The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-18
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SAYS tho Tyler county Star::2 There arc
.,nn,Sro,ii rumors atloat in regard 10
,GS HOrrs Head OIL company" which
,"orpntly held u meeting at Wheeling.
mia company Is thd one that drilled
, i" well OF Gorrcll's run, aud is COM.
nmo,cI partly Of our own citizCfs. One
ppitLc rumors Is that tho company will
amen up tho Gorrcll's run well again
Ogd ,rythc pumping process that WINS
SaJop,cd in developing tho Polecat well
"Iorr Sis,ersyillc. Another report Is
,hStlhey will drill anotherrwcll, and
iii another report that they havo sold
ont 10 company that will go'to work
soon to develop tho territory hear here.
Tho Grccnbricr independent reports
ho Killing OF three bears near White
Snlnbur Springs. Two Of them were
tllrI BY Mr.. ]. y. Alderman and his
Srothcr George, and tho third ono was
Started and brought to bay by their
jors, but before they could come up
With tho dogs other parties, who had
heard tho baying, arrived upon tho
rrrnc and killed the bear. Thia party
refused TO divide the trophy Of tho
chase with the Mcssrs. Alderman. One
Of the bears Killed By those hunters
weighed over 300 pounds after being
dressed. a.. IT,. 4.e
Atruillc engagement has been mado
between tho West Virginia Central and
tkc Baltimore & Ohio railroads, BY tho
terms Of which the latter agrees to ex-
tend its line from Haggerstown to con-
meet with the Pennsylvania line at Con.
ncllsviIlo. Tho West Virginia Central
will build south from Elkins, to connect
with tho Chesapeake K Ohio. Tho mr.
rangcmcnt gives tho two roads control
Of the West Virginia coal, coke and
lumber regions, shutting out all rivals
on both sides. IL p
Allen Vanmetrc, twenty years old
Yesterday, measures six feet two and n
half inches and weighs one hundred and
eighty pounds. Charles Vanmctrc,
brother OF Allen, was seventeen years
cid on last Thursday and measures six
feet two inches and weighs one hundred
and ninety pounds. These young men
arc sons OF Mr.. Abraham II. Eanmetre,
residing on Dry run.-WaHil,oburg States
nan. 60
One day last week, on Ben creek,
Logan county, Cyrus Lair, who had
charge of some hands on the Norfolk &
Western railroad, found negro idling
and ordered him to so to work. The
negro, whose name was John Smith,
pulled u revolver, shot aud killed Mr..
Lair, and then, turning the weapon on
himself, blew out his own brains.
Two sons OF Minter Turner, of Bcall's
Mills. were poisoned last week by eat
ing candy which they purchased OF n
grocer at that place, from the effect OF
which one OF the boys has since died
and the other is not expected to live.
iItit0n Republican.
The Elk Garden Neus is responsible
for this: James Rotruck, son OF Daniel
Rotruck, Of Grant county, who is not
quite eight years. of age, recently split
tifty-four chestnut oak rails in one day,
and took quito play in the mean
time. sia y
The proposition made by Hon. S. B.
Elkins to give $4,000 and twenty-five
acres OF land 10 found Baptist college
at Elkins, Randolph county, was ac-
copied at Il iull meeting OF the board OF
college trustees at Clarksburg.
Mrs. Annie Roush, OF Letart,who was
nearly one hundred and six years old,
died on Sunday. She was the mother
OF the late Mrs. Thomas Coleman, and
is said to have had seven hundred de-
scendants.- Clarksburq Ners.
At Buckhannon list week Faris Craft,
lad about ten years old, '4ssbn of W.
y. Craft, was playing with q dynamite
cartridge, whenit exploded and tore off
the ends two fingers OF his right hand.
Allen Harrison, who was convicted OF
numbering Bette Moore, near Hunting
ton, because she refused to marry him,
has been sentenced to hang on Friday,
Jnlyl. IS ~
Last Monday, at Buckhannon, di-
rorce was granted, and on Tuesday
morning license issued to:one OF the
parties TO wed again.
Enough has been learned from tho
test oil we'll near PhilippiL Barbour
county, to know that it is ina promis-
ing oil field 80.
While telling trees in Draxton county,
Oscar Mclaughlin. aged twenty-five,
was struck by falling oak and instant
lykiled. ..,f
The coal and coke production at Fair
mont for the week ending April 2 was
1874 tons.
Tho Y, NJ. G. A. of shcperdstown
Thursday. VA
A commandery Of colored Knights
lemIlar has been organized at Park