Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-05-06
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS

THs lodges of Odd Fellows of Park.
hsonrg celebrated the Scyenty-seventh
anniversary OF the foundation of the
noer the other day. and attended tn,
VI T. church South in large numbers
"here heN D. NJ Grove preached an
.oq ucnt anniversary sermon.
SINCE the attempt was made to pull
ne casing Ina the old Hamilton No. /.
pa Whisky run. neGr Ellenboro. the
low oi oii has been Shut of. and tho
~eil - now oaiy gas,er
TN Cairo field. near Ellcnsboro. re.
seiVed very black eye a few days ago.
when the Nockey No and A. q. VIII
'on No : came in dry. IL was gener-
ally supposed both OF these wells
would 6c good producers
JANIS ELDER. son OF a wealthy con-
tractor OF Huntington. drank n quantity
81 morphine at noon the other day. and
there arr no hopes Of his recovery. He
has been dcSpOudeu; FOR long time.
srnArroN A JonN>oN struck n dry
hole in the Cow sun sand a few DAYS
ago. ON the Darling farm. near WAY
rrly.
"HAHAM's well on the Cain farm IA
the 81 Mary's field cam., in dry the
nihcr afternoon in the Cow Run sand.
rus wei was looked upon with favor,
anu now that Il came IN dry IL will be
a'uampcr 20 other Developments
IApE BoWEN. an elderly cmploye at
sam beswicl's planning mill. Hunting.
Ton. dropped dead of heart failure the
other morning while n work.
IHE sterling Lumber Co incorpor.
aiod- the other day at Charleston W it'll
capital stock paid 40 Of SEQ. O00. has
purchased 1900 acres OF eCal and tim.
Der lands in Morgan and Menefee coun.
ties. along the Licking river. \ rail.
road will be built from the Licking
switch To Beaver creek. ten miles from
the {. and q. road. At that point IL is
the company's intcn';".. to put IL a
large sawmill. with capacity Of at
least $4,000 feet Of lumber per day.
SANFORD PICKENrAUou has retired
from business, after having carried on
the tailoring business at Morgantown
Tor 90 years For over fifty years he
occupied the samequartcrS, and in that
time he never tooha weeks vacation.
AT Rosedale, Russell county. Mr..
Outer and his son quarreled oSer a
small business transaction. The father
hred several shots at his son. Finally
ball took effect in the sons breast.
and as he fell he shot his father through
the heart, killing him instantly. The
Son lived half an hour
The following pensions were grant
ed few days ago to West VirrinianS:
original-Walter Gray. Wick. TYLER.
lncrease-Charles W. Maycs. Ashton,
Mason.
AT the State university, Fred. Mitch
ell, student, while playing base ball.
the other day. collided with another
player and sustained broken collar
bone.
GEORGE NORRIS, one of the builders
of the IL. IL O. S. W. railroad. is dead
at Parkersburg.
THERE is a strike among the miners
near Clarksburg, involving the Farnum.
rail- Run and Pinnickinnicll coal mines.
Most of the men favor scales and the
weighing of coal, but the company will
not accede to this
NEAR Graham. the other morning
Mary Roland went TO the housc 81
Bertha Hughes and Shot her. jealousy
was the cause. Bertha is dangerously
hurt
division of the y. and w. railroad
west bound, broke through a trestle
near Honaker the other morning. Ten
ears fell through. William and John
Gears, two brothers. were stealing a
rae. William was killed. John had
both legs broken and is internally in
Jured. He will die. The trestIe had
caught fire and had burned TO such an
extent that it would not bear the
weight of the train.
HE Farmers Home Parlersburp
caught fire the other morning from a
defective flue and was almost DESTROY
&c. Jack Haggerty. a cripple. was
asleep IN the house. and before he
awoke was almost suffocated. Uag-
gerty burst open a window and leaned
to the ground, but not before his head
and arms were burned in a horn ible
manner.
AT Moundsville, Conductor Uixen-
baugh, charged with the murder of
Adam j. Fisher. by clubbing him off a
train, was given a preliminary hearing
and was held under the charge. Writ
of habeas corpus proceedings will be be-
gun before Judge Campbell.
CAMDEN RATHBOSE. aged So wears.
son of j. V. Bathbone. the weaithiest
citizen of Parkersburg. dropped dead
In front of the stable where ne was
giving directions regarding the care of
his horses. Paralysis of the brain was
the cause of his death.
TIE store of Ruddlc & Prince. Park
ersburg. was entered 10y burglars and
a small amount of money and consider.
able icWclrv was taken
Fire in the store and dwelling of Miss
Kate Crow Bolton. DESTROYED every
thing in the upper story. which was oc-
cupied as dwelling. The fro was
caused 10y defective fiue and was nm
der Roadway when discovered. Some
Of the goods in the storeroom were
saved, but the books were overlooked
and were destroyed. Loss 81 900: no in
suranCe.
The following West Virginia post
masters were appointed few DAYS ago.
William a. Champ at Glacc: Preston
II. Perry at Dotson; a. Minter Allcndcr
at Oxford; Walter McCrosicr. Holly.
wood a. i. Vaughan, Kcster's Cross
Lanes
JONATHAN LowTHER's new residence.
in DOddridge county. ten miles from
salem 1,1frupd tho