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county, on Wednesday last, w. H..
Gregory was allowed Sc, 900 damages
against the Ohio River Railroad Co.
The Parkersburg Daily Nelos, re-
Gently started by o. S. Mckinney
and George Bastable, has suspended
after an existence of but fifteen days.
The oldest man ever applying for
a marriage license in West Virginia
was Reuben Shinn, aged ninety-six
years, who was granted license at
Sisterville to marry Mrs. Jane Pat
terson, aged fifty years.
A mandamus has been issued by
| Judge Hoke, of Kingwood compelling
| the county court of Randolph county
to submit to the voters a proposition
changing the county seat from Bev-
erly to Elkins.
A terrible case of privation has
been discovered in Parkersburg.
| The Allan family, consisting of six
persons, has been absolutely without
food for over ten days. Two of the
children are dead, and the father,
who has been sick for months, has
become insane. The others are in q
| dangerous condition.
Sheriff Floyd Mcknight, of Min
eral county, has offered 5000 reward
for S. l.. Evy, who broke Jail on the
night of March 25th at Keyser. His
left arm is off at the shoulder and
| his right hand has only the little
finger remaining.
Otto Price, employed by the Black
Band Company at Charleston, jump
ed from a running freight train near
| Davis Greek bridge, and falling into
a cut, was instantly killed.
One of the largest mineral and
timber land sales has just been made
in Lincoln and Wyoming counties,
by which about 100000 acres of land
has been transferred from Mr.. Hotch-
kiss to Low, Aspinwall & Co., the
amount paid being $45O,OOO.
Bob Cunningham, brother of Dan
Cunningham, the Eureka detective,
is said to be in critical condition,
the result of a gunshot wound receiv-
ed while resisting an arrest in bod
bridge county.
The intermediate Court of Wayne
county, which convened last week,
has the largest docket to be disposed
of in the annals of courts in that
county. In addition to the INSIDE
meanor cases, all of which are hand
ed down from the Circuit Court,
there are about 200 condemnation
proceedings to be disposed of.
Gustavus Wilmouth, mail carrier
from Newton to Big Otter, living
with his mother at Newton, Roane
county, was brought to Spencer by
Jailer Bowman and Sheriff Rogers,
and confined in Jail on the charge OF
forgery. Itappears that he forged
Ben. Rogers name to note of $T5
and bought horse with it, and to
hide his crime broke open the mail
and destroyed the note.
| CHARLESTON, w. VA, April 23.-
Deputy Internal Revenue Collector
N. j. Keadle came in tonight from
Logan county, and gave full and re-
liable particulars as to the shooting
of the three Baisdens in Logan coun-
| ty last Friday and Saturday. The
Baisdens all belong to gang of the
toughest character in that county,
and have led lives of crime and out
lawry seldom equaled. John Henry
Baisden and Lee White were run out
Of Logan county some time ago, and
fed to Kentucky. They were I'M
able to remain long there without
committing some new crimes, and
soon found themselves under indict-
ment for felony. They then returned
to Logan county, where they lived
for while. Some time last Febru-
airy John Henry Baisden, with his
brother Bill, went over to Virginia,
and at Grundy found man by the
name of Bob Irons, against whom
they had an old grudge, and, STEP
ping up TO his house one night, fired
through window, instantly killing
Irons. Then went into the house
and fired four more bullets into his
dead body and left. They were dis
covered to be the murderers, and q
reward of $1,000 each was offered
for them by the Governor of Vir-
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they returned to the mountains of
Logan county for their lives.
On his return John Henry Baisden
found that John Lee White had
brought his wife over from Ken
lucky, and was living with her at the
house of Jim Brewer, on Marrow
bone. John Henry Baisdcn got his
cousins, John Smith Baisden and
Sim Baisen, and his brother Bill to