The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1905-06-01
BBYI ours ReguIar G CORRESPONDENT.


BY our Reguilafllrill
Isaac Doran; ofs Columbia street,
and " doore, Of Market street,
were moved to the depot. en- route TO
Columbus, Ohio "a become Buckeyes.
. Prof. w !: Hustead and family of
Market street returned TO the scityl
ON Monday, after a weeks visit witt
Mrs. Iustead, & parents Mr. and Mrs
Milton curry, II ofS Meg lee. N Taylor
county. y III X,
Squire ]. s.. sRtndlef who as an.
nouneed, expected to join with his
friends on the excursion to Morgan,
town for the Memorial Day exercises
on Tuesday. was taken suddenly Ill
with neuralgia the might before, 50
that lie could not go and has been
confined at litsS home ever since. VI 4
Not!onithe! Programme.
u Reamersa wife, of Diamond
street are the ecipients Of twin girls
which arrived on the wind:up Of Dec
Grafton Day. Mr.. r. eamer thinks that
oatsof loyaltyst to the day at least, they
should have been young soldiers, but
they were mot, and the best compro.
mise he can now make ito train them
up for young soldiers wives and serve
their country In that honored capacity.
Launching Out.
q. Steele, having today closed
his actiSe relati tons with the drug
business In which he has been en-,
gagged, has decided to eject on Mer,
chant street a three.story brick livery
and feed barn. The building will be
constructed from the Hammond Co
white pressed brick from Valley Falls
and supplied with a full length yeran
da In the rear overlooking the Wa
bash depot the Monongahela river, ant
the 81 and q. railroad. From this ele
yated position he will endeavor t
keep an eye out over all the business
transacted on these three avenues 0
commerce and from their employe
10 secure his share ofstrade. He pro
poses TO superintend the work 0
building himself !, and hopes to hav
It eomple tedS by August first, ready 70
oecnpancy and likewise for business
Narrow Escape from Death.
Floyd Townsend, Of State street
VINO rs 16 years old and works at tn
MonSngah8 glass house, shop 1G, wa
OH duty esterday and went flshin
along With some other boys below tn
west end Of the suspension bridg,
In the meantime a man passing owe
the bridge at that point observed a
inch board about six inches wide an
seven or ight feet long, lying on til
bridge floor full OF ugly5na stickln
upst through it AS q precaution in b
half of horses and humanity, he pic
ed up the board and threw it over II
railing ofssthe Sbridge Just as Il
board left his hand he intuitive
looked below and saw young Tow
send on the beach at the bottom
almost direct range of the fallil
board, He called out to him, but on
In time cause him to look up, VIII
he was struck by 1t across the fol
head above THE left eye. The biz
stunned and staggered MIN, when
caught ihold of, the boy nearest him a
held on a moment but finally sank
the ground where he lay in a daz
conditi don until the man and otht
ran down: Il! his relief. They bath
his head and wound with water ur
he soon rallied an! was helped ba
up on the bridge. After rest
awhile, and "a few stops on the W
he at last reached home in safety,
4 only after a narrow risk from dea
Evidently the wind caught under {
prevented the board from falling v
is therwise full force, and posi-
defect ted its course a little 50 thai
struck his head Esidewise and at
angle fors It would have killed him
falling that distance. Had it 6
down endwise, at would have clea
his head to his shoulders, or had
Of the many nails in it struck his he
would have proven as fatal a
bullet from q gun. Fortunately, h
eyer he escaped with a two.inch S
hraz.lreE and IA severe bruise on 1
forehe cad from the cuncussion wi