Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-08-27
STATE NEWS ITEMS.


penitentary at Moundsville with a
patch OF prisoners convicted at the
last term of criminal court Among
the number was Buck" Hardwick.
white, under sentence of death for as
sault upon a 10-year-old white girl.
ISAIAH and Brown Lipscomb. colored.
are the only ones to serve long terms.
They are brothers, and were given
nine years each for the killing of VIM.
Holmes, also colored. whom they chop
ped TO pieces with an AK for running
away with ISAIAH Lipscombs wife.
Miss Edna Loughery and DR.. Ches-
ter r. Ogden, OF Clarksburg. were mar
ried at Columbus o.. by Rev James
Clark, brotaer-in-law of the bride.
Or. Ogden recently graduated at Lou
isville. KY. and is a popular young
man in Clarksburg.
Charles Harper. OF Pittsburg. was
drowned in Cheat river. near Morgan
town. He was one of party of camp
ers from Pittsburg.
In a freight wreck in the Kenoya
yards, the other night. six cars were
smashed and switchman Overman seri-
Ously injured.
Mrs. Rebecca Fast. widow OF Isaac
Fast. who had the misfortune TO lose
a large fortune in real estate during
his last days. was buried the other day
near her old home on Judges creek.
her death was caused in a strange
manner. After the death of her hus-
band, almost five years ago. she be-
came an inmate OF the county poor
house. which is distant from Barbours-
vile only a few miles A few weeks
after her arrival there her appetite
began TO increase and il soon reached
such abnormal proportions that it be-
came necessary to guard her so as to
prevent her eating too much A few
days ago as she had almost com
pleted her dinner she was left alone.
Being always fond Of cucumbers and
never allowed to eat any. she stepped
out into the garden and began eating
them as fast as she could. She ate
IL large ones before she was stopped
Next morning she was taken violently
Ill and died the following night.
James De Vaughn. a farmer OF Kan
awha, has been missing since July l6.
when he attended a convention in
ParkeTsburg. He had over 800 in
his pocket when last seen and his
family think he was murdered
George Quillin, a schoolteacher OF
Wise county. is dead OF smallpox. and
two of his brothers are now in the
pesthouse at the point of death. Only
a few days ago his mother died of the
same disease.
Charles Barton. the coke oven boss
at Rush Run, near Fayetteville, while
handling a revolver. accidentally shot
himself in the knee and died almost in
stantly. The fatality of the shot can
not be accounted for
The wedding reception to their
daughter at the home OF Mr. and Mrs.
Pat Toney near Fayetteville. was
broken up the other night when Toney
felled Prince TYRE with a jug and
fractured his skull The daughter.
Miss Lillian, was welded TO John b.
Davis, late of the United States army.
Toney surrendered lyric will die.
* freak OF the oil industry is the
well developed by Schlegel g. Freed at
No. l on the Massey farm in the Bens
Run pool near the Tyler county line
in Peasants. At depth of only 1S
feet a formation OF fine white sand.
20 feet thick and corresponding in
ouarity to the Macksburg $50 foot. was
encountered, and a vein of oil tapped
that is producing at the rate Of 20 bar.
rels n day.
George Sneed. aged 10. is lying at
deaths door with a gunshot wound i'm
fred by ED Thomas. from Texas. The
trouble occurred at the home OF the
young mans mother. in Huntington.
at daylight. Thomas. who is a friend
OF the woman. became jealous OF her
and going 10 her home at the above
hour demanded an explanation. When
she came 10 the door he began abusing
her and pulled his revolver. The son
rushed to the door with a revolver in
hand and Thomas fired first at the
woman. then at the boy The first
bullet penetrated the woman's cloth.
ing and the second entered the lads
abdomen There is no hope for his re.
cOvery
Judge Jackson decided that money
ON deposit i'm a bank can not be taxed
as it is mere liability I'm the dcposi.
tors favor and is not money in the
concrete form. He granted an I'm.
junction against the sheriff of Tyler
county to restrain the collection of
taxes on S25O.OOO ON deposit belonging
20 H. A Brennaman
Benedum Bros and Edward BostocIJ
Of Cameron. will erect a glass bottle
factory at Sistersville TO employ rs
men. Sistersville capitalists have sub
scribcd TO 10000 of the stock and fur
nish the site
William Douglass. who shot and I'm
stantly killed William and Fred John
son. brothers. at Anderson. is now I'm
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