The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1916-11-03


Ohio county grand jury on a charge
Of holding up Sam Petros in the lat.
ter's store at Richland Sunday, faces
n life term in the penitentiary under
the habitual criminal act which pro-
vides such punishment for third of.
Tense.
Voters of Kanawha county will in
tho election next Tuesday have per.
mission to vote over rs miles Of bal
lots, says the Charleston Mail. The
total number Of ballots being printed
is 10000. They are about ten inches
wide and 80 inches in length. The to.
tai length is 100000 inches, or over
26 .miles.
An educational rally was held at
Friendly, Tyler county, on Saturday
evening, October 14th, to celebrate the
successful high school election held
in the district few days before. The
vote on the question of establishing
a district high school was almost
unanimous in favor OF the school; 1t
stood l31 for the high school and
q against. State Superintendent NJ.
p. Shawkey was present at the rally
and gave an address.
w. H. Durrett caught a lie pound
salmon In New river near the passen.
ger station according to the Hinton
Observation-Disclosures. 1t was beauty
and the pride Of the fisherman's eye.
The Randolph Enterprise in its last
issue printed tho following: One Of
the most dastardly outrages We have
heard of for long time was the shoot.
ing of the beautiful little 2h year old
pony belonging to States Attorney II.
G. Kump. The pony was in pasture
near town and was shot through the
foreleg, close up to the body and the
bono splintered so badly the pony had
to be shot. A heavy load Of shot, fired
at close range, making a good sized
hole, clear through the leg and show
ing that it could not have been done
by some hunter accidentally, as there
Is no woods or brush in the pasture
and 1t looks like it had been done for
pure cuesedness. Mr.. Kump offers
$500 reward for the guilty party.
The freshman class of West Vir.
ginia University at Morgantown, has
organized by electing the following
officers: Frank Noel, of Wheeling,
president; Robert Hopkins, vice presl.
dent; Miss Nell Shougrou, secretary:
William Jasper, treasurer; Edward
Mullin, interclass counsel, and Grace
Wolford, historian.
Jacob Cline, residing about a mile
and half east Of Edgemont, In Berke.
ley county, has at his place q rattle.
snake, with nine rattles, which he cap.
tured while blowing potatoes early in
the summer, and which he has since
kept. The snake has not eaten since
he was captured. although he still
seems strong and hearty but Mr.. Cline
does not believe the reptile IL as large
as he formerly was.
Mice, toads, young rabbits, ETC., have
been placed in the box, where his
snakeship is kept but the rattlesnake
Will have mono of them, and apparent
ly Is none the worse for his long fast.
once the rattlesnake showed with
what fierceness 1t can bite. When Mr..
Cline opened the box his snakeship
put his head 10 the opening. and MIR.
Cline pushed 1t back with a soft pine
paddle. The snake struck the paddle
with great force and left q coating of
q yellow substance on the paddle. this
being the poisonous venom, Mr.. Cline
supposes. He carefully spread this
upon board. probably six weeks ago.
and the discoloration still shows
The snake is now being kept in
box in the corncrib, but Mr.. Cline pro.
poses to take him into the cellar. when
cooler weather comes. The snake only
recently shielded his skin. The snake
is probably about three feet long.