Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-07-22
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS


Thomas l.. Hodges
Ink big wigwam in which the rcpub
lican state convention will be held a,
ParSersburg. is now in course of cree
ton. and will be completed in time 70,
the convention. 1t will be an Immense
structure.
UNKNOWN robbers entered the G. &
o. depot at Coalburg, 60 miles east ol
huntington, and took from Agent Pea
cock 81 800, which had been deposited
with him by one of the coal companie.
mt that place. Latest advices say that
the robbers have not been apprehend
cd, and that no clew has been obtained
as to their identity. Detectives are
working on the case.
LOUIS RILEY and Andrew German.
while on their way to court Mt Prince
ton the other morning, fought over tn,
testimony Riley had given in n case in
winch Gorman was interested. Cor
man struck Riley with club. Riley
retaliated by stabbing German -four
times in the breast and face RILEY
made his escape into Virginia. Cor
mans wounds IRE dangerous.
BERT CorTINGHAM, IA farmer of Wv.
oming county, was shot by n neighbor,
ing farmer named Hensley in quarre.
over Cottingham's two mules getting
into Hensley's cornfield. Cottingham',
right arm had to be amputated. Hens,
ley has not been arrested.
The property of the Volcano Oil and
Coal Co. ut Volcano was sold the other
day Mt receivers sale by the United
nf NIL
ers were Carothers, Peters & Co, O,
pittsburgh. Consideration. si5, $50
All oi the tanks. machinery and royalty
on oil went with the sale.
The other evening Pierce Morrison
and wife. of East Bank, were badly In.
iured in runaway. Mrs. Morrison IL
probably fatally injured.
NEAR Montgomery. Mrs ID. +. Set.
Tie, with three young children, was
driving, when the horse became un.
manageable and backed over "A high
embankment. Mrs. Settle had several
bones broken and is dangerously hurt,
as Is one of the children, all OF whom
were seriously bruised The horse
was instantly killed and the buggy de-
molished.
Ar Gray. Chas. Hilsen, aged Is. was
killed. lie was Mt work i'm n sawmill
and was going down an incline ON n
car, when the car jumped the track
ana ran over cliff. When picked up
he was dead. His remains will be
taken to his home, IIillons, Va, for
burial.
THE mill of Sharp & Co., in Lincoln
county, collapsed. Tom Pullen and
Thomas Sharp were fatally injured.
James Skecns, Fred. Alberts and n son
OF sharp were dangerously wounded.
THE little son of Moses Marcum, of
near Bluefield, while on his way home
the other day with berries he had been
picking, was bitten by comprehend
snake. lie Is not expected to live.
TIE barn of John Redden, Mt Walk
er's Mills, with all its contents. includ-
ing pair of horses and colt, was de-
stroyed by fire the other morning Mt 3
o'clock. IL was the work of an incen-
diary. The loss Is given ut 81 500, with
no insurance.
AT Weston, w. Va, Minnie. the IL
ycar-old daughter OF Peter Westfall,
was instantly killed by "A peculiar acct
dent few days ago She was stand
ing in front of "a second-story window
while two of her cousins were PLAYING
with gun in the cellar The gun was
pointed out of the cellar window, and
the boys were trying to discharge IL
with matches. They finally succeeded,
and the bullet struck the little girl in
the heart, killing her instantly.
THE sudden rise in the Kanawha riv-
er above and below Charleston has
done much damage TO truck gardens by
overlooking them. In one place lust
below the city a truck garden of eight
acres of watermelons and 30 acres of
corn and other truck totally DESTROYED.
The damages to the farmers in the low
lands is about 5000
JACOB AKERs, n miner, was instantly
killed at Thacker the other evening. a
large quantity of stone and dirt caving
in and crushing him to death.
MICHAEL MCNEERY, of Philadelpbia
Pa, brickmason, called at the new
Feeney building, Wheeling, the other
afternoon in search of work. While
standing on the first floor n brick
dropped from the fourth floor, striking
McNeery on the head, tearing away
nearly all the scalp and fractured his
skull He was taken To the city hos
pital, and Is in critical condition.
ENoCH TISsMAN died in Clarksburp.
He was n prominent citizen, at one
time mayor OF Clarlsburg, and has held
other important petitions Of trust. lie
is perhaps the oldest Odd Fellow in the
city.
DAN1EL FORTNEE, wealthy Wood
county farmer. drew q large sum of
money from the bank 10 pay off the
harvest hands on his farm near Davis
vile, few days ago, and when the
lays work was completed he was
lstonished 20 find that some one had
entered the house and stole the money.
II. T. PARKER, who became famous
in oil circles in the early stage OF the
belmont oil excitement. the principal
part OF the oil field being on his farm,
died at Belmont the other morning
aged "a years.
w. - DAUGHERTY was appointed
postmaster at buchanan, Hampshire
county, vice l.. T. Emmart, resigned
THOs. y. BURNS, a 70. & o. freight
fireman whose home was at Baltimore.
was drowned while bathing in the
Chesapeake and Ohio canal at Martins
burg.
AT meeting Of the Anti-saloon