The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-28
OUR WEST VIRGINIA
NEIGHBORS.

a plumber, In making repairs AZ lhe
CITY building, came In contact with
a live wire and was instantly Killed.
It'll
J.udge w. w. Marcum is about 10 Sc
his residence and the building occu-
pied as grocery on corner OF Main
and b streets in Ceredo.. TO man
from Kentucky. If the sale is con-
summated the Judge will probably buy
other property in town,
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The West Virginia Commission OF
The jamestown Exposition met and
decided TO open bids for furnishing III
State Building. A pyramid OF the
different kinds of West Virginia coal
will be a feature Of the exhibit
II!
The Chesapeake & Ohio Railway,
Il Is reported, viii shortly let con-
tract to extend the Guyan valley
branch from Logan TO Gilbert, w. va,
besides constructing other extensions
II. Pierce is engineer OF construction
at Richmond, Va.
III
David Fitzpatrick and Lizzie sai-
mons both Of Wayne county, w. va.
were married Friday afternoon al
the Clerks office by A. f. Felts, pas
tor OF Pamela NJ. Il. Church.
III
The following special was sent oui
today from Wayne and has creaIe'
quite a stir in local railroad circles
Wayne, w. Va, Dec lI-Ihe y
& w. Railroad Company has closed
deal taking over the Big Sandy, Eas
LYNN and Guyan railroad, an elsh
mile independent branch extending
fNm Wayne Court House TO East Lyn
This opens up a new coal terrltor.
In the southern part Of the stat'
and may be a move TO head Off I'M
Deep water railroad from comlni
down the Twelve Pole Valley. Tn
road will now be extended TO con
meet with the c. and o. Dranch u!
Guyandotte river.
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II has remained for the little VII
LACE of lockwood TO produce IN
ereatest and most sensational discoV
cry Of many years. -
while digging for coal, Henri
Thompson of that town came TO
solid layer of mineral and underlyin
rock stratum. This mineral WI
tixed throughout three foot laye
Of sand. and was so hard as TO reao
nv cut glass In digging II out {
ne ground picks had constantly I
be resharpened in order TO nun
them seryceable al all
Thomson took sample oil u
mineral thus found and sent II
ID. X. Pope, assayer, at CaaFiot'
North Carolina.
The sample was returned loa
,itb the assayer's certificate shoV
irg that The mineral would ptodl
cold and silver, the value OF u
eold ner ton. 1904. and The vail
of silver. s1.2O, making Total
sl1.54 fine gold and silver TO ea'
ton.
Learning of Thompsons lne
find many people are busy with pi
ana shovel digging for gold ON I
hill sides surrounding RocKwl9d.
Huntington Advertiser.
III
Clarksburg. w. va.,-As a resi-
of a quarrel among brothers Vai
Lindsay. %. is dead, and his bro
err. Claude Lindsay, Is, Is bel
held TO await the action Of the
thorities at the conclusion OF
Co-oners inquest nc Lumbe POI,
Claude and third brother w
quarreling, and. coming 20 DO
Vance inierferred and was abb
arm With pocket knife
Claude. He bled to death bef(
a physician arrived.
IL!
The report of the second ann
convention Of the Vest Vlrgl
Bo,rd Of Trade. held at Charleso
October and 10. will soon be rs
ed from the press, and promises
be very interesting volume
contains a stenographic report
the proceedings, including the
dresses of Senator Elkins, Sena
w c. Sproul Of Pennsylvania. G
ernor Dawson, Hon. Henry G. Da
DR.. |. C. White and Others. Tn
addresses are replete with intorI
ton about the State and It's W
derful resources, and the book
be an interesting compendium
West Virginias great wealth
the magnificent opportunities it
fers 10 the manufacture. bdslr
man and homaseeker. Several Tho
and copies viii be issued, and may
had on application to the secreta
office at Wheeling.
Ill
Kenova usually has strenuous
elections and the one to come
in January. 1907, win he ~ ex
ton. II promises 10 be equally
warm as any OF It's predecessors III
are two tickets IN the field. both
which contain splendid material
The Peoples Progressive Party
convention in L,mbert's Hall
Sa urday evening aud nomina ed
following For Mayor W b }
ris: Recorder. Dr. r. n. Golf, G
cilmen. w. G. Smith, NJ. ID. Hat
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