The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-12-21
STATE NEWS.


West Virginia Exchanges.
The Mormons of Richie county
have been charged one-tenth Of their
worldly goods by the Mormon
preacher. Several have paid, but
they are ignorant as to what use the
money is put to.
Keyser viii soon have a shoe fac
tory, which will employ from 100 to
300 hands. The capital stock of
$4,000 can be raised and the COM
mittee is now waiting for an offer
from shoe firm in Massachusetts.
This is an excellent example for Nor
gantown to follow.
Detectives are at Davis City, w.
Va, looking for John. Ramsay. the
Fayette county outlaw and leader of
the gang which committed so many
bold robberies in the vicinity of
Markleysburg last summer. Ram
say, it is said, has been working in
the Davis mines there under an as
sumed name, but disappeared a short
time ago. He is supposed to be
hiding in the vicinity of Davis City.
A good many counties manage to
get along well and tremendously in
their neighborhoods without fences.
Bad fences make bad neighbors, and
when there are no fences and the law
requires none there is no trouble.
Wetzel county is now undertaking
to get along without county roads,
and unless it freezes there will not
be one in the county by Christmas
Wetzei Democrat. And Mononga-
liza is following her example.
A joint stock company was organ
lied at Weston last week, the object
being to erect mammoth brick ho-
tel at the head of Main street on the
site of the old Bland tavern. 1t is
en- enterprise that has been in con-
temptation for some time, and when
completed will be one of the finest
and most thoroughly equipped hotels
in the State. 1t will be supplied
with all the modern convenienees,
including electric light, fire escape
and water works. The contract for
the brick was awarded to w j. Kitson.
Floyd Talbot, of Barbour county,
while on Glady Fork, Randolph coun-
ty, last week hunting, by mistake
took dose of morphine, believing it
to be quinine. He took thirty grains,
or one hundred and twenty doses.
One grain is sufficient to produce
death. He did not discover his mis-.
take until about twenty minutes af-
ter taking it, when he became stupid.
DR.. l.. w. Talbot fortunately was was
near by hunting and was at once APP
prisfd OF the occurrence. Vomiting
was regorted to and he was engaged
in active exercises from this time, at
p. NJ, till o'clock next morning.
1t was with difficulty that he was
kept awake and it was necessary to
throw snow in his face and keep him
moving. At one time he had but
six respirations per minute. The us
ual number is twenty per minute.
He has since fully recovered.
The Braxton Central tells of a
peculiar animal that was killed a
few days ago in Braxton county.
The story as given by that paper is
as follows: For some two are three
years there has been some kind of a
wild animal roaming around in a
Sc ton Of country known as Upper
Flatwoods about five or six miles
from here, which has out generated
the oldest and most experienced
hunters. On last Saturday, there
being good tracking snow, G. L.
and and j. r. Hyer and Mart. GILES
pie, armed with two very fine noun
tain rifles and one Of the best doub-
led barrelled shot guns in the coun-
try, and also a half dozen large bear
dogs, started out to capture the mon.
ster-having heard Of its trail,
After tracking it some two or three
miles Jos. Hyer came suddenly upon
the brute in dense laurel thieket
the other parties with the dogs
having circled on the track. When
first sighted by Joe the animal look
ed at him savagely and then slowly
retreated, growing and making a
hideous noise, which attracted the
other parties to the spot. Joes gun
having failed to lire, from being wet,
he was following the animal up close
ly with large hunters knife
when George Hyer and Gillespie
made their appearance and opened
fire on the beast, wounding it badly.
Up to this time the dogs had refused
to attack it, or even follow the trail.
After the shooting, however, they be-
came drawer and showed fight, but it
was of short duration, as in a few
moments two of the dogs were killed
and the others badly wounded.
After being shot some six or eight
times more it was finally killed.
This animal has killed great
many hogs and sheep in the neigh
borhood where it roamed, and about
ten days ago went to within sight of
Rev. J. Y. Gillespie's residence, where
he had slaughtered hogs, and killed
fine six months old Kenna hound
pup aud carried it of. Before the
animal was killed it was generally
supposed to be a lynx, but it does
not answer the description. 1t is of
the cat species, and is as liable to be
mountain lion as anything else.
The hide is now on exhibition at
j. S. Hyer d Co.'S store, and the ma
tives, so far, are at loss to know
what to call it, as it is not a native
of this country. and is supposed to
be an escaped animal from some
menagerie The hide will be stuffed
and sent to some museum for identi-
fieation.
Piles piles Itching Piles.