Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-06-10
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS

night. Loss. 5000: insurance, Sc. 900.
IHE diocesan council of the Prot
estant Episcopal church of West Vir-
ginia convened at Moundsville and was
in session five days
The wholesale hat house of Newber.
~ d Co. was robbed at Huntington a
few nights ago, as well as the ticket
Office of the Ohio River Railway Co.
Oscar Smith and Andy Hopkins were
arrested as the alleged robbers, and
will be given Il hearing. =
News reached Huntington. the other
evening, To the effect that during
storm "A few evenings ago the NJ. +.
church at Madison, Boone county, was
completely destroyed. The courthouse
and many other buildings were badly
damaged.
TIE secretary of the treasury has
awarded the contract for supplying
fuel for the Clarksburg public building
to the Mountain State Gas Co, of that
city.
CHAs. l.. MAGILL. n young married
man of Grafton, who for several wears
has been prominent in local sporting
circles, was shot in the breast a few
days since by young colored man.
Frank Powell. and instantly killed. The
trouble began few days before. when
the two fought in "A saloon Threats
had been made by Magill against the
colored man, and when the two met in
front of Shanley's saloon, on Latrobe
street, Powell shot Magil through the
heart. The latter has IA young wife.
anu ms parents are respecta bic people
Much excitement was created by the
shooting and loud threats were in
dulged IN against the Negro, who was
promptly arrested.
lT is said that Hon John Il. Flovd. OF
kanawha county, will become candi-
date for the republican nomination for
governor in this state.
WIN. Cross, residing near Red Hill
Wood county, the other day ATTEMPTED
To destroy some insects which had got
ten into an outbuilding on his premises
by building fire on the inside to
smoke them out. The house caught fire
and was destroyed, together with six
others and valuable barn. The loss
will probably reach 81 200.
JOHN III. MILLER and Miss Martha +.
Hall, of Milton, were married the other
evening. The bride is only 10 and the
groom 30.
AT Huntington Bert Gwynn. trav-
ellng man, was few nights ago held
to court under $500 bond for cutting
James Bazzell with n knife. The diff
Guilty occurred the week previous lust
before the u. c. +. delegation left for
Cincinnati
thieves broke into j. j. Dowess'
store at Graham early the other MORN
ing, carrying away lot of groceries
and dry goods The post office, in the
same building was not entered. The
robbers escaped in a slIiff.
THE LaBelle pottery, Wheeling. has
closed down in all departments for an
indefinite period, and about 300 men
ana boys are thereby thrown out of
work
The Tracewell Oil Co., of Parkers-
burg, struck IA fine well in the Berea
sand, the other night, on a portion Of
their lease of $500 acres at Bvers. O.
Adam Felix, also of Parscrsburr has
over 1000 acres under lease near the
we'll
TIE bradley Oil Co., who have been
operating near Selden. Wood countv
struck % barrel well, few DAVIS ago
on the McAtee farm on that place. The
well Is ] 100 feet deep and is within five
miles of Parkersburg.
The following West Virginia men.
sions have been granted: Renewal and
lncrease-Wm. Webb, Redbird. RALEIGH
county. Re-issue-Jonathan f. Kidd
Clarksburg, Harrison county. Origi.
nal-Thos. McShives, Davis Tucker
county; Jacob Philburn, West Liberty.
ONO county; Samuel NJ. Chinens, Val
ley Grove Ohio county; Catharine Null
hearn, nurse, Wheeling. Restoration
and lncrease-Cyrus w. Reinochl. Sis
tersville. Restoration and Reissue
Irwin Knots, Fellowsville. Preston
county. INCONSISTENCIES w. Tooth
man, Jarrett. Kanawha county; Marion
Poulton, Halls Mills, Wetzel county.
Geo. A. Cuppett, Terra Alta. Preston
county; Joseph Rowsh, Letarat. Mason
comfy Additional-Robert Il. Hall
Okla, Calhoun county. Original Wild
ows, Etc.-Eliza Wieneke. Parsers-
burg; Joseph Boone father. Berkelev
Springs, Morgan county; Mary NJ. Nc
Gill, Central Station, Dodridge county.
Harriet Slaughter, Fallsmill, Braxton
county; Mary Ann Smith, Coffeyyille
Wayne county. Rencwal-Edgar w
Lauck, Palestine, Marion county.
The Roberts Brothers, in Writ conn
ty, occupy novel and extremely for
tunate position among the oil operat
ors and producers of the country. The
several brothers own in full. a large
block of oil producing territory in and
about Elizabeth and Burning SPRINGS
and have considerable OF the ADJOINING
land under favorable leases They are
all practical oil men, build their own
derricks, drill their wells and market
their oil with little Of the usual ex.
pense that is incurred by operators.
They are also well fixed for fuel. bav.
ing struck good gasser. they use il in
all their operations, and when others
are shut down on account OF a scarcitv
OF water, the Roberts boys keen hard
at work using gas instead Of water
They recently completed y sO-barreI
well, and their total money OUTLAY was
just si3
AT the meeting OF the board OF di.
rectors held in New YorI, few davs
ago II. II. Rogers, OF New York was
elected president, Geo. a. Burt of
Parkcrsburg, vicc-president and gen
eral manager; W. W Travor. ParIScrs.
burg, treasurer. and A. G. Bedford.
New York, secretary, Of the Ohio River
railroad.