The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1894-09-07
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Important West Virginia News All
About our Mountain State and It's
People, Clipped and culled from
Our Exchanges.

People, Clipped and CulIed from
Our Exchanges.
The Charlestown Advocote re-.
cords the following heavy yields
of wheat IN jefferson county
Mr.. ]. ii. Hayslett raised this
year 900 bushels of a choice
quality of wheat from 30 acres.
This is an average of 80 bushels
per acre.
Miss Matte Copeman, of King.
wood, was nominated by the
Populists of Preston county for
superintendent of schools last
week.
The Dry Fork railroad has
about completed thirty.four
miles of track from Hendricks to
Candy Creek, in Randolph coun-
ty, and is now running daily
trans.
Mr.. VIM. M. Clements, ofSum.
nit Point threshed his wheat
last week and AZ acres made l..
sos bushels-nearly 36 bushels
per acre. On one field OF 80
acres ne made about 40 bushels
per acre.
Mr.. D. w. Snyder, living near
Summit Point, from sixty acres
threshed I,506 bushels of wheat
this is an average of 25 bush.
els, machine measure, it will
doubtless run above that in
weight.
Salem is soon to have natural
gas. The gas is to be piped from
the Golf we'll a few miles from
town. Our gas company should
now proceed to give this town
gas before winter comes on
W. q. Record.
Jake Ripley, a resident of Hin.
ton, left his home on Monday
night and or Wednesday night
his remains were found in a Sc.
Guided spot. He had laid down
and sent a bullet through his
heart. No cause is assigned for
the act.
Some one attempted toiblow up
the house of ]. E. Ruthford, of
Middle Fork district, with dyna.
mite, which resulted in damaging
the house considerable andbreak.
ing two of Mrs. Ruthford's ribs.
1t is not known who perpS sted
the cowardly act.-Beverly En-
te,prtse.
The WEIGH Bros. at Rulings
have about consummated the
sale of their valuable timber
lands, embracing more than o.
900 acres, to the United States
Leather company. The land is
now being surveyed by the COM
pany.-Tucker Democrat.
A negro stole 100 pounds of
bacon at Hedgesville from a
farmer one night last week and
took it to his home near Martins.
burg, in a wheelbarrow, having
wheeled it Is niles. The farmer
tracked the barrow to the mans
house and the coon and the bar
row were both captured.
The commissioners appointed
at the recent term of Greenbrier
circuit court to meet a like com.
mission from Summers county
for the purpose of settling the
boundary line dispute between
the two counties have agreed
upon ex-G Governor A. B. Elem
ing, of Marion county as umpire.
VIM. Davis was arrested at.
Catlettsburg. Ky, last Friday
by Deputy Marshall Cole, of
Huntington. He is wanted for
numerous postofice robberles
along the Guyandotte river, the
last being at Loves store, where
he secured considerable money
and a big batch of stamps,
On the first day of the county
fair, a black muley steer, the
property of ]. S. Pierpoint, in
some way got loose and ran out
on the race track, causing great
deal of excitement. When an
attempt was made TO get the
steer back to the pens it showed
fight. The crowd kept the ami
NAL excited and worried and 1t
fought them hui. thew Continued