Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-10-20
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS

Is wanted for the killing Of Geor,,,
Mitchell at Helena.
| CRIMINAL COURT convened nj W.lrh
the other day without "a grand inrv.
one not having been drawn on account
OF absence OF the county clerk. Foer
murder cases viii be tried this term.
Iuk plant of the Huntington Excel
si"r Co. which had recently been pur-
chased by w. NJ. Bloss. Of Ccreeio. was
nearly destroyed by lire the other
morning.
Docrons disagree over raising the
diphthcria quarantine at Pari<crsburg.
MINERS and operators at Maiden and
Montgomery failed tn compromise. tha
miners demanding the national scale.
Dyson MITCHELL. OF near Clarl<sburu.
was killed by the accidental discharge
of "a shotgun. His swecthcart's fuos
struck the trigger.
NEW West Virginia postnaster-
Iscdington, Berkeley county, William
X. kcllar vice Mary l.. Marshall. re-
/ moved.
| MISS MAuDE MARTIN. OF New Mart
| iusvilic, who disappeared about two
| weeks ago, has returned home ns mys-
tcriously as she left. She will not make
any explanation of her absence.
TnE schoolhouSr ut Ceuterbrunch.
three miles FROM ClarlSsburg. was de-
stroycd by lire. The origin Is un-
known. No Insurance..
BuHoLARs entered Wilcoxs store
near Ellcnboro. stealing large guam
tity of goods
IinuCE WisrMAN. son OF tho shcrifI OF
Writ county was sentenced To ten
months In jail for the shooting of Tom
Iiaggcrty. At the time OF the shooting
Wiscman ran amuck through Eliza
beth, barricaded hiuiSclf in slrt shcriT's
office aud dcticd mob of lIaggcrty's
friends, who We're bent on lynching
him.
TnE criminal court of Fayctte coun-
~ is In session. u Is said that Albert
Voircs will hc sentenced To he hanged
November L.. sheriff Mcvcy has him
guarded day and night voircs escaped
ON the eve of the date set for his cxccu-
tion last August, but was rccaptured
in September
Ar Wayne the trial OF Virgil, Sialey
for the murder of his brother a law.
LATE Adkins, was in progress several
days. The jury failed To agree. This
il the second time the ease has been
tried and both iurics failed To ngree.
HEAVY rains are reported from all
sections of the state.
\ LAND Swindlc similar 10 that
which has been worked in some west
ern states ~ being operated i,y some
parties outside OF the state Ia West
Virginia there are enormous tracts OF
undcveloped timber aud coal lands ly-
ing in the interior aud this fact Inns
caused the swindlcrs To turn their at
tention To them as an inviting ucld in 4
which to work their scheme. A dis
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the extreme southcrmost portion OF tho
state. says that inside the last two
months deeds have been admitted 10
record there purporting TO convey
several thousand acres of valuable
coal land for considerations aggrc-
eating several hundred thousand dol
lars, which are believed to he pnrcly
fraudulent. There are now over =. 0OO.-
600 acres gu the land books. while tile
county only contains about 600, 600
acres, all told The scheme OF fraud
is simple enough. and has been worked
by the same parties for some time. The
swindlcrs prepare "a deed for largo
tract of coal land In the county and
have il acknowledged before some ficti-
tious notary public I'm faraway state.
They send IL tn Mcdowell county. the
dispatch states, to be recorded and hnvo
the clerk Of the county court to for
ward them certified copies of the deed
from the record. This places them In
position 10 dispose Of the pretended
titles for good price 40 unsuspccting
parties. IL is not unusual for sirang-
err to turn up at WEIGH. which is the
county scat of Mcdowell county. with
a. deed for several thousand acres Of
land, which is all straight on the
record. but when he comes to look for
the land he can not find IT, These
frauds are not committed by persons
in this state Ia anybody's knowlcdge.
but are by outside parties. Efforts
are being made 20 ascertain their iden-
tity.
a. I. LEoo was commissioned AZ
postmaster nj Wood. Fayettc county. u
few days ago vice II. NJ Wood. re-
signed.
Mrs. MAHALA SHEARS. a widow. J. ~,
sued DR.. II 49, Dickinson. of Ans y z
for 5000 damage for breach OF p.
Use of marriage fT
WORD received from Stringtown, <.
oil town near Sistersville. says big
fire ragged there the other day Tho
hotel. saloons and number Of dwell
ings were burned. The loss was heavy
NEws has reached Colorado Springs
Nlut bnt IHtnOuN DdItieNt
tate. Of West Virginia, valued at 80 .O0O.-
900. and which has been In ltigation
for number Of years. has finally been
settled. aud as a result. James Beshears.
the veteran prospectOr from Cripple
Creek. has fallen heir 90 nearly 100000
as his share Of the property.
THE big iron mills at Benwood are
running full time.
wEsr UNIoS voted 70 issue bonds foe
n water works
Tny people Of Parlsersburg never tire
Of talking Of their new city hall
All. the indebtedness 81 the Mounds.
Vile street railroad has been paid and
the receiver discharged.
THIRTY OK deaths have 0eeorred
within the past two months from
peculiar fever in the ueighb0rhood
seven miles south Of West UniOn Ply.
sicians are 80 a loss for a diagnosis %