Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-07-15
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS

krtunu LOT large handle factory ~
Dobo.n. the contract for which cally
for its completion in 20 days Tho plan,
will employ 400 men. A big area OF
hard wood timber has been bought &c
furnish material for the plant
AT Alkiri's Mills, on Big Skin creek.
near Weston, James Sims, 81 years old.
was drowned while swimming In the
mill pond. He was a good swimmer
and Is supposed TO have taken crnmpa
Several persons on shore saw him -
down.
r o. WORKMAN, of Keyser, % yeorn
DID, dropped dead on the street at Ma
tnsburg few days ago from hearo
oisease. He was a mail clerk runu1nn
between Grafton and Baltimore. 81
A PATENT was issued the other 49,
to Edward q. Kimmel, of Keyssr, q ~
valve.
The Bellevue hotel, HuntinRton.
was fired by incendiaries the Other
morning and was badly damaged. a.
bride and groom were stopping 1t The
hotei. and the superstition Is that the
building was fred by q former sweet
heart of the groom.
A WAGON containing 90 picnickers.
drawn by four horses, topplsd over :
so-foot bank Mt Frcis' park, near Park.
ersbnrg, about midnight, carrying The
entire party into the ditch below. All
were badly bruised and several ladieo
are reported seriously injured. The
driver, attempting to take n drink and
manage four horses mt the same time.
Is the alleged cause of the accident.
Ar Morlowe, the other morning.
when Mrs. Jeremia Jack awakened and
found her husband was not in tho
house, she began searching for him
and found him hanging dead from
beam In the barn. He had been In
poor health and his mind was affected.
ARNOLD ZoLLIKoFER, formerly of Par
kersburg, now head steward Mt the
Windsor hotel, Cumberland, has fallen
heir to $4,000, left by n relative In
Germany.
ORA TooLY, brother of DR.. Tooly. n
prominent physician of Dingess, while
intoxicated, drew revolver and
opened fire on John Gore Mt Jaeger.
the other morning. Gore returned the
tire Both are badly wounded, and
may die.
M. c. MCKAY, of jackson county.
Will appear before the democratic state
convention rs n candidate for auditor.
a CANNON which was being fred &C
BLADES In celebrating the Fourth ox-
ploded, killing W. ii. Everetts. Paul
kingsberry and wounding Arch Stout.
AT Charleston, Squire Money issued
warrants few days ago for the arrest
OF Joel, Eliza, Duck and Mary Knuck-
les, who live near Spring Hill, six miles
west OF Charleston, on the charge Of
the murder of Jennie Clark, who died
mysteriously several days ago.
ED JENNINGS and Walter Morris en-.
gagged In "A fight at Handy, which wifi
probably prove fatal. Some one struck
Morris father, and Morris, believing
that IL was Hemmings, shot him three
times. The wounds are of n danger
us nature.
SPENCER RAMSEY, colored, fell from 4
dirt boat into the Kanawha river af
Lock No. IL, near Point Pleasant. the
other afternoon, and was drowned. Hie
body was recovered about two hours
aftcrward
Two VERY good strikes were report
ed the other morning by the south
Penn Oil Co. The first was their Hem
ders No l, at Wick, which was re.
ported dry, but was drilled throuoh
the sand and came In mt the rate Of e5
barrels per day. The second was their
Mcintyre No. /, ont on Indian creek.
which will make 75-barrel dav well.
This last well is little out of the de.
velopment and proves that there still
remains plenty of oil on the outside
edge of developments.
RUFUS WARD, who fought unde,
Gen. Sam Houston In the war between
Texas and Mexico, and who Is also a
veteran Of the Mexican war, spent n
few days in Bluefeld, the guest OF
Capt. ID. IL. Baldwin. Ward has a iaro.
gold medal which was presented him
by the United States government FOR
gallant services during the Mexican
war
The Johns glass works, Fairmont.
after prosperous year, closed down n
few days ago for the summer. IL will
resume again September 1. Durfnn
the shut down extensive improvements
and repairs will be made and the On,
pacity increased. The Humphreys
glass works also closed for one week.
The company has orders to keep the
plant going through the summer
THE annual readjustment OF presi.
dental postmasters' salaries was made
public by First Assistant Postmaster
General Jones few days ago. In
West Virginia, thirteen Offices have
salaries increased, owing TO Increased
business during the past year, while
four offices have the salaries reduced.
The increases are as follows: Blue.
field, 1,sOO 20 1900: Clarl<sbur0. 81
300 TO $4,000, Fairmont, 81 300 TO So, De0.
81, 100 TO 81 200; MorRans
town, 1900 TO 81, 700; Point Pleas
81 300 TO si,4OO; Sistersville, 81. 4
1000; Buckhannon, 800 20 81 COO.
Elkins, 81, 100 TO 81 400; Grafton, 81 .4e8
10 81 800; Warrington, 1880 TO 81 500.
Piedmont, 81 500 TO 81, 800; Roncevcrse.
81, 100 TO $1,000. Decrease-Alderson.
81, 100 20 81 900; Keyser, 81 800 to 81 zoo,
Charles Town, 81 800 70 81 200, and Nets
- 400 10 81 800.
The following pensions for Weas
Virginians were issued the other dAe.
A. Meek. Point pla4n
ant, Mason. Restoration and Heiseut
Dennison, HilIebert Dod8.
ridge. Intersections w. Moody. Con-.
huence, Braxton. Reissue Mlchsai