The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1891-08-29
STATE NEWS.
Items Of Interest Clipped from Our
West Virginia Exchanges.

Huntington is making arrange
ments for big time at the reunion
Of the Society OF the Army of West
Virginia, to be held there Sept Is.
l6 and II next Preparations are
being made for the entertainment of
over 10000 persons and some excel.
lent speakers are booked for address
es.
David Brumley stole Sll440 from
his intended father in law, Lewis
Skinner, of Peach Tree, Gilmer coun-
ty, for the sole purpose of clipping
with the old mans daughter. The
money was all recovered, the girl is
still at home and Brumley is in Jail
awaiting further developments.
A few years ago Judge Snyder, of
Lewisburg, purchased at a public
sale of lands for delinquent taxes a
tract of $500 acres of what was then
known as wild lands. He paid 80
dollars for the whole tract. Owing
to the rapid improvements going on
in the State he has just sold the land
for $4,000 dollars. Including all tax
es it did not cost him 5000.
On last Saturday near Helvetia,
Randolph county, Mrs. Bsrnhaus-
er, while in fil of insanity killed
two of her children aged three and
six years and then attempted to take
her own life. She cut the younger
child's throat with butcher knife
and attempted to kill the older one
in like manner, but it resisted and
she Drained it with an axe. She
then cut a very dangerous wound in
her own throat, but she was still liv-
ing at last accounts. There were
thirteen children in the family and
why these two were selected as the
subjects of her insane wrath, is not
known.
Mrs. William Huxley, living in a
log Goblin near Buffalo Shoals, was
, making soap in the back yard Tues.
day, having kissed her sweet six
months old baby to sleep in the
cradle. Presently she rushed in
and was horrifled to find hideous
blacksnake Of enormous size trying
to swallow the child. Ithad engulf.
ed the hand, swallowed it up to the
armpit and was writhing in its con
tortions and efforts to make further
, progress. Grasping the hideous
reptile in the middle, il seemed te
relax its hold and disgorge the
, child's arm, and then turned upor
the mother. She dashed it to TIL,
floor and stamped it to death. L
proved TO be of the black racer
j species, seven feet, two inches long
and measuring six and one half inch
es in circumference The baby
lived and the only inconvenience Il
suffered from its terrible experienc,
was that its arm and hand were
blistered as if scaded in hot water
Huntington Advertiser.
] Saturday night, as VIM. Jones wal
closing up his saloon at Hamlin
, three men appeared before him ant
ordered him to hold up his hands
/ Two of the men held him down Will,
, the third cut his pockets from hi
trousers. The week had been a goot
, one and he had counted out $685.
: from the till to take to his home. II,
had left the door of his saloon opel
and while counting the money no
tice some men outside but paid II,
attention to them, thinking they
were some Of the boys about town
He was closing the outside shutters
when he was taken hold of, throw
: down. choked and beaten, and tn
big amount Of money taken. HI
did not recover consciousness 70
three hours but had been found an,
taken home by passersby in the mean
time. He has not The least idea il
the world who committed the theft
-Hantsagton Advertiser.