Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-10-27
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS


suits for the eviction of miners
m company houses, and as soon ms
Sc cases can be tried and evictionS
'un, trouble is looked for.
\ n row at Wyoming City, near
lch, George Kirk shot Albert Law
+, the ball taking effect in the left
x. Lawson will die. Kirk fed to
mountains and has not yet been
tured.
DIN PORTER is in n critical condition
MS home in Guyandottc, his flesh
~ perforated with buck shot He
ves that he was waylaid and shot
ambush while returning home in
Vern limits of the city early the
fa scrning.
ua& named Jesse kcarns was
n. vred by u full of slate in the
sNat Hartford City.
f.,v MI nIiANsoN, young clerk.
bury ring Of typhoid fever
"a ia vt a house in ParlSers-
s;s ,,nniono with whom he room
,,.,. ID, -. ,wo-wcelSs' visit and
p,,s,...' know this, so he
pnowNsro"N COR seven days.
.ciopeu III Ner day was en-
hres around the the from forest
| JAMES BissErT, u
was shot through the p,.s..
night ut festival ~. 49,
Md. Herbert Montgoifs 49,
printer. of Wcsternport.ss
rested, charged with Shoot
committed To Jail at Oaka
parties to the row were drin'Trhs
TuE prisoners in the countT
Wclch became unruly the othet-
Jailcr Uufford went into the eek
tn quiet them, and John Joinet
tackled him. Iiufford shot Mt Join
the bullet striking Arch Gentry, sen
ously wounding him.
An WHEELING. Mary. the three year
old child of Frank Ritter was burned
To death the other morning. She was
playing with matches in an upstai RI
room. when her father heard her
scream, and rushing To her rescue,
found her n mass of flames.
THERE Is "a cherry tree ON the Sam
Kraut farm at Ambrosia, Mason coun-
ty, that In in full bloom for the third
time this season. There have been two
very good crops of cherries gathered
from the tree this season, and II the
late frosts do not interfere the proba-
bilities arc the third crop will ripen.
FIRE Is raging ON the Cheat mount
aims, eight miles from Morgnntown,
and smoke 50 pervadcs the atmosphere
that objects few yards away can
hardly Ice distinguished. Another filo
is raging in forestry up Dcckers creek.
The Mount Chateau summer hotel and
the County Club house, which has just
been finished. are threatened, and n
small army of men were at work try
ing To save them. Thousands OF dol
lars worth of timber has already been
burned
EPHRAIM WEIGH, prominent farm
er living near Smithvillc, Richie couu-
ty, bought three dozen bottles of pat
ent hot drops while in Harrsvillo
the other day, and was found dying in
his barn the next day. having drank
the contents OF 20 bottles. lie fingered
for several hours, when he died in
frightful agony.
JONI PORTER, a night hand at the g..
& O. shops, Huntington, was shot from
ambush while on his way home from
work the other morning. He has a
large quantity OF shot in his legs, and
had his assailant not held too low, he
tectives are trying to ferreivthe matter
out.
EVERETT NOLAN. son OF David Nolan,
of Parkersburg, was squirrel hunting
with John LAWN, another boy about
Is. While crossing trestle on tho
Ohio River road below town LAWNS
gun was accidentally discharged, tho
bullet penetrating Nolan's stomach,
killing him instantly.
FoREsT fires around Mason City
threaten heavy loss The flames passed
over the tracks of timber owned by the
West Columbia Salt Co.. Sterling Coal
Co. and Mutual Life Insurance Co.. and
are now raging across the Odd Dabney
Salt Co.'S land Icenhower's timber
tract caught. Great excitement prevails.
TnE nearest hilltops at Milton are
barely discerniblc on account of the
smoke from forest fires.
The section of West Virginia in
which forest fires are now raging Is in
cluded in Mason. Cabell Kanawla,
Putnam, Hamlin and Jackson counties,
In the eastern part OF the state.
JAMES CLARK. residing near Martins.
burg, was narrowing and one Of =
noThfb bccdiuc Dulhys tihTk bJTucfaI =
with n stick, when the animal lxi =
him a severe blow in the stomi1<5F
suiting in death.
Tux KinRwood curfew rings at s
o'clock.
THE Hannis distillery at Cumberland
has resumed after a temporary shut
down.
TIE new Masonic temple, costing
$4,000 at Sistersvillc, is almost com
pleted.
THE Ohio river is so low at a number
Of places near Sisters willie that teams
can ford IL.
APPLICATION has been made for a re-
ceiver for the oil firm OF Rich q Gil
lespie at Parkersburg.
THg NJ r.. church south will dedicats
handsome new church building at
Fairmont October -.
LysANDER DUDLE., Of ParkersburR.
has purchased 20. 600 bushels OF apples
in Michigan.
THE Benwood & Moundsvillc rail-
way, which has been in the hands Of q
receiver, has gone into possession Of q
new corporation, which will at once
improve and operate the road.
RICHARD VANDIvER, aged 20 years.
committed suicide At his homo IN Hunt