Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-12-09
MORE SMALL POX.
LgWISBURG has A CASE But IS WELL
QUARANIINID.
The ROnnay Taansry 10 b Robails-Incsndiary
Fires in Moaros-An Interesting Column Of
Fresh STATE News

There Is q case of smallpox at Lewis.
burg, Greenbrier county. AS soon as
the physicians pronounced the case
smallpox Circuit Court adjourned, al
persons who had had access TO the house
where the patient was cOufned were
Guaranteed at home and the street was
rOped In. The mail pouch from Lewis
burg was taken 90 the train but the mail
clerks refused 20 receive il and il was re-
turned. The county Board OF Health
held a meeting and ordered that all the
inhabitants Of the county be vaccinated,
and that no child should attend any
public school IN the county unless
effectuallY vaccinated. ROnceverte,
four miles away, on the c. & o. railway,
has barred AL three Ofits roads leading
TO Lewisourg. DR.. B. L. Irons, men,
Der Of the State Board Of Health for
that district, Is now sick at his home 10
Monroe county and unable to
attend to his duties, but il is thought
that ample preeautiOn will be taken by
the local boards to prevent the spread
Of the disease.
The large "Riverdale" tannery at
ROmneY owned by Fayerweather q La
dew, which was consumed by fire last
Friday morning, will be rebuilt in a
short time, as preparations arc being
made already. The site is good one
and the company can hardly afford TO
dispense with il. The loss was greater
than was at first estimated, and will
reach sos, 900 or $50, 900. The property
was partially insured. The loss would
have been much heavier but for the
people OF the vicinity, who were
aroused by the Whistling for help and
managed to save the store aud thOuS-
ands Of dollars worth OF tanbark. The
news that the tannery will DO rebuilt
will DO welcomed with Joy by the people
who live near the site, as IL gave en-
plOyment and furnished the means Of
livelihood TO a great many families liv-
ing near.
The County Court at a former term
learning that there was some misunder-
standing as 20 where the dividing line
between Summers and Greenbrier cOun-
ties is located, entered an order direct
ing County Surveyor John T., Harvey
70 run the line between the two cOun-
ties, or that part Of the line which is in
dispute. Mr.. Harvey went last week TO
point on the WallOw Hole Mountain
to begin his work. He ran the line for
about ten miles and the result OF his
surveying was that tWenty-nine families
who had claimed their residence in
Greenbrier found themselves on the
Summers side OF the line.-IBdCpCRdent
Herald.
The stOrehouse Of Mr.. Jacob A. Mil
Ter at Rock Camp, this county, was de-
strOyed by fire, with al It's contents, be-
tween and o'clock on last Tuesday
morning, December 8. Nothing was
saved. Mr.. Miller's loss is upward OF
$4,000. The property was insured for
50, 600. The burning is thought TO have
been the work Of an incendiary. A
school house just beyond Red Sulphur
Springs, in this county, on "Adair's
Ridge, was destroyed by ire on Wednes-
day night, NNember %. The burning
is thought to uave been the work Of in
cendiaries. No arrests have been made.
Monroe W0tcImGR.
There is move on foot TO start
furniture factory here and a meeting
will be held at the Court House to-
morrow night for the purpose OF ascer-
taining what inducements can be
offered. Some parties from Baltimore
propose 20 start the enterprise aud
manage it, il our people will take some
stock in and offer the proper encourage
ment.-KinglUO0d argus.
Bul etin No. 80 has just been issued
by the officers OF the West Virginia
Agricultural Experiment Station, the
subject being "Sub-irrigation in the
Greenhouse" The bulletin is care
fully prepared paper by f. VIM. Rane,
hOrticulturist and microscopic az the
station, and details some OF his expert
ments 10 irrigation, which gave most
satisfactory results.
Judge John Blair Hogo had an
alarming attack yesterday. he has
been suffering for several days With a
severe cold, and yesterday while shay
ing himself IN his room, he tainted and
was for long time unconscious. Dr.
G.. B. Hedges was called 10 and applied
restOratives which finally brought him
to consciousness MGrtjBSblUg World
Several young girls at Barboursville
college dOnned male attire, and went to
the rooms of some students to play the
burglar act One Of the Young men
caught a girl named Drightin his room,
and gave her drubbing that she will
not soon forget. He thought her a real
crook. The girl was painfully hurt
It is announced that arrangements
are nearly completed for beginning the
construction Of the Baltimore & Cum
berland extension Of the West Virginia
Central II will extend for the present
from Cumberland 20 a point on the
Cumberland Valley Railway near Ha-
gerstOwn.
The new lumber mill Of the Black
water Boom aud Lumber Company, at
Davis, built 70 replace the one burned
last spring, was opened for operation
on Monday, aud will begin active work
cutting hemlock and other timber for
stock.
A petition is being circulated at
BuckhannOn asking for the continuance
Of the evening mail train from Weston
% that point, which they had before
the recent change Of schedule.
President George Davis, OF the
BrownstOwn & Coal River road, states
that about five miles Of the line is 70 be
built at once. Some Of the rails re-
quIred have been purchased.
Governor MacCOrkle has placed the
piano which was in the West Virginia
building at the Worlds Fair in the ex-
ecutive mansion at Charleston.
The new executive mansion at Charles
too, which is just across the street from
the capitol, is heated by steam, which
is piped across the street from the cap
81