Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-08-19
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS

die. He was under N car Tightening
bolts when the train suddenly started.
Tnn kannwha Oil Co. drilled in
ssa-barrel well the other afternoon on
the Robinson farm Mt Wick. The oil
VS. found about 70 feet in the sand
and IL will surely do better when drill
cd deeper. This well il n little out of
the development and Is the first good
well brought in for some time. 1t has
already stimulated work in that neigh
borhood.
Hucu q. WRIGHT. of Moundsville. n
brakeman on the baltimore and Ohio
railroad, while coupling cars at Graf
ton, was knocked down and run over.
suffering injuries from which he died
MAN who, from papers found in his
clothing. is supposed to have been A.
NJ. Brown. of san Francisco, was
drowned while bathing i'm the Little
knnawha river at Parkersburg. lie
was stranger there.
TnE body of Carrie Conway. the
Pittsburgh girl who mystcriously dis
appeared from Sistersville was found
i'm the Ohio river near that pince the
other night, and was identified by
Jewelry A post-mortem examination
A
foul play. rs has been suspected.
| Tus Central Glass Co, Wheeling. re-
snmcd operations the other morning,
after being closed six weeks. under the
scale agreement. with the American
Flint Glass Workers union. IL will
run full during the fall and winter.
REV GEoRoE ELoYp. pastor of the
First Congregational church, OF Hunt
4 tnn Ia. "A.
conclusion OF his morning service the
other day. This was wholly unex-
pected by his congregation. and. as the
minister refuses tn give any reason for
his action, II is causing much comment
throughout the city Rev. Mr.. LLOYD
came there almost three years ago from
Lockport, ILL.,, and was very popular
with his flock.
Mns. JoHS WArERs. possibly tho
largest woman in the state. died Mt her
homo near Montgomery the other
morning, OF snffocation from the heat.
She weighed $50 pounds The weather
stood ut 100 degrees nearly all day.
The streets were almost deserted
GifMEn county voted the other day
on proposition 10 subscribe SIC. 900 To
the construction of the Little Kannwhn
railroad. The subscription carried by
II vote Of five 70 one.
jim DEvoRE, alias Roach, who was
arrested at Wnverly for passing coun-
terfeit money, WINS given preliminary
trial the other day before United States
Commissioners Laird, at Parkersburr,
and held To answer indictment I'm 81, 800
bond.
The sixth annual cncampment at
Huntington of the West Virginia Ma
nonal guard broke up at sunrise the
other morning.. More than ten thou
SAND visitors were at the camp. excur-
sions being run to Huntington from
many parts of the state.
THE board o. regents OF the West
Virginia State Normal school met ut
Parkcrsburg the other night and
awarded the contract for erecting the
East Liberty normal school Building to
Fouse ~ Reich, of ParlSersburr at the
bid of $40, fGi. The contract for heat
ing the building was awarded TO the
Parkersburg Supply and Plumbing Co.
at the bid OF 1870. Miss Carter. of
Marion county, was elected to fill the
vacancy OF the Fairmont Normal
school caused by the resignation of
Il II. Mercer. The committee to pur-
chase the furnishing for the new build
ing will meet August 2s
Hon LEVI GAY was appointed sheriff
OF Pocahontas county. j. G. ArboRast
resigned.
r. IL. DAVIDSON, United States pen
sion examiner for the Parkersburp dis
trict, was badly hurt in runaway near
Parkersburg, few days ago. Mr.
Davidson had been on an extended
tour through the county, and on his re-
turn his team became frightened and
ran away, throwing him from the
Z vehicle. His head struck on rock,
rendering him unconscious, and he re-
ceived several deep cuts on other parts
Of his body, one under his chin being
very near the jugular vein.
| Il. NJ. FRAZIER was appointed post
masters at Frazier Bottom.
WEST VIRGINIA pensions have been
/ granted as follows: Original-Adan
, Dennis, Elm Grove; Sanford Pauley,
Rome; Samuel j.. Sommerville, Eliza.
beth; Elias l.. Runnion, Capehart:
William Brooks. Duncan Reissue
William L. Davis Duffy; james w.
Slayton, Henderson. Original widows.
ctc.-Sarah ONeal, .Le,art: Minors OF
John Reynolds, fIoodsvile; Minor of
William Baker, Pine Bluff: Minors OF
benjamin +. Stern, Raymond City; Ma
linda J. Naylor, Clendennin; Louisa
Dishman, Ccredo: Caroline V. White
hair, Long Run; Elizabeth Clark. Siota.
Restoration and Increase Hiram Dom
aldson, Davis; Robert T.. Glover. Groffs.
James T.. Smith, ST. Adams; Clark NJ.
Trowbridge, Terra Alta; Sylvester M.
Coe. Cottageville; John II. Chattin,
Fiat Rock.
The following extra allowances have
; been made by the post Office depart
ment 20 West Virginia post Offices for
fuel. rent, lighting, etc: Wheeling,
1000; Charleston. s4,424; Hunting
ton. $1,000; Parkersburg. $1,000
THE populists of Kanawha county
met at Charleston and nominated a
full county ticket. Some OF the demo-
cratic candidates were endorsed.
THE Carolina hotel building, Hunt
ington. was sold at public auction
the other day TO +. A. Weymouth for
So 900.
HARRY J. FINK, "a real estate dealer
Of Wheeling. was sent 70 jail for in
sanity. lie set fire To his cell and died
/ n fary home lof.r