Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-29
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS


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JCpGE REESE BiIzzARD and Miss Fam
ME Holland Were married mt Grants
Vile.
a DIN of moonshincrs has been 10
Gated near the line between the coun-
ties of Grant and Pcndlcton.
SuERirF's posse is searching for
cap" Hatfield, the notorious outlaw.
in the vicinity of Williamson.
n CHARLESTON preacher married q
couple ON the railroad track the other
day. They were in u hurry To- catch
the train.
MARTIN Cross was shot a few nights
ago from ambush in the interior of
Wctzel county while on his way home.
He had been throwing stones ON the
roof of neighbours house. where his
cousin was calling on young lady.
IL was ut first thought the cousin had
fired the shot, but IL now develops that
IL came from another direction. There
is considerable mystery about the af-
fair, and there promises To be some
sensational developments. The county
officers are Investigating the case.
AFTER having been closed week ON
order of the court, two of the saloons
in Sistersville opened the other after
noon. and the proprietors say they will
keep open until closed by the sheriff
Ar Morgantown the United States
authorities arrested j. u. Protzman
the other evening on n charge of using
the mails i'm n scheme tn defraud.
THOMPSON LEACH BUCKLEY, the I5-
ycar-old son of ex-Shcriff j. l.. Buclx-
ley, was found dead I'm his bed the
other morning, the pillow being sat
urated with chloroform and the bottle
which had contained the drug lying on
the hoor beneath the bed. The boy pur-
chased the drug for the purpose OF
cleaning his clothes, and IL is thought
that, being unable to sleep, he con
cmded To try its effect He was very
intelligent, had studied.in Europe. and
mt the time of his death was preparing
To enter college.
JUDGE j. j. JACKSON. of the federal
court has been appointed 10 succeed
Columbus Schorn Us one OF the dircc-
tors of the state homo for incurables.
'SQuRE LIGHT. of Clendcnnin. reports
seeing fish measuring between 10 and
IL feet i'm length in the Elk river near
Charleston.
GOV. ArKINsoN has pardoncd Hiram
Weir of Ohio county, sent To the pcni-
Tertiary for five years. lie is diving
with consumption.
~ &. SCnERH. proprietor of the Key
ser WOODEN mills, says he has orders
enough to keep his mills running for
seven months and orders still com
ing in.
THE other Saturday Jacob King,
huclSster, who was selling melons nj
the Pennsboro fair, was taken To "a Sc
cludcd spot by highwaymcn under pre-
tense of buying his lond of melons. as
saulted, terribly beaten and robbed of
So5.
ALL the officers OF the West Virginia
national guard, about 100, are il. camp
in Charleston in ten-days' school of
instruction under the immediate COM
mand of Brigadicr Commander Spell
man, assisted by two regular army
officers.
CAPT r.. i. CHANCELLOR, supervising
inspector of steam vessels of the Cincin-
natl marine district, has been called to
Wheeling, owing 10 the illness of Capt.
Thomas, United States local inspector,
and will take charge of that Office until
as 10 resume his duties.
THERE was u heavy frost in the vicin-
ity OF Dingcss the other night. Crops
were damaged.
THE management of the Wheeling
Iron and Steel Co announced the other
evening that its top mill blast furnace.
the largest iron furnace in the Ohio
valley, with a daily capacity of $50
tons, would be put 10 work ut the earli-
est possible moment after lying idle for
two years. A force has gone TO work
in making repairs. The demand for
Bcssemer pig is heavier since 1892, and
another advance of 30 cents a ton 10
Wheeling mills was announced the
other day.
a. u. RoMISE will manage the West
Virginia university football team this
season and Henry Whyte has been
elected captain.
Ar Sistersville DR.. w. II. Gillespie
has been sued for So 900 damages by
Mrs. Mate Yost for alleged Islander and
assault.
>. II. WOLF was arrested near King
wood ON "a charge of counterfeiting and
taken TO the Clarksburg Jail lie il
said To belong To the mountain gang.
Wolfe is well TO do farmer. quiet and
unassuming, and has always borne an
excellent reputation. Special United
States Officer G. w. lancet who MAIDS
the arrest, says lie has more surprises
of this sort in store. IL now develops
that Collins and Glover, two OF the men
now in Jail had $500 of the counterfeit
gold coin in Pittsburgh before their ar
rest. spending the money Ira saloons.
Two children dead. one dying I'm aw-
ful agony. and fourth 50 badly burned
that recovery is impossible. was the re-
suit the other day Of the carelcssncss
Of John Norris. "a coal miner at Cecil,
in placing "a 3O-pound can of powder
where his children could play with il.
The dead are: Frank Morris. o years.
ard willy Morris. g years Mamie
Morris. years is dying. and Annie
Morris. toddling baby. rs acriously
burned willy exploded the powder
by holding matchat the mouth Of the
cun.
Az unknown tramp was found ON
the railroad one mile above Paint Creek
with his skull fractured.
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