The Clarksburg telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1874-1926, 1902-11-07
Short state Stories.
ooings Of the People and Happen
ings oyerthe State

Unless more cases Of diphtherla de-
yelop in Morgantown during The latter
part OF the week the board OF health
will allow the public schools to reopen
there next Monday
Locks and dams Nos. 70 and 10 In
the Monongahela river between Fair
mont and Morgantowu are now near
Ing com pletion. 1t is said that they
viii be in working order in very
short time.
The Parkersburg gun club, which
has had its shooting grounds in the
eastern suburb OF that city for some
time, is considering a change Of loca-
ton in the near future.
During the past few days the sher-
IFS over the state have been enjoying
an unprecedented rush in receiving
the taxes, being the days in which the
taxpayers can get the Discount.
Thirty Thousand acres Of coal land
has just been purchased by Pittsburg
parties in the eastern portion Of Wet
eel. This deal put over a half million
OF dollars in the hands Of the farmers
in that section.
j. w. Woody, well known charac-
ter at Bluetield, who has been in jail
at Greensboro for some time, has been
sentenced to ten years in the peniten-
tiary on charge Of criminal assault.
Draper Armstrong, a brakeman in
the yards, was caught between two
cars and instantly killed at Grafton.
He was 10 years Of age and well known,
leaving a widowed mother without
support.
The mystery surrounding the disap
peannce OF George Dudley, agent for
the b. & o. company at Parkersburg,
few weeks ago has been solved lie
has been seen in Baltimore in COM
pany with former Parkersburg
woman.
Many bids were received at Parkers-
bur for the extension of the Little
Kanawha railroad to a connection
with the West Virginia Central.
They will be opened in Pittsburg and
the contracts when awarded will re-
qulre work to be begun. at once.
A New gascompany under the dlrec-
tion Of d. p. Stout is being organized
at West Union for the purpose Of fur
nishlng cheaper gas. The proposed
reduction is from % to 50 per cent
cheaper than the present prevailing
rate.
The pheasant and turkey cropin the
Randolph and Tucker county noun
taIns is said to be better this season
than for many years. A number Of
hunters returning from Job declared
that wild turkeys are as thick as
chickens in barn yard and pheasants
as plentiful as crows. They reported
thirty.one pheasants and six turkeys
killed by one man in day, This is
rather unusual, as the crop Of all
kinds of game has been light in that
section for several seasons.
Chas. Spriggle., aged 81, was in
stantly killed while walking on the
X. Nm. railroad tracks six miles from
Charleston. spriggle was deaf and
did MT hear a work train which came
up behind him lrior to his death he
walked on the railroad tracks great
deal, although he was repeatedly
warned by friends. He said he knew
the freight and passenger schedules
perfectly, however, and was not afraid.
He leaves a wife and two children
John Fitzgerald, a plasterer, aged
% years, was run over by B. 4 O.
freight at Morgautown. His body was
severed ut the abdomen, and he died
instantly. FitzgaMld's home is in
Philadelphia. He went to Morgan
town two weeks ago. He had gone to
Falrmont to join the pIasterers union,
returning on the late train, and was
killed while leaving the depot. Two
dollars, Il corn cob pipe, and a few
papers we're found On his clothes.
A few months ago Eppa Williams
accidentally killed George Wander
GRIT, at Hinton, during quarrel as
the two were returning from the
homes Of two girls in whom they we're
desperately in love. Williams was
taken to jail, givena trial, convicted
and sentenced to ten years in states
prison. While in ail he received
word that his aged mother was dying
He escaped, went home and Travelled
a day and night by foot to get there.
He remained with her two hours, and
then telephJned the authorities that
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