Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-03-27

Stats News Happenings.
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scu'tic. which wound up i'm anger.
Norris struck Guisce with N poker.
the point penetrating his skull, inflict-
ing possible fatal wound.
Rev. DIR. Thomas Balph. of st.
Clairsville, Ohio, was installed at
Wheeling as pastor OF the Second
United Presbyterian church.
Frances Il. lhrig, the West Virgin
In Oil Queen" was recently sued by
Alfred L. Smith for damages, he al
leges she kept him i'm her house till
he signed receipt for all money she
owed him--SG.o00. She now sues him
to recover two farms and n store
valued 1T 10000. which she alleges
were wrongfully taken from her
while Smith was her attorney.
AZ Charleston Noah Fisher. aged
10, was arrested. charged with set
ting fire 10 the home of Wash Mat
thcws.
The body of Harvey Lcgg wan
found in n creek near Charleston II
Is supposed he fell i'm while intoxi-
Gated.
The courthouse at New Mur,i,s-
which 10 erect the monuments 10 Levi
Morgan. an early trappcr, vino was
one of che first settlers in Wcsl Vir.
ginia.
James kincheloc, G.. w. Ward. Wal.
ter Carragher and Bert Muncy were
arrested charged with assaulting and
robbing Walter HOFFMAN. at Parkcrs-
burg They we're held on felony
charge.
iloatcr taken from the river at
Bridgeport was identified as George
McElfresh, of Warren. Ohio, missing
for two months. There are two great
holes in his head, indicating foul play.
The overflow of the gushcrs in the
Sand Fork field has tainted the water
OF that creek, and through it the
water of the Little Kanawha river.
SO that thousands of fish have died
the past few months.
John Guiscc. who, during II scuftie
IT Parkersburg, was hit with poker
by j. C. Norris, is fatally hurt.
Right Rev. Mgr. John II. Sullivan.
OF the Wheeling diocese. died the
other day, aged 81 years, Mt st. Jo-
seph's hospital Petersburg. Mgr.
Sullivan was formerly rector of ST.
Josephs cathedral, Wheeling, and
vicar general of the diocese. He was
lately appointed rector OF Sacred
Heart church, Charleston.
Il. NJ. Hill. the other morning found
pocketbool< containing $500 in cash
and $500 in negotiable notes. No
claimant has been found.
Gov. White appointed Charles j..
IIaddoX, OF Ritchie county, warden
Of the pcnitcntiary to succeed u. A.
Hawk.
w. j.. Collins, brakeman on the
B. d. o., fell under train at Parkers-
burg and was fatally injured.
Clark Simmons, charged with shoot
ing Rev. John Rexroad a t Weston, was
adiudged not guilty.
The supreme court OF appeals
granted "a habeas corpus To Attorney
j. Manns, sentenced to be hanged
for the murder of DR.. Harris, Of Me-
Dowell county. His bail was fixed
at $1,000.
The resignation OF DR.. y. III. Ray
mond was rendered and was accepted
al meeting OF the regents of the
West Virginia university. He goes
10 Chicago.
The new Wheeling board of public
OF public works elected Charles w.
Lohse city engineer, Andrew SteetZer
street commissioner. and Otto IL.
Auber assistant. All are democrats.
The s-ycar-old son of Thomas Con
nor. miner, al Parsons. set fire 10
key Of powder in his home. The
explosion killed the boy and tore up
the building.
a pumpboat belonging TO tho Char
ter Oak Conl Co., OF Minersville, blew
up. wrccking the large coal tipplc
and sinking the boat. The losses are
heavy.
The liquor people won the city elec-
ton by two votes. and saloons viii bc
allowed for the first time in seven
years in Ceredo.
AZ Parkcrsburg Floyd billiard, cleo
trio light emplOye, while working on
line grasped live wire. lie will
die.
Abraham Ford was found burned
10 death ia front Of his door at Mar
tinsburg.
Fire broke out IN the Grand hotel
at Kenova. The entire building, with
contents. was consumed in less than
an hour. The house was filed with
guests. and there were some thrilling
escapes. but not q person was injured
The structure was built by Wright
Bros. Of Ceredo, and was valued at
$4,000. T.. W. Allison, formerly of
IrOntou. o., was the proprietor.
since the killing OF BENZ Haldc-
man at Weaver by Payton Sires. a boy
OF 20. friends Of both have been ARM
ing themselves, and fcud il ex-
pected.