The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1897-03-19
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS

three-tourtnS OF = century.
JAMES ALLAN, OF Wyoming county,
who shot and killed DR.. James Harvey
from ambush last winter, and who
broke out and escaped from the Wyom.
ing county jail last spring. was again
captured the other day by the sheritt
of Mcdowell county.
AT Bluefeld, John Pendlow stabbed
Maurice White the other night at Pc
tersville. The trouble was over girl
White will die. Pendlow is under ar.
rest.
ROBERT Ross, son Of Hugh Ross, a
farmer living near Huntington. was
shot from ambush and almost instant.
" killed while blowing in his fa.her's
field on Madison creek, in the extreme
southern part OF tho county. Georgv
w. Harbour. with whom he had had
some trouble, was arrested, charged
with the shooting, and lodged in tie
county jail Mt Huntington by Deputy
Sheriffs Leith and Paris Adkins. The
officers making the arrest kept Har-
bour in concealment the night OF the
arrest. fearing mob.
AT Grafton, Vim. Tate, a Il. & o. fire.
man, was drowned the other night.
He fell from the Valley river bridge
while looking at the flood.
SYLVESTER WATERS. with his team,
was drowned in Clear Fork, near Blue
field. lie was bound from Bluefield
with n load of merchandise.
PETER O'BRES, a Is. & o. trackmnn,
was killed Mt Volcano junction by fall
ing rock, while working mt landslide.
THERE was a SO-foot rise in the Ka-
nawha ut Charleston, and the lower
part of the city was under water.
Towboats attempted to save property.
There has been great destruction Of
property at Clarksburg. People living
along the river had to move. Elk
creek was the highest since 1883 Be-
tween Clarksburg and Fairmont there
were 13 land slips on the railroad.
The b. & 0. tracks at Hindman. near
Cumberland, was covered with four
feet of water.
GEonsE CovER, of Parkersburg, has
sued the New York Guarantee Co. for
false imprisonment He was charged
with embezzlcmcnt, but was found not
guilty.
THE Tygart river overlooked its
banks. People in the lowlands at FL
kins were compelled to abandon their
bones The loss to property is great
The flood was the highest ever known
there.
Two HUNDRED families moved on ac-
count OF the high water in Buchan-
non the other night. There were II
inches of water in the passenger sta
ton. All that portion of the town
known as the Island" was inundated
The water is FILLING slowly.
tits reported Mt Morgantown that
Dir. j. l.. Goodnight. president of the
West Virginia university, Inns sent in
his resignation. owing to dissension in
the institution. DIR. "eynolds, vice
president, resigned several days ago.
On Indian Fork, Doddridgc county,
the other morning. the home OF Fred
erick Welty took fire from a defective
due and was burned to the ground.
Jimmy Welty's tive-ycar-old son was
unable to escape and persisted In the
flames. The father was severely burn
ed trying to rescue the boy.
JUDGE w. I. THOMPSON, who served
two terms as state treasurer, died ut
his home in huntington the other
night A year age he had his tomb
prepared. purchased his casket and had
his monument inscribed stating that
he had died in 1870
SAMUEL j. DAVIS was arrested at
Oakland upon warrant sworn out by
ms wire Moliie DAVIS VINO enarees
MN with oigamy. ne married her IN
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celient 'am'ly'
WITHIN four days five OF the oldest
citizens OF West virginia all OF them
residents OF fresten county, oied.
Mrs Hannah Runner aged w, nj Mar
quies, having three sons all over ~;
Mrs James stewart. OF Terra Alta,
aged ~ years; Mrs. EiiJah Garner, OF
Hazeltown. aged VI; John y. Roo'nson,
aged o6. Mt Red Rock, near Rowells-
burg; j. Is. Barnes, aged lo3. at Bruce
ton Mii's.
JosErH lAsroT fell down an elevator
shat at Wheeling and was instantly
killed.
Born houses recon sidered the vote
by which the bill to establish girls
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