Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-06-19

State News PlCk-upS.



ot the Ohio Wesleyan University the
other day. OF which he is trustee.
read for the first time the charge OF
:. ID. Merrick, Of Parkersburg. that
the EN-Goyernor's friends had used
Mr.. Merrick's name fraudulentiy in
getting the signatures OF the bar of
West Virginia i'm his favor for tho
ncwly created federal judgeship OF
West Virginia. The ex-governor imme-
iiately wired Mr.. Merrick for his au-
thority, and he gave Alex Duiin. as
sistant attorney general. MIR. Dulin
came out in n card and states that
he had understood Merrick was i'm
favor OF the ex-governor. but that
his home county had endorsed the
ex-governor several months before
MIR. Merrick's' name was used in this
connection.
Daniel Boardman Purintnn, now
president OF Dennison University ut
Granville. o., WAS elected president of
the West Virginia University this az
ternoon. making the fifth president
the institution has had i'm the past
nine years. The election was by unan-
imous vote Of the regents. \ salary
OF $4,000 year was voted DIR. Purin-
tan. DR.. Purintan is native West
Niriginian. lie was graduated from
the university, in ~ and was at onca
elected To the professorship Of logic,
then the chair of mathematics, which
he left TO take the chair of metaphy-
sizes. In 1890 he was chosen president
of Dennison University.
AZ Williamson after Impeachment
proceedings were instituted against
him. charging drunkenness. etc,
Commissioner Harry Maynard, of tho
county Court. has resigned, aud DIR.
q. Il. White. OF Williamson, has been
appointed.
At Wheeling William Mitchell. col
ored, was arrested on charge of ut
tempting To assault Mrs. Frederick
Schuman. an aged widow.
Fungus or blight has destroyed half
the apple orchards in West Virginia.
Fruit growers are much alarmed. The
loss can not he estimated. No rom
edy is known.
On the neck OF land I'm the New
River bottoms. near Bluefield which
was washed out by the recent foods
"Hh proof OF nav
ing once been an Indian burying
ground, farmer has planted crop
OF corn. One hundred and thirty
graves are plainly visible and i'm plow-
neg great numbers OF skulls and bones
are upturned. lie boasts that he will
have the finest crop of corn In the
state, since the soil has been thor
oughly fertilizcd with Indian bone
meal.
ZIP Hosl<ins. colored, died near
Welch, Mcdowell county. He was
102 years old, and had been married
five times. He was quite unique
character. During the civil war he
served as an attendant upon the fa-
nous "Stonewall' Jackson, ard was
present in many "A battle.
Adam l.. Nyc, aged 65. leading
merchant and democrat. and post
master of MorRautown under Presi-
dent Cleveland's first administration,
dropped dead the other day.
Hiram Irwin and Frank Jordan, both
colored, quarrele1 at the Short Limo
railrond camp at Clarksburg- Jordan
wrenched from Irwin revolver and,
firing. killed him instantly
Jasper Golden. aged -. of Light
burg, Lewis county, was struck by
an east-bound d. e. o. train at
Clarksburg early the other morning
and instantly killed.
About % miles south of Hunting.
ton is situated the palatiaI home AMI
magnificent farm Of Ephraim Keyser.
For the past three years one Jasper
Mays has been employed by him aa
farm hand. During this time he
fen in love with Keyser's only daugh-
ter, Agnes, who has scarcely passed
her sixteenth year. The other night
they elOped 10 this city. only 20 b0
arrested and held 20 await the arri-
val of the infuriated father. At a
o'clock the next morning he had not
arrived. and. being released, the hap
~ young couple took ava early train
for Ironton. Ohio. where they wers
married. Only n little while after
their departure Keyser arrived ON tho
Scene. and has instituted suit agniDst
the city for $1,000 because the on
Gals released them.
At Huntington. George MidkiH, %,
went crazy and tore across the coun-
try like Wild man. posse search
ed for him all night. taking him at
daybrcak.
The West Virginia tax commission.
recently appointed by COY. White.
elected Captain Alfrcd Philips. Of
Fayette county, secretary. Adjourn
inent was taken until June q.
ON LOup Creek. John MOrrtag 0nff
Albert High. shanty bOatmen. qtaar-
relied. High severed Mornings iug'i-
lar vein. he bIed 20 death and hia
murderer escaped to the ;uoHafains-
Ruel y. Sherwood. Of Parkersburg,
lieutenant FIRST volunteer infantry,
has been appointed collector Of inter
nal revenue ~ Zambales-
BartOls Salvoi. a coal miner. waa