Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-10-14
STATE SUMMARY.
THB IMPORTANT NEWS OF TRE WEEK IN
THB INTERIOR.
Curious and Out-Of-ths-Way Happenings, and
Brief Chruniclings Of Accidents
and Grimes.

Respecting the discoveries of iron ore
along Cheat river, the Preston County
Journal ssys: 1.-The ore shows along bo'n
sides OF Cheat, which stream cuts through
il for two miles Above it is the big vein
oflimestoue and four and seven foot VEIN
of coal At the mouth of Sandy the ore 10
about 100 feet above the waters edge, and
ss Won 20 down the river it rises, and up
the river it falIs, so that little above
Ssney's mouth the ore is at the waters
level, and then pitches under the
river. About the middle Of the two miles
in which the ore is seen above the water,
the hill il $50 feet, actual measurement.
Here the ore is 500 to 600 feet above the
river. Above the ore is sand rock; above
il limestone; next the four foot veln oil
coal; and above it the seven foot vein oil
coal Mr.. Kephsr' affirms that the vein 81
ore il fifteen feet OK and that 1t is solid
iron ore. with no psrtings or other inter-
runtions. II is believed to be very rich.
Parties who came from distance to exam
inc it have guessed it to be 20 per cent.
Mr. Kephsrt thinks this too high. He
and Mr.. Birtcher have sent lot of 1t to
PittsburR to be analysed. Mr.. Kephsrt
says there are three veins Of clay In the
nil The frat is the black clay, next,
the not clay, such as is used for making
glass pots, and very valuable; and then our
regular fire clay"
There is on exhibition at the bank IN
Weston sn old relic of what might have
been in it's day and generation very use
ful implement to it's owner. It's present
value is not known. 1t is the point OF a
shovel pillow made by blacksmith IN
Olarksburg in 1904 for Henry Mace, who
was then moving through the country to
what is now Braxton county, where he
settled on 100 acres of land at the mouth
of Granny's Creek near Sutton, which
land he afterwards sold for two dogs and
rifle gun. This ia the same land that has
been selected as the cite for the depot OF
the Weston and Elk River Railroad now in
course of construction to Braxton @. II.
and is worth to-day 500 sn acre. Mr..
Mace sometime afterwards moved TO the
waters Of the West Fork OF the Little
Ksnawhs, where he died. His son Jerry
Mace now lives upon this farm and Is "a
years of age. The pillow was lost for many
wears and was afterwards found and re-
cognized by the son. It was given to MIR.
Charles Harrison, of Weston, when on
trip through that country. 1t is peculiarly
Constructed aud was most likely of great
service to its pioneer owner.
Yesterdays Plttsburg Dispatch had the
following: "Mr. U. cumberland has been
doing Marion county, W. Va, lately, and
he says it is fully as good as the best OF
Washington county. The farmers have an
abundance Of everything that heart Can
desire, and though distant from railways,
do not miss them. They have an abun-
dance of beef cattle, weighing from /, 400
to 9. 600 pounds head, and though they
pet but BIC for them on foot, they manage
TO make money raising them. II they see
iii TO drive them o couple of days they can
do better and the cost of driving Is but a
trife. Bot little grain is raised, ss 1t will
not pay to haul IL 10 market. Hay stacks
dot the entire country, and yellOw-legged
chickens that would make the mouth Of
any circuit rider water, can be had for l23
cents apiece, ard eggs are coTrespondiDgly
cheap and squirrels abundant. Some Of
these days the farmers will awaken to tind
the mselyes made very rich by the advent
of railroads and other institutions Of the
evil one, but Mr.. Kimberland doubts
whether the guileless inhabitants will be
made any happier thereby"
There was discharged as cured from the
Insane Asylum st Weston few years ago,
patient who had remarkable memory
for drink, at least. 1t is related of him
thai sometime previous to his being
brought TO the institution for treatment,
while crossing Hodam Mountain, on his
way TO Weston, he had bottle of apple
lack with him which he hid under an old
log or at the rOOts of tree, along the side
of that mountain. Before he had CHANGED
TO pass that road again he had passed SIX
long years in the hospital, the greater pOr-
ton of the time bsi0g confined with the most
violent patients in the worst wards. When
he received his discharge and was return
ing to his home, in one Of the adjacent
counties, he stopped on HOdam Mountain,
went TO the same spot where he had been
six years before and found his hidden
treasure. He says that he often thought
of the circumstance while at the Asylum,
and all during ths gloomy years Of his
cOnfnemenl ne never forgot bis whiskey.
Abraham Suydam, shire wd attorney
and a real estate Spectator, who, several
years ago, was located at Barboursville
has been arrested in New York City for
swiuiling. Suydau made sale Of several
large boundaries of wild cat lands in this
State, AMI received several large sums OF
money on bogus title papers. He after
wards got into trouble at Chicago about
some of his fraudulent transactions. He
is as sharp as tack and can forge the sig
nature OF clerk, that the clerk himself
can hardly detect the ungenuineness OF IT,
In preparing his bogus title papers to land
in this State, ne forged the signature of
Jos S. Miller, then Clerk Of Cabell coun-
ty, and it was such clever imitation that
Mr.. Miller, at first sight, believed it 70 be
his true signature. Suydsm's transactions
were sbrewd snd displayed both original
ity and business qualifications. His
friends, who inclined to the side of charity,
always contended that bis mind wss
affected. He was originally from New
Jersey.
A willow tree stands in Potter Meyers
yard, at Richie o. H, which has
quite a history. 1t was planted as years
ago, starting from a switch cut By Addison
Rexroad. from willow tree at Jacob
Meats, and used by his wife to ride with,
and afierwaTd stuck in the bank by Gath
arine Rexroad where it grew and thrivei,
and to-day il is a huge tree of the follow
Jog dimensions circumference around
the stump, IS IT, 8 in height to first
limb, 8 #. 10 in. The circumference Of
first branches which all put out together,
are as follows: 1st branch It,. %, f.
Sd, 5 #. 10 TO-; Alb, 6 # in; 9th. #.
8 in; Oh, f. 5 in. The tree covers an
area OF 81 feet in diameter, or about %,
feet in circumference.
The old way of hauling saw-logs is