The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-10-05
INTERESTING INCIDENTS.
A Brief Synopsis Of Haps and Mishaps
Occurring in Our State.
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Five children of Martin Sherman,
of Meadowville, Barbour equity, died
last week of flux, which is raging in
that vicinity.
Z. L. Drahosh once editor of the
Parkersburg daily Times died in
that city ON Thursday in abject
poverty and was buried by the coun-
ty.
1t is authoritatively stated that
the West Virginia Central railroad
will at no distant date extend its
line from Elkins, the present ter
minus, southwark into the Kanawha
valley and ultimately reach Char
lesion.
Chas. Adkins, notorious cattle
thief of Raleigh county, was arrested
last week after running off and dis
posing of bunch of cattle. He
operated in Raleigh and Wyoming
counties, and was a notorious char
acter.
The Board of Directors of the
State Penitentiary at Moundsyille
have decided to dispose Of the labor
of from fifty to one hundred convicts
for term of from three to five years.
Sealed proposals will be received
from those who desire to contract for
this labor till Tuesday, October l22.
The Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
A fight in the Baptist church on
Fudge's creek in Wayne county, was
begun last Friday by man named
Eplan, who began an assault on the
minister for some remark in his ser
mon. A panic followed, and in the
general rush for the door an old lady
was fatally crushed. Eplan was
afterwards assaulted by the minis
ter's friends and dangerously beaten.
A peculiar pension case is report
ed from Boone county. Van B. Hol-
steine, an ex Confederate soldier, is
drawing a pension from the Govern
ment for the loss of a foot. 1t is
claimed that Holsteine was terribly
wounded in the rebel army and taken
prisoner, and on recovering from the
wound, he joined the Union army
and had foot shot off. For this he
draws pension.
The county seat of Wetzel county
will not be removed from New Mar
tinsville just yet. Some time ago an
election was held in that county to
decide the question and the majority
was in favor of removal But Judge
Jacobs has decided that there were
several flaws in the election and that
the whole thing was illegal. 1t is
very probable the removal will never
be made and it should not be-
Judge jackson, of the United
States Court, rendered decree last
Saturday in the famous case of Allen
I. Caperton's heirs against Benjamin
Rice in favor of the Capertons. This
involves directly between 10000 and
100000 acres of timber lands in Ran
dolph and other counties besides
twice that much which the de-
cision will effect The case will prob
ably be carried to the Supreme Court
of the United States. Senator Cam
den recently bought the whole Ca
perton tract to take and pay for it
when the title was made clear.
An unknown man stole a skiff
from Jos. Hayatt. just below Mason
city, one day last week. Hayatt gave
chase and got pretty close to the
thief several times, and finally got
his boat at Ashland, Ky, where it
was left by the Lewis A. Shirley.
The Shirley was coming up the river
during the night when the crew saw
the skift drifting with the current.
Thinking it was empty the steamer
pulled along side and as roustabout
was reaching to haul it up, man,
who was lying in the bottom. jumped
into the river. He went under the
Shirley and was drowned.
An aged gentleman called on our
efncient clerk Tor license TO mary,
a lew Gays ago ana wnen Questioned
at 10 tne lady name ne gave IL as
Caraen, When IL was harnes, ana the
license was issued accordingly
fortunately, however friend OF the
lady, who had known her from a
child, discovered the mistake before
the intended husband left town and
notlied MIN OF the error. The gen
tieman then said ne really dld not
know her name, put asked the friend
the facts which was accordinolv
dono and ha mant ON his No. go
.one anu ne "ei' "a n'' way ieloio
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Last week. at Sistersville, w. Va,
a man became intoxicated and was
Iv;no on Tho track az tha oh;o r;rar
railroad hut was not discovered nm
til about the time train was RIM