Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-07-02
State Odds and Ends.
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were awakened from their slumbers
at the home OF Rankin Eddy. on Mar
rowbcne creek. near Wharncliffe. Min
go county. by masked men. who took
them out in their night garb and rode
them for more than half a mile on n
| rail. They have been holding meet
lnss in the neighborhood and the citi-
zens had repeatedly warned them to-
leave. As the Mormons were being
ridden on the rail Eddy. who became
much incensed. fired several shots into
the crowd. No one was injured Ed
dy disappeared for a few hours In or
der to escape violence. The affair has
| caused great stir in that commuui-
ty and other Mormon elders are ar
ranging TO leave.
A pathetic story has come to lighe
in connection with the death 9f +. w.
McElroy. who was killed In n railroad
wreck AT Mingo Junction. o.. the other
day. Ii was to have been his wedding
day. and the girl to whom he was en-
gagged waited his coming patiently at
Fairmont. where he had promised to
| meet her. Early Ia the morning she
was up and ready for him, and She
was at the depot waiting tor his train
when the news was flashed over tho
wires that he was dead The girl
was dazed by the news and almost
| lost her reason. For "a hours she
wandered around the streets OF Fair.
| mont, friendless and pennilcss. till
she was discovered by one who knew
her and was sent To her country home
at Catawba.
Sheriff Hall and Deputy Goodwin
arrested Chap" Gum. notorious
speak easy" man OF the oil fields
near Weston. Ten different indict.
ments were found against him.
The Daily Register OF Point Pleas
ant announced that on June 30 it will
suspend publication indefinitely
The historic hat Of Jim Bee. OF
| Parkersburg. has been stolen. II was
n genuine moleskin hat. made in
Scotland over a century ago and had
been in constant use ever since. hav.
ing been worn by at least 20 genera
| lions Of the Bee family and handed
down from father to son.
The meeting OF the State Editorial
association closed at Wheeling lhe
| following officers were elected: Presi-
I.
| Il. T. Hood: secretary. II. V. SempIo;
treasurer j. Bruce Hess; historian.
T. Tom McDougle; poet Il. NJ Heer-
MAINS. Charleston was selected as
the next meeting place
At Huntington James Thompson. a
| painter. fell from a scaffold to tho
ground, so feet. while painting. He
was fatally injured. AS he fell he
grabbed at Willard Lallance. another
| painter and he fell also. but was I'M
injured
New West Virginia post Offices:
| Conoway. Tyler county E. b. Wood
burn; Switchback Mcdowell county,
| J. +. Jones; West. WetZel county,
| Sanford Wade; Woodville, Lincoln
county. w. II. Turley.
White Barker, aged 81 years. shot
Bud Clendennin four times at Mont
gomery. Clendennin can not live. An
| old grudge is said to have been the
| cause of the shooting
Willis Baker was shot through the
mouth early the other morning by an
| unknown man while walking along the
b. 81 o. tracks near Wheeling. Tho
wound Is thought to be fatal.
Spence &c Smith completed a 40.
barrel flowing Big Injun producer on
the Dye farm, lower Bonds creek This
is ahead Of development. opening M
an immense new pool
Is. b. Dovener was renominated for
congress In Brooke county, over Show
alter by 236 majority. For house of
delegates. G. b. Scott won over II. Z.
Hervey.
Charles Conrad. aged %. OF Valley
Head, is dead from drinking essence
OF peppermint and cinnamon contain
ing wood alcohol
Mathew Helnes, "a lumber dealer, in
attempting TO cross the railroad bridge
ahead Of train. near Weston. was
knocked off into Laurel creek His
body has not yet been recovered.
At Clifton. Willie Jones, aged Q. was
kicked in the head 10y a mule. fractur-
ing his skull and breaking his nose.
He is In critical condition.
At IL o'clock the other night. a grin
said TO contain $500. was stolen from
saloon run by Morris Meadows. col.
ored. editor Of the Mcdowell Daily
Herald. published in the interests NJ
the mine owners Of the Keystone sec.
ton. Several parties have been ar
rested charged with the crime Some
OF the money was found in corn
patch near by. Since the strike such
acts are Of common occurrence. So
many miners have left the Flat TOP
coal field that the mines could not Ds
operated to one-half their capacity
should the remaining strikers resume
work.
Sheriff Jolife went to Monongah
from Fairmont the other day 10 arrest
Jim Short. charged with attempting
to assault ten-year-old Mary jackson.
However his trip was frniilesa tho