Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1899-08-16
State Odds and Ends.

Miss MARY HAYS, a, society belle of
Wheeling. and Harry NCarpen,er. a
well known Young business man OF
Moundsville, clopcd and were married Z
at Woodstiei,l. OSthc other day. but
not until the fatherof the young ladv.N
A. NJ, Hays. had livery local officer
available in three countirs ,ryins L.
Prevent their marriages. Tho fasnrr ara
rived IN Woousieid Just in time TO hear y
n county official pronounce the words
that made ,thc couple man and wife.
lie forgavc fhem. but went home with
out has dadyhter.
Wuxf: returningAhome from church
the other night. IN Wayne county,
Sherman Smith and Levi Ramey quar-
relied over n Young lady Ramey struck
Smith with n club. when the latter re-
taliated by shooting Ramey to death.
Smith attempted to escape. but was
captured by posse n few hours later.
Both young men are OF prominent
families, the murdered young man
being graduate of an Ohio univcr-
sity.
n POST OFFICE has been established
Mt Adam, Calhoun county, with Adam
Starchcr. postmaster.
ALL persons cont fined in the county
Jail ut Romney for misdcmeanor will
be compelled to work on county roads
Ar New Martinsvillc Robert Nice
was instantly killed while thrashina
grain by the cylinder OF n thrashing
machine bursting.
w. SCorr STUMP. the drummer. who
was instMtly killed Mt Clarksburg, had
his life <sured for Sll. 600
The business men OF Sewell have
subscribed S25 month for the purpose
o. maintaining n policeman.
TnE suit instituted by Charles Stew
art, colored, against the town of Mar
tinsburg. asking damages at So, 900 for
broken leg. was compromised by the
payment of $3.50.
The city council OF st. Adams passed
an ordinance prohibiting slot ma
chimes.
AT Charleston, Il. 4. Lewis. Tyler
Creek; John.F. Eowe. Andrew Marcum,
Dunbar and ). III. Wclcher Blueficld,
filed bankruptcy petitions.
ED T.. MEREDITH has resigned from
the management OF the Warrington
Advocate.
CHAs. w. You've, who died on Mill
creek, near Charleston. was 30 years
cd and was the father of III children,
all living. % grandchildren and GS
grcat-grandchildrcn.
Frank Williams, of the Huntington
detective agency. arrived Mt Hunting
ton the other morning with Miles l..
Berry. who less han IA year ago. IL is
charged. robbed a star mail messenger
in Monroe county. this state, and Sc
cured upward OF 81, 900 from registered 4
letters. lie was taken TO Charleston.
+. NJ. ALLEN, OF Shirley, claims his
son was murdered at the Pfcsidio, San
Francisco. where he was enlisted, and
demands investi gation by the war de-
partment. 1t was reported the boy
had committed suicide.
SENATOR ELkINs and ex-senator III.
G.. Davis have most OF the $ ock in a
company recently formed To purchase
400 acres of Monongahela coal land!
a TELEGRAM received by the reven nc
officer, at Petersburg announces the
capture at Welch. Mcdowell county,
of Joe Varncy and Joe Fcrrel, two
mountaineers, on charge of passing
spurious money in that section OF the
state. The men were captured while
at work IN a hut by Deputy Marshal A.
G. Hufford, who took them before a
United y ates commissioner and had
them comm tied To Jail for n hearing
before Judge jackson mt the next term
of court. large quantity OF fictitious
money. base metal an number OF
dies and moulds are included in the
capture.
The Directors of the y. IL w. Rail-
road have declared the regular semi
annual dividend of two per cent. s.
A. y. WILLIAMS, one Of the largest
shoe dealers in Petersburg, has as
signed. Liabilities, $4,000; assets,
Sl2. 900.
THE Glade Friedrich Company OF
Grafton. has sold it's plant to the Reese
Hammond Friedrich Company, OF Boil
var, Pa. and the capacity will he in
creased from rs, 900 to 90, 900 bricks per
day.
JACOB CoKETEY. n prominent farmer
near Cairo. died "A few days ago from
eating too many apple dumpiings.
TAYLOR Bishop. colored. who broke
into "A box car at Thurmond. last May.
and stole half barrel of brandy, has
been found guilty and sent to the PEN
itentiary for five years.
PROF. a. l.. PURINGrON. OF the Uni
vcrsity OF Nashville. formerly of the
West Virginia University Mt Morgan
town. is very sick at SmithGeld. Pa.
He has been afflicted with 80 boils dur
ing the past year
HUSTIS0Toy wants the new co-adiu-
tor bishop TO make his home there.
and talks Of erecting a 50, 900 residence
for him.
Mrs. BETTE DAVIDSON, a widow, was
brutally murdered at Bluefeld juno
ton, il as said, by Alex. Miller, VINO
claimed that she had robbed him OF $50.
The murderer escaped. -
TIE Home Gas Co. of Manningtdri.
has been chartered with an authorized
IN initial stock az coO OOO