The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1889-04-27

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It Is said Pittsburgh parties will
sink test nell at Burning Springs,
Writ county, this coming summer.
1t is thought this old field can be
made productive again by boring
q deep well, which seems very prcba
BILE, and the result OF the work will
be waite led with interest.
The West Virginia Central Rail
road has received from Wilmington,
Delaware, two handsome combina
tion cars built to their order, and
designed to accommodate the increas-
ing passenger traffic OF the road.
The company is also having hand
some officers car made al Whining
ton.
Louis, a five year old son Of
James Lorinash, of Weston. swal-
lowed fish hook. Four days after
wards the parents were much re-
licved to know that the hook had
completed its passage through the
alimentary canal. This is most
remarkable @ Sc, and would not
again occur once in hundred times.
Last week two men passed through
Hardy county a few miles east of
Moorefield. They said they were
from Utah, and were Mormon minis
tiers sent out TODD what gosd they
could. They were well dressed nd
provided with gold watches, yet
claimed not to have a cent and we're
begging their way. They were not
very favorably received by the peo-
pie.
Another shooting serape is report
ed from Richie county Jack Ice,
noted character Of Pennsboro, had
for some time been making threats
against some brothers named Bur
gcss, and finding them at work in
the woods one day last week, made
an attack on them. They had their
guns with them, and opened fire on
Ice. One shot took effect in his
stomach, and made very serious
wound.
Jesse Carpenter was convicted of
rape at the Webster Court last week
and sentenced to twenty years i'm
prisonment in the penitcntiary. 1t
is reported that about half the jury
was in favor of hanging him, but the
others would not agree to it, and
they finally returned verdict of
guilty, with recommendation of i'm.
prisonment. Judge Bennett gave
him the full extent of the term pre-
scribed by law.
The people of West Fork, Writ
county, are greatly exercised over
the appearance of what they claim
to be ghost in that neighborhood
This "spook" is seen about one or
two houses every night, and all eff
forts to capture it are baffled by his
ghostship in some way. Several
nervy men have seen it and shot at
it but claim it cannot be killed. 1t
looks like a man and only appears
about one or two houses, always
after dark
On April IL Mr.. Abe Liston,
living near Wymps' Gap, was at
work in his field burning brush.
His little girl was with him, and by
some means her clothes caught fire
and before the flames could be ex-
tinguished, she was so badly burned
that she died in few hours. Mr..
and Mrs. Liston had their hands so
badly burned in tryingt to save their
little girl, that they have been una
bic to work since. This is indeed
a sad affair, and the bereaved par
ents should have the sympathy of
the community.
Rather funny little episode hap
pened near Philippi last week. A
young man went to the clerk of the
court aud obtained permit to wed
a young lady. On his way home he
called at the residence of another
young lady, to whom he had been
paying some attention, and cxhib-
tied to her his license to wed her
rival. She, with rather more spirit
than her sex usually possess, getting
the paper into her possession, very
deliberately proceeded to tear it to
pieces, and consign it to the flames,
and the young man was compelled
to postpone the wedding to another
day.
On Monday Of last week, near
Moorefield, BERTHE, the l0-year-old
daughter of Mr.. Wesley Nelson was
drowned in Fort run. The parents
were away from home and this little
girl with an older brother, started
to drive some stock out of field
across the run. The stream was
considerably swollen, and the chill
dren undertook to cross the run, and
they both fell in. The boy tried to
save his sister, but could not do so,
and with much difficulty got out him
self. The current was very swift and
the girl soon drowned. Her body
was found several hundred yards be-
low, having caught against snag.
A point was discovered in Clear
creek mountains, Greenbrier county,
about thirteen years ago Of great
magnetic attraction, which caused
the stoppage of the watches of two
parties camping near the place. A
few years age, while Mr.. j. W. KEEL
! ly, of Baltimore, was in this section,
another visit was made to the place
by four parties with watches and a
compass, and the same effect was re-
produced. Mr. Kelly returned to
this section a few days since and
paid fifty dollars to be taken to the
spot He took away with him por-
tion Of the mineral and has reported
very fayorabIy on it since. Mr..
Kelly is now quite noted miner
alogist.
Centennial Of Waslington's Inaugural
ton at New York.
New York is all in hustle with
the preparations for The coming eel
bration of the Centennial of Wash
ington's Inauguration, April 10Th,
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