The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1915-12-11
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Parking places designated by the
Ohio Valley Automobile Club and pre-.
sented to council will be placed in an
ordinance as an amendment to the
traffic ordinance and submitted to the
Wheeling council at its next meeting.
Last week J. H. Sharps went hunt
ing and among other things, killed a
squirrel, The squirrels mate followed
Mr.. Sharps home and got in the house.
During the night the family was awak.
ened by the little animal and Mr..
Sharps got up and killed It with a
broom.stick. What do you know about
that?" asks the Buckhaunon Delta,
which Is responsible for this story.
This is the season when stories
about heavy "porkers" figure in the
columns Of the weekly newspapers.
How Is this from the Philippi Repubn.
can for starter? Homer Roe killed
q year old hog, which dressed 400
pounds, and Lewis Walters one, same
age, AT. Come on, you big hog rails.
ers. Hogs are growing so large in this
city, that the owners at butchcring
time have to get hogsheads to scall
and block and tackle to hang them"
Hunting has a traffic ordinance
which apparently is not very closely
observed and Police Chief Sam Davis
has announced that after Monday 1t
must be obeyed to the letter by high
and low.
H. G. Rule, OF Parkersburg, under.
went an operation in the City Hospital
OF that town In the hope OF curing an
unusual ailment. His infection is what
is known as osteo-myelitis. 1t is q
disease which slivers the bone and
leaves the shattered parts In the flesh
separated from the parent bone. It
was for the purpose OF removing these
splinters that the operation was per.
formed. The surgeons in charge were
Drs. Roy G. Werner and T. l.. Harris.
The 1880 barrel water tank Of tho
Middlebourne Water Company burst
one night recently with sound that
was heard all over town. An investi
CATION the next morning showed that
slaves were badly splintered and cast
In all directions, while the water had
been thrown many feet In the air and
the surrounding trees were covered
with ice. Some Of the slaves had been
broken In two by being thrown with
great force against nearby trees and
others were nothing but splinters. II
Is hardly conceivable that the water
alone would have had this effect and
1t is believed that stick Of dynamite
had been dropped in the tank and ex.
ploded.
Unusual things happen in newspaper
offices. but 1t Is seldom that they be.
come the backgrounds for wedding
ceremonies. That this use OF them is
not absolutely unknown is proved by
the following from this weeks issue
OF the Philippi Republican: Monday
morning in our sanctum by Rev. C. G.
Slater, John Wesley Blake and Mrs.
Iva Talbot, Junior, were Joined in the
holy bonds Of matrimony, in tho pres.
ence Of Mrs. Minnie Newton. Lafay.
cite Thorn and George NJ. Kittle.
These are splendid people and nothing
but success can follow them"
There seems to be considerable DIFF.
ference OF opinion about the practical
value Of employing prisoners on pub.
lie work. Wheeling says 1t has recent.
~ saved $1,000 TO the tax payers by
the use OF prison labor, but here is an.
other view of the system from the col.
umns Of the Parkersburgh Sentinel:
For some time past work on the
public roads has not been provided for
the many who have been committed to
the county Jail under road sentences
and the men are spending their time
IN idleness. The Jail is filled with
many who have long sentences.
Tho county officials stated that
there is no advantage gained by work.
Ing these men on the county roads.
from the fact that It Is very heavy
expense for the amount OF work that
they DO, and 1t would beFa saving to
the county in the long run to furnish
regular laborer who can be relied
upon to do the work. In most In.
stances II the prisoners are placed AZ
work on the road the county Is al the
expense OF providing them with shoes
and clothing. as the ma ority OF them
are In O dilapidated condition when
they are committed to jail. In add.
tion II 10 necessary to employ guards
LOT LOT me men and nc! one wants the Job