Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-08-12
MUCH IN LITTLE.
Short Items Of Interest Gathered From Every
Section of the Country.

The little town of Devon, in Mingo
county, w. Va, was on last Saturday
morning almost completely wiped off
the map by a fire which originated in
the Wohlford Hotel. This makes the
fifth time the town has been DESTROYED
by fire.
The Ohio river for miles in West Vir-
GINA near Wheeling has almost been
depopulsted of fish by the bursting eff
an acid tank at one of the tin mills at
Pittshurg, Pa For the past few days
thousands of fish of all kinds have been
floating past Wheeling dead So strong
was the acid that in many instances the
fish were literally cooked.
Andrew Jones and his wife were
struck by lightning on last Friday after
noon at their home in Bealeton. Va.
and instantly killed. An electrical
storm, one of the fercest in years.
broke over the town on Friday doing
much other damage. Mr.. and Mrs.
Jones were seated in their house when
a bolt entered through the flue, snuff
ing out their lives. They are survived
by two infant children.
Letters received by President James
McCrea, of the Pennsylvania Railroad.
demanding $45. 200 under threats to dy-
Mantle property of the Norfolk and
Western Railroad in Virginia and to put
dynamite in cars of coal intended for
fuel for steamships, has led to the ar
rest of Abram C. Ely, an attorney and
mayor of Burkeville, Va. The arrest
was made in Philadelphia on last Friday
by William G. Baldwin, of the Baldwin
Detective Agency, who had been detail
ed to look after the case.
West Virginia is making plans for a
road building campaign next year.
State Road Commissioner Charles P.
Light is now making visits to all the
county courts of the State and urging
the appointment of good men to the DO
sition of road engineer. One will be an
pointed in each county to take the place
of the old road superintendent. West
Virginia has enacted a law whereby
large amount of money will be added to
her road fund. and next year expects to
make real strides in road building.
The farmers of Minnesota and North
and South Dakota will get more than
$500, 900, 600 for the enormous wheat
crop now being harvested. This means
that the farmers of these states will
have more money to spend than ever
before in the history of the northwest.
These figures are based on the crop es-
innate by the Northwestern Miller. is
sued last week, and which is considered
the most reliable wheat crop authority
in the country. Based upon the price
of wheat today on the Minneapolis mar
ket the crop is worth exactly 1913. $780,
600.
The monument at Point Pleasant, w.
Va, which will mark the site of the
battle of Point Pleasant, fought in the
early days of the Revolutionary war.
has been completed and will be ready
for the unwilling early in October. The
monument was provided for by appro-
priations from the State and National
Governments. President Taft and many
other men of prominence have been in
vited to participate IN the ceremonies.
The monument was erected in commem-
Grafton of the battle of Point Pleasant
In which band of frontiersmen defeat
ed the allied Indian tribes, acting under
the British, and paved the way for the
settlement of West Virginia by the
white man.