had entered the build
ing. This settled it, and the three
relapsed into gentle slumber,
broken only by visions of imported
negroes, ballot-box stufing and Re
publican victory.-Fayette Demo
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