William Edwin Chilton appointed to an unexpired term as Kanawha County prosecutor
Legislature established the West Virginia Department of Mines and fatality records began to be kept
Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company acquired the Ohio Fuel Supply Company
Henry Gassaway Davis left the U.S. Senate
Fayetteville was incorporated under its name
The Calhoun Chronicle was first published
John P. Hale published a pamphlet on Daniel Boone's years in the Kanawha Valley
James Edward "Blind Ed" Haley was born
William "Coin" Harvey went to Colorado to work as silver prospector and miner
The Lovett family began ownership of the Lockwood House in Harpers Ferry
The James Produce Company was started by Charles H. James
Frances Benjamin Johnston began her studies at the Academie Juilian in Paris
State legislature elected John Kenna to the U.S. Senate
William Leigh left Maryland Institute to begin studying at the Royal Academy in Munich, Germany
The Wheeling Public Library was created
The Norfolk & Western Railway arrived in Mercer county
Mrs. Alex. McVeigh Miller wrote The Bride of the Tomb
The first mine safety laws in West Virginia were enacted
English immigrants settled in the Linwood-Mingo area of Randolph County
A prohibition amendment passed in the House of Delegates but was defeated in the Senate.
Ripley's population was at 614
Lewis Ruffner died
The Salvation Army opened its first West Virginia "corps" in Wheeling
Seventh-Day Adventist churches were organized in Wood and Kanawha counties
The West Virginia Central & Pittsburgh Railroad first entered Upshur County
Dr. John J. Moorman stopped doctoring the crowds at White Sulphur Springs
