Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1898-08-24
State 0&ds and Ends.


h"hiitNt VIM 10 tnr cemetery TIC other
day aud shot himself. dying on She
grave OF hi. wife.
Ar Toll Gate. Lee sample. wanted
on check charge held on the shcrln
and posse all night with a revolver,
then surrendered
}. W pAen aud G. w. Lamb have
leased the Columbia barb wire aud
nail works At kanawna city. three
miles from Charleston. They will en-.
ploy large force OF men aud have
monthly pay roll Of sgooo The plant
u owned 10y Indianapolis parties aud
has been idle for two years
rirs Ohio River railroad sncd the
town 81 Ravcnawood for $40. 900 be-.
cause a train was delayed by the arrest
OF brakeman who ordered "a hotel
porter on the platform
MAJ w. A. ToNtINaoN, OF the law
hrm OF Iomiinson a Wiley. died In his
Office In Point Pleasant. supposed ~
have been caused Us apoplexy. lie
was 20 year. old
EpwAnp CoituAN. "a freight hrakr-
man ON the Cleveland Wheeling a
Lorain railroad. fell hctwe-n The cars
near Martins Ferry aud was ground
To dchth
Tux following West virglninns we're
pcnsioncd n few days ego. Original
william liodrlsins Wheeling, $40;
Archibald II. McTeggari, Williams.
town. g.
W. VI. Davis pcddler. OF Troutsvilie,
Va, was killed by train at Lumber
| port
ELLEN Panty, white woman OF
Parlsorsburg. "a another victim TO
brutal treatment iIcrdi stmmOn, N
mulntio, was arrested and taken bc-
fore Justice Jones, charged with drug
Eing tho woman and keeping her By
force three days The woman alleges
that SOC was induced by simmons,
who she thought was white man. TO
take a drink ih room on First street.
The stun she SAYS WIS drnggcd. and
the woman remained unconscious "A
hours When She recovered She found
herself priNoncr aud tho Negro her
lailcr She was compelled to remain
80 bis nncrcy three days before he re-
leased her
TIM Wilson Aluminium Co. will b.
gin work immediately building tho
dam ncrcss the river "a kanAwhn
Fails, 20 utilize the power Of the falls.
The company Is composed 81 eastern
men. and haa abundance Of capital IA
- "a stupcndous undertaking. the moat
important engineering enterprise In
ihc state Work WAS begun a few days
ngo aud II ~ thought It will take over
year 90 complete a. Col. oliver A.
laticn. Of Charleston, organized the
compnny. IFS first work will b. to
furnish light and power for mines np
and down the valley One hundred
mon VIII bc employed in the couAtruc-
ton.
InHyF men were captured the other
night at Avon who arc believed 10 t.e
the maalfcd men who forced an en-
trnpce into the residence 81 Peter
Homer and family. at Strinctown,
several nights ago. bound up aud tor
tnred Mr and Mrs. ilorncr aud their
daughter, Mira White. and then etole
$3.50 aud left, The men gave the ma mes
OF hcADce. Findlay and Sufk There
is great excitement at Avon and Strln0-
town. and thrcatbs are being made.
Both Mr. and Mrs Horncr were terri.
biz bcatcn and maltreatcd by the
burglars. but are out Of danger now. al
though suffering terribly. The men
are believed 10 be meubcrs Of the
masked burglars and robbers which
have committed 80 many iuaL such
crimes as the robbery OF the fIorners
Ina Taylor and adJoining counties The
men were taken 20 Middiebo 70 Jail
ASoTDKn fine oil producer has been
struck on Mcfarland. The new sell
d on the Alva Ayres farm. aud - re-
ported To have produced 100 barrels.
natural. IN ig hours Near the Avrrs
we'll the EDDY well recently drilled sn.
h producing IS barrels per day. These
wells are held 10 bc strOuy Indication
81 new and big oil field
WonD haa reached Fairnout from
smithheid telling OF 900 Indignant
citizens banding together before dav-
light the other morning and raidinr
Susie CCulson's resort They pot TX
girls and three men. all az whom ~cra
tarred aud feathered. after which the
house WIS blown up with dgnanfta
and the remains 81 tho house busned.
HOwAsD Davidson. the teu-year.oid
son 81 John Davidson ~ Charieston.
/ while playing on the ron toon between
/ Wiiiiamsto~n and Marietta ISLAND.
Tho other morning fell iaso the river
and WAS drowned
SANrEL sJRAcuEN. clerk Ia tie & A
/ o railway Office at Huntington. was
oui With pleasure party on a naphtha
/ yacht fhe other evening. when he A.
/ tempted % pour gasoline from q %
/ gallon can. ~ this iuDcture oae ~
! the party lighted n match. en- expia-
slOa followed and flames ie4ped 90 fest
in tIe air eomnirfely envei0oinR
Straeheu IFS clothing igniied. bus
D. Immediately plunged into chr
I river. BE was later rescued. bnt vas
horribly burned lie aiH recover
A. Mason Ctv. ou account 81 bia nos
sharing peach. Mattie Hoosor. esi-
ored. aged .. struck Harry HoN.ss
white aged p wifa stone on the
head. rendering him unconscious Sc
| viii die
THE Athey a Co oii strike belou
Wnliamstonn is uoader. and has
run prices for territory out 81 aht
Toe well mace 0Fcr 10 l4slis u -
hours Ieps aEeneF here quotes IIona
OIL slo1 PennsfiVanlo. g1c. hafne,-
vile. s-e Coming soe. Nortn ia.
/ zoe. Indiana f5r
Jom nhEvFT of Psnrsq. farla lsln
Sail at Ripley. charged rfth chs rob
berry of farmsr Htrrisoa Cnantnr.
ham. a. whore house. BIZ rrfna .rsi