The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1893-01-30
Newsy Items Cleaned From the
State Exchanges,
MATTERS ABOUT WEST VIRGINIA.
Covering tho Happenings of a Week.
a Vito seatcr in Durance-Despor-
ate Struggle With a Rear-shooting
Affair at Piedmont-A Roy Acct.
dsntally Shoots His Rrother-other
Interesting Events,

railroad.
Parkersburg is discussing the pro-
prlety Of issuing bonds to build q SSS,'
900 city building,
Fire at Charleston Friday partially
destroyed the Cotton block on Capitol
street loss $4,000.
The Ravenswood papers are agltatlng
the question Of bringing natural gas to
that prosperous town,
The Fairmont West KirgtniGn has on,
tered upon the twenty-seYenth year oil
its prosperous existence.
There are forty.soven farmers in both
branches Of the West Virginia legis-
latuFe and only seventeen lawyers
The various Davis Coal and Coke
companies heldtheir annual meeting ut
Piedmont last Tuesday aud reelected
all the old directors and officers.
Dr. M. s. Holt has sold the Weston
Republican, which he has conducted SO
long and SO ably, to j. II. Edwards, 1t
is said the politics Of the paper will be
changed.
1t is believed that Hon. W. Z, Chiffon
will be the next secretary OF state, UNI
less he gets the appointment as United
States district attorney. In which case
Mr.. 0hley will probably retain his
present position.
Tho clerk Of P~ocahontas county court
has advertised for bids to build q court
house at Marlinton. Bids will be re-
ceived for the court house and jail COM
bined in ono building and also for sepa'
rate buildings,
A Especial to the IN%rELLldENcER from
Piedmont says; Thomas D%augherty, a
West Virginia Cleveland g. Pittsburgh
machinist, shot ]. Hunter Smith satur'
day night during q row in the latter's
saloon, Smith will recover.
AT a meeting Of tho Jefferson county
bar on Monday in Charleston resotu'
tiona were adopted protesting against
the bill in the legislature proposing TO
remove the terms OF the supreme court
from Charleston and Wheeling.
The Berkeley Springs CIV. Va.) Ners
says: There is not the least doubt
that @. p. Jack, representing q COM
pany, has bought the Berkeley Springs
hotel, but complications have arisen
and the whole matter may result in u
lawsuit.
The Harrisonburg Register reports
that a man living near Mt. Meridian
walking along the river bank a few days
ago saw a muskrat hole just at tho edge
OF the water, and upon closer examina-
ton found that it contained some fish.
He got a board and stopped up the
hole, and in ashort whilo had taken l75
suckers thercfrom with his hands.
Fairmont will apply to the Legislature
for d new charter. Tho new city will
include the old town Of Fairmont, West
Fairmont and their suburbs and the
new addition Of the development COM
pany which ia being rapidly built up.
The new city will BIO divided into four
wards, and will contain q population OF
5000. The town is growing rapidly.
Palatine, opposite Fairmont, did not 60
into the new corporation, though she
was invited to do so.
In Hardy county, at Hanging Rock,
two young men, brothers, William and
Kicker Doran, were out rabbit hunting
and were around apple OF brush, one on
either side, when by some mcaus Will
iam's gun was accidentally discharged.
The entire load OF shot entered the
fieshy part OF Ricker's thigh, causing u
painful andpserious wound. The boy
whose gun was fired tainted when he
found he had shot his brother.
Mr.. Charles shuck, aged about eighty
years, was burned to death near Mt.
Ida, Sewell district, Fayette county, re-
Gently. Mi, Shuck had lived in q house
by himself for several years. He was
seen by one OF his neighbors on Mon
day, january 10. On Tuesday afternoon
some person went to the place and
found the remains Of Mr.. Shuck lying
on the hearth, his face badly burned,
his clothes nearly all burned oil, tho
fire out and the body frozen still. 1t is
supposed that he fell into the fire and
was unable to get out.
For the llrst timei in the history Of the
West Virginia University sne has now
irst-class musical organization which
will make q tour, in March next, Of sew
eral OF the principal cities of the state
where the best instrumental and vocal
music in the University will be heard.
Those who compose the organization
are. Minshall, Goodwin, Ed and Sam
Boyd, Rogers, Ramsey, Q. r. Hayes,
Hagans, Sycks, Willis, Edward and
William Mayors, Hartman, Earle Vance,
Gore and Kramer.
William Taylor, an aged man, was
found lying on the pike about n mile
below Shepherdstown, Friday evening,
stone dead. He had been in town dur.
ing the day and made some purchases,
alter which he started for home, which
was only q short distance from where
his body was found. Mr., Taylor was
about eightyyears OF age and was o
Hhingle maker by trade. For q number
Of years he resided IN Writings Neck,
Berkeley county. MI. Taylor served In
the Mexican ar.-hdrtinSbury World.
From the Clifton Forge VirOinidn II Is
learned that on Wednesday, Mi. Geo.
A. Alderman, who resides twelve miles
north OF tho White Sulphur Syringe, In
GfeOhbrier county, w. Va, while out
hunting In the vicinity OF Anthony's
creek, ran across d black boar which
had been driven from its den by a pack
Of dogs Nj Alderman succeeded in
wounding bruin and the dogs were try.
ing 10 finish the work OF destruction,
but were being worsted, whom Mr..
Alderman came TO thor rescuo, Tho
bear turned upon him, bit him In tho
calf OF the log and throw him upon the
ground, and was on top Of him whom
he procured q pino knot within his
reach and succeeded In releasing him'
solf BY vol aimed blows, killing the
bear. In tho desperate struggle one OF
his hands was badly laoerated.
Tho Huntington Commercial has this