The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1922-07-27
West Virginia
News Briefs
m Most Important svonfs
Of entire state covered
~ By eur correspondents -


Fairmont-Stephen p. Rimley, ca,
Is dead here from paralytic stroke.
Fairmont-The Allied Lumber Co.
was granted a charter. Capital is
$4,000.
Fairmont-Helen Stenascosky, II.
was taken sick and died thrifty min
utes later.
Fairmont-C. G. Robb purchased the
Blue Ridge theater at public auction
for $4,000.
Wheeling0The Wheeling Police De
partment made 236 arrests during the
month of June.
vesville-Mary Shulek, %, deaf
mute, drowned while bathing in the
Monongahela river.
st. Albans-Clyde Miller suffered
serious injury when he accidentally
shot himself with a revolver.
Observation-Disclosures of the Wood
county bank have increased capital
stock from $4,000 to 100000.
Parkersburg Campbell, for
more than a half century an employe
of the Eureka Pipeline Co., died here.
q Clarksburg Waldo P. Goff,
brother of Col. Guy d. Golf, assistant
to the attorney general of the United
States, is dead.
Nitro-Clarence Loeffler suffered Sc
we're burns about his back while work
ing in the plant of the southern dye
stuffS corporation.
Wayne-The Wayne county court
fixed August as the date for cleo
tion on proposed $4,000 road bond
for Lincoln district.
Huntington-Rev. J. J. Swint, auxil-
1ary bishop of the Wheeling diocese,
took part in a silver jubilee hOnoring
Rev. Henry B. Altmeyer of ST Joseph's
Church.
Salem-Joheph Vincent, star athlete
of Salem college, has signed a con-
tract to become athletic director and
coach at the Pennsboro high school
this fall.
Wellsburg-COnference with Penn
sylvania railroad officials and city
council was held. The railroad has
promised to erect additional red lights
at crossings.
Charleston - Ben Moore, former
president of the Charleston Lion Club,
was appointed district governor for
West Virginia at the international
convention at Hot Springs, Ark.
Charleston-F. II. Parsons filed suit
against Charles p. Troy for $4,000
damages for injuries alleged to have
been received by the plaintiff when the
defendant hit him In the eye with a
club.
Charleston-For the fiscal year end
Ing June 30, the state auditors office
issued STATS warrants in payments
of claims against West Virginia, ex-
elusive of the workmen's compensation
fund.
Wheeling-A permit to the Greer e.
Laing Hardware Company to erect a
Sl5OOOO brick and reinforced con-
crete hardware warehouse at 1427-1JO5
Main street was issued at the office
OF the city permit clerk.
Charleston-A new patriotic organi-
zation-the Sons of the Revolution
is in the process Of forming in Charles
ton as result Of q luncheon given
at the Edgewood country club by John
Baker White to a number of citizens
The membership Is confined to male
descendants Of the makers Of the ma
tiOn. The West Virginia society Is
associated with the national society
which has branches I'm 81 states.
Charleston transferring four
lots i'm the new capitol site TO the
state OF West Virginia were filed for
record in the county clerks office
They are the first deeds recorded I'm
connection with the transfer of the
cdPtOl site from private ownership
to the state.
One deed transfers from State Bank
ing Commissioner Joseph S. Hill and
wife Grace S. Hill, TO the state, lots
Nos z and 4, I'm Kanawha street above
Duffy street. for S1740G0. The other
deed transfers from Dr. j. T.. Robins
and Martha a. Robins TO the state
lots Nos. 8 and 3, In Kanawha street
above Duffy, for $15,5OO
Wheeling One 15-gallon still. 400
gallons Of nash and 10 gallons Of
moonshine liquor we're seized in a re-
cent raid at the residence OF John
Duck.
Parkersburg- News was received
here OF the double drowning At
RavenswOod, Of John Ball and MARY
Quick In the Ohio river. The accident
occurred when the couple drove a
horse into the river to water Il and
were caught In the current, the buggy