Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1901-05-12

KEY W. Va. My ii The ixn-
mense tannery Of Thomas Cover. Dray-
ton q Leonard. at Moorefleld, win IS
one Of the most modern III this section
Of West Virginia. The work Of con-
etruction has just started and the com
tractors will push it to completion IS
rapidly as possible. 1t is estimated
that six hundred thousand brick Will
be used in building, but in making the
contract for supplying the brick Mr..
Cover, who Is very superstitious.
would not contract for the even num-
Der, but instead contracted for SOS, 999.
One million feet of lumber will also be
required in the construction. 1t Is
proposed to utilize the used tan for
fuel in the big furnaces, and from this
source it is expected that not less than
fifteen tons of ashes will result weekly.
These ashes will be sold to the farmers
for fertilizer. Another arrangement
which will please sportsmen who are
interested in the protection of fish in
the South Branch river is an immense
waste pool in which the tannic wastes,
so injurious to fish, will be stored until
the spring and autumn freshets, when
IL w III OO Ill hOd iNOcC anu Cal iCu Out
SO rapidly as to result in no harm to
the fish
Col William Hall, aged Is years, one
of the wealthiest farmers in Barbour
county, is dead at his home at Peel
Tree. A widow and five children sur
v:ve.
A creamery will be established at
Meadowville, Barbour county, by j.
Forward, formerly proprietor of hotels
at Mt. Lake Park and Terra Alta.
The Beverly election resulted in a
victory for the dry element by major
ity of 25 votes. Richard B. Harris, for
mer deputy sheriff, was elected mayor.
The town has been wet for many
years.
Silas Rowan, of Mabie. killed a bald
eagle on the headwaters of Roaring
creek, messing s feet inches from tip
to tip, and weighing over forty pounds.
This big bird had been terror to the
farmers for miles around, carrying off
many birds and lambs to his eyre in
Panther Rocks. in Middle Fork Noun
tain.
A charter has been issued to the
Randolph County Bank at Elkins, the
incorporators being Col E. Hutton, of
Huttonsville; Lloyd Hansford, of Par
sons; John ]. Hetzel, of New York;
William F. Griffith, G. H. Scott. j. H.
Fout and DR.. A. M. Fredlock The bank
will be located in the Griffith building,
in the rooms now occupied by the post
Office.
Rev. w. H. H. Shaffer, of Valley Fur
mace, Barbour county, for rs years a
minister of the German Baptist Church,
is dead. A widow, four sons and four
daughters survive.
L. H. White, native of Anne Arun-
del county, Nd, is dead at his home in
Century, Barbour county, aged 80
years.
Lightning played a very peculiar
freak at Davis during the storm yester-
day, striking the house occupied by
William Effland, tearing the windows
and stoves to pieces and doing other
damage amounting to not less than
$109. The escape Of Mrs. Effland and
her seven children, all of whom were
in the building, was nothing less than
miraculous, none of them being hurt
Mrs. Effland was mixing bread upon a
table, which was torn to pieces and one
of the legs thrust into the wall. This
section was visited by a cloudburst yes
terday afternoon, which flooded the
streets and lowlands, but fortunately
did no serious damage.