Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-28
TB STATE TOPICS
CLEANED FROM TEE COLUMNS OF THB
COUNTRY PRESS
What Was Going on Last Week Through
ont The Length and Breadth Of
West Virginia

There is to be a tournament at Key
ser on the 31st inst.
There will be union meeting OF
train men and coal operators at Blue
field, September I'd.
Abram Williams, Of Williams Grove,
Berkeley county, has iye-year old steer
which weighs 5000 pounds.
The large OK, 4, 40 los, and the large
man, 9O7 los, on exhibition at the haF-
enswood Fair were well patroniEed.
Mrs. Daniel Boone, OF Leading Creek,
Gilmer county. was run over by steam
thresher, last Friday, and badly injured
In the Richie county Teachers
Institute held last week, there were loo
teachers enrolled, Of whom IS were
ladies'.
William Thompson, Of Huntington,
who was cut 10 the groin by Walter
Roberts, a few days ago, is In q danger
Gus condition.
The ]. II. Millener Lumber Company,
Of CeredO, will resume In full Monday,
after two months idleness. 1t will give
employment to 300 men.
The Greenbrler Industrial Exposition
will hold their annual fair at LewiSourg
August 29th, 3Oth, 3lSt and September
lst next.
The Bank OF Anderson, at Anderson,
Monroe county, has very lately been
made a State depository. There are
now tWenty-seyeu Of these in West Viz
ginia.
The people Of Anderson are looking
forward with pleasurable anticipation
TO the encampment OF the West Viz
ginia National Guard, which will be
held in the immediate vicinage OF the
town from Sept. 20 to Sept. p inclusive.
The Indebtedness Of Mcdowell cOun-
ty, as shown by a recent statement
made at the last term Of County Court,
WAS about S24. 600. To meet this debt
levy for county purposes OF 95 cents on
thekiOO has been laid, which will about
paw of.
Three men in Taylor county, last fall,
bought a bushel Of wheat and each took
one third. They SOwed it, and the har-
vest Of one, Isaac Knots, was 1355 bush
els; OF the other two ~ bushels each.
This only shows the different methods
OF farming.
Apples that a year ago would hardly
sell az all 10 this market, now readily
sell at 75c. per 0ushel. In some
orchards the crop is an entire failure,
IN others they are scarce aud OF rather
inferior quality. The winter fruit will
partake of the same character Wet
eel Democrat
The Ravenswood Fair was a success
every way but financially. NOtWith-
standing the numerous exhibits and the
high class racing, the attendance was
TOO small 70 pay expenses. The direc-
tors are not discouraged, however but
will have a TAR at RayensWoOd next
year just the same.
Diphtheria is prevailing 70 an alarm
ing extent near Green Bank, PocahOn-
tas county. The Times says two more
Of Mr.. Newton Gums children have
died and that be and his wife are down
with the disease. Mr.. Thomas CaSsel
and child are low, and Robert SuttOn's
are better-he has lost three.
One Of Mason couuty's lady teachers
visited Atlantic City this summer and
brought back an unique souvenir. IL
was a small bottle filed with half-iDch
OF sand, and the rest salt water. She
brought this 20 show her parents how
the ocean was constructed. From pri-
vate advices we learn that the old folks
were highly edited.
On last Monday afternoon, Messrs.
Joseph Ayers AMI y. II. Lemons, OF
Rocky Point, Monroe county, who have
been partners in tbs Oal business, had
a Quarrel 40 For Spring Depot, over
the hauling Of carload Of coal. Hot
words were passed and the difficulty
eliminated ia Mr. Ayers striking Mr..
Lemons on the head with a rock, frac-
turing his skull. Though seriously
hurt, iJ is hoped Mr.. Lemons will re-
cover.
On last Sunday evening, on Island
creek, Logan county, Davis Vannatter
and Lewis Vannatter got into difficulty
with Charley Miller, a boy l. years OF
age, when Miller pulled his pistol and
shot Davis Nannatter, the ball taking
effect In the groin, inhictlng a painful
though not serious wound. Miller, who
was very drunk az the time, was taken
in charge by his friends and escaped ar
rest. IL is understood he will surren-
der himself TO the authorities at the
Circuit Court
The growing demand for a first class
hotel on Cheat river has become so
great that Mr.. A. NJ. Dean, Of Pitts
burg, has resolved TO put up a house
that will accommodate the thousands Of
travellers who 20 annually to Cheat
mountains. f. Shisler, of MOrRantown,
has the contract TO furnish tools and
dynamite for eXcavating for the fOun-
datiOn, which will begin at once. All
modern mountain hotel cOnveniences
will be put In, and the building will
command a beautiful view Of the river
and mountains.
Last Wednesday O'NeilPs Rangers
had a reunion at Moorefeld. Six OIL
GERS and thirty-nine privates answered
roll call. One of the features OF the
reunion was the sword worn by Gen.
Crook when he was captured by the
Rangers" at Cumberland, at the time
they made the raid there and captured
Gems. Crook and Kelley. The sword
was left at Mrs. Fetzer's, in MOOrefeld,
by Capt Jesse McNeill, when they
passed through there on their retreat
from Cumberland with their distln-
Quished prisoners. The sword is in eX-
cellent condition, but the scabbard has
gotten lost
A rich mine Of sbestos has been dis
covered by DR.. d. A. Miller, Of Mount
Pleasant, Pa, near Harper's Ferry. Dr.
Miller recently bought big tract Of
land in that section. Having reasons to
believe that his purchase was underlaid