Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-08
WEST VIRGINIA STATE NEWS

| ington, nud communicated To- the Pri,.
| kctt building. The flame, v.cr, soon
cNtinguished with small loss.
MUp DiILoN was brought To Jail at
| Fayetteville the other day for shooting
and fatally wouuding Robert Jones at
Ninona. lie had been elected from a
church festival 10y Ross Robinson and
Others for miSbchavior and fired back
into the church, the bullet taking eff
feet in Jones
HENRY HISS, 30 wears of age. was
found dying ON Sixteenth street. Wheel
ing. the other day. Before he could be
removed from the pavement he died.
Several men with whom he had quar-
relied were arrested, but no case can 10
made against them. II is thought by
some that he was attacked i'm n saloon
fight and internal injuries brought ON
hemorrhagc of the lungs
DEPUTY UNITED STATES MARSHAL.
BARtRAM. of Wayne county, arrived in
Huntington the other morning with
King Damron and two other prisoners.
whom lac captured few days before
The capture of Damron resulted in "A
battle being fought between his friends
and the deputies Several shots were
! fired and two men were wounded
/
were captured and lodged in Jail ut
] Louisa, Ky. Damron is noted
character and has given the marshals
NO little trouble along the Zig Sandy.
A FEw minutes before noon the other
day Geo Il. Gobbcrt aged =, "A wealthy
and prominent contractor. locked
himself in his room at the Randolph
hotel, Ell<ins. and fired u 3s-calibcr bull
let through his heart lie had been an
ardent Suitor for the hand of Miss
Grace Riley, and they were engaged.
! Miss Riley parents objected. aud Miss
/ Riley obcNcd their wishes For three
| days Colbert had not been able To get
any word from his sweetheart Cob
/ bert left a letter for Mis-, Riley. which
is not made public, and one TO his
father giving business directions I'm II
Colbert said hc felt that lac was going
crazy
| RoCKroRr, Is miles from parlers-
burg, was thrown into Consideration n
few days ago 10y mad dog which at
tackled everything IL came in contact
with Fannie Caste. about ~ years
old, was terribly bitten and torn. aud
! James Caste, an old man who tried tn
beat the rabid brute off, was also at
tackled and bitten. The dog then ran
through the village aud bit many dogs.
Wade Dots was attacked 10y the brute
and had his ankle and leg badly torn
before the excited people could turn
| ont with guns. The brute was at last
corrnlcd in church lot and killed.
! The injured people were attended to
and their wounds were cnutcriZcd, but
such "A length of time had elapsed be-
fore treatment that there is treat fcnr
that the victims will be- attacked with
hydrophobin. Every dog Ia the neigh
borhood will he shot. but ~ nany
horses and cattle were bitten nu one
knows where or when the disease viii
| break ont.
TnE management Of the Monongah
Coke and Coal Co. appears To bitterly
feel the charge of inhumanity made.
against the company by the miners,
who started n story that the company
had refused burial in its graveyard Ia
- miners child. The manager says
there was no application made TO the
company nor 10 any one interested in
the cemetery for permission tu bury
the child there.
GtoHGE W. BARNES, a pioneer citizen
of Preston county, died at his home in
Ncwburg OF u complication OF Diseases
lie was we'll known throughout the
state.
ON Roaring creek "smolSclcss coal"
said to bc a superior article, is being
found.
All the county fairs are being or will
Ice pulled or within the next few
days
TnE Ohio River railroad IS mnl,ing
war ON the shanty boats moorc1 along
that stream.
SrENCE kNoH. in Pcndlrtnn county. -
the highest point in The state. H. is
1850 feet high
TUE -. & o. and Cumberland IL Penn
sylvInia railroads will build new de-
pot ut Piedmont
EN-CoNFEDERATEs Of Pocahontas
county arc preparing for Il grand re-
union at Marlinton.
TnE Riverside Iron Co. has begun tho
foundation for q new coke manufacture
ing plant that will cost $50. 900
THE Charleston business Mems asso-
citation is the latest organization at
Charleston.
WEST VIRGINIA university gradu-
ate Of this year is writing history Of
/ the state.
WALTER STOUT, the colorcd hoy par
doncd by GOV. Atkinson recently, is
| dead
TnE Twenty annual reunion OF
the society Of the Army OF West VIZ
! ginia is To- be held at Columbus. o.. on
| September =. o and TO-
SIsrERsvILLE and Clarksburg are
| closing mp their spealSeasies and drug
stores are regarded As gilt-edgc proper
| ties ia those towns.
TIE sheriff Of MinRo county is in
hot water most Of the time. Tie has
been given mp twice i'm six months by
his bondsmcn. and is now in court ON
another notice
TIMERS for the derrick are being
sent 90 the site selected for the new
well at the mouth OF Bob's Branch.
The Central City oil and Gas Co. is the
promoter Of tho enterprise
a BLOODY ARRAY occurred at Mason
City. between Bill Orr and Jim Robin
son. over q trivial matter Robinson's
head was laid open with a beer bottle
and Orr received knife cash. half sew
/ ering his leg.