Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1902-04-02
State News PlCk-upS.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES ~

charging tncm with the murder ana
robbery of Joseph Wilson. the wealthy
stockman at Thacker. woman is
said to be implicated. Hall is said to
have made n full confession.
The James V. Cochran estate. OF
Dawson. Pa. invested $3.50 900 in the
county and will open mines four miles
west of Morgnntown.
The Morgsntown Electric Light and
Power company announced its inten-
ton to build street car line and a
large power plant.
Dr. Dickey, an eminent surgeon OF
Huntington. has been convicted of sec
ond degree murder in the Mercer
criminal court. II being alleged that he
caused the death of Miss Mosley.
Thinking that she was giving her
little daughter Lucy. aged two and a
halt years, medicine. Mrs Frank Coo
per. or Parkersburg. gave the child n
teaspoonful OF laudanum Physicians
worked constantly. endeavoring to
keep the child awake. but IL is be-
lieved the child will not live.
John NJ. Crawford. member of tho
city council from the First ward. Park.
ersburg. resigned. saying he could not
be party to the non-enforcement OF
the laws of the city In regard to the
saloon Keepers
Through the efforts of Prof. w. III.
Cole the donation of S25 .OOO by An
| drew Carnegie for public library at
Huntington, has been increased to $35.-
600
|
brewery will be erected at Morgan.
town. the ground having been pur.
chased from parties for $4,000.
Fire at the C. l.. Ritter Lumber com.
pany's plant on Buffalo Creek de.
stroyed the dry kiln and contents and
between 10000 and 10000 feet of lum.
Der. The heavy loss is partly covered
| by insurance
William Il. Bennett while aboard
train going from Bluefeld to- Will
Hanson, dreamed that he had !allen
beneath n train and had both legs cut
off. The dream preyed upon his mind
until the next day. and he related II TO
a number of friends. A couple of days
later while walking on the main track
OF the n. and w. he noticed the APP
proach of a train and stepped TO n
side track. Just at that moment
| shifting engine struck and badly mnng-
led him. His left arm was severed
| near the shoulder and the left foot
Mt the ankle. He will hardly recover.
William Ley was found near Jaco
almost dead, log having rolled over
| him. He was working at his saw
mill. with no one near. when the tim
| Der broke loose and struck him to the
| ground. With great effort he crawled
to the mill whistle which he tied down
TO call for help. The steam was ex
hausted without the appearance of any
one, and he was forced to lie out all
| night. He was nearly frozen when
discovered
Word reached Logan that BIZ Law
erty had been killed by JEFF. Lemon
They met on the highway and after
| some angry words Lemon is said to
have shot Laverty with a shotgun.
Lemon then went to his fathers homo
near by. but left there soon and has
not since been seen. Lemon is sin
gle and Laverty leaves a wife and ono
small child.
Benjamin Hayes. an old resident OF
Pennington. drank four bottles of
| lightning hot drops" because he
| could not secure intoxicants. He
died I'm great agony. {
Sam ID. Smith, deputy sherif. was
| reported murdered few miles south
of East Lynne by Walt Hite. Smith
was endeavoring to arrest Hite for
church disturbance. Smith is prom!
inently known and was once in the
revenue service. He led a raid on
gambling dens at Alexandria. Va. a
few years ago in which he distin.
tinguished himself by his daring.
a coal company, with a capital stock
OF 800 900. was organized in Parkers-
burg the other morning. to be known
as the Briar Mountain Coal company.
with the object of the development
| Of vast tract of coal land lying I'm
Preston county. The members of the
company are Governor A. b. White.
T. b. Davis. Collector OF Internal
Revenue, Fish Commissioner Bow
ers; w. n. o. Dawson. Secretary OF
state; r. W. Gilkeson. cashier of the
Second national bank Of Parkersburg.
| and General Horkheimer. OF Wheel.
| ing
The body OF c. r. Schafer. OF
Bloomdale o.. who suicided on the
l4th inst. by jumping from the Ohio
river bridge at Wheeling. was found
and identified at Powhatan. schafer
was formerly telegraph operator in
the employ Of the 3. & o. at Chicago
junction. o., but lost his position. it
Is alleged, through intemperance.
Pat Maloney. a railroad conductor
| on the b. o.. at Parkersburg. re.
fused an offer Of $500 for a small
piece Of property which ne recently
purchased for $500. He has sold the
| oal right for 81 500. and the offer was