The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-03-23
THROUGH rue STATE.
Items and Events of Interest Cleaned from
Exchanges.

Items and Events OF interest dleAneu tEon
Exchanges.
The extension Of the Camden road II
Braxton county is rapidly nearing com
pletion.
The old Neill homestead ct shenan
doah Junction, was burned last week
Loss $4,000.
AL. Barnes was killed at Freeman 4
Jones' mines, Flat Top, last Thursday
bya fall Of slate.
The authorities Of Greenbrier county
are making an aggressive war on the IL
licit liquor dealers.
The brick machine at Charleston has
been placed in position aud the Brick
and Tile Company turned out their first
brick on Monday afternoon The capac'
ity OF the machine is $4,000 brick per
day.
Harvey vandegrift has been found
guilty Of voluntary granddaughter by the
Marion county Circuit Court, for killing
William Powell q few weeks ago. His
sentence was two years in the peniten'
tiary.
U. A. CLAYTON is building an immense
planning mill at Fairmont to take the
place OF the one recently burned. The
Marion Machine Works Is building q
large iron structure a half mile below
Fairmont, All kinds Of machinery, car
wheels, etc., will be manufactured.
On April Let. the Chesapeake & Ohio
railroad will put on lightning vest
bound express train known as the Ely
ing Dutchman." twill leave Washing.
ton at 2 p. M, and arrive in Cincinnati
at 9:S5 the next morning, shortening
the fsstest time between those cities by
five and q halt hours.
George Kyle. well known at Anderson
and Hinton, was arrested in the latter
place last week by the sheriff Of Logan
county. aud taken to that county for
trial. He is charged with certain swind.
Ting operations in recent trip to that
section, such as mistaking his name in
signing checks, etc. He left Hinton in
company with the sheriff on the morn
ing Of his arrest. The matter has caused
considerable talk in that section.
The principal Of the Sutton w. Val
public schools, who is Democrat from
away back, Is serving his party we'll
The Bfaxton Central has the following:
SIN an examination on history one day
this week, he submitted the following
question: Explain the object Of the
Dodge Force Bill What the Pro.
lessor meant by this question is difficult
to surmise, but It is presumed thst he
intended 1t as a thrust at the bill intro.
duced in the last Congress by the Hon.
Henry Cabbot Lodge, known as the
Lodge Election Bill, and commonly
called by hot headed Democrats the
Force Bill. II Mr.. Ross Is impressed
with the idea that this was force bill,
We suppose he has right to call 1t by
that name. But in teaching in public
school he should certainly have hest.
tsted to denominate this bill by par
tisan name"
A lively little fracas took place last
Saturday in the postotfice at Guseman,
down in Pleasant district. It seems that
Marsh Rodeheaver had become very
much offended at the teacher oil the
school there for correcting one Of his
children and was taken TO task by Will
Conner, son Of Squire Ben Conner, for
remarks made about the young lady,
who boarded at Corners. The young
man asked him aboutit in rather good
natured way, but RoIeheaver, who is a
quick tempered man, answered by strik.
ing Conner in the face, and following II
up till the boy was half blinded and
hardly able to defend himself, as his an
tagonist was large, powerful man, and
Conner but seventeen years OF age. The
young champion OF the fair sex got hold
Of q Ratchet, which he threw at Rode
HEAVIER, striking him on the shoulder
and cutting a cash. He next got q chisel
and attacked the big fellow, and would
probably have used the whole carpenter
shop on him but some one intertered
and parted them at this iuncture. Rode
beaver has since been IN bed doctoripg
bis injuries, but 10 not considered dang
erousiy hurt. AS the fight took place In
the postoffice 1t may yet have a sequel
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