Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-07-28
VEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS

trace of him has been lost He was a
steady young man of exemplary hab-
its, and as he left his luggage at the
hotel, it is feared he met with foul
play. Graham's is the third mysteri-
Gus disappearance reported TO the po-
lice within the past three days.
NEAR Barboursville, during run
away the other day, Craven and John
Baumgardner, aged . and IL. and
Charley Yost, IL, were all seriously
injured and their recovery is dou btful.
They were in farm wagon and were
hurled over n bluff.
FRANK ECKABD, wanted in Richie
county on the charge of numbering his
father, was brought TO Buckhannon
from Alton and placed in Jail. He
was found hiding in n chimney by
ofhcers, who had been searching for
HIM. About month ago he and n
man named Robey escaped from Jail
there, and Eckard went 70 his home in
Richie, where, it is charged. he poi
soned his father He is a desperate
man and has had several skirmishes
with the officers.
). w. JENNINGS, of Parkers burg. lost
valuable COW, which died very sud
denly without any apparent disease
To satisfy himself as to the cause of
her death Jennings had an examina-
ton made, when it was found that the
COW had at sometime swallowed a com
mon sewing needle about three inches
long. The needle had worked its way
fully two inches to the animals heart
CLARE DANFoRTH was waylaid and
dangerously sta bbcd on the Riverside
road, near Petersburg, the other
morning, by VIM. Cline, with whom he
had had trouble at dance early i'm the
night. Mrs. Dedforth, who was with
her husband, gave the alarm, which
may have prevented murder. Cline
was arrested.
WILLIAM IIALFHIIL, OF Parkersburg,
who disappeared the other day. has re-
turned. His mind seems deranged
JACK CoEN, who was confined in Jail
at IT. Mary's for selling liquor without
a license, escaped the other night.
JAMES IRABUE, of Louisville. was
struck 10y an Ohio-River railroad train
and fatally injured near ParlSers burg.
DUMP SHERMAN, a shanty- boatman,
was arrested at Waverly for disorderlv
conduct, and there being no Jail there,
he was locked up in an oil tank.
CAL GRAHAM, stonemason. has
mystcriously disappeared from Park
ersburg.
The bond of Sheriff Keadell whose
election was contested, has been ac-
cepted, at Williamson, and he has en-
tered upon his duties.
AT Clark burg Mrs. John Cook was
attacked b. mad dog, but did not
faint She beat the brute's brains out
with poker.
WHILE attempting to cross the y. II
w. tracks, l. miles east of Williamson.
Mrs. Jerry hughes and little babe we're
struck by "A train and killed
THE following fourth-class postmas-
ters were commissioned for West Vir-
ginia, few days ago: Astor. TAYLOR
county, b. ; Dilworth, vice J. J. Jcn-
kins, removed; Anthem, Wctzel coun-
ty, f.. j. Stewart, vice -. l.. Anderson.
removed; Coalburg, Kanawha county.
Arthur Robinson, vice John Peacock.
resigned; DOMAIN, Hardy county. A. j
DOMAIN, vice f.. +. DOMAIN. dead; Eel
louisville, Preston county, W. A. Wat
son, vice Eunicc Purcell, removed:
Flat Top, Mercer county, T. II. Lillv.
vice W. y. Hughes, removed: Handlev.
kanawha county, Richard Collins, vice
L. l.. Chapman, resigned; Madden.
kanawha county, Herman Ruffner.
vice L. j. Collins, removed: Milton. Ca
bell county. y. :. Roy, vice j T. Burke.
removed; Newton, Roane county, c. l..
Ryan, vice T. |. Ellis, removed: sun
set, Pocohontas county, Il. Gouict, vice
l.. NJ Harper, removed.
AT Charleston Wiley Lewis, colored
was given life sentence the other dav
for murder. He had been in iail in
Charleston since last February. 1t
was expected by nearly everyone that
he would be sentenced to be hanged.
Special Judge j. f.. Chiffon was on the
bench. John III. Hunt, Il. Il. Hall. +.
y. Carr and ID. III. Slinkey appeared
for the defense. Wiley Lewis was the
leader OF the notorious gang of muir
dcrers and cut-throats who operated
in and around Montgomery. At that
place they killed Charles Gibson and
John Cochran, Gibson was choked to
death one night, and his body thrown
into an old mine. For this crime
Clark Lewis, half-brothcr of
Wiley Lewis, was recently hanged
81 90 NbbtF tiANf tihNA 4AlDtTL NlduRn-
ter and Mrs. Virgie Gibson
given long prison sentences Albert
Voters is still under death sentence
for the part he took in the murder
Another crime charged to the gang is
the murder of a young doctor named
Ault. II was through n confession
made by Wiley Lewis that the body Of
Gibson was found and the criminals
run 90 earth. lie had been arrested
for grand larceny, and told where the
stolen goods we're. That led the off
Gers 90 the old mine. Wiley Lewis was
not prosecuted for the part he took in
the Gibson murder, but for the kill
ing Of John Cochran, whose body was
thrown in the river
Al kokomo Henry Brackuev was Sc
riously injured by his sistcr-in-law.
Ann Shockicy She struck him on the
head with "a hatchct.
ENNoNs BEowN. Of JcTcrsonvillc.
who i- mining in Idaho. struck gold
bearing quartz which assayed sIgJ TO
the ton
TnE Lubbock Oil Co. S we'll ON McFar-
land was drilled in. and breaks the
record. Some 1000 barrels i'm 20 hours
will be the Ggurc at the present rate.
The Ncsbitt s. Ogdin we'll five miles
from Petersburg, drilled i'm opens an
t.r.f ft..It- rft.. g.f.r Ill