Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-07-22

State Odds and Ends.


Negro on the street at Huntington.
Epps was pursued by posse to
twelve Pole river. where. IL Is report
ed. he was drowned while trying to
swim to the opposite shore. Many
shots were fred by the posse MT the
Negro and he was badly injured be-
fore he leapei into the river.
Frank Loomen. aged IL. OF Union.
was kicked In the head by a young colt
and killed.
Miss Mary Harvey. OF Oak Hill was
appointed on the county teacherss
board OF examiners by the board OF
education. This Is the first lady to
be appointed an examiner in the state.
While Russell Brady was running a
cut-on saw in one of the Smo0t Lum.
Der Co.'S mills. on Beaver. near Cow.
en-. the elbow In the steam line burst
just behind him. and he was blown ON
the saw. which severed one hand. and
entering Mt the shoulder. buried itself
In his body. He sprang up and walk.
cd about 65 feet, and fell dead.
The Hoult Coal and Coke Co.. at
Morgantown. has disposed OF it's hold
ings ut HSult to a party OF men from
New Haven. Dunbar and Dawson. Pa.
Tor 100000. The property is Just ready
to ship coal. The Niagara coal and
Coke Co, OF Morgantown. has opened
a mine above town, and Is now ready
to ship coal.
Judge Bennett has sentenced several
people convicted of carrying pistols
to pay fines of 500 and serve ten
day jail sentence at Fayetteville. He
says he VIII double this fine next term
Of court. anu will keep on until he
breaks up the pistolcarrying habit In
that section.
John L. Hemp, a C. & O. car inspcc.
tor. well-known along the Cincinnati
division OF the road, was found dead
near the G. & o. tracks at Huntington.
IL Is thought car passed over his
head He leaves family.
The Baltimore & Ohio railroad ia
distributing number OF high-bred
yearling bulls among farmers in the
vicinity OF Clarksburg, who will be al
lowed to keep them until they are 3
years old. having free use for breed
ing purposes. after which the animals
VIII be returned to the company.
William Farley. who served time I'm
Cincinnati for highway robbery. was
convicted In the Wheeling criminal
court or grand larceny. In Cincinnati
he posed as civil engineer lie il
one OF the most noted thieves In the
world. He goes to Moundsvillc for
several years
The daughter OF o. II. Emerich. OF
Parkersburg, aged IL months. hanged
herself. The little one was asleep i'm
her crib with nursing bottle fast
ened around her neck. Awakening she
tried to climb out of bed and the string
which held the bottle caught. The
child was dead when the mother went
to look after her a few minutes later.
Several hundred miners employed
mt the great Hitchman works. below
Wheeling. struck as a result OF trou-
bles over the recently adopted agree
ment. IL Is expected that the Ohio
mine officials. who have Jurisdiction
at Wheeling will force settlement.
Hon. Leonidas S. Johnson died at
Pruntytown. He was son of the late
Gov. Johnson. of Clarksburg, who was
governor of Virginia before West Vir.
ginia was formed.
John Hensley died OF smallpox the
other day. 20 miles south OF C<Iyan-
dotte. and for fear of spreading the
disease II was decided to bury the
body at midnight. Half dozen men
placed the coffin in farm wagon to-
convey IL to the burial ground and
the men began drinking. All were
soon intoxicated, and before the GENE
terry was reached the wagon went over
an embankment and the coffin rolled
30 feet. breaking to pieces and ex-
posing the corpse. The drunken men
were afraid TO handle the remains.
The authorities had the body buried
next day. but there were many ex-
posures
Col. VIM. G.. Jaeger. 80 who at one
time owned all the lands I'm what is
now known as the Flat Top coal field
and who was the most extensive land
owner in the state Is dead at Hunt.
ington. after few days Illness. He
was yet active in business affairs, and
only few weeks ago sold the Federal
Coal Co. land In Mcdowell county for
$3.50 900. Col. Jaeger gained notoriety
during the civil war by trapping block
ade runners in the West Indies. and
was always a warm friend OF Presi.
dent Lincoln. He founded the town
OF Jaeger. in Mcdowell county His
remains were taken to- Reading, Pa.
his boyhood home. for burial.
The board OF health of Fayetto
county has just made a report for the
past six months. showing that out of
6S deaths % were from gunshot
wounds
Lewis p. White, president OF the
Bank OF Whitcom. at New Whitcom.
died Of diabetes at Terra Alta. his for
mer home.
Henry Ball. a policeman at Glen