The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-06-15
THROUGH THE STATE.
Matters OF Interest Cleaned From
State Exchanges.
Il SUSPECTED GRAVE ROBBERY
Near Carney Causes Considerable Ex-
elemental Destructive storm---A
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS News from
All Sections.

At Huntington last week q boy baby
was born with two tongues. 1t did not
live.
county for the purpose Of prospecting
for silver and gold.
the southern part OF the state. Wheat
particularly Is better than for years.
Tho dry kiln OF Atchison Bros saw
mill near Weston was burned last week,
destroying $4,000, but of finished lum-
Der.
III. @. Pancake, OF Romney, and MIR.
Miller, of Berkeley county, have pur-
chased big farm in Hampshire county
and set out on it $1,000 peach trees.
The lodge OF B. p. o. Elks at Parkers-
burg is a Furnishing institution. 1t
now has forty members and initiated
fourteen now ones last meeting night.
Mrs. Sarah Riggs, of Richie county,
IL 100 years old. Her husband was q
soldier in the war Of 1872. The old lady
Il in good health and is the mother Of
10 children.
An electric railway is to be built to
connect Charleston and Kanawha City,
tho new city laid out about mile and
a half from Charleston on the opposite
side OF the river.
Aunt Betsy Given was visiting in
town this week. It is seldom you SEQ
one Of her age, 81 years, riding on horse
hack and able to get around almost as
spry as a woman Of twenty.hve.-ll0in-
tain Echo.
The Washington Southern railroad
viii be surveyed from Washington, Pa,
10 Warrington, W. Va, this summer.
Prof. T. NJ. Jackson and his assistants
will make the surveys and Will begin
work soon.
Among the magistrates elected in
Fairfax county, Va, last week, was Col.
John Powell, nearly ninety years old.
lIe was a magistrate in that county six
ty-two years ago undor the Virginia
constitution Of 1929.
There was u curious complication in
Richie county. Constable Maya arrest
cd B. i. Aver on \ charge Of assault, and
Justice Tetrick sent him to jail for ten
days. The jailer refused to receive him,
and the prisoner had to be sent home.
Friday about midday the barn on tho
farm Of Mrs. Magdnlen Hoffman, near
Haeerstown, was burned and much Of
The valuable contents destroyed. Three
horses WAS burned and three calves, o
new binder and much other agricultural
machinery:
To-day tMonday) the West Virginia
4 Pittsburgh railroad will be completed
from Weston to Braxton Court House
and will on that day be turned over to
the company. Gilmer county Is now
tile only one in the First Congressional
district without railroad.
Engine No. "a arrived in the West
Virginia Central yard yesterday. 1t is
one Of the large series of the Baldwin
locomotive works. These additions to
the rolling stock Of this road arc but
evidence OF increased traffic. The new
locomotive was taken into the rounds
house andwill be equipped for service
at once Cumberland Netrs.
A very heavy and destructive storm
swept over Wayne county last Wednes-
day afternoon. Fences were blown down
and trees wereupturned across the roads
inalmost every direction. The belfry was
blown off the Masonic building; the
front blown off Peter Fischbach SADDLE
shop; and the glass front OF Burgess 4
Napier's new store was broken in,
W. A. Pitts, Of Kerens, is making
quite reputation as dealer i'll fancy
horses. He recently sold span Of
magnificent grays to Hon. S. B. Elkins.
He has colt about six weeks old by a
thoroughbred Hamiitonian that he has
been offered 500 for. His latest acqui-
sition is a span Of blacks that for beauty
and symmetry can scarcely be excelled
icred fancy price. All this goes to
show that fine horses will pay, and is q
hint to our farmers to improve their
stock Elkins Ne,rS.
The following is yvouched for by one
of tho country weeklies that comes to
the ISTEIIlaENcER Office: Gone OF our
physicians recently received the follow
ing letter from country physician( y:
sDcar dock hev q pashunt who's phisi-
col sinos shoes that the windpipe has
liberated Of, and his lung have drop
intoo his stumick. he is unabel to
swallcr and feer his stumick tube is
gon. ihav Civ him evry thing without
efeckt. his luther Is welthy, 0nerable
and influnshial. He is a active member
of the ME Chirsch and god nose don't
want too loose him. what must due.
needle"
There is considerable excitement in
the locality OF Carney, this state, owing
to discovery recently made in the Tru-
man cemetery, which is located on the
Truman farm near tho mouth Of Camp
creek. While crowd of men were dig
,eing a grave there recently, one of tho
mon noticed that one OF the graves was
gunkcn to the depth of two or three
iect, and on further investigation 1t was
found that there was small tunnel
running diagonally from the grave men
toned TO another grave near by. Sew
eral OF the citizens OF that neighbor-
hood arc talking OF investigating the
matter. It's creating considerable talk
as to the cause OF thoir appearance.
Tho Bclmont-V aucluse and French
Greek oil fields are failing gradually in
their oil production, but arc developing
what may prove rich veins of minerals
Mr.. ]. P. Ridge, one OF tho pioneer and
active operators in that section, showed
us three very fine, rich samplesof quartz
rock containing silver and lead. He
has had come Of It assayed and has the
report in his possession. The sample
taken from 7--foot vein at S75 feet be-
low tho surface contains 10 20-l00 in sill
vcr ton, and 8 400 per, cent, OF lead.
Tho vein found at 100 feet contains