The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-22
STATE NEWS.
Items Of Interest Clipped from Our
West Virginia Exchanges.

Governor Fleming has appointed
Hon b. ID. Gibson, of Charlestown,
Jefferson county, an aide-de camp on
his staff, with the rank of Colonel
Chas. Hamilton, and incorrigible
boy, of Parkersburg, was sent to
the Reform School last week. He
was so vicious that his parents
could do nothing with him.
Henry West of near Wheeling,
while out berrying a few days since
saught shelter from the rain under
a tree, the tree was struck by light
ming and West was instantly killed.
The four year old son of John M.
Crane, of Kingwood ran in front OF
a bronco ridden by j. N. Thomas,
and the horses hind foot struck the
child on the forehead making dan
gerous but not fatal wound.
Mr.. VIM. M. Tyree, an agent for
NJ. Erskine Miller, of Stannton, II.
H. Fay, of Boston, r. H. Grocer, of
Philadelphia, and other norther cap
italists, have invested the sum of
81 10000 in coal and timber lands
in Greenbrier, Nicholas and Fayette
counties.
Miss Minnie Nef, telegraph oper-
ator at Kingwood, was badly used
up by the lightning Wednesday.
The lightning entered the Office on
the wire as Miss Neff was sending a
message, badly burning her right
hand and arm and completely de-
stroying new set of telegraph in
struments.
State Superintendent B. S. Nor
gan has appointed the following gen.
tlemen as the new Teachers State
Board of Examiners. First cougres
sional district, Superintendent VIII
Anderson, of Wheeling; second dis
trict, A. j. Wilkinson of Grafton
third congressional district, J. D.
Sweeney, Of Concord Normal school,
Mercer county; fourth district, I. E.
Hodges principal of Marshall Col
lege, Huntington.
May Williams, of Wheeling, a
notorious woman of the town, crack
ed another woman on the head with
beer bottle and was fined but SIS.
Now the city papers claim that May
is under the special protection of
the police. 1t is very evident that
there is something rotter in Den
mark and that Wheeling people
have at last resolved to decide
whether the people or the police are
masters. Wheeling would do well
to close number of its notorious
drives and send the inmates over the
road.
The nineteen hundred-pound safe
belonging to Messrs. A. Spencer 4
Co., Of Harper's Ferry, and which
was washed away by the flood Of 1889
with the company's store house, was
recovered last week about quarter
of mile below the b. q 0. bridge a
Harper's Ferry, 1t was unearthed
in the bed of the canal by the Ital
ians at work on that thoroughfare
and had been sledged to pieces be
fore Mr.. Spencer could remove it
Some jewelry and coin, notes o
hand and canal orders were recover
ed in good condition, but severa
hundred dollars worth of other pa
pers were destroyed by rough hand
ling.
In an interesting talk with Pro
L. M. Jackson this week he state
that work on the Pa. Wash.
Southern narrow guage railroad Il
Gated between Clarksburg and Way
nesburg was progressing rapidly an
that the survey would soon be con
pleted. This road when built wi
give us direct line to Pittsburl
saving a distance of 40 miles. I'll
line will be go miles in length an
can be built for the total sum I
100000 The standard guage su
veyed up the river will cost ", 20
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