The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1892-09-03
MoRGANTowN WEST VIRGINIA. SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 1892
STATE NEWS.


Items Of Interest Clipped from Our
West Virginia Exchanges.
Mormon elders are contemplating
missionary work in Keyser.
A number of bears have been kill
ed in the mountains near Davis
recently.
DR.. Magruder, of Berkeley coun
ty, raised 1,160 bushels of wheat on
AZ acres.
The Cleveland Bridge Company Sc
cured the contract for the new bridge
at huntsville, Braxton county.
Gaver Jnnkins, of Elk Garden, kill
ed a rattle snake four feet eight inch
es long, having fourteen rattles and
button.
An unknown colored man was
struck by train at Miller, Cabell
county, last Thursday, and every bone
in his body broken.
According to the assessors report
just handed in, Huntington now has
population of about 15,0 900, being a
gain Of 5000 in the past two years
A four year old son Of John Bailey
Of Berkeley county. wandered away
from home few days ago Scores of
people turned out to hunt him, but
the child was not found until the next
day when he was discovered asleep at
the foot of tree.
Last Wednesday morning the seven
year old son of VIM. Owens, who lives
on the mountain, near Moorefeld,
stepped outside of the house, when a
coppersnake hung to the child and
was dragged into the house. In a
short time the boy's leg turned spot
ted up TO the knee and ne suffered
intensely.
Mrs. Ellen jackson, of Richie coun-
ty has been waging destruction to
snakes. Not long ago she killed So
copperheads in one day, and again,
one day last week she killed 70. Ifany
one has done better than the Jackson
woman and can prove its truthfulness
we shall be glad to hear from him.
(Explanation. The first snake had 81
young ones and the last 70 which
made it an easy feat.
The John Brown Fort Company,
of Washington City has given an or
der to Mr.. JEFF Schlosberg, local
artist, for an oil painting of Harper's
Ferry, as it appeared at the time of
John Browns raid, in October, 1859.
The painting will be twenty one feet
long and twelve feet high, and when
completed will be placed on exhibit
tion with John Browns fort in the
company's building on Wabash av-
enue, Chicago.
Work ON the Baltimore and Ohio's
tunnel under Maryland Heights at
Harper's Ferry is in active progress.
The contractors have engines and
material on the ground, and gangs
of men are at work at both ends of
the proposed improvement. At the
east the ground has been loosened
up preparatory to entering upon the
more serious task of blasting a way
through the rock ribbed mountain,
while at the west end blasting has
already begun on the very face of the
height. A Golfer dam is being sunk
for the eastern pier of the new bridge
across the Potomac. When this is
completed the old bridge and trest-
ling will be removed, and the new
line will run along the base of the
hill ON which the town of Harper's
Ferry stands.
In U. S. Marshal II. S. Whites
Office in the Custom House at Par
kersburg can beseen an odd piece of
mechanism 1t is crude affair but
it cost Uncle Sam many thousands
of dollars to secure it, and several
hard fights in the bargain. 1t is an
old copper still and worm and it has
an exceedingly interesting history.
1t belonged to the famous Pres Null
Inns gang Of moonshiners that exist
ed in the mountains of Kentucky,
Virginia and West Virginia, who babe
defiance for years to the officers
while they carried on the business of
illicit 'distilling. 1t was finally cap
tured by the revenue officers, as well
as portion of the gang, several
members of which are now in the
penitentiary. The still and worm
will be sent to the National Museum
at Washington.