Belington progressive. [volume] (Belington, W. Va.) 1912-1927, 1921-02-17

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/ start fire she caused blaze that may
result in her death and that of her two
children.
! MoundsviIle-Th Fort Pitt Coal
Company bought % acres of coal land
near here from p. F. Potts and will
extend their operations to the new
acreage.
Morgantown.-John Wetherton, ne
gro miner, is suffering from serious
bullet wound in his right lung, infIict-
ed during a quarrel over a crap game
at nearby mine.
Huntington.-Mrs Maude r. Tassen,
26, drank an ounce of carbolic acid in
an attempt to commit suicide. Physi-
clans say she will recover She is sep
,arated from her husband
| Bluefield.-Fire caused by a defec-
tive fiue caused the destruction of the
commissary department of the Peer
less Coal and Coke Company at Vivian.
The loss will reach $4,000.
Huntington.-A fallen trolley wire
set fire TO a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. car
and passengers hurried out of it, hud-
died in raging storm and waited for
a relief car to be sent to them.
Huntington.-No change is noted in
the condition of three-year-old Thomas
Doss, afflicted with sleeping sickness
for two weeks. Physicians believe the
child will sleep two more weeks.
Bluefeld.-Myrtle Chapman, held in
connection with the death of Hoge
| woodward, has confessed to the shoot
ing, police say. Jealousy of the man
who she says ruined her life was CIV
en- as the cause Of the shooting.
| Charleston.-Tbe body of Joseph
| Myers was found with bullet hole in
| the eye here, in his small grocery
store at Kanawha City, Charleston
suburb. His clothing had been rified
and no money could be found in the
establishment County detectives, fol-
lowing a robbery theory, are hunting
for suspects they say are known to
have been in the vicinity.
Charleston.-Clai to be real es-
tate men and wanting to sell a piece
of property worth $4,000 to Steve
Crist, who runs a hot dog stand on
Court street three men in a red auto
mobile took Crist out into MacFarlane
street and holding him up at the point
of guns took from his the sum of 81 900
in cash which he had recently drawn
| from local bank, and made good their
escape. Police headquarters were no.
| titled by the bank and Lieutenant w.
A. Truly started an investigation
I'iedmont.-The trapping of a 2S8-
pound black bear al Henry, w. Va, on
| the Western Maryland railway, south
of here, broke up a service held in a
| church nearby. The bear had been
Arnald Stahl set a trap En- route to
church with friends Stahl stopped to
| look at his trap to find a bear standing
nearly six feet high. Revolver shots
only Infatuated the animal, which be-
came frenzied. Several well-directed
shots from rifle ended him. In the
meantime, several hundred people, who
had assembled for church, were at
| tracted to the scene The meat was
divided among members of the hunt
ing party and friends.
| Charleston-The recording of COCO
real estate transfers in the assessors
office as basis for the coming tax as
sessment has imposed so much work
on the force that it is a question if the
work can be finished by April /, unless
assistance is given by the makers Of
the transfers. The assessor is asking
that all makers of deeds since April 1,
! 1920, will call at the Office in the coun-
/ ty court building and lend some assist
ance as to the description of the prop
erty to be transferred. Such assist
ance, says the assessor will obviate
| the necessity of making complete alb
stract of the property and facilitate
the work of the Office.
Charleston-In cooperation with
the State Commissioner of Agriculture,
j. III. Stewart, the United States Blu
reau of Stock Estimates gives an es-
timated production of 22,100,000 bush
ole Of corn T 600 0O0 hucbale IF Z. n
PIES of which 1,67O,000 barrels (of 3
| bushels each) was the commercial
crop; 4,250,000 bushels of wheat; s.
100000 bushels OF oats 6,S40,OO0 BUSH
els of Irish potatoes, 100000 pounds
of tobacco and 100000 tons of bay.
According to the detailed estimates OF