The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-09-01
STATE NEWS.

eiSlcr 'GtarEsOurg or MaTtlnsbusg tho
Third district would. not have dared tc
overpowcr the vote. In trying to
save part she lost all, and We pity hcF.
-GtarksbWrg Telegram.
C"2Ecitr"Ig aa H1E-Thosc Who
wouldn't believe anything that was.
said about !bc rEiIrond previous 10 the
election. for for fear they might be
swiadlcl 10 thcir own minds, are
probably satisfied rOw TINT they
swindigd themselves. Stock in ;hO
neH company caanot now be had at
par, and Brooke county realizes tia,
she is coileGtiscly au IDIOT EILmy
Mmld.
Painful Hrci,'cm.-On Thursday
afternoon, the 10th, as Nj: WIN
Simpson was engaged in making re.
pairs on the Dur6aphail bridge, the
scaffolIling en- which he was standing
broke, precirita'ing him 10 the creek
bed, distance Of about thirty feet.
Several Zones were broken and he was
bruised Tcuy badly. Drs. Price and
Crock we're called in and did all in
their power for the sufferer. At pres.
cut lie is doing as we'll as could be cx.
pectCd. The only wonder in our mind
is, how he escaped With his iifc.-her
Dominion.
Vest Virginia .McOHshiarrs SiOM Il
Uni'al S'dtcs Dctrcticc.-IlIXToS, ".
va, August 2l.-Dcpu,y Revenue
COLLECTOR, l., Doliulc, with squad
Of fpu: ncp, wlilC opt in the noun.
tains, about six miles from bcTc, hpnt-
ing elicit distillcrs, @crc fred upon by
bushwhachcrs about two o'clock
cs,crday afternoon Mr., DOlittlH was
shO! twice, once IN the left arm at tho
elbow and once in the right leg jus,
below the knee. lie was carried here
to-day on s,Tctchcr, aud will 60 to
| Charleston on the night train. The
other four meu escaped unhurt.
lanler on The Hiyhrny.-Nathan
Cunningham, Of ROanc county, was
shot and KILLED on his return homo
from Charleston, near the Kannawha
county line on the 10Th inst, by two
men concealed behind large rock Il
The side Of the road. Cunningham wal
forty years Of age aud leaves a wife
and seven children. lie was mem
Der Of the Order Of forcstcrs. The
murdcfcrs have not been found, aud
the coruncrs' verdict was that he was
murdered By 1.-TWO unknown persons u
BY tue way. what manner Of society
is the "0rdcr Of FOrcs crs ?'-Charles
ton JOurua'.
| dn dirOci0WS .NM41cr,-Iast Satur
day night Nlr, William Knots.
citizen OF Calhoun county, was murder
cd and robbed BY q gang Of unhuuG
sccundrcis who seem TO infet thai
region with tue dread aud terror Of :
gang of Bashi Bazouks. Mr.. Kuotts va!
u merchant and resided near tho line
between Calhoun aud Gilmcr. Fol-
several weeks past be bad been making
collections, preparatory to his cas,cri
purchasing trip, aid had collected
scmc Sl,5GO, aud WIS intending TO
start for the cast the next morning,
Sunday. On this fatal hight he had
closed his store, and had started for
his house, located ubout $50 yards
from lis store, with bis money on hi:
person. lie had proceeded but q short
distance whcu four men camc STEALTH.
y up behind him, dealt him a fatu!
blow aud proceeded to pound and beat
him until his face became an unrccog.
uizablc mass. After securing lis
money they fed, but one of them, it is
sail, was recognized 10 his fight by
kuot,s Sife.-FurksrsLHrg JOmnGi.
occidental Death IF Nrwtoa D.
,JO"es, E4 -OuWcdnesduy night ouI
town was shocked by the intelligence
that Newton B. Jones, Esq, member
of our town bar, WIS accidentally kill.
cd by falling from train No. at Bar,
rackviIlc, Mr.. GcllLach, the watch.
man at Barrackville, stated before the
inquest that he was s'uuLiug ut the
west end Of the platform, looking to.
ward the approaching train. As the
trim passed be heard something full
on the platform, md going back he
found it to be Mr.. Jones, lying dead
bis skull broken from which Ills brains
were oOzing, his neck dislocAtcd, aud
his right arm broken in two places.