Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-11-17
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS

'"H ioAioWlnR tourtn-claSS post
masters were commissioned few days
ago; B""thsvillc, Marion county, NJ l..
Scott. Vice IL. III. Kendall, removed;
Friendly. Tyler county, Jos. c. Hays.
vice G. H. owens, removed
HENNN rains have fallen in all parts
OF the state.
MARrINsnURa is to have n telephone
system.
TINS curfcw now rings in ParlSers-
burg at : o'clock
riE West Virginia grand lodge of
masons will meet at Charleston
TINS fall term Of the United States
court convened at Charleston the other
day.
JupGE Con is being doomed by n
farkcrsburg paper for United States
senator.
TRACK LAYING ON the second section
of the Little kanawha Valley railroad
has begun
JAMES ~ rANEY, of Wheeling. who
was consul ut Belfast, Ireland, under
the Cleveland administration has sailed
for home and is expected To arrive in
Wheeling In n few days.
TuE body of Robert EaSton, OF Titus
Of an oil well on the Bouucl farm. ON
Broad run, near Parkersburg, "a few
nights ago, Investigation showed
that lac had died from inhaling natural
gas, his head lying close To au open
gas cock, proving this To have been the
cause.
ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENtsAt.
Ham has authorized a renewal Tor
fla. ~ q
Station n OF the post Office at Charles
ton, provided the rental does not az
coed the present limit OF $500 a wear
oNr hundred aud thirty seven di-
vorcc cases arc pending IA the court
at Wayne to bc decided at the January
term.
TIu general merchandise store of q.
w Workman was destroyed by fire Mt
Echo, four Mules east of Wayne The
post office aud railroad station was In
the Same building. Total loss, ST. 800;
no insurance. lamp explosion canscd
the fire
GOV. ATKINSON appointed Ind, @.
Gaines, brother OF United SNAlrs
District Attorney 4 H. Gaines ~
criminal Judge Of Faycttc count,y no
FIJI the vacancy caused 10y the death OF
Judge lrnlis The appointment will
last until the November election NEXT
year, when the vacancy will l., tiled
by the voters of the county
a Goop oil well has been strucl, south
of the Little kanawha, tnuk wild.
cat territory.
Russell HoINEn nephew of tho
wife OF Gov Atkinson. attempted sui.
eide at the asylum at Weston.
Mrs. MANErM of Clarl,shurg. has be-
come insane from the effects Of being
assaulted 10y Slas Gordon. who IN in
jail.
a lluNuNGroN man owns dag that
| he unfurlcd when he heard OF the clcc-
! ton of Abraham Lincoln as president
! i'm 1860
DlrhIlIEmA is raging with great vio-
lcnce ~ Clarkshurg. adults appearing
To he the principal victims a number
/ OF deaths have occurred. aud the plague
! seems on the increase
TuE following certificates of incor.
poration have recently been ISSUED by
the secretary OF state of IVES Virginia:
The Charleston Land aud Mining Co.
with 81 subscribed capital stocL Of $500
principal Office nj Charleston. w Va /:
| '''' "N'Al''H NfilUiN bGNtIODtnCut
! Co, capital stock subscribed. 500. 900.
principal Office at Charleston, w Va
Byrd SAYHE. ~, who shot Norris
near Ripley, was sent TO the peniten.
/ tinry for one year.
JUDGE BLIZZARD, OF Jackson county.
is being talked of for the republican
nomination for governor
THE Ensign Manufacturing Co, OF
| Huntington, has received an order
from tho Norfolk & Western raiIroad
for 500 box cars
WILD turkeys are so thick In Poca>
hontas county that farm hands are in
demand To husk corn 80 n to save IL
from the ravagcs Of the hungry birds.
JUDGE BLIZZARD was in PnrkersburR
the other day. en- route 10 his homc az
Grantsville. lie stated that lie named
December IG, instead OF December "a,
rs was generally understood by tIios1
present. for the execution OF Morgan,
the triple murderer. He thus departed
from the usual custom and the ,.xecn-
tion will occur On Thursday instrHd ~
Friday lie also stated that strouR
feeling still existed assainst the mmr.
dercr. but that he did not anticipate
violence
~ u WHITE has been commissioned
postmaster At Hundred. Wctlcl county.
vice j. VI Cross, rcmovcd
TIM West Virginia I'nr association
convened ~ Morgantown tic other
day.
BUSINESS is reported good ~ the coat
mining regions
INJrNcrioNs we're upheld by the West
Virginia Bar association
DR. + WISELY WFEn, aged 40 fclI
on the sidewalk At Huntington aud was
seriously hurt He rs the father ~
VIII Webb. who was lGllcd Dy Frank
Woicoit two weeks Igo
SIX men entered a house on Marrow
bone. about eight miics from Dinges.
and beat woman NAMED Amanda
Stcpp A magistrate aud physician
were summoned from Diugcs to look
after the ease. She recognized two Of
her ns-ailante
INV West Virginia pensioners. In
crease Abncr stout. Auburn Original
Widows. Etc Charity Adams tnuthcr).
Lcgg. Nancy T. Catrrll. Ccntrul STA
ton
LouIs IoSrs. q drillcr. was murdered