Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-06-12
Stats News Happenings.


other day made "A forslal donation TO
the West Virginia university of the
private library of Mr.. Wiley. con-
tanning $4,000 volumes
The management OF the Wheeling
parks were assessed unprecedented
penalties for selling beer on Sunday
The Wheeling was fined $3.50 on rive
indictments and Island Country Club
park and Mozart park were given sim.
liar penalties ON five and six indict.
ments respectively.
The young daughter of 4. III. Ollom.
we'll known merchant of MontgoIn-
cry, was run over and probably fatal
~ injured by delivery wagon.
Henry Nannoy. aged - years. and
who weighed $50 pounds, ia dead at
his home near Saud,vilie.
The Eureka Pipe Line Co. has sent
Jacob Gregg. of Blue. Tyler Co. Il
check for $1,000 a. voluntary recog-
milton of his bravery. Several years
ago he was passing a pump station at
Ankrom. when IL exploded and started
fire. Gregg rushed into the burn
ing building and rescued Charles Duty
and an unknown man. at the risk of
burned, and the men he saved died of
their injuries. Gregg's life was de-
SPARED OF for several weeks. but he
recovered.
In the federal court at Charleston
an opinion was delivered by Judge
Jackson ia the ease of Kaufman
against the Norfalk and Western Rail-
road Co. refusing the mandamus ask
ed for by the plaintiff, who alleged
that he was being Disseminated
against in the allotment of coal cars.
Judge Jackson held that il was within
the power of the Norfolk and West
crn Co. to make an allotment of cars
to the various coal companies in what
Is known as the Pocahontas field
and that under the system which the
railroad company has adopted the
plaintiff was not being Disseminated
against The case is one of the frs;
under the interstate commerce act,
and is important.
Al Martinsburg Harry Cook, aged
j.. arrested for placing stones on "A
railroad track. said he did it for fun
Several trains narrowly escaped de
struction. He was released because
of his youth.
Attorneys for the borough Of South
MorGantown will sue out Il writ OF
mandamus to test the validity of the
charter of the new Greater Morgan
town.
VIM Allen, Negro SLAYER OF Hiram
Mcmillan, of West Virginia. was con
Nicted of murder i'm the first degree
at Uniontown, Pa.
Mrs. John Lynch was accidentally
shot and killed at Ncwburg the other
afternoon.
Samuel Cason, a mail clerk living
at kidwell, passed through Wheeling
for New York with his three children
all OF whom were bitten by pet Gog
that had rabies. He will place them in
the Pasteur institute
At Anstead IA boiler on the we'll
digging machine of Harels Summers
blew up and killed three small chill
dren who were playing near bv. The
names Of the dead are Harry Fergu-
son. Chas. Doolittlc and Harry Pock
The 3-year-old daughter of Joseph
Marchnes, foreman in the Seneca
glass works, Morgantown, and for
mcrly of Fostoria. o.. while playing
in the yard, found and ate wild
Parsnips and died in fearful agony.
At Clarksburg special election on
the proposition TO issue $4,000 bonds
tor additional paving and sewerage
carried by large maiority, and work
will be commenced a once
News was brought from Winfield.
Putnam county, that the other even
ing the air became suddenly cold AMI
was followed. after - short wait. by
one Of the severest and most damag-
ing winds. Rain followed in ter
rife and most destructive manner
The most terrific hail storm ever
known in Putnam county came next.
The hail stones are reported 10 have
been much larger than usual Some
were larger than hen eggs, The story
comes from reliable farmers who
were here recently. They say that
fruit trees. young corn. growing
wheat. vegetables. etc, were seriously
damaged. " is feared that the crops
will be very short. Winfield suffered
some. but not as much as the farmers
Many fences were destroyed nv the
wind in Almost every direction. The
passenger boat Greenwood plying
between Pittsburgh and Charleston.
was driven TO the shore. but no dam
age resulted.
Capt. W. O. Franklin. a Norfolk and
Western conductor. was probably IA
tally injured at Kcnova he stepped
from his train and slipped. striking
the engine of train passing ON an
other track.
DR.. Y. J.. Guthrie for ten years su-
pcrintendent of the Spencer Insane
asylum. has been appointed president
OF the state IIomc for lncurables ~
Huntington. succeeding Mrs MurS