Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-06-11
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CINE NO. 1872 exploded one mile east
OF Piedmont with terrific force. The
boiler was reversed. the fire box being
complete wreck. Engineer W. c.
Linn. of Cumberland. Md. was thrown
some distance and badly scalded and
bruised. but will recover. Fireman
Robert Graham. II Cumberland. was
thrown 100 feet and died five minutes
later. f. Smith. of Rowlesburg. w
Va. who was learning the grades for
the purpose of firing was found under
the engine dead. Charles Powell. OF
Grafton, front brakeman. had his skull
fractured and is still alive. but can
not recover. Graham and Powell have
families. Smith is believed to have
been single. The north bank was torn
up by the force of the explosion and
the south track blocked by the boiler
and other wreckage. The engine beLk
was thrown near Mrs. Dorsey's refA
dence. half mile distant Pieces
wreckage can be found for a long
lance in all directions
Jessup Brown and VIII Clark. Pa
ersburg characters. were arrestSH
while trying to sell 100 two-cent7
stamps for a dollar. They said the
stamps had come from Flemingsburg.
o.. town whose post office was rob-
bed William Morris. of Parkersburg.
is in Jail at Marietta charged with rob-
bling the post office at FIemingsburg
new city directory is in course of
publication for Clarksburg and will be
issued in about three weeks It shows
population for Clarksburg and its
suburbs of 1900. In 1890 the census
showed $500. This wonderful growth
has all taken place in the past two
years. No town in West Virginia is
growing faster than CIarksburg
James Parsons. of Fairmont. was
caught under the jaw by a hook from
hosting derrick and his body sus-
pended in midair. When relieved it
was found that his jaw was broken
and that horrible cash had been cut
IL his neck. His condition is serious.
The Episcopal council of West Vir-
ginia adopted a resolution calling for
change in the state constitution. to
allow registration OF voters in order
that laws may be passed to prevent
corruption at the polls.
murdered by highwaymen on Little
Heart creek. Robbery was the motive.
There is no clue to the murderers.
Fire which started in Lee Logan's
livery stable. Parkersburg. destroyed
it and Todd Barrett's livery stable.
Logan's was historic building over
fifty years old. Forty horses were res
cued and all the vehicles in both sta
bles but the feed and buildings caused
loss of nearly ten thousand dollars.
The Commercial hotel. with 100 guests.
was in danger, but all were rescued.
Prof John T. Johnson. for ten years
head of the civil engineering depart
ment at the university. and Prof A.
ID. Hopkins. entomologist at the West
Virginia Agricultural Experimental sta
ton at the university, handed in their
designations TO President Purinton.
the former to accept a position with
the steel trust and the latter to accept
a position in the department of agri-
culture at Washington
Thomas Boehm. proprietor of the
Windsor hotel Grafton. has made an
assignment for the benefit of his cred
itors. Liabilities $4,000. assets I'M
known.
James NJ. Williams will lose his eye
sight as the result OF an unknown mis-
creant throwing a beer bottle through
a car window at Parkersburg. Glass
put out his eyes
Mrs. Charles Sager a widow Of Is
years. and John Williams. about the
same age. were married at Chenille
Mrs. Sager has for years been almost
| an invalid. scarcely able to walk and
has only been able to get around AZ
all with the assistance of a cane Two
hours after the marriage. through the
eXuberance of her joy. she had cast
aside her cane and was frisking about
as lively as colt She jumped a
four-foot fence without assistance and
was last seen out in the back ward
with her husband digging worms for
bait. intending TO go fishing i'm the aft
ernoon instead of taking a honeymoon
trip
The supreme court ha confirmed tho
decision of the lower court in the case
OF l.. beatty. who must hang. Beatty
killed his son-in-law. F.. Miner
William BOates. colored was killed
by another Negro on New River near
Montgomery In A quarrel over a din
ner pail. The slayer escaped.
The Episcopal council for the do
cese of West Virginia convened at
Parkersburg. Three bishops and about
20 clergy and lay delegates were pres
ent.
A stranger. who was trying TO sell
postage stamps at a discount. escaped
the Parkersburg officers. and they
think they missed an important cap.
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James Pratt. Of Parkersburg. went
to Grafton in search Of his wife. who
ne says left Grafton in company with
a street fair fakir He ran across
/ thcm in Oakland. Nd gavn thn fnhi.