The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1898-09-13

The largeSs tomato We htge even seen
was len At this ONCE by Sack Menear
ana vas raised by Afa, 4. Dii' o
near Reedsville. II measures twenty
one inches In circumference and weighs
two and one-half pounds. 1t is well
formed in every respect-PrestOn coun-
" Journal
Here Is war record which. II true
Is hard 10 beat. 1t Is given by eorre-
spondent OF the New York Sun: Charles
Brandon lived at MoundsvIlle. W. Va,
and died when his youngest child wac
less than a year old BE died Just as
the civil war broke out. he had at that
dine thirty-hye living children and had
Dnarrted three times, His iirst wife bore
him only two children. His second vile
died after bearing him eighteen. Al the
nRe OF seYenty-five he married Sarah
Baker, she being sixteen and the
Youngest af slXteen children. She lived
with him twenty-one years, bearing him
fifteen children, and then left him, ana
gued him for incompatibillty Of temper.
II the patriarchal brandon had lived
month longer he would have seen sew
enteen OF his sons enlist In the Union
army. It is a question, Il In this or any
other country an instance can be found
where one family ever before contrib
uted seventeen sons 70 It's c0untry's SER
Vice. The seventeen brothers were all
in Indiana and Ohio regiments.
Some one unknown did thing last
Friday night that win give him free
trip TO Moundsvllle IL the law gets It's
hands on him. For his individual
amusement he threw a stick Of dyna-
mite at the abutment of the bridge
across Buffalo creek near the mouth Of
salt Lick run, and the result was the
masonry was blown from Its tounda-
tion, rendering the bridge useless
FalrmOnt west vir5:nlnn'
Deputy Sheriff James Daniel has a
big white and black dog that money
could not buy. Not that It is better or
more valuable than other dogs, but It
has woven It's life into the affections
of It's master so closely that nothing
save death will cause their separation.
The way It happened was this: Before
coming TO Fayetteville, Mr.. Daniel lived
with his family at Echo, One day two
or three of his children left the yard and
were At play on the Chesapeake & Ohio
railroad tracks Presently the fact flyer
came along and the older children ran
from the track hurriedly, but left the
baby sitting there, unconscious OF the
impendIng danger. The dog seeing the
danger ran upon the track and picking
the child up by Its clothing carried It
to safety Just as the big yellow train
came laundering along. Is It any won
der that the dumb friend OF his baby
should be priceless In the estimation OF
Mr.. Daniel?-Fayette Journal.
Director Stewart, of the experiment
station. has started Harry Kunst out
as a special agent to make a tour
wherever fertilizers are sold in the state.
From every lot samples will be taken,
and they will be analysed by the sta
ton chemist, and II mt found up to the
standard their sale will be prohibited.
The sale of fertilizers to West Virginia
farmers amounts to about 10000 tons
per annum and costs about $sOO.OOO.-
Morgantown Post.
Mr.. John D. Maple sold fifty head Of
| two-year-old cattle this week at $40 per
head. And yet there are some who long
for the good ~ Democratic prices Of
SEPARATION Central.
The finest cattle shipped out of our
county this season were forty head
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