Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-25
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w Va. Friday. J. W.. Swan and Jack
Sneed of the Swan laundry were blown
into the street and their clothes burned off
of them. Both of them were severely
burned. and Sneed's injuries may prove
fatal. Della Colburn. who was at work in
the rear Of the laundry, was blown
through window and her arms broken.
Harry Leach, a driver, aged thirteen
years. son of Melvin Leach. was killed at
mine No. 2, at Irona, w. Va, by being run
over by mine car. An official tnvestiga-
ton is not unlikely. as the law Of the state
prohibits any one under fourteen years of
age working in coal mines, factories. or on
public works.
The discovery of the hidden treasure Of
Adna Ruble at Fountain Springs, w. Va,
has caused much speculation. A fortune
that had been buried for forty years has
been unearthed, but how by whom dis
covered is not known. Fifty years ago
Ruble was a prominent and wealthy resi-
dent of Fountain Springs. He never kept
bank account. but every dollar of accumu-
lation went into a hidden receptacle.
The West Virginia Education Association
will meet in annual session at White Sui
phur Springs June 2S Among the speakers
will be Nathan c. Schaffer, state superin-
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meeting will close with an excursion to
Natural Bridge. Va.
Brig Gen. Scott, commander of the LIST
Brigade, w. V. N. G., and other officers of
the guard We're in Elkins this week looking
over the city. with the view of locating the
brigade encampment in Elkins this sum-
mer. Both Charleston and Parkersburg
also want the encampment.
Charles Jones was lodged In Jail at Fair
mont, charged with sending a threatening
letter to Henry Mason, a farmer of near
Warrington. The letter told Mason to
leave $500 at a certain spot a roadside
or have his house blown up. Jones was
suspected, and bloodhounds procured from
the state penitentiary at Moundsville ran
to his house.
The contract has been let for the con-
structton of twenty-five miles OF the Coal
River and Western railroad, which line is
now completed and in operation from ST.
Adams, w. Va. to Brier Creek about
eighteen miles. State Senator w. H. Sproul
of Chester, Pa, is the principal owner of
the road.
The Sherrick Lumber Company has pur-
chased 1900 acres of timber in Tucker
county, w. Va, eighty miles south of Cum
berland, from E. w. McNein for $34, 900
cash. Conservative estimates place the
number of feet of timber that can be cut
from the tract at 25,000,000. The mill to be
installed will have maximum capacity of
1000 feet day.
George Livengood of near CuZzart w
Va. has about wagon load of wheat straw
in his barn, cut and bound in sheaves, that
has been there over forty-six years The
wheat was grown on the farm and killed by
the big frost Of June s. 1852 just when it
had headed out, but no grain. The frost
killed it and they cut and bound 1t for feed.
A fS
of Clarksburg. w. Va. which, should 1t be-
come law, would involve a fight with the
Standard OIL Company. 1t is an ordinance
recommending gas franchise to- D. Porter
Stout and others, a home company, who
promise to furnish cheaper gas for lighting
and fuel
John Hugh Stuart is dead at Clarksburg.
w. Va. aged sixty-five years. He was
son of William Stuart, who went to Har-
rson county. w. Va, from Bath county
Va. and settled on a large farm on Brushy
Fork. His family came from Scotland.
Heenan Alley. aged thirty-eight, commit
ted suicide at Huntington. W. Va, by drink
ing large quantity of morphine in pint
of whisky. He was driven to desperation
by the thought that his wife did not love
him. He drank the potion on the street
before a large crowd.
The W. A. Liller Construction Company of
keyser, W. Va, has secured the contract
for the erection of a large coal washer for
the Oakland Coal and Coke Company at
Corinth, W. Va, six miles west of Oakland,
Nd. 1t Will be an extensive and costly af-
fair.
Mrs. Emily Mackin wife of William D.
Mackin is dead at Grafton, w. Va. after
lingering illness. Her first husband James
A. Yates. was a pioneer settler. having
owned and resided on a farm that com
prised nearly all of what is now the fourth
ward of Grafton.
The Baltimore and Ohio railroad has
awarded the contract for the building of
the railroad from the north end of the Uz-
town bridge. at Fairmont to Hickman's
run. distance of about half a mile, to A.
NJ. ValZ of Fairmont.
Daniel Kiser is dead at Sugar Grove, w.
Va, aged seventy-three years. During the
civil war he postmaster at Sugar
Grove which was then in Virginia
The annual reunion of the old soldiers of
Preston county. w. Va. will be held at
Terra Alta July ., 3 and 4. The opening
day is given to sermons. The various secret
orders have been invited to Join in the
parade.
While driving from Rowlesburg, W. Va.
with her blind husband. Mrs. John Grimes
of Buckhorn. w. Va. suddenly became ILL.,
death ensuing while she was being held in
the arms OF her husband. who. on account
of being blind. could not go for aid. After
a time some persons heard his cries.