The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1873-01-20

States SenatOrl" Is already aglsatius
The minds Of the people --Th--
snow on Cheat mad Allegheny this
winter is something immense, being
deeper than has been known for many
years. There are only
1877 900, 900 Ofas on this terrestrial
globe, ---WOrk on tho South
Branch (narroS guuge) Railroad ia to
be commenced on the opening Of good
weather. When will the Weston and
Clarksburg road, for which a charter
has already been granted, DO com.
msnced 2-six hundred pounds of
rabbits we,O shipped last Monday eve.
ming from Thornton, on the Baltimore
4 Ohio Railroad, for Baltimore.
Nearly all Of them were caught in the
vicinity Of Danyille, Barbour county,
"A large number oflogs, that
were in Elk River, ready 10 be aOstcd
down 10 Charleston. were lost during
tho recent breakup OF the ice. The
boom couldn't save EN- !-This is
the kind Of weather when q Christian
draws close TO tho stove aud wishes ev-
cry poorlaboring man on the face Of
the earth was clerk in a store.
Wr. William y. Arnorld, Of this
place, has written a letter to the
Wheeling latelligehcer, denying tho
authority Of the Legislature to pass a
law imposing a tax upon incomes, &c.
"A friend of ours who couldn't
afford to buy bis tobacco, has turned
over new lew leaf, and quit chewing,
because wo told him that boggars
shouldn't Dc chers.ers. The leaf be
turned over was a tobacco leaf.
Rev. Samuel Clawson was 10 town las.
Wednesday. Clarksburg Is dis.
guslcl with her corporation and munic.
pal affairs. The Telegraph learns that
a petition will DO put in circulation
shortly, praying the Legislature TO re.
peal tho charter Of Clarksburg and all
amendments thrrOto.--RavCns.
wood is now lighted by Gtsccs.lamps.
--Ifyou have any real estate, why
it's worth a million dollars a foot. n
it belongs to somebody else, why il
amt worth fifty cents, That's the
Westonian idea. Garland,
living in Grecnbricr county, recently
killed four bears in one days hunt;
and in POcahontas county another man
killed three more. There aro
1903 conyicts 10 the penitCu,iary at
Nloundsrille in this State. men
and 8 women. "A Calhoun county
squire concludes the marital knot ccr-
enemy illusly: Them that the court
hath Joined together let no man bust
a sunder; but suffer little children to
come unto them, so help you God"
I'll. is estimated that the gross
weight Of the County Court of Lewis
county is about twenty.onc hundred
wcigLt.-Jvhn Simmons, of Fink's
Creek, fell from ladder the other diy,
aud dislocated his shoulder and broke
ono Of his ribs. Dr. Edmiston reports
that ho is doing as well as could DO
expected IA protracted meeting
is in progress at the Bucktannon NJ.
u. Church. -A correspondent
writing to tho Register from Phillippi,
Barbour county, says a young married
man by the name Of Workman, living
in Baker township, il that county,
committed suicidOby taking laudannni,
last week. Cause unknown. Dip.
liberia has niadO its appearance in that
county, and is spreading; no deaths
yet.--Robcrt o. Shackleford. who
resides meas Buckhannon, has lost two
children within tho past few days by
diptheria.-0n the 2Sth Of De.
cenbcr, Cincinnati voted one and I.
quarter million dollars 10 the building
Of tho Ohio Valley Railroad. -
Tho Telegraph claims 5000 population
for Clarksburg! We always regarded
General Nortllcott us n man Of veraci.
", but we are "sold sgin !'--.ThO
Wheeling Register thinks that people
who oppose tue removal Of the Capitol
lack Intelligence. Maybe that's true,
aud maybe it ain't.-Thomas e.
Campbell, mail carrier over in Mon.
roe county, was arrested the other day,
charged with robbing the mail Of reg.
istCTGd lctters.-Rcy W. @.
Miller is getting complimentary
"pufFs' 10 oil parts Of the State, for
bis pluck in riding "shank's horse
around his circuit. now
II Is proposed in Congress to pay tho
President $50, 900 per year, insfcad Of
S25, 900, as heretofore. Ifcyer there
was a man who had such q trun Of
lusk" as General Grant, wo never
heard Of him.--Two attempts
have been made within the past few
days, to throw passenger trains Of tue
track, near Grafton. The company
offer $500 reward for information as to
tho wretchcs who planned tho internal
schenics. Tito now house now
being erected By Mr.. James NJ. Hay
den will DO ono,of the largest in town.
ii some entorprising literary
man would write aud publish tho life
Of Rev. Samuel Clawson. he could re.
alizo fortune from The sale of the
book. In this and tho Mother State,
in Southern Ohio and Western Penn.
sylvania, it would sell like shot
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