Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-12-13
STATE NEWS ITEMS.
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| assets announced liabilities OF l,10t
| The Kinnear Manufacturing Co
was incorporated with capital OF
100000 by Columbus parties al
| Charleston.
| While George Stnub was away
from home at Pipertown his invalid
wife, aged 40, was burned TO death.
| At keystone. Abraham Collins was
shot and probably fatally wounded low
| Ephraim Mounts during card game.
y new state board of education
was organized at Parkershurg. elect
| ing superintendent L. :. Fleming of
Parkersburg. president. and Prof \.
II. Armstrong, of Morgautowu. score
tary.
Col. Thomas b. Davis says he is too
busy To run for governor on the
democratic ticket.
William Joyce, aged IL, was found
! 10y searching party frozen to death
near ElkinS. lie was lost i'm biz
/ard. and friends searched all night.
Mrs. BolNard was burned to n crisp
while alone in her house at king
wood. sitting near fire. smoking
her pipe. spark ignitcd her dress.
Rural delivery will bc established
December Is as follows: Mauningt1n.
Marion county: Length of route. ~
miles. Population served. POO. Clark
l.. Nay and l.. G.. Nay. regular carri-
ers; II. {. Nay and l.. II. Clcllnnd
suh-carricrs. Morgantown. Menoyo-
lia county: Length of route. "a miles.
| Population served. $50. George NJ
Hrcakiron. carrier: William II. Break
iron, substitute
\ dog caused the accidental shoot
lng OF the 3-year-old daughter of
Doe Natring. near Aurora. The re-
covcry of the child is impossible. The
dog Knocked down II shotgun and the
load entered the child's nccl
The Brown Improved Cigar Box
company, TO manufacture n newly
patented cigar box i'm W hccling. wna
chartered the other day Nv New York
and Wheeling cnpitHlists.Nith $500 900
capital; also. the IIite Coal cnmnor,,
OF f"lrmont, to mine and shin conI
WIN SIoo'oOO capital; the Tcndcrfoot
VII ana Gas company. Of Moryantown.
TO bore for oil and gas, with S25O.OOO
capital, and the Home oil company
OF farkerSburg, with 100000 capitnl
ASA Robinson. charged with rob
b'hg the post Office at Lakewood.
faNette county, who forfeited bond.
was arrested at Charleston.
Orders were issued from the ad iu-
tant generals Office mastering out
Company y. LIST regiment. Elkins and
Battery Il, artillery. at Bcrkclcy
Springs.
The Shenandoah Pants Co. has in
creased its capital stock
The Reformed church at Martins
burg will build "a church
incorporated: Glade Coal company
Charleston: Hendricks company (mcr-
chandisc). Grafton: Brown Cigar Box
company. Wheeling; Coal and Coke
company. Wheeling; Tcndcrfoot oil
ana Gas company, Morgantown:
Home oil company. Parkcrsburg:
Laurel Hill Coal and Gas company.
PhiIippi.
Patrick Riley. aged So. was burned
10 death at his horne Ills two
daughters, with whom he lived. had
gone 10 spend an hour with n sick
neighbor, and ON returning found
their home in flames The charrcd
body was just within the door. He
had removed several night articles
from the house, and was caught by
falling timbcrs while trying to save
more. He lived at Elltins.
Misc EIpr.u.n Mini.
second daughter Of Governor G.. w.
Atkinson, and MIR. Samuel Brashcar
Avis, now assistant United States dis
trict attorney. and Formerly n cap
tain in the I'd West Virginia rcpi-
mcnt. were married in the east draw
ing room Of the executive mansion
the other night. Rev. DR.. VI. +. Comm
ton, Of state street NJ. f.. church. per
forming the ceremony. The mansion
was tastefully decorated for the oc-
casion, and the bride was attended
by her sister, Miss Nell Atkinson.
while Mr.. Ben Fields was the groom's
best man. The wedding. which was
u quiet one. was followed by recep-
ton, lasting until If O'Clock.
The supreme court awarded new
trial 10 Fred -. Kcrnn, who is serving
q life sentence in the pcnitcntIary for
the murder Of Lucy Day At Davis.
Fucker county, ON April rs. Kcrns
claims that hc is innocent and the
question arose with the court whether
the case was one Of suicide or muir
der. k"rns. who was "a married man
seeking divorce. and Lucy Dav. who
thought bee was single. were lovers
and were living together. Kcrns and
the woman we're together i'm their
room when she was shot. He claimed
she suiciIcd
All the Baltimore e. Ohio conduc-
tors suspended for minor breaches Of
rules were rcinetatcd. with the cxccp-
ton Of Capt. Dick Estcp. of Grafton.
charged with assault on Express Mes
s.ug.r Pct/.
so Wheeling CIaropoc r,,I,,,..,,. ,t