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X.JTTLT14.1833.
EJBEATORERS
Tkelr SUU CoBTM?b? wiU be feel
I* WkMUair 8oo?.
The third annual convention oi
the West Virginia Christian En
deavor Union will this year be
held in Wheeling, and the. time
set for it is July 10, 20 and'21. in
the First Presbyterian church.
For many months the committees
of the local unions .hare been
actively at work and the outlook
is that the coming; meeting will
be the largest of the West Vir
ginian meetings.
Kev. 0. M; Alford. of the Third
Presbyterian church, is an active
worker in the union. In sS
in? of the coming assembly yes
terday he said: -We are antici
pating a grand time at this con
vention. It will be the largest
Christian Endeavor convention
ever held in the State. Between
two and three hundred delegates
are expected, and the Endeavor
ers and members of the Epworth
leagues of Wheeling and vicinity
have been invited to attend. An
elaoorate programme has been
arranged, good speakers have
been secured from all parts of
the State, also outside the State.
A chorus of .from forty to sixty
pamedbyan orchestra and the
Ijpipe.organ.playedbyMr. Henry
Hartman,-will render music at
I
? the three
It is related that the elephant
left the tent and sought a place
of safety as soon as the storm
began, and could not af terward
be induced to go back under the
canvas. When the circus pre
pared to show at Clarksburg the
large elephant was left on the
the cars and could not be got
ten off until the next town
was reached. At Fairmont
she could not be reloaded
and Mr. Robinson was compelled
to leave the beast as the guest of
our neighboring town, and pro
ceed without an elephant As
to the final movements of the
animal we append the following
from the Commercial Oazette, of
Cincinnati:
Residents of St. BerLard and
vicinity were treated yesterday
to a rather novel sight, in the
unloading at Ludlow Grove sta
tion of a monster elephant, which
had been presented the Zoo by
the managers of John Robinson's
circus.
The beast is one of the oldest
and best known elephants in this
country, having been in possess
ion of the Robinsons for the past
forty-five years.
She goes by the name of Mary,
atd is now a little over 85 years
age. She is a ponderous
animal, weighing almost 6,000
pounds, and cost originally $5,000.
Because of her age and long ser
vice in the show business,' she
has become worthless as an at
traction for this circus. It was
while making the attempt to load
er on the menagerie train at
"airmont, W. Va.. a few days
ago that the owners saw that the
ays of the elephant are few, for
sne has become so enfeebled that
.en once down, it is almost an
impossibility to get her on her
.leet again.
In order to give the animal all
Possible room she was placed
a oard a common coal ? car; and
started on her trip along the B.
? road, in charge of her mas
r> Mr. John Robinson. The
train pulled into Ludlow Grove
yesterday morning.
It was not long till switching
engine No. 66, of the B. & O.
railroad, backed up, pulling a
number of empty cars, and. by
some mishap, the locomative
struck the elephant car a rather
hard blow. The sudden jar upset
the unwieldy- monster, and ?he
fell with a thud to the bottom of
the car, being wedged tightly be
tween the sides.
All efforts to raise her proved
futile, and it was ordered that
the car be removed to this city,
where she could be elevated with
a derrick.
. Hardly had the car begun to
move when it jumped the track,.
bumping along the ties lor sev
eral feet before the engine could
be stopped.
It was then fonnd to be an im
possibility to replace the car on
the rails. arid;plans were laid to
position.
\The sideof the car was re
moved leaving the animal's back
overhanging^ the bottom of the
car. A pile of ties was placed
below it, upon which rested the
ends of heavy timbers, forming
an incline plane. A rope .and
tackle was attached to one of
the ihind legs, and a half a hun
dred men and boys took a haul
at the other end.
"Tie monstrous beast wq
?^ toward the ?
u
_-,jt6 thej
othing could be done to pre
vent her from falling, Mid with
one impulse every by-stander
turned and fled. -
The pnimal came over like an
avalanche, striking the ground
fully ten feet from the car.
It required the combined efforts
of thirty men and several me
chanical appliances to raise her
to her feet again. After this she
deluged the entire outfit of work
men and spectators with water,
that was contained in a tub near
by.
She was then loaded upon a
transfer wagon, and taken to the
Zoo, where she will receive care
ful attention, least her rough ex
perience may prave fatal.
Four attaches of the circus,
who happened to be standing
her -^hen the locomotive struck
the car, narrowly escaped injnry
by being caught beneath the
beast when she felL
JUSTICE BLATCHFORD BEAD.
Another Member of the U. S. Su
preme Conrt Gone.
Associate _ Justice Samuel
Blatchford, of "the United States
supreme court,passed quietly and
peacefully from earth at 7:20
July 8th. He retained con
sciousness until one hour or two
before death. There was no
sudden change in his condition,
simply the gradual sinking away
which has been taking place for
the past week.
Samuel M. Blatchford was
born in New York city, on March
9,1820. At seventeen years of
age he graduated from Columbia
college, and in 1867 he received
from it the degree of L. L. D.
In 1842 he was admitted to the
bar and began to practice in
New York. In May, 1867,Presi
dent Johnson made him judge of
the district court for the south
ern district of New York.
President Hayes in 1878 made
Judge Blatchford circuit judge
of the second Judicial circuit, and
in March, 1892, President Ar
thur promoted the distinguished
P. P. Smart Is now literary
editor of the West Virginia Sciiool
Journal. ?
Eight deaths occurred in Par
kersburg last Monday from dif
ferent causes, most of them at
tributable to the exceedingly hot
weather.
jurist to an associate justL
in the supreme, court of
United States. At. the
his death he was a? S
R.L '
The second and l&Bt large fa
tory on the property of the M
tlnsburg Mining, Manufactu
and Improvement Company\. ,
up in smoke July 9. ' The bull
ing, which was a large '
one, was owned by Messrs.
M. Bowers, Charles H. K
and James P. Thompson, of A
tlnsburg, and was operate
i A. P. Eeubler, formerly of
more, Md. The loss isestii
at about $11.000, fullyinsure.
000,on the building and $4,0
the stock, etc. Keubler <
ated a large picture frame
ory a short distance away
the one destroyed last mgl
it was burned . last Pebi
without any insurance.
Mmm PROCEEDHU,
: glH
E. W. Atkins granted
to keep restaurant
J. J. Spencer and J. B. '
awarded a contract for b?
a bridge across Klncheloel
Same contract for
bridge across Ten Mile'
'Wm. P j
? 1 a*
uau OBeQ lost.
L. D. Blake same?for5$0. C.
J. Williams same for $2.
Samuel Craln Was allowed $40
damages caused by road run
ning through his farm.
Samuel Fittro $500 for same.
6. W. Sturm awarded the con
tract for building bridge across |
Limestone creek.
. It was ordered that the com
mon levy be 40c. on every
$100 worth of property.
The levy in the districts was
fixed as follows :
Clark 55c.; Clay 16Jc.; Coal
80c.; Eagle 834c.; Elk 20c.; Grant
30c ; Simpson 124c.; Sardis 55c.;
Union 80c.; Ten Mile 334c. The
capitation tax was fixed at $1.
Nevil Minter appointed special
commissioner to superintend
bridge across Kincheloe.
Lloyd Barnett same Ten Mile
creek bridge; G. W. Williams
same Marshville bridge; B. B.
Stout same Limestone creek
bridge.
Polk Williams, Kelso Thomp
son and A. R. Shinn to view and
mark road from Turkey Foot Run
to N. W. Va. turn pike.
Geo. Harrison appointed con
stable of Clay district in place of
H. B. Scrannage. resigned.
Morris Gas Coal and Coke Co,
exoneration.
Mrs. Maggie Mulheran granted
hotel license,
Thos. P. Brennan same.
B. B. Stout appointed .special
commissioner in the place of W,
R. Alexander to look after court
house and jail.
The contract awarded to G. W.
Sturm was revoked and annulled
and J. P. Sturm was authorized
to receive bids for the construc
tion of said bridge on Limestone
creek.
STATE ITEMS.
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rtaat WMt Tlrftata Smth-AH
it car Mentals (State ud tti
le.
Briggs, a prominent ittor
f Charleston, was committed
macyt last Wednesday. He
\ to be a victim of opium,
'mond Wagner, a son of Mr.
s Wagner, who has been
ig for Hon. J. a Brosius,
[organ bounty, was thrown
a horse Sunday evening
almost instantly killed. He
about twelve years of age.
\ valuable horse was stolen
>m Peter Brook's pasture near
?kersburg. Another night
Hi am Johnson lost a valuable
'ear-old colt The thelf was
ight' Monday and jailed at
?ietta. His name is William
le, from Doddridge county. '
?rge Williams, charged with
iking a passenger tram on
West Virginia & Pittsburgh
road a few weeks ago at Wes
and who has since been in
Lewis county, jail, has been
leased from custody, the grand
having failed to indiot him.
>Jim Sims, who lived a few miles
above Huntington, shot and fat
wounded his brother-in-law,
Ji im A. Brumffeld, who, asked
Sims not to beat his (6lms) wife.
The lady is a daught
field. Simms is
Fayette county, cat tbe bark
off twenty-six young apple trees,
cut five down and poisoned seven
head of sheep. Mr. Lively offers
a reward of $50 for information
that will lead to the arrest of the
person who did the work.
Three negros were arrested at
Romney some days ago, charged
with stealing fifty dollars from
W. B. Stump. Their names
were Oscar Ford and Ed.. and
Tom Lewis. They had a hear
ing before 'Squire Heatwole, Sat
urday, and were sent to jail to
await tbe action of the grand
jury.
E. "M. Stone, of Charleston,
was thrown from a buggy and
killed near Spring Hill, Kanawha
county, Wednesday evening. His
horse took fright at a train and
ran away. He was formerly city
sergeant at Charleston and was a
brother-in-law of Hon. Geo. W.
Atkinson.
Mr. S. E. Settle, brakeman on
New River district was killed
last Wednesday by falling
through the new Gauley river
bridge. He was assisting in
placing a derailed car on the
track, when he stepped back
through the bridge and fell into
the river.
Dr. Rupert, of Greenbrier
county, is the father of fifteen
children whose names all begin
with the letter L. and end with
a yowel. The children's names
are : Ledona, Lavira, Livigua,
Lorena, Lycena, Lualzo, Leancy,
Lacelia, Ladura, Leonida. Launa,
Lydaho, Lomega, Lenida, and
Leslie.
The Standard Oil Odmpany
will put an immense engine in
their pumping station at Mor
gantown in a few" days. The
pumping capacity at present ir
15,000 barrels in twenty-four
hours. The oil is pumped over
this line from McDonald, Pa.',
and the Mt Morris, Pa., "field to
Philadelphia. This action on
the part of the company shows
that it has faith in an increased
ontput of the West' Virginia oil
flelcU | ?
Last week 0, W. Creel of let
terman, Taylor county, was In
Wheeling seeing the sights, and
somehow got down into the mill
district of the'Sonth Side. He
was seen by Officer ?
no promised to go to a Hotel.
Later Creel turned up In a saloon
and said he had been robbed of
950. The man, who was the sup
posed thief, was arrested and
placed in jail.
r
S. S. Ackles, engineer tor the
Bpckhannon River Lumber Com
pany, formerly a resident of De
troit, Mich., has been granted a
patent on a station indicator tor,
tor steam care and street cars.
The invention is an ingenious
contrivance which is placed in the
forward end of the car and whioh
by a touch from the conductorr,
brings Into prominent view the
name of the station to which the
oar is approaohlng. It will be
of great aid to travelers and
sbonld come into immediate use.
-Ex.
On Thursday of last week one
Olsteln, a Sweed. in the employ
of Laoghora and Allen, contrac
tors, building a short line raKl:
road on Kenney's Creek, .Pay.
ette county, was drilling abble
in a solid rock preparatory to
blasting. He did not finish drill
ing that day, and the next morn
ing resumed his work, but some
one bad placed dynamite in the
hole. The result was an, explo
?
Curtis Martin,' of Grafton, a
brakeman on the Third division
of the B. & O., shot himself
through the heart last Monday
about noon, at the boarding house
of Mrs. W. J. Rldenour, He was
married one week befere to Miss
Anna Smith, of Valley Falls, a
most estimable yoqng lady, who
was visiting her home at the
time of the terrible deed. Letters
left to his sister at Piedmont
and hfc wife showed that'the sad
deed had been contemplated sev
eral days. He was an intelligent
and well educated man and finan
cial difficulties are assumed as
the cause of the rash act which
ended his life.
Another batch of moonshiners
have been captured In McDowell
county by Marshals Keadal and
Harman. There were six pris
oners, Billy Dooley,Broker Bald
ing, Henry Moore and Louisa
Stokes, from Keystone, McDow
ell county, and John Seven and
P. N. Hunspur. The latter two
are colored, and are from Welch.
Louisa Stokes says she Is a "dist
ant kin" to the man Stokes that
killed Jim Piskseveral years ago.
She was anxious to know when
the party "would git up thar
where the jedgo war," meaning
Parkersburg, as she "wanted to
git back, because her sister Ma
rier war toelin' powerful bad."
Wednesday night about twelve
o'clock an eastbonnd freight train
was side tracked at Williams
town, Logan county, to let the
Norfolk and Chicago express
through. W. C. Ecker.of Lynch
burg, a flagman on the freight,
was sent east to flag the west
bound passenger train. Ho sat
down on the track with his red
lantern on the west side of him
and went to sleep. The engin
eer on the passenger train com
ing around a curve from the east
did not see the light. He was
terribly mangled, both legs and
one arm being severed from his
body. He lived about forty min
utes after the accident H~ -?
a married man. ,
mmm
for thn
JalL 1 ?m bound bjr
thl? man to Jail."
Tho mob, which hi
time, (hooted, "Yet
nntll 8 o'clock, then
The prUoner d??M
rlble pile of InfUmtn
,wm? taken to JilL u
"? rorrountled by
MONETARY.
A Inlt.d Tnmsury Not,
?lull Always B?m
Wamiwotos. Jnly T!
tho treasury department a
data for the president1 an
Carliale. Thla work'con
and hUtorlea of
and will be In the hand* o