The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-13

resembles Tue eplHooty. Hearly oV-
l,orybody III Buokhanuon, we learn, arc
suffering from it.--Lumberport
wants some man to come there and
start lanyard. Tho location is a
good one, aud there is good chance
to make money there in that vocation.
Sutton has been afflicted with
with more sickness, during this winter,
than for many years past,--rJos.
oph Hall, Mrs. iGlooly and Pat Malta,
OF Sald Fork, lost oil their chickens
by tho epizootic among the poultry,
--From Tuesday, December 9th,
to December 9th, only fifteen lolters
were deposited in the Weston post
Office. About rs letters per day Is the
usual averags.---0ur friend A. j.
Wood has Just returned from Bslti.
more, with all tho implements Of his
trade. He proclaims that the new Tin
shop will open this week. His shop is
just below Mr.. Lewis store. ---Wo
have q joke on William Aspinall, that
won. bear publication. Just ask Err
Ralston, il you want 70 know what ii
iS.--Hay is now selling in Yves.
ton at s. cents per 100 pounds, and
pretty scarce at that's More land
Is being cleared on Sand Fork than in
any other part of tho county,
A man named NJ 0'Donnell was frozen
to death within sight Of bis home, near
Wheeling. . few days ago.-
Mary's little lamb has got il, and this
Is tho way: Mary had a little lamb,
She asked man TO shoot It, And
when he went TO kill tina. lamb, II had
the spizoOsic. They are in earn
est about the railroad 10 Brax.on.
Captain Blagg and Colonel William s
Hefncr are at work tryingto secure tile
right Of way from Lamberport to the
head Of Rush Run. We arc gratiiod
to know that they are meeting with
fair success. "A youthful pair, at
the immature age Of about 10, rSspsc.
lively, left their disconsolato parents
parents on New Years night, aud were
married in Clarksburg. coal
business in Weston afford, employment
to not less than fifty men and thirty
horses. Every family, on an average,
uses more than 500 bushels of coal
during the winter. Now that the
election is over, "Bill Arp" says ::
Now is gOool time to goto deyelopin'
the country. We can raise children
and chickens by tho 1000 in four
gears. --our English friend ed
ward de Leon" seems to have found
congsnial company out on tho railroad.
He has failed TO write us for the past
two weekS.--Tight Squeeze is the
name Of town in Dinwiddie county,
Virginia. A fri,nd from up tho river
suggests that that was tho name we
should have given to Roanoke.
A new railroad from White Sulphur
through Pocahontas, Randolph, Pen
dleten. Grant, Hardy and Hampshire
counties, 10 much talked of.--0ne
Of tho School Commissioners suggests
that a good private boarding house. on
rather a large scale, will pay we'll bore
during tho coming spring and summer.
A great many young men from The
county propose attending the Acado.
my during that ,imc.---A voraciOls
wolf over in Ritchio, that has been de-
, strOying the sheep thOrO for some time
past, was killed tho other day by a
Mr.. George Lay fsld.--Hcnry ?.
Smith, lunatic from Monroe county.
was brought to the Asylum lat
Thursday. THE election for
Mayer, Recorder, and Councilman for
the Corporation of Clarksburg, came of
last Thursday. Colonel Cyrus Vance
was elected Mayor, John G. Vance
Recorder, Jasper Y. Moore, G. S.
SpatOs. James Clifford, William H.
Freeman and Alexander Osburn we're
elected CouncilmCn.- Ri.
ley shot Warwick Slavpn in the breast,
near Greenbank, Pocahontas, last
week, and fed. slavCu is doing well.
Our Band boys have sold their
old instruments to The Glsnvillc boys
for sos. SO Chenille will be tor.
tured for some time to come.--
And nov comes the word tina! the
"hoss disease" is prevalent among the
people Of Gilmor, irrespective Ofracc,
color, or previous condition ofierSi-
tule. '---In our article asst week,
referring to tho various men Of note in
Weston, We omitted The name of ono
who is Of far more Importance to The
town than any other. We should have
said tha. P. N. Hale Is the most in
duitriOus man. first term OF
the county corrt for this county will
DO held on the frst Monday in Fetru.
airy, to which all The Justices will be
summoned for classification. The
court at this session will attend to
road matters, and any other business
Of tho county. except the allowance Of
claims. Hereafter no claims will be
passed upon except at the levy term,
which we understand will DO held in
June. Tho court will also at its irst
session, determine what four terms
will be held for Judicial purposes, and
what two terms will be held exclusive
lily for police aad fiscal purposes.
Our friends \. p. Rsay & Co. have