The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-09-28
Matters of Interest Cleaned From
State Exchanges.
A NERYY HOMAN'S ADVENTURE
With a Masked nobber-..Tho Second
Set of Triplets Within Year Born
at Moorcacld---Newsy Events that
Escaped the Eyes of the Special
Correspondents in the Interior of
West Virginia.

Judge Daniel B. Lucas denies over his
own signature that he is candidate for
the United States Senate.
According to the Charlestowp Spirit,
]. w. Smallwood and John Gray killed
twenty.nine rnttlesnakes on tho east
side Of the Shenandoah river the other
day.
Jos. S. Miller, Of Kenova, and Con-
gresham J. II, Cultivate. OF Column
bus, O., have organized the Kenoya
Coal Company, with privileges OF $780,
900 capital. The chief Office is to be ut
Kenova.
The Huntington AdreHi@r says Hon.
W. 7. Thompson will not be candidate
for reelection to the office OF State
treasurer, but will return to Huntington
and 90 into business US soon as his term
expires.
james Welch, who murdered his wife
Celia at Newburg, Preston county on
the 10th OF March, was convicted OF
murder in the first degree at Kingwood
last week, and was sentenged to i'm
prisonment for life.
Triplets-Born on September 2Sth,
1891, to STr. and Mrs. Jack Charlton,
triplets, three girls. All are alive and
doing well. This makes the second set
OF triplets to be born near Mooretield
within the past two and half years.
No0rGfsld Examiner.
Tucker county is all tied up with in
functions, and the county court Is in n
rather tight place. The commissioners
purchased a poor farm and issuedbo
in payment without submitting it to n
vote OF the people first, as the constitu-
ton plainly says they must do. Judge
Hoke, acting on a petition presented,
granted an injunction restraining fur
ther action in the matter.-ElktnS Nelcs.
Two 800 barrel oil tanks were burned
at Eureka last Tuesday night, together
with considerable quantity OF oil. A
lantern and gun were found on the
premises, but the owner has not put in
an appearance to claim his property.
Whether he vanished in smoke, or
whether from delicacy in claiming his
property, is not known.-& MoTys Ora
cle.
The house of @. B. Ray and the store
Of Woodfortl 4 Bro. at Elkins, were
nearly destroyed by fire Friday night
last. Some think the fire originated in
the explosion OF a lamp and others
attribute it to defective tue. There
was no insurance. and the loss is Il
heavy one. Nearly all OF Mr.. Rays
household goods were destroyed. Mrs.
Ray escaped in her pight clothes.
Little could be done to stay the fire but
Woodford & Bro. saved quito an amount
Of goods.
The Fairmont West Niryinian has the
following: The people OF Fairview say
that Mr.. John II. Burns, Of that place,
had to pay to the County Court 5000 be-
fore he could get license to sell whisky.
Mr.. Burns ut first offered $3.50. but he
was laughed at. 1t is understood that
$500 went to the court and the Sl00 to
IN outside party who effected the deal.
The outside party is well known and
prominent in military circles. So 1t is
profitable, il seems, to be friend OF the
court as well rs to be a majority mem
Der OF the same. Mr.. Burns doesn't de-
ny that he had to sugar the officials to
get license. Isn't Democracy in this
county sweet tlring2 OF course it is.
The following oil notes are from, the
Warrington Times: Koen No. eX-
poets the pay ut any time. The gas
mains are nearly all completed. Koen
No. 9 will put in the second string OF
casing to-day. The Burt gas line from
the Mike well was completed yesterday.
The Flaggy Meadow Oil Company is
erecting another rig on the meadow.
Blackshere No, Z is moving rig and will
begin, a new hole Mt once. Burt No. ii
will stop drilling to-day. They arc in
sand and will not complete the we'll
until oil takes an upward shoot. The
McKeown estates are rigging up some
new wells on the Beatty lease on Mods
run. The South Penn's Haines No. l.
on Mods run, is in the sand and will bo
in the first OF the week.
The first meeting OF the West Vir-
ginia Baptist Educational1 society was
held in the parlor OF Broaddus College
on last Tuesday evening. The society
has been chartered according to law OF
corporations in this State and by its
charter is to have its principal Office at
Clarksburg. Several shares Of the
stock have been sold and the work of
pushing the sale OF stock has been com
menced. OF the charter members
thore were present Mt tho first meeting
the following: Rev. W. r. Wright, Ii.
D. Boughner, ]. X, Adams, L. W. Hol-
den, II. b. Harris, Dave D. johnson, OF
Parkersburp: r, NJ. Orr, Stuart +. Reed.
Geo. M Whitescaryer, of Grafton, and
Rev. ". i. Powell, Of Parkersburg.
Object Of the society is to assist in edu-