Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-08-07
FROM west VIRGINIA.
INTERESTING ITEMS OF NEWS CULLED FROM
STATE EXCHANGES
Wild, Weird Fox Chase Shry-A Romantic
Wsdiing-EIcitsmsnl Over a Reported Lynch
Ing 5se-Kasw They We're West yrglnians-
Bees Respect tie Sab0a,h.

BEES heopeoi ne SaQQdn.
The taxable lands OF Hampshire
county, West Va, is SO, 254,0 900, aud the
tax rate for the present year is twenty
five cents on the hundred dollars.
The county printing Of Hampshire
county, w. Va, for 1898, has been
awarded to the IntelligWCCr, whose Did
was the lowest. That bid was Si9.25.
A new departure is contemplated in
the art department Il is proposed 70
start a dry kiln for the department OF
china Observation-Disclosures Busy
Bee
This section is right IN the middle Of
a drouth We have had no rain to
amount 20 anything for quite a while,
and vegetation is suffering. A little
rain fell Wednesday, but not enough 70
amount 20 anything .-ElizObCth Times.
The PocGhouias Times says the con-
tract for building new Court House
and Jail for that county az Marllnton
WAS awarded by the County Court, al
its recent session, 70 the Manly Manu-
featuring Company, Of Dalton, Ga, 81
SIS, 4s3. to be paid for IN installments'
w. j. Fast, Of Cherry Run, Taylor
county, picked from Two acre lot 2O5
gallons Of raspberries. he planted the
field TWO or three years ago with the
above result. They brought him thir-
ty-fve 90 fifty cents per gallon making
q handsome yield from 50 small amount
OF ground.
The faculty OF the Conference Sem
inary will remain unchanged for The
next year, all the old teachers retain
ing their places. This speaks well for
the character OF the work 20 be done,
The outlook for q large increase or
students for the fall term which opens
September is due.
The Charles Town Mining, Manufac-
turing and Improvement Company ad-
vertissd to sell at public sale on Mon
day an the stock which had been sub
scrlbed and upon which there are bal
apces unpaid The list OF holders OF
from 10 40 shares each occupied three
fourths Of a column the Free Press.
The Chinese Idol has been taken
down of the Academy and the building
topped of with a much safer and neater
arrangement. The Old ornamental piece
on the cupO.a had gotten rotten and
WAS liable 10 be blown down any time,
and might have killed or crippled some
OF the school children.-hinglCoOd
ArgIlS.
A Hebrew peddler was knocked 10
the head last Saturday at the Brink
lev cut" near Oakyale aud robbed Of all
his money and a revolver He was last
seen in company with a negro and be
saws the negro made the assault. The
peddler is in dangerous condition, but
Or. Boyd is hopeful Of his recovery.
Nothing has been heard OF the negro
BhiefC.d Journal
Some rather unusual yields Of wheat
are reported from Romney, Hampshire
county. From eight TO fifteen bushels
are considered a fair yield generally,
but one piece Of fourteen acres, belong
ing 10 Il. Russell & Bro, has yielded
AGA bushels, and a small lot IN the west
ern part OF the town, belonging to John
Harrison, of about an acre and half,
thrashed out fifty bushels.
Charles Mason, who was probably the
wickedest man In Jefferson county,
Ohio, died Friday az the County Intrm-
ary, near Steubenville. His profanity
and blasphemy, without cause, what
aver. caused the cold chills 20 ran over
the other inmates, who are religiously
Inclined His favOrite occupation was
90 sit on a chair and wish that This
dried up old bones were 10 hell.-Hdp-
cock Courier.
Augustus b. Calfee, president Of the
Board OF Education Of Rock district, has
had a remarkable experience with bees
this season. He has six hives from one
stand. The first swarm came out on
Wednesday, followed by others on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Rev.
Jas. Lilly preached in the neigbbOr-
hood Sunday aud the bees respected the
man as the occasion, as well as the day,
aud did not swarm, but again on Mon
day they swarmed for the fifth time
BblefCld Exponent
The boys are telling a pretty good
story about Walter Nash and Emmett
Clark, who have been up In Chicago,
They walked into one OF the big hotels
there the other day and registered their
names with no address. The clerk put
on his glasses aud carefully sized the
boys up for minute or two, then picked
up gold pen and wrote in clear, bold
hand after each name the words West
Virginia" Then the clerk and the
West Virginians smiled twice.-Chdrles-
tom Gazette.
Mrs. Pat Stanton was arrested Mon
dav, charged with selling beer on Tues
day. She was fined ten dollars and
a.. L. - .-F- o.
lowed 90 leave the court room and go 70
her home without paying the fines, lat
er the house was closed when an officer
called, and on Wednesday morning it
was found that she had sought "Green
feds and pastures new Now that
the entire family has left there should
be no more trouble from that quarter
BltCbbGlulOH DCltU.
So far six members OF the mob who
maltreaJed Drummer Rodgers at Coo
burn have been placed under bond, and
warrants are out for as many more.
Rodgers Is recovering. His dress shirt
and undershirt were both worn almost
20 frazzles by the severe whipping. The
people OF Wise county are more indig-
nant over this outrage than they were
over the murder OF the Mullins family,
and will not feel satisfied until the last
member OF the brutal gang is peeping
through the gratingS Of the big reform
atory 40 RichmOnd.-B,Icfeld ErpO-
nsDL
A gentleman who appeared TO know
what he was talking about said IN our
presence Sunday that he would not be
surprised IL the Chelsea pottery would
be removed from here, and that before
very long. IL is we'll known that one