Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-03-11
State News PlCk-upS.
SssssssssassassasssassSH

'Pu' Niter the lailcr had lcft the cell
ne set fire To the bed clothing. and
when rescue came he was ablaze from
head To foot His cries for help
brought the iailcr TO the cell. who
threw bucket of water over the burn.
ing man and the flames were cxtin-
Suishcd. Examination revealed that
the man is fatally burned being i'm n
solid blister almost from head To foot.
Henry T. Hare. foreman in tho
Crawford WOODEN mills of Martinsbury.
has closed II deal with J. w. Riggs K
Son. OF Terra Alta. Ivy which MIR. Hare.
IL q. Bowen and + IT, Hare acquire
the WOODEN mills at Terra Alta. which
will he incorporated under the name of
j. w. Riggs Son \ Co
The shops of the baltimore & Ohio
bridge construction department. which
are being removed from Mt Clare To
Martiusburg will he started about
April |. Much az the machinery has
been received. O. Nj King Is super.
intendCnt and James II. Aldridgc will
be assistant superintendent.
William L. Tauncy. n Wheeling art
list. made arrangements with the West
Virginia state Fair association for "A
permit to sail his art ship on their
promises ON the island Tanncy has
been at work on the machine for tho
past IL years. with little degree OF sue
cess. but recently he secured aid from
capitalists in the east. and he promises
tn revolutioni2e the mode of travel. az
he claims to possess knowledge OF
aerial flight which will insure the az
curacy of his scheme. Tanncy has ar
ranged to transform his ballast into
gas AZ the machine sails. something
that even Santos Dumont has failed TO
do. He will compete for the prize OF
5000 900 offered by the directors OF the
st. Louis exposition for the best exhi.
bition and most successful flight of
an airship.
The Elkins syndicate has purchased
the Charleston street railroad. Tho
purchase prise Is not made public, but
II Is known TO be good round sum.
The principal stock in the road was
owned by Russell A. Brown. of Clcve.
land. o.. and large sum of money has
recently been expended on the road
putting IL in good shape and on new
equipment. The purchasers. It Is said.
will extend the lines To nearby towns
up and down the Kanawha. Other In.
vestmcnts of the Elltins syndicate IN
this city OF late include the water. gas
and electric plants. while tho same in
tcrests are now owners of tho Charles
ton. Clendenning and Sutton raidroal.
Near Dingess. Mngo county. John
Hargrove. mine boss. had n difficult
~ with Stewart Johnson. "A miner.
Johnson later armed himself. and.
when he saw Hargrove going home to
supper. opened fire on him. Hargroyc
was unarmed but a friend. Frank
Wippel. CHANGED to be passing. and.
realizing Hargrove's position. immcdi-
atcly drew his gun and put two bul.
lets through the body OF oJhnson. say.
ing IIargrove's life Wippel surrend-
cred
Two new factories. TO employ $50
men each have been located at Park
ersburg. One is organized with West
Virginia capital of 800. 900 to make
oil and gas well tools The other is
the Budke Manufacturing Co. OF Can
nonsburg. Pa. which will be novel
there.
Charles Williams. wealthy stock
breeder and farmer In the Patterson
Creek valley. was drowned. The body
has not been recovered.
About "A week ago Charles Gregory.
of Martinsburg. a blacksmith. disaps..
peared. His body has been found in
n snowdrift
Mrs James - Crawford. OF st. Ma
rvs. killed herself by means Of chic
reform. Domestic troubles a:c as
cribcd as the cause for tho deed.
GOV. White has begun TO WELD his
AK on the bills passed by the icglsla-
turc. He vetoed three bills the othor
day. which makes five in all that
have como under tho Official ban. THO
last bills vetoed arc Senator Darst's
bill reducing the license tax on money
brokers aud private bankers from
800 10 $50 which. tho governor says.
does not cover the business for which
it. was intended: the bill relating 20
the formation of corporations for tho
purpose Of generating power ~
means Of water. and the transmission
Of t1c same by electricity" which is
covered by former act. and the anti
claim agent bill because Il has been
pronounced unconstitutional by th4
attorney general Auditor Schcrr
says that The contingent fund ~ tho
two houses Of the Legislature will b.
Overdrawu about 81 600.
The Crystal Laundry Co. n Park
ersburg went into voluntary bankrpf-
cy Assets. $1,000. liabilities sC.Oon.
Huntington Central City. Kenoya
and CeredO and Ashland and Cat
lettsburg Ky experienced gas fam
inc. resulting from a break I'm tho
chief main leading from the fields IN