Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-04-08
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS


Necn appointed clerk in the railway
mail service.
hhRihi.E hailstorm was experienced
ElNhorn few days ago, Hail fell
Va torrents for about thirty minutes,
anu after the storm hailstones were
picheu up that measured two and one
nan inches in diameter. AT nipht II
rained IN torrents, and several of the
bridges of the Norfolk and Western
railroad were damaged and the track
washed out for miles In places cars
standing on tracks were turned over
ana considerably damaged. All the
coal companies were more or less dam
aged. The losses in that field will not
fall short of $4,000
fikE oroke out in the coE.mercial ho-
Tel at Weston, this state. the other
night and all the business portion was
burned. Loss over n hundred thousand
toiiars, partly covered by insurance.
number of persons were badly hurt.
weston is town of 5000 and the city
eouhch was arranging to submit the
water-works question to the people.
"A. STONE, n company doctor of North
Fork, was drowned on the North Fork
of Elkhorn. He was going To visit his
patients, and on account of high water
ne nau 10 ride ON the hillside and the
bank gave way under him.
LARGE company OF Ohio River rail
road employees have their well at Muir
rayville down to the Cow Run sand.
and when the well is drilled in il is ex-
pected to be good producer. as IL is in
close proximity to the producing wells
nj that place. The company owning
the well Is quite large, and the shares
were SD each, but no one member was
allowed more than four shares.
The people of VAUDEVILLE. near Park
erSburg, are much elated over the pros
poets OF having several test wells put
lowh at that place. Two representa-
yves OF two substantial oil companies
nave been at that place, which is di-
rectly south of Parkersburg, in the
past few days, and have leased quite
extensively.
THE other night Charles Shaw nc
companied Miss Hopkins home from
church at Parkersburg. Peter Hon
<ins, her brother, objected to the mt
tentlon OF Shaw To his sister, and told
him he must stop going with her. At
this Shaw raised heavy cane and
dealt Hopkins blow which rendered
him unconscious, seriously injuring
him.
CHARLEY SANDY, IL is charged. bur
glarized jennings liquor store ut Park
ersburg and was arrested, but pot
away from the officer and is still mt
large.
LEVI CLAYPooL, Esq, n substantial
FARMER and prominent republican, of
breenbrier county, died after "A linger-
ing illness, March 20 in the 74th wear
oil his age. He was prominent Meth
odist and liberal supporter of his
church.
The following West Virginia PEN
>ions have been issued: Original-Iohn
W. Hoistein, Racine Boone county:
Jeremiah Roberts, Martin, Grant conn
ty; Edward Callendinc deceased. Fow-
Ter, Brooke county; Robt Travin. Graf
ton, Taylor county; Edward a. Eli
tritz, Ridgcville, Mineral county; Lewis
l.. Mullins, Pocahortas Retreat, Clay
county; Manderville j. Massey, Chill
gan, kanawha county; James NJ.
Moore, Mammoth, Kanawha county.
Original Widows, Etc.-Malinda Sig
man, Legg, Kanawha county; Sarah
Lyons, Letart, Mason county; minors
IF Geo. w. Sands. Henderson. Mason
county; Cynthia Douglass. Walnut
Grove, Roane county; Sarah Eddy. Con-
way, Taylor county; Jcrusha NJ. Red
man, Liberty, Putnam county. Refs
sue-John NJ. Gray, Oxford, Dodridpe
county. Restoration Notify S. Bates,
Clarksburg, Harrison county. In
crease-Frederich Arm. Lytton, Pleas
ants county; Lewis Miller, Gilmer
county; Abraham Exhire. Donahue.
Richie county. Restoration and Re
issue-Thomas Harris, jr., deceased
Wheeling
Ar Huntington the other morning
during motion hours Judge Harvey
handed down "A decision in the case of
the Ohio Valley Building and Loan as
ISOLATION against the county court ,of
Cabcll county. Judge Harvey decided
that She capital employed by building
and loan associations is subject to tax
alton the same as the capital used by
banks. and therefore sustained the ac-
ton OF the assessor and the county
court
The following West Virginia post
masters were appointed the other dav:
l. n. McCleary, at McCurdy: 4. T.. CofT-
man. at Shawnee, and IT, NJ. Lively. at
Wayside.
THOROUGHLY successful test was
made at Parkersburg of tempcrinp
aluminium so that file could make no
impression upon IL. j. y. Hastings is
the inventor of the process
The deep well drilled by Mr.. Upham
for the Florence Oil Co. i'm the Cooper
field, was cascd for the deep sand few
days ago. The result Of this well will
be- known soon.
GEORGE KINNEY. aged Fl We years. met
death the other day by falling into a
coal elevator at the Crescent mines.
Montgomery. Tic was caught in the
hosting machinery and instantly killed.
{. c. NICKEL was appointed post
master at Nickell's Mills, Monroe coun-
~. vice j. A. Coalter, resigned; Calvin
Racy. at Old Fields. Hardy county. vice
j. w. hardwood, resigned.
MEETING Of representative business
men was held at the courthouse
ClarksburR. 90 discuss the propricty Of
organizing a board Of trade. Among
prominent citizens present were r. +.
LOwDdes, j. 81. JudsOn. a. II. Osborn
and others. There will be cali meet
ing in few days 60 finally determine
what action will be taken.
THE left eye Of Buren, jackson. n