Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-09-10
State News PlGk-uDS.


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drawing the keen blade of a razor
across her throat several times from
ear to ear.
Al Gram Run. near Salem the United
states Oil Co.'s Well No. 1, on the
George Williams farm. was ready to be
shot The 20-Quart-shot OF nitrogly-
cerin was in the hole about 200 feet
when the well commenced to flow.
The shot came out with the flow. hit
the beam and exploded The concus-
sion was terrific. Several persons
were stunned.
John Putnam was arrested and taken
before justice OF the peace on the
charge OF embezzlement preferred by
the Crystal Ice Co. OF Wheeling. While
In court he attempted TO chew and awaT-
low a check belonging to the company
and nearly choked to death In the at
| tempt. After recovering from the
shock he was sent TO jail
Miss Ruby Morris. n professor OF
chemistry I'm the State university at
MorGantown. and who was a member
OF the local X. +. excursion party TO
California. died at San Francisco of
| typhoid fever.
| The Preston Republican was sold
the other day to S. j. Newall. OF the
Ravenswood News. A. G.. Hughes will
be associate editor.
| c. D.-Ellsworth. agent for the United
States treasury. who has been at
Wheeling some days TO decide upon a
location for new government build
| ing. for which 5000 900 has been appro.
priated has selected the FIT Henry
club house site and the building viii
be placed
The Mason county democratic con.
vention was held at Point Pleasant,
Col. John Peter Roman Bureau Smith
| who has held the office of county clerk
| for the past "a years, was again nomin-
ated for the same office. Prof Virgil
A. Lewis, ex-state superintendent OF
free schools, was nominated for cir.
cult court. A. j. Dunn and C. X.
| Blackwood were nominated for mem.
bers of the house OF delegates Andrew
| w. Rifle of the Union district. was
nominated for commissioner of the
| county court The resolutions were
| confined to local affairs
Prof. +. T. Harris. vice president OF
| the Ohio Valley college. now being
| built at Ravenswood and n prominent
educator. was instantly killed by fall
| ing from the second story OF house
he was building onto a picket fence
| His neck was broken. He was for
| merly editor of the West Virginia
| School Journal
II. III. Sayres. postmaster at Ham
bleton, was drowned in Black Fork at
Hendricks, three miles from Parsons
His body was found later by some
boys who were fishing. There is some
| suspicion of foul play
Harry Starbuck, night Waterman for
the ice and light company, at Hinton,
was stoned late the other night and
lay unconscious for hours. The police
are at work on the case, which is sur
rounded by mystery. Starbucks con-
| dltlon is critical.
In Putnam county b. =. Sutphin
bought six carloads Of cattle, which
were delivered and paid for in checks
on the Kanawha Valley bank, Of
| Charleston. The cattle were sold at
once TO Gillon, of Ohio, and paid for
in cash. The checks were taken TO
| the bank at Hurricane, which was
closed. The other morning $500 OF
them were presented there and tho
cashier communicated with the bank
at Charleston and found they were
not good. The entire amount OF tho
worthless paper Is thought to be about
| $1,000. Investigation showed that
Sutphin and wife had sold their per.
| sonal property, rented the farm which
is in her name, and skipped, nobody
knows where. A good many debts
were left by him in addition to tho
checks.
Two employees OF the Riverside mill
at Wheeling, james Murrins and John
Blum. were dangerously stabbed by
POlanders
The body of Harmon Smith, who
died at War Ridge. was buried the
other day. He was the father Of SO
children. Twenty-seven sons and
daughters attended the funeral
George Robinson. o. Forest. Va. an
employe OF the Norfolk e. Western
was run over near Eckman. this state
and instantly killed, his head being
severed
Because Chas Clelss was relnstated
as foreman OF the blowing department
I'm the MorRantown glass works 50
blowers and 80 gatherers struck the
other morning
Glass sand has been found on the
BuckhannOn river ten miles above
Buchannon. The discovery was made
several weeks ago. but not until a
Cambridge. o.. syndicate headed by
Henry Downs, Of that place. bought
30 acres Of land for plant. were cap
itaists aware Of its value. The dis
covery opens q territory for glass
manufacture that is new and richly