Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-04-01
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS

ne report SAYS that trampS set Dire 10
'iie mouse with the intent of robbery.
WILEY WSEB was run over and killed
by Passenger train ON the \. and ".
rHiiFoad at Kyle the other night. Ills
for 80 yards.
foSr OFFICE has been established
a. boiair, Webster county with Terry
Starcher as postmaster.
HENRY VARNEY has been commits.
county.
IhE South Penn Oil company struck
gnsher one mile from Smithville.
harrison county, which is making an
average of 1000 barrels day. The
well Is the largest ever struck i'm West
Virginia, and is good for over $40 900 n
day.
W. IL. MORRISON was the other day APP
pointed postmaster at Kenna.
EARLY the other morning the tunnel
on the West Virginia & PITTSBURGH
railroad, mile and half southwest
OF harrisburg fell in, and the timbers
caught fire. The whole bank for half
mile slid over the tunnel. The loss to
railroad property is heavy.
CHARLES WARD. of Lincoln county.
was arrested in Huntington, the other
morning ON the charge of passing five
dollar confederate bill on n restaurant
keeper.
j. +. Ice has been appointed post
master Mt Barracksvillc, Marion coun-
w. vice ). ;. Dunn, resigned
DAVID c. PoGuE has been commits
stoned postmaster mt Miller.
JOSEPH V. BELL, of Shenandoah juno
ton, has been appointed n railway mail
clerk.
AT Wyoming Lex Coleman is said to
have shot Adam Justice twice with n
W inchester. They had been comrades,
but are said TO have quarreled over n
girl.
THE other day large force of men
went to New Martinsvilie, where worl,
is To bc commenced on the short Line
railroad, which connects that town
with Clarksburg
SAM HALL, an alleged moonshiner.
was arrested the other night in Nc
Dowell county. He is now in iail al
Huntington.
FLETCHER CoALaRovE, who murdered
John Goetting and Joseph Perrinp last
August in the coal fields, was arrested
by Detective Ncwcome a few DAYS apo
near Vivian.
PALATiNE had its municipal election
few days ago. and the ticket headed
10y Charles Higginbotham for mayor,
being temperance ticket, was elected.
Consequently that town will go dry
another year.
The municipal eleetioBat Fairmont,
the other day, created Us much interest
as II II was a county election. As the
issue was for the members of the in
coming council and not on the question
for or against license heavy vote was
polled, resulting in the election OF A.
j. Stone, mayor; j. III. Abbott. recorder
and DR.. j. III. Brownfield, NJ. A. Jollifr
y. G. Dickerson, w. =. Raymond and
W. VI. Fleming, councilmen. The II.
cense ticket was elected by maiorities
running from II for recorder To 20 for
some of the councilmen.
\ LARGE number of citizens were n,
the wharf ut Sistcrville the other day
TO welcome the river and harbor com.
mittee en- routc 10 Parkersburg, on the
elegant steamer Virginia. just before
the steamer arrived. in fact, after she
was reported 10 have passed New Mar
tinsville, subscription was started 10
secure the services of the city band.
and in "A short time sufficient sum was
collected and the services of the band
secured, and together with at least
300 people were at the wharf To meet
tn committee amid cheers and the
blowing of whistles by number OF
crafts that were in the harbor. The
stop at Sistervillc was short, but IL +,
doubtful IL the committee was met by -
larger crowd at any of the places be-
tween Wheeling and parkersbur0.
THE deputy United States marshals
sworn in at Parkersburg before Judge
Jackson are: J. c. Mcmahon. McMe-
chen. Marshall county; ID. II. Hartman.
ir, Welch. Mcdowell county; George
w. Bane, Eth Garden, Mineral county;
David 4. Beard, Martinsburg, Berkc.
ley county; Peter Harper, Days Mills.
Randolph county; Thomas j. Flowers.
Clarksburg, Harrison county; james l..
Irwin, Warrington, Marion county;
Iiedgeman Triplett. Welch Glades.
Webster county; John a. Pulliam.
Lewisburg, Greenbrier county: VI. T..
Ninson, Barboursyille. Cabell county.
Granville Stout. ParlSersburg. Wood
county; e.. y. Parsons, Jackson. Jack.
son county; James VI. Saunders.
Charleston, kanawha county: Edward
X. Cole Central City. Cabell county:
Green w. Hatfield, Matewan. MinIo
county; St Clair Roberts. Raleigh.
Raleigh county: Linslcy r. Vinson.
Blucfield. Mercer county: samuel -.
smith. Bluchcld, Mercer county: l..
Boyd Ninson. Kellog. Wayne county;
Eugene Robertson, Ellthorn. Mcdowell
county; Melvin Hall. Madison. Boone
county; Willard r. Damron. Preston.
Wayne county; -. T.. Priddlc. Hunting.
ton; +. l.. Nash. Parkcrsburg
THE post Office at Macombcr. Preston
county. has been discontinued. Mail
90 ROwlesburg.
a COMMISSION has been issued 10 John
l.. Wells as postmaster at Giovcr's Cap.
Marion county
JosEPH HAws. n travelling salesman
II Parkersburg, was arrested. the other
day, at Point Pleasant. he being
charged by Mrs. Belle Freeland with
furnishing her with counterfeit money.
which she put in circulation 40 the
Worlds fair, and also two-dollar bills
raised TO tventies that she paeed sor,e