Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-07-15
WEST VIRGINIA NEWS.

hurried TO hospital, and II IS SAID that
she will recover
Hon. Virgil A. Lewis, State Historian
and Archivist, has been reappointed by
Governor GlasScock TO serve for term
of four years, beginning June |, 1909.
The appointment will meet with favor
throughout the State.
A movement has been started in Rich
mond, Va, to erect somewhere suitable
monument TO Stonewall Jackson. Every
true West Virginian will hail this as good
news. Jackson was native ofthis State
and proved TO be military genius second
10 none OF his time.
lust before they passed out OF existence
under the old law, several boards con-
trolling State institutions made consid-
cradle increase in salaries of the en-
ployees. This is said to be obiectiona-
bic to the State administration, and the
Board of Control is expected to put all
these salaries back to the old figures.
The Methodist preachers at Wheeling
and those of that district have determined
to do away with passing the plates"
in the church and to depend entirelyupon
subscriptions by the members. The
Methodist church at Cameron has already
abolished the collection plate, and all the
other churches in the district will shortly
follow suit.
II appears that Fairmont is to be "dry,
after all. Although by the Hopping OF
Clarence Robinson the "wets" secured
control OF the city council, the hopes OF
the whiskey advocates were blasted last
Saturday when the county court refused
TO issue licenses for saloons. The court
granted a wholesale license TO the brew
cry company, but il will not permit Sa-
looms to be open.
The last session of the Legislature ap-
propriated $4,000 to the West Virginia
Humane Society for the erection OF a
chidren's home somewhere within the
State. Huntington, ElkinS, ClarkSburg
and Buckhannon each made an offer OF
site for the home, but the offer from
Huntington is considered by some who
are interested in the matter to be the best.
John Trenear, of that city, has offered to
donate 80 acres OF valuable land in Cen
trail City, a suburb of Huntington, for this
purpose.
Jarius Wetherall, living on Graystone
creek near Huntington, shot and killed
Samuel Frenham, % years old. Frenham
had for weeks been making frequent call
on the lS-year- old daughter of Wetheral,
notwithstanding parental objections.
Wetherall had been away from home for
a couple of days and on his return Sat-
urday afternoon found young Frenham in
company with his daughter and he OPEN
ed fire on the young man with shotgun,
The youth lived but half an hour. Weth
erall has surrendered. The young girl
threatens to end her own life and close
watch is being kept on her.
What is perhaps the largest amount an
acre ever paid in West Virginia for nat
ural gas rights was disclosed on Monday,
when it became known that John w.
Brown, of Clarksburg, had sold the gas
rights in 300-acre tract of land at 500
an acre, total of $4,000. Mr.. Brown
reserves the oil rights, and if oil is struck
while gas is being drilled for he will re-
ceive all the oil upon payment of the cost
of drilling the well. From 800 to 500 a
year for each producing we'll has been the
prevailing price since gas was discovered
in this State, which is "a mere fraction the
amount Mr.. Brown received. This price
establishes an entirely new value on gas
territory.
A New York syndicate has had COM
pleted survey for railroad 100 miles in
length, 10 be built from point on the
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad up Jackson's
river valley, following the foot hills east
of the river to the divide at Monterey;
thence down the east bank of the South
Branch of the Potomac, via Franklin,
Petersburg and MaySville, TO Keyser, on
the Baltimore & Ohio. The road is pro-
iected to cross the counties of Bath and
Highland, in Virginia, and Pendleton,
Grant, Hardy and Mineral in West Virgin
ia. The aggregate COSTS placed approx
imately at 100000. Rights of way
have already been secured along much OF
the line.
While George Sine was hunting In Ca
naan Valley, in Tucker county, this State,
a few days ago, accompanied by his faith
full dogs. the latter set up furious howl,
which caused Sine to investigate, and he
found four bears in one tree, the mother
and three cubs. He had no weapon and
hurried home for his gun. His wife fol-
lowed him to the scene, and with one
shot he brought the old bear down, but
she Scampered away over the mountain.
Then Mr.. Sine climbed the tree and tried
to snare the cubs with rope, but they
would push the lasso off their heads.
Failing to catch the cubs in this way, Mr..
Sine shook one cub down and Mrs. Sine
caught it in her apron, The cub put up
such a howl that the mother bear returned
to its assistance. This frightened Mrs.
Sine, who let the cub 60 and it escaped.
Mr.. Sine descended and killed the mother
bear with another shot from his gun.
Two cubs were still in the tree, which
Mr., Sine again climbed, shaking one
down, and Mrs. Sine caught it and held
il fast. The last cub was shaken down,
but Mrs. Sine could not manage two and
it escaped.
A curious cOmDlicatiOn iS renorted from