The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-07
THROUGH THE STATE.
Items and Events of Interest Cleaned
from Our Exchanges.

from Our Exchanges.
Trains Nos. 2 and 8 on the West Viz
ginia Central Railway will on Monday
next begin carrying q mail cur, for loca!
mails, the service now being confined
to trains Nos. and 4.
The South Penn Oil Co. has derrick
erected on the farm OF Mr.. John Lyden
on the waters of Fink, near the bod
bridge county line, preparing to com
mencing boring for oil.
A negro excursionist was killed just
below Harper's Ferry last week. lie
had his head out OF the car window, OF
was leaning out over the platform
when his head struck post to cattle
pen, crushing his skull.
The fire at the Ensign car works al
Huntington Wednesday was a little
more damaging than was first reported
The roof OF the boiler house was badly
burned, SO as 1t will cost considerable
sum to replaceit.
The Clarksburg. Mcrs says: THANK
goodness we have no aristocrats to
whom we are obliged to refer as Ellis
Grace or His Lordship.' The only ex'
ception is in the case Of Attorney Cliff
ford, who has u right to be referred to
rs His Whiskers."
Junius b. Romine, a leading educator
Of Harrison county, was thrown from
his horse while racing near Johnstown
on Saturday and seriously hurt. His
recovery is a matter OF grave doubt, Us
he was in a semi-paralyzed condition
when last heard from.
The Weston Democrat makes the follow,
ing statement and admission: Mr.
John f. Bailey, OF Freeman's creek,
wintered twenty-one sheep. From
them he sold lambs which netted him
$S5 90. He kept five lambs, and re-
ceived $35 90 Tor his wool. This looks
very much like sheep industry is profit
able.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Com
pany has issued an order notifying its
employees between Brunswick and Mar
tinsburg that the work train which
runs to and fro between the two places
daily, bringing them to work and tax
ing thom home, will soon be discontin-
ued, and that they must either rent or
buy house at Brunswick as sson as
possible.
Mr.. ]. L. Burns, Of Charlestown, w.
Va, and Mr.. John II. Crawford, OF
Greenbrier, passed through Union last
Monday with 22I stock ewes bought
from Mcssrs. Chris. and Allen Broyles,
OF Red Sulphur and Springfield districts,
this county. These were very fine
sheep, and were bought for Mr.. Burns
stock farm in Jefferson county.-afohroe
Illdtchman.
At Clarksburg last Monday Martha
Dennis, OF Terre Haute, Indiana, as
cended about $50 feet in a balloon. She
came down in a parachute. For the
first 100 feet after leaving the balloon
the parachute failed to work. After
that the woman came down easily, but
caught in the top OF high tree, half q
mile from the fair ground, and was
badly bruised.
Mr.. \. Hayden, OF Richie county, and
Miss Rosa, the daughter OF ]. W. Smith,
OF Arnolds creek, were united in mar
rage while seated in their buggy on the
pike near F. j. Ruley's last Sunday
morning, Rev. n. L. Duckworth otiiciat-
ing. For sons.in-law Mr.. Smith per-
haps carries off the prize, as this is the
eighth one He has also two sons mar
ried.-1 Hea Onion Record
Mr.. George Mish, living near Darkes-
vile, Berkeley county, raised this sea-
son on three and a half acres of land
625 bushels of merchantable potatoes,
on one-sixteenth of an acre forty BUSH
els of large onions, and on another
piece OF ground OF the same size twenty
bushels OF onion sets. Mr.. Mish has
realized that il pays to grow something
else beside corn and wheat.
Gildas, the famous stallion belonging
to General Goif, died suddenly at Del
sons stables, in Clarksburg, Monday
evening att o'clock. Gildas had been
entered in the sweepstake trot to take
place here on Thursday, and it was at
first thought some one had attempted
to doctor him with q view TO making
him unfit to start in the race. A post
norton examination however devel-
oped the fact that he died from conges=
ton Of the lungs.
On Monday, the postofIice at Picka-
way, Monroe county, was robbed OF q
registered letter said 70 contain $50.
The letter was sent from Monitor to
Cashmere in this county. There was
quite crowd in the postoffice at the
time. Suspicion rested upon James
Slonaker, OF Sinks Grove, and he was
duly arrested and gave bond for his APP
pearance before Squire Hedrick to-day,
Thursday at 9o'clock p. m. John L.
Rowan. Esq, OF Union, was retained rs
counsel for Slonaker.
A. 7. Cawthon, OF Newark, our popu-
lar drummer, brought US q cabbage
head Wednesday which weighed twenty
pounds, and measured three feet and
eight inches in circumference. Who
can beat that? Mr.. Cawthon says the
cabbage was raised in republican CUR
den by democratic woman, and that
its immense size is caused by the Nc
Kinley law. Vim. IL. Evans, OF Windy,
this county, brought us an.apple We'd.
nesday that measured seventeen and
one.half inches in circumference, and
weighed one and one-fourth pounds. 1t
is daisy.-Eiildbeth Times.
Mr.. George NJ. Whatsoever left on
Thursday for Martins Bottom, the loca-
ton OF the proposed new town in Poca-
hontas to be called Warrington. Mr..
Whitescarver is one OF the ten gentle
men who compose the syndicate which
purchased tho 5000 acres OF land on
which the new town is to be built, and
has been chosen manager. He will SUI
pc rintend the laying out Of the town,
and the erection OF saw mills TO cut up
into lumber the great quantity OF tim
Der that covers the syndicate's large
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