Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-05-20
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS


ably pull the casing at once.
MRs. WN. 4. LAcKi.ASD, mothcr-in-
law of ex-Congressman Gibson. died a.
Huntington aged ~. She was from
Virginia, and was we'll known.
JonN CAMPBELL and others who
drilled well out near Middle Island
last fail, about 500 feet and had had
luck by its caving, and which was
abandoned, will be cleaned out and
drilled To the Big Injun sand. Work
Will be commenced soon.
Mrs. AARON HArNKs, aged 81 years.
died I'm church ut Mt. Herman, Marion
county. Rev. j. Eagle was conducting
an experience meeting. Mrs Haines
told how her mother had died on her
knees Mt class meeting, and said II had
always been her wish To die ut n church
service. Three minutes later she was
corpse. She walked back to her seat
aud, throwing back her head. was dead.
The body was not removed until tho
services Ind ended.
MASS meeting OF citizens of Cere6o
district was held the other day and a
committee appointed to enioin the
county court, II n new courthouse In at
tempted To bc built at Wayne.
THE indications for N splendid PRO-
ducing well have showed mp in tho
Kelly 4 Kennedy well on the benson
Athey farm, i'm the wavcrly field.
which touched the sand few days
since.
C. II. WILSON was appointed post-
master nj Erie, w. Va, and l.. T.. Mil
Ter mt Wilxel.
THE Union Coal Co. and Consolidated
| "a hot ,f H..
have made assignments. No creditors
are preferred. and no statement IL
made of assets or liabilities. j. T..
Chapman and {. w. Jones are the as
signces.
The South Penn Oil Co are drilling
rank wild cat well on the Hartley
farm, near Cantwell post Office.
TnE Cairo Oil Co. has mndc another
location on the Jacob Hatfield farm,
and will erect u rig Mt once.
A li-foor vein of coal has been
struck in the well on State creek.
Wood county. which is now down 900
feet, and the vein of gas which was
struck appears to have been N dry sur
face gas.
TnE other day horse belonging to
Alvin Bailey ran through Weston to
| n
Young Bailey was thrown from the
buggy and dragged a considerable dis
lance, but was not seriously hurt.
THE w. NJ. Graham well, on the Yoho
farm, near Proctor, is increasing its
How AID the tankage has been reset.
A SYNDICATE composed of Messrs. j.
w. Lcese, II. II. Moss j. w. Dudley
and 5. +. Shaw have purchased tho re-
manning portion of the old Spencer
house at ParlSersburg, and win convert
IT into storage and tenement house.
The building fronts so feet on First
street and the price paid was $50, 600
ONE of the most disastrous fires that
has ever visited that section occurred
mt EllSins late the other evening, when
the large woodworking plant of
Thomas Leonard was totally destroyed.
The total loss is about $4,000. The
plant will be rebuilt at once.
Ir is reported that T.. Clark will be-
gin operations mt once on the Carroll
farm, just west OF Cairo.
DANGEROUS forest fires were reported
rigging few nights ago both in PEN
dleton and Randolph counties. PEN
dleton, the county seat of the former,
and Womel sdorf and Davis, in the lat
ter county, were threatened with COM
plete destruction. Details are very
meager. No loss of life Is reported,
though many buildings have been con-
sumed. Nothing but heavy rains will
prevent an immense destruction of
property.
CONTRACTOR JoaN CAIN has begun
operations on the McGregor farm at
Cairo.
Two young schoolboys Vinton Par
fridge and Walter Hudson. the former
"a son OF Travelling Auditor j. Il. Par
fridge, of the o. X. X. r., and the lat
ter son OF DIR. Hudson, leading ply
stefan OF Parkersburg, suddenly disap-
peared from their homes Their par
ents began search for the boys and
kilograms were sent in all directions.
and at last they were heard from at
Central Station, on the Is. a. o., to
which point they had gone on freight
train and intended going TO Washing
ton. The boys are aged about IA years
respectively.
AT the Beverly town election, @. w.
Lewis was elected mayor; X. l.. Mel
son. Il. ID. Talbot and T.. c. Daniels,
councilmen; Omar Conrad. street Gem
/ missioner; Jefferson Earle, seargent.
License carried by seven majority.
AT two o'clock the other morning
burglars were heard in the store OK J.
X. Crawford. at Sybene, o., opposite
Huntington. Fred Crawford, lad 10
years old, crcpt down stairs and fired
the contents Of shot gun at n man
who was fling at the lock on the safe.
| The man was fatally injured and he
proved 20 be Kirtley G. Rogers, col
ored character who has been connected
| with many robberies in Ohio and West
| Virginia. Another man, who was un-
known, made his escape. The post Office
was also located In the store.
A MAN named Thomas shielded at
Gray the other night by drinking two
bottles Of laudanum. lie was addicted
TO the drink habit, and had threatened
10 kill himself before.
The big gusher belonging to the lie
gonian Oil Co, on the Doc Stealey
farm, near Sistersville. was agitated the
other day, and Is making 1876 barrels an
hour. This we'll came In few days
8gO and was then making 80 barrels an