Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1918-06-25
| West ginia
| News Cullin IS
An epitcrne of most inn
portart events transPir-
ing IL, state


| Wheeling.-Fritz Vorshart accident
ally fell off the Twentye eighth street
bridge which crosses the Terminal
tracks above Woods street, and was
rendered unconscious.
Bluefeld.-Cleyeland Boyd, the ne
gro who shot and killed Justice u tn9
| Peace Harry Cook at Matoaka, and
fed to the mountains in an effort to es-
cape, is said to have been captured at
or near Algonquin.
Fairmont-The city is receiving
bids on the scrap iron in the old
South Side bridge. With the present
| high price of scrap iron it is believed
that between $4,000 and $4,000 may be
secured from its sale.
arksburg-Struck on the back OF
his neck by live wire, Herbert Craig,
aged 20, was instantly killed in the
| Lambert's Run mine, where he was
| employed as motorman The young
man was preparing to bring a string
of loaded cars to the tipple when the
accident occurred.
| Fairmont-The city board of af-
| fairs passed the new water ordinance
| Increasing the minimum quantity rate
| from six to ten cents gallon. A few
| other changes of minor effect were
| incorporated in the new water ordi-
nance. The rate has been authorized
by the public service commission some
| time ago.
| Parkersburg--A suit has been in
stituted at the Office of U. S. Court
Clerk A. T. Barrett by Thomas ].
| Stafford against the Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad Company. 1t is an ac-
damages are placed at $4,000. R. e.
Bills and Judge Reese Blizzard appear
as counsel for the plaintiff.
Huntington.-G " Meek, local mer-
chant, has brought suit against H. P.
Madrey, local insurance man, to re.
cover $4,000 damages for the loss of
front tooth Meek and Madrey en-
gagged in a heated dispute two weeks
ago and, it is charged, Madrey struck
the first blow, knocking out one Of
Meeks most ornamental front teeth.
/ Wheeling-A big side-wheel river
i rot mil MT hn f.iW
| trade Captain Fred Hornbrook of
| Parkersburg, we'll known here through
his many trips to this city in COM
mand of packets of the past, has pur-
| chased the Verne Swain, of Peoria,
H., one of the highest side-wheelers
| ever built.
/ Fairmont.-Ellis Rodgers, about IS
| years old, student of the Fairmont
State Normal school, was drowned in
the Tygart Valley river, near this city.
He was attending picnic at Camp
| Comfort There were many in bath
ing. Rodgers got into deep water,
was seized with cramps and persisted
before help could be given.
Fairmont.-Workme clearing up
| the debris of Jamison Mine No. 7, at
| Barracksville, unearthed the two
| bodies that had been buried in the rub
bish since the deplorable explosion in
| October, 1916, when nine men were
killed. The victims were Matthew
| Allison, chief electrician at the plant,
and James Yamero, son of Antonio
Yanero, of this place.
| Moundsville-Frank YohH, of Mar
| shall county, took his first automobile
ride. He rode to the county jail here,
and was locked up on charges of fail.
| ing to- register, stealing chickens and
vagrancy The illiterate prisoner said
he had heard there was a war but
didn't know who was fighting. He as
serted that he had never seen street
car or ridden on a train.
| Charleston. Howard Cloxton, a
| Charleston minister, was arrested on
| charge of violating the espionage act,
and was given a preliminary hearing
| before U. S. Commissioner Ayers. He
was held on $1,000 bond to appear la
ter before the federal grand jury.
| Cloxton was brought here from Icaton
where he was preaching. 1t is charged
that he spoke against subscribing to
the Red Cross war fund, and to liberty
| bonds.
Fairmont = Sheriff A. NJ. Glover,
Assistant Chief Of Police Seaman and
several county officers found an I'M
conscious white man lying in pool
of blood in a basement room in the
negro club house on Pennsylvania
avenue. His pockets were turned in
side out, and beside him lay a small
pocket knife and a French coin. Aft
er working with the man for time,
the officers revived him, and found
that he was Jim Carr, a local ma
chinist
Hinton.-A stranger believed to be
| from Baltimore en- route to Nitro COM
mitted suicide at Thurmond, by jump
ing from the bridge into the river. No
one knew his name. He was about 35
years old No effort was made to re-
cover the body.
Hinton.-Nathan Trent was pain
fully injured on James street when
his horse, which he was trying to
catch, knocked him down and ran over
him. He received some bruises on his
head and arms, but was not seriously
hurt, 1t ia thought.
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