Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-04-29
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS

thinN they have n clcw to the murder.
or OF Robert Chandler. Arrests may
follow ut any time.
TiiE city council OF Parlxcrsburg held
special meeting the other day and
passed resolutions of respect to IN,
memory OF Judge Arthur l. Boreman.
The mayor also issued proclamation
requesting that all places of business
in the city be closed from To 5 p. m.
next day i'm token of respect. The bar
also met and adopted resolutions of re,
spect and attended the funeral in body.
All the offices at the capitol were
closed the other day out OF respect TO
the late ex-Gov. foreman. who died in
Parkersburg.
Ii is now said that all the miners in
the Flat-Top and Elkhorn coal fields
Will go out on n strike May 1. The ad.
vices from the fields the other morning
were very discouraging. There are
now 1000 miners employed in these
fields.
IN difficulty Mt school exhibition,
Is miles west of Gate City, Elber, Fields
stabbed Isaac Wolfe, prosperous
young farmer. laying open the side of
his face from temple to chin. exposing
the teeth and cutting cash seven
inches long on the breast To the bone.
The injuries are critical. The trouble
was over n girl.
The other day, while leaving work
at lock o, Charleston, n skin which
contained nine men upset and three
were drowned. The dead are: Henry
Mahdan, colored, of Gallipolis, o.,
Richard Dickinson, colorcd: John Jor.
dan, white. The other six swan ashore.
ADAM FIsuER, of Moundsville, was
stealing ride on II. N O. freight ut
Roby's Rock, when VIM. Hixenbaugh,
the conductor, knocked him off with n
club. lie was killed instantly. The
conductor was arrested and held FOR
murder.
JOHN AND Wu.BERr EGaERs, broth
ers, died the other night of consump-
tion at Huntington. Both bodies were
inferred in the same grave.
GEORGE w. WoRKMEN, prominent
citizen of Andy, Wetzel county. who
has been missing since the 18th inst.
was found in the river at the upper end
OF Wheeling, the other morning His
neck was broken, upon which theory
of murder is based, but his gold watch
and a small amount of money were still
in his clothes.
JUDGE ARTHUR /. FOREMAN died Mt
his home Mt Petersburg. the other
morning, after brief illness, due TO n
complete breaking down of the system,
caused by overwork. At recent term
of circuit court Mt Elizabeth, Writ coun-
ty, MIR. Foreman, who was. up to the
time of his demise, Judge of the Fourth
judicial circuit, attended the session of
court and had an extremely busy term,
being on the bench for two weeks. and
in order To complete all the work be-
fore him sat on the bench until one
o'clock OF the last night of the court
before adjournment. Upon returning
home he took 10 his bed and has been
confined there up to the time of his
death.
The following West Virginia pen.
sions have been issued: Original--Wm.
i. Baker, Martinsburg, Berkeley county;
Joseph Davis, Onstill, Fayettc county,
Jacob w. Smalley, Moundsville, Mar.
shall county; VIM. H. Ford, Grafton,
Taylor county. Original Widows, Etc
Elizabeth Rottmeier, Wheeling; min.
ors of Valentine w. Mcdaniel, Shinn.
ston, Harrison county; Sarah j. Cotton
st. Mary's, Peasants county. Addi-
tional-Patrick Cane, Hall, Barbour
county. norease-Henry Il. McVay,
East Bank, Kanawha county: Joseph
Shoemaker, Mason, Mason county. Re.
issue-Octavus II. Hayshurst, Lows
vile, Monongahelia county; james A.
Davis, Fort Gay, Wayne county Re-
newal-Wm. Davis, Tooley. Wayne
county. Supplemental-Hen Goethe,
Wheeling.
TIE following postmasters for West
Virginia were commissioned few days
ago: Redmud, Mason county, j. w.
Gillespie; Ashley, Doddridge county,
Austin Mccormick; Elmo, Fnyette
county, Thomas w. Burke; Wick. w
Ter county, l.. II. Morris; Union Mills,
Peasants county, Mary Powell; Fort
Seibert, VIM. M. Nyer; Milo, Gilmore G..
Norman; Barnum, George NJ. 10y; Dor.
ity, Thomas Dodge; Grove Gap, w. s.
Enochs; Burlington, G. w. Smith; War.
ford, James w. Cox.
TIN FLANNERY was arrested on Four
Poles creek, just south of Huntington,
in a small log cabin. Considerable coun.
terfeit money was found on his person
and molds for making coins of various
ACCOMMODATIONS were also IOuIiu. lie Is
now in Jail, but refuses to talk. 1t Is
thought there are several others
ROBERT II. MCCOY, of Lincoln county.
who was captured at Huntington. was
arraigned the other day for preliminary
examination. He waived examination
until several important witnesses from
Lincoln county could be brought.
Many witnesses who are very essential
TO the state are in hiding i'm fear OF
the wrath OF McCoy's friends. Nc.
Coy's friends are excited and their nc.
tions are being carefully watched by
the authorities.
THE Wheeling Natural Gas Co have
about completed the stringing Of pipe
between Moundsville and Cameron.
and will soon have IL ready for trans
portation of gas. They expect 10 com.
mence the piping of the town within
short time and have everything in oper
alton by fall
COMMISSION has been issued 20 Chas.
G. Nickel as postmaster at Nickellt
Mills, Monroe county, and 90 Wesley
r. Bollinger at Shock, Braxton county.
The oil excitement OF Moundsville
has abated somewhat, and everything Is
more quiet in the leasing circles. How.
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