The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-08-13

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West Virginia Exchanges.

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a large tannery is to be located at
at Elkins, Randolph county.
Col. r. H. Freer is at the Bedal
Gold Cure Institute at CIarksburg
Alonzo Morrison, young man
who lived near Parkersburg, dropped
dead Thursday while chasing calf.
The impeachment trial of j. S.
Cunningham, president OF The coun-
ty court Of Kanawha county, is now
in progress.
A young man by the name of
Trainer was drowned while bathing
in the West Fork river near Clarks-
burg, July 31st.
Hon. w. A. MacCorkle is up in
Monroe county on a fishing excur-
sion getting himself in shape for a
vigorous campaign.
AL. Klinger, B. a. o. conductor,
was riding on the ''cow-catcher" OF
his engine in the suburbs of Wheel
ing when it struck a COW. Mr..
Ringers foot was badly mashed.
Miss Cora B. Green and George
NJ. Hurst. of Sardis, Harrison coun-
ty, are to be publicly married at the
Clarksburg Fair this fall The Fair
Company will present the couple
with $50.
In quarrel over game of cards
at Sand Run, near Buckhannon,
Sunday night Israel Slaughter killed
his brother Thomas with butcher
knife. Both men were married.
The murderer was arrested.
Mr.. Sykes, who recently went
crazy in Parkersburg hotel and ran
all the people ont of the house with
a big knife, hanged himself Wednes-
day night to a branch of an apple
tree in his orchard where he was
found next morning.
The number of gallons of berries
consumed at the West Virginia Hos
pital for the insane during the course
of year is no doubt great deal
larger than one would suppose, in
fact it is immense. Over 300 gal
Ions of blackberries have already
been purchased at this institution
for canning purposes this season,
and this does not include what is
purchased for daily use. About 400
gallons of raspberries have also been
canned
On Tuesday Mrs. b. w. Raymond,
of Evansville, wandered to the woods
and committed suicide by hanging
herself to a small tree. Mrs. Hay.
mond's mind had been impaired for
some months on account of sickness.
Some time since she attempted to
suicide by drowning herself in the
Little Kanawha river Since that
time she has been closely watched,
but on Tuesday she managed to
elude the vigilance of her family and
went to the woods, where she took
her own life. Mrs Raymond was
daughter of the late Col. Yancey, and
was an estimable lady, who was
highly esteemed by all her neighbors
and acquaintance. -Brarton Demo
crdt.
The State Board of Public Works
has just completed the revision of
the decennial assessment of the realty
in the State, showing a total increase
in values of $40,000,000, the total
now being $l6l,000,000 In the
farming communities the values
have been lowered, but in the tracts
Of immense undeveloped land the
value has been largely increased
Hundreds of thousands of acres OF
this land is held by outside syndi-
Gates, and up TO the present time
they have been paying taxes at a
valuation of only 60 cents an acre.
Although much of the land has
cloudy titles, still atthis low assess.
ment the taxes were paid and the
property held The revision by the
State board fixes the average value
at SD an acre for all these wild lands.
In several counties this increases the
duplicate from 81 100000 to 81, $780,
900. 1t is fully expected that the
result Of this increase will be to
clear up the titles, and then that
either the lands will be sold or else
developed.