Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-15
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS

1 solved. That ~ "A body of teachers W.
condemn the use of alcohol and tobacco
10y the teachers. and we also condemn
the habit of those male teachers who
sit in the schoolroom with their hair
parted in the middle and their pants in
their boot tops"
Ar Huntington, "a council of ordina-
ton ordained the other night Rev. A.
T.. Crane. late graduate from Crozier
Theological seminary. who has accept
ed the passionate of the Milton Baptist
church. The council was composed of
Rev. DR. Walker. OF Huntington: DIR.
Johnson, of Charleston: DR. Powell, OF
Parl<crsburg, and other baptist divines.
Ar midnight the other night fire
started in the engine room of the Cairo
Manufacturing and Lumber Co. 5 plant,
Cairo, destroying the plant and the cx-
| tcnsive mill yards, the Turner & Sulli-
van Sucker Rod Co, Commercial hotel.
Cairo Times printing office, Ticrney's
drug store. Laucllc Sisters millinery
store, restaurant, Oil Well supply Co.
store one residence and four loaded
Baltimore n Ohio cars. Only super.
human efforts saved the remainder of
the town from the conilagration. The
Parkcrsburg fire engine equipment
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burned material had been saturated
with oil and gas and was consumed
with great rapidity. There were sew
cral narrow escapes from death. The
town is n scene of desolation from one
end to the other and so people are
homeless. The loss will amount tn
more than $50. 600.
SOME practical joker has been impos-
ing ON the boys and girls at Wellsburg.
this state, by IA story that the president
of the United States will present biz
cycle To the first hoy or girl who sends
him 900 cancelled postage stamps, the
president desiring them To paper one
of the rooms of the white house. Quite
n number of children have been maxi
ing collections.
| ELGGN BoNER. alias RaStus Boncr,
was arraigncd before Judge Holt, of
the circuit court, Kingwood upon n
charge OF burglary and larceny and
confessed. The judge gave him three
years in the prnitcntinry. This is the
ninth man sent from that county to the
pen for robbing the store of w. w.
Schoch ut Rowlcsburg, and Boncr is
| the last of nine thieves which Schoch
has himself captured in the act of rob
berry.
IlENRN GRAY was arrested at Coclum,
! Va. 10y the authorities and brought To
WEIGH, the other night by Detective
| liuddlcston and turned over to the
deputy sheriff John W. Waldron, who
took him to the Jail. The keeper and
guards had retired, and hc experienced
some trouble in awakening them. He
turned To give the bell "A twist and the
prisoner escaped. The sheriff chased
him nearly "A mile, but could not catch
him. Gray is wanted for the murder
of Dennis lIarston at Algoma, jan
uary IT,. 1896.
WEST VIRGINIA pensioners: Original
Widows ctc.-Minors OF Samuel Ricl,
Proctor; Sarah 4. IIamerick, Macfar-
| Ian.
Cor. NAT WARD FITZGERALD, populist
candidate for governor of West Vir-
| ginia last fall and who aftcrward sold
his farm and moved To Salt Lake City.
Utah, has struck IL rich, and is now
estimated worth million dollars
through his law and pension practice
and gold mining speculation FitZger-
aid was formerly "a pension and patent
attorney in the national capital.
SANFORD COLLINS and Andy Clover.
alleged members Of a gang of counter
fciters of the eastern part of the state,
were brought To ClarlSsburg by mar
shals About dozen men belong to
the band. Their retreat was in wild
section of the mountains called Wild
Cat Rocks. where a mold for twenty
dollar gold pieces of 1880 and one for
fvc-dollar gold pieces was found The
coin produced from them could hardly
bc detected from the genuine article.
other arrests will follow.
THE EllSins city council has submit
ted to the Randolph county com
missioners proposition 20 furnish
the courtroom frc-proof vault for five
years. together with suitable Jail. all
free to the county in the event that
the voters ON October > decide 10 locate
the courthouse at Eltins. The propo-
stion is backed by prominent citizens,
including Senator Elkins and ex-Sena-
tor Davis. The county seat is now at
Beverly. where $4,000 courthouse
burned down in February.
CmAs. X. WooD, a fruit grower of
RappahannoclS county. has been offered
$1,000 for his apple crop, but has re-
fused.
Miss ROsE FLING, Of Cairo. who was
receiving the attention OF Draper
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err. has for some weeks been MINED in
a second story room without shoes or
stockings and with but little clothing.
The other day her lover arranged to-
release and elopc with her. which was
accomplished with the aid Of a few girl
friends who placed a ladder beside the
building by which the girl descended,
! when she was furnished with clothing
WHILE working on farm at Lucille.
! Writ county Jacob Shelby was attacked
by q wildcat, with which he fought for
over an hour, many times barely escap-
ing with his life. shelby was armed
with a pitchfork. with which nc stabbed
the animal % times before he succeed
in killing IT, When the fight was over
Shclby's clothing was nearly all torn
from his body.
WILLIAM IGAmGS. in Jail at Charles
ton charged with shooting at Chesa-
pcalc s. Ohio freight conductor, has
sued the road for $4,000 damages.
claiming that the conductor was the
aggrcssor and attempted 20 put him
of train while it was running at full