The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-09-14

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There was fun at q Weston ball,
the other day. Some one threw
pint Of red pepper on the floor Of the
dancing hall, and while the dancers
we're holding on to each other and
'sneezing, and weeping great scalding
tears, the rascal further complicated
matters by hiding all the hats,
comets and wraps. Some of these
articles were found up the chimneys,
and others were never found at all.
A valuable vein of iron ore has
been discovered on the farm of Mr..
Loeb Birtcher, in Grant District,
Preston county. Mr.. Britcher's
farm extends from the mouth of Big
Sandy up that stream three miles.
His eutire farm of 400 sores is said
to be underlaid with the mineral in
q vein ten to fifteen feet thick. 1t
is believed that it will yield large
proportion Of metallic iron, as the
ore is very heavy. The farm has
been leased by the West Va. & Pa.
Railway Co.
The building the West Virginia
Conference Seminary of the NJ. E.
Church, at Buckbannon, is being
carried forward towards completion
rapidly. 1t is to be fine super
structure, over one hundred feet
long, eightly-five feet wide, three
stories high, the lower two thirteen
feet between floors and the upper one
fifteen feet The walls are now up
to the third story, and the beautiful,
massive structure will be under roof
in about twenty days, and completed
by early spring. When done it will
be superior to any other educational
building in the State.
Lee Piles made a very narrow es-
cape last Saturday morning from
what might have been a serious ac-
cident, While assisting in putting
a new roof on the old NJ. +. church
South, he lost his footing, slipping
down the full length of the bright
tin roof, which was still covered with
dew, and consequently very slippery,
barely touching the scaffold, and
lighting over in Farley Phillips yard,
Is or 20 feet from the church, and
what is remarkable but slightly hurt.
His legs were somewhat bruised by
coming in contact with paling fence.
If he had fallen on that with his
body, he would have certainly been
killed.-Buckhannon Delta.
A dispatch from Point Pleasant
says: "a horrible case of parental
brutality is reported from Mason
City, this county. Miss Minnie
Offenheimer was beautiful young
lady of Is, and the daughter Of
prominent and wealthy church men,
ber A few months ago she met Ed
ward Shoemaker, a well known river
operator, at picnic, and the two
loved at once. Shoemaker pressed
his suit and was accepted. The par
ents of the young lady were furious
when they learned of her engage
ment to Shoemaker, who was not of
their religious belief Miss Often
heimer refused to give him up, and
was subjected to horrible cruelty.
Neighbors declare that she was lock-
ed in her room, half starved and
beaten for weeks. Finally the
neighbors interfered The young
lady was released, but only in time
to find that reason had been dethron-
ed. She was brought here yesterday
and is now confined in prison for
safety. The case has excited great
indignation throughout the county
The Raleigh index says: The
Trans Kanawha region, viz: Wyom-
ing, Mcdowell, Logan, Boone, Lin
coin, Wayne, Mercer, Summers and
Raleigh counties is perhaps the
best watered portion of the State
and is by far the best timbered sec
tion of West Virginia The timber
is the best because it has been less
culled and disturbed than in any
other portion of the State. An ex-
pert says, II never saw better timber
than is found in nearly everyone of
the above counties. 1t consists of
oak, black, white and spanish, Pop
lar, ash, hickory, black and white
walnut, yellow lind, birch, sycamore,
chestnut, beech, locust and cherry
In Raleigh county there is large
acreage of white pine, yellow pine
and hemlock and believe that no
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be found in paying quantities 1t
lies on both sides OF Piney river and
Beaver creek and when a railroad
passes through it will be very valua-
BILE to its owners and there is pros
pect of one not far in the future"
Coal and iron also abound in great
quantities.