The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-08-17

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The newspapers say that Wells
burg people spent 800 per month for
lottery tickets. And we might add
that Morgantown people are not far
behind.
Gov. Wilson has offered a reward
of 800 for the arrest of John Tur-
ner colored. who shot and killed A.
Walker, July 4th last in Fayette
county, this State
Blennerhessett island in the Ohio
River near Parkersburg is the OBJ
jective point of many excursion par
ties. This historic spot seems to
grow in interest as the years go by.
Next week large party from Gin
cinnati will visit the place.
The water melon crop in Wood
county is failure Many farmers
will not get enough from fifteen
acres planted to pay for the seed.
That county frequently ships as
much as one hundred car loads OF
melons, but this year will not be
able to supply the home demand.
A son of Ezra Miller, of Endicott,
this State, was bitten by copper
head snake, last week, and died
from the effects of the poison. A
few months since the same child
was nearly killed by stroke OF
lightning, and had just sufficiently
recovered from the shock to be able
to get about when he was bitten by
the snake.
On last Saturday Fred Ewing, a
prominent young man of Chenille
became engaged in an alteration
with Jerome Crawford, a colored
barber of the same place, which re
suited in the stabbing of Crawford
in the arm. Crawford then swor,
out warrant for Ewing's arrest
Sunday morning Crawford was fount
by the road side with his brains
knocked out Suspicion resting OF
Ewing, he was arrested ON tn,
charge of killing Crawford, but wa
subsequently released on $4,000 bond
The small fry politicians of Char
lesion have made such clamor 70
all the little positions in sight dow
there, that the custodianship of tn
postoffice and custom house has beef
removed from the hands of the demo
cratic postmaster and L. S. Mar
, shall White has been appointed a
custodian in his place. Now, O
course republican janitor and othe
small officers will at once get tn
small plums they were after eve
; since the last election Heavens
how hungry these papsucking re
publicans are,
An attempt was made to take tn,
lives of r. j. Allen and family, o
Knob creek, Monroe county, Monda,
night. The family retired to rest a
the usual hour, and early in the morn
ing discovered that the house was il
flames, MrAllen awakened his famil,
with the greatest difficulty, and thel
. found that rocks had been pilet
against the door to prevent an es
cape. The whole family was com
PEELED to jump from high window
to the ground, and all received sell
Gus injuries. Traces of oil wer,
found about the house, and the fir,
was no doubt incendiary.
The town of Point Pleasant is al
agog over the sudden disappearance
of Charles #. Loring. head of the
Point Pleasant Electric Light anC
Power Company. He left the city
only few days ago, saying he would
return as soon as he purchased q
new dynamo and some more electri
cal machinery. Monday morning
his wife received note from him
mailed at New York, saying ht
would never return, and that sh,
would never again see him. AL
kinds of wild rumors are ahoat il
reference to the company,s finances
but nothing definite is known.