Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1901-10-14
FROM WEST VIRGINIA.


The Randolph County Bank began
business last week.
The centennial of the founding of
Sistersville occurs next May.
FIVE thousand people attended the
races on the last day of the Elkins fair.
The National Exchange Bank of Wes-
ton has over half million dollars on
deposit.
The ST. Marys Oracle says the local
gambling joints" are still doing bust
ness at the old stands.
The report that the sheriff of Poca-
hontas county has been killed by a
negro is without foundation.
The Consolidated Telephone Com
pany will build line to Philippi. Bel
ington and Elkins within sixty days.
A number of witnesses who failed to
appear before the Monongalia county
grand jury, last week, were fined IS and
costs.
James G. Anderson, of Wolf Creek,
sold two three-year-old steers recently.
the combined weight of which was 3,055
pounds.-Addison Advertiser.
The Senators from West Virginia are
said to be on friendly terms with Pres
ident Roosevelt. but have very little in@
fuence with him.-West Virginia Ar
gus.
The West Virginia Argus saws the
armored cruiser West Virginia wi !
have quadruple twin screw engines of
90, 900 horse power. supplied by thirty
dollars"
Two large lots of hogs were sold in
array this week at ~ cents per pound.
the highest market price ever known
in that market for hogs gross.-Hinton
Leader.
And now some of the Republican
papers are trying to start a boom for
Dayton for Senator to succeed Scott.
OF course there is no harm in mention
ing "the little giant from Barbour In
this connection. but it will be long
time before the matter is considered
serously.-West Virginia Argus
The simple and quiet manner in
which the new administration of the
State University is taking hold of af-
fairs is in striking contrast with the
theatrical performances which were
witnessed in the early days of DR.. Ray
mond, and this is strong evidence OF
the fact that an educator of common
sense and ability is now at the head of
the Observation-Disclosures Times.
The Cumberland Daily News is au-
thority for the statement that the
Lumber Company, of
Gladwin West Virginia, have pur-
chased 16. 900 acres OF timber
land on Gladly Fork of the Cheat river
and have commenced the construction
of twenty-five miles of railroad from
Gladwin. on the Dry Fork railroad to
Flints, on the Coal e Iron railway
operated by the West Virginia Central
Certain newspapers have been max
ing high heaven resound with their
cries of imprecation against certain
other journals that have been IN times
past. particularly severe on President
McKinley's politics. The complaining
papers attribute the crazy deed of Czol-
gocz to the influence of these same anti
administration papers. But the accus-
ed papers have confronted the accusers
with quotations from their own files or
years gone by. The result has been
for the accusers. The rec
ords show that such papers as the New
York Sun. the ST. Louis Globe-Demo-
crat and Wheeling Intelligencer, were
exceedingly incorporate in their abuse
of other Presidents. The criticisms of
the late President Mckinley were mild
compared with their wild and insulting
TRADES against eveland.-Clarksburg
News.
witnesses are now being summoned
to Elkins in the million dollar law suit
now nending between John 7. Davis
son of ex-senator Henry G. Davis on
one side. and State Senator c. Fl. Scott
on the other. The matter in contro-
versy is the ownership of 12,714 acres
of the Centennial vein coal lands along
Roarino creek in Rsrdolph county. W.
Va. Clement T. Hilleary of Prince
George county. Mo, DOuSHl lo,Voo dtleS
of Roaring creek coal lands in the early
years of the last century, paving fifty
cents an acre for it. These lands were
never regarded as of value until the
last ten or twelve years, when they at
tracted the attention of CAPITALISTS.
Witnesses with a KNOWLEDGE % their
worth will testify in the 3'.
lands are now valued at zoo an acre
The discovery of will o. eleanor Hill
leary. who was Clement I. Hilleary's
sole heir. will be an important factor in
the case.=Clarksburg Naws.