The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-10-03
STATE NEWS.
Items Of Interest Clipped from Our
West virginia Exchanges

west tiFginia Exchanges.
Lewis Park and daughter Mis-,
Ida, of Ravenswood, were driving
two horse team across the railroad
when they were struck and Instant,
killed by special train. The engi
neer failed to give any warning.
Messrs. F. M. Durbin, Harry z
Camden and Senator Camden, of Par
kcrsbnrg, Governor Fleming and w
A.Ohley, Of Charleston, Capt White
scarver, OF Grafton, and Others ar,
building a new town in Pocahontas
county at the junction of Senator
Camden's new road with the Chesa
peake and Ohio
Attorney Bill Hubbard and Coun
selor Bill Hearne, both republican
lawyers of Wheeling had a rough ano
tumble, scratch and gouge fist fight
on the streets of Wheeling the otheI
day. They fit and bit and kicked
and chawed each other around just
like TWO shanty boat toughs. till by
ISLANDERS thought enough claret had
been spilled, and they were separa
ted. Hearne had black eye, and
Hubbard was so bloody they had tc
send him to the laundry. 1t was
disgraceful affair throughout.
Last Friday afternoon Samuel Will
Hanson, a well known and prosper.
Gus farmer, committed suicide by
hanging himself in barn on his
farm near Spring Mills, Berkeley
county. Williamson had not been
in his right mind for some time, and
for the past few months has been
confined in the insane asylum at Yves
ton Monday his brother, John vii.
hanson, brought him home to the
farm, as it was considered that he
was harmless and in a fair way to re-
covery. He, however, acted strange.
ly during the week, and pretty
close watch was kept over him. Fri
day morning he left the house and
walked out to the barn, as was fire.
quently his custom, but as he was
gone much longer than usual, one of
his family went in quest of him and
was shocked to find him hanging
dead,
Mr.. Elijah Martin, the Sand
Plains blacksmith was in the city
this morning purchasing stock for
his smithing. Mr.. Martin will be
30 years of age in May next and is
remarkably well preserved. In con
versation he stated that he had new
er missed meal in his life on ac-
count of illness, and that he can
walk from his home to this city, a
distance of two miles in half an
hour, can shoe a horse and do as
much work generally almost as he
ever could. His mother, he says,
died at the age Of 100 years. She
was walking about in field and
was suddenly stricken down, dying
in a few minutes afterwards. She,
too was remarkably healthy woman
all her life, never having been confin-
ed to her bed by Illness arkers.
bury Sentinel
A little tot of girl about six years
old lay down on the railroad track
near Point Pleasant the other day
and fell asleep. Soon after in round
ing curve the engineer of passen-
ger train discovered her. He reyer-
sed his engine and blew the whistle
but the little one did not move and
the pilot struck her throwing her
quite a distance from the track. The
train was stopped and the trainmen
went back to pick up the mangled
and lifeless remains of the child as
they supposed, but they we're agree
ably disappointed to find that though
the little girl was severely bruised
and cut she was not dangerously
hurt. She was somewhat stunned
and dazed and was unable to tell
who she was, where she lived or how
she selected such dangerous place
for an afternoon nap. News of the
accident soon spread and in nearly
an hour afterwards the girls mother
appeared on the scene and removed
her to her home some distance away.
How the girl escaped instant death
is hard to explain.