Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1905-03-22
State Odds and Ends


had been visiting her daughter there.
and leaves two sons. who are promi-
nent newspaper men in New York.
Mrs. Jerry BAH. 40. OF Milton. fell
into a 60foot well. where she lay four
hours with her leg broken I'm two
places. her skull fractured and her
spine splintercd, She is still alive
and has chance for recovery
H. w. Blake was drowned in the
Hawks Nest Rapids. New river
Blake was crossing the river n short
distance above the rapids when he lost
his oars. Before assistance could
ncrs on the bank. his boat was over
turned and he was thrown into tho
secthing waters.
Rushed down an incline in car at
the rate of so miles an nour, dashed
into the Big Sandy river and drowned
was the fate of Ross Rowe. who work.
ed at the pumping station at Fort Gay.
IN Wayne county. Rowe was at the
top of an incline in the car used as
tie lift. when the cable broke and
the ear dashed down the track some
lie sank and his body was carried
away by the high tide.
The electric headlight OF the en-
CINE on the Chesapeake & Ohio rail
road revealed PROSTATE form on the
track near Barboursville. The engine
was stopped within n few feet of the
man. who proved to be Vim. Brown.
nm old soldier OF Barboursville, who.
after he had been robbed and beaten
into insensibility. was left on the track
to be killed by passenger train
Martin Glucose is dead, George Mat
thews fatally wounded and Andrew
Frank. George Gibson and Fred Sayres
arc I'm Jail MS the result OF alleged
crooked play in card game between
miners at War Eagle. The men were
playing cards when Glucose. IL is said
was caught taking an ace from under
the table. He was shot dead by Mat
thews. who was in turn fatally wound.
cd by knife i'm the hands of Frank
The other two at once set upon Frank
and fired number OF shots mt HIS
retreating figure as he fed from the
cabin. Officers arrived on the scene
a few minutes later. to lind the mo.
tionless bodies of Glucose and Mat.
thews on the floor side by side.
Passengers and crew OF the Big
Sandy packet J. NJ. Grubb tell OF n
thrilling experience they had while re-
turning from Pikeville. A food was
raging. crested with logs and debris,
making navigation most perilous. Sud
denly the machinery broke and the
lights went out and the boat was at
the mercy of the food. Mrs Eliza
beth Freeman awoke, panic-striclien,
and jumped overheard i'm her night
dress. She struck the water near n
floating tree and grasped q limb. to
which she chung until rescued by
deck hand named Hargis. who jun p
ed overheard with rope. and with
the aid OF the crew brought the wom-
an aboard the boat Hargis then
swan ashore with line and made
fast the boat after IT had drifted ~
miles.
In spirit of fun marry Hood and
Howard Wilson. young brakemen on
the Chesapeake e Ohio railroad, en-
gagged in a wrestling match on top OF
one of the freight cars in the railway
yards at Huntington. The men were
SO deeply interested in the sport that
they forgot their duties for the mo-
ment. Suddenly the engine backed
up string OF cars against their train.
pushing the car on which they were
some 20 feet backward. The
men were thrown head foremost be-
tween the cars. Both fell under the
wheels, receiving injuries which may
prove fatal. Hood lost his left foot
and Wilson's right leg was severed.
Gov. w. NJ. o. Dawson announces
his appointments of officers OF his
staff as follows: Colonies and aides
de-camps. James G.. Frazer, o. w.
Crammer. Harold Ritz. George r.
Carskadon. William X. Bodley. Jasper
a. Smith. Clark Hamilton. r.. Robert
Stollings. Mike Roach ID. T.. Abbott
colonel. assistant quartermaster gen
eral: Robert l.. Sommerville, colonel.
assistant quartermaster general.
Charles ". Burchnal. recent chairman
Of the republican county executive
committee and a Hughes man. was
notified Of his appointment as taker
of the manufacturers census Of Ca
bell county and Boyd county, Ken
lucky.
In quarreling over a piece OF soap
John Thompson became enraged at
his lifelong partner. Jim Gaines. in
their cabin near the Norfolk e. West
ern railroad on the Tug river. near
WEIGH. and picking up a loaded shot
gun discharged the contents into the
side Of Gaines. innicting wounds that
will prove fatal. Gaines grappled with
Thompson and in the struggle that
ensued secured a butcher knife from a
table and cut Thompson throat from
ear to ear. Gaines dragged the body
Of his dead companion 300 yards and |
threw II into the Tug river He then |