The Weston Democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1875-current, 1877-03-24
STATE NEWS.

Daniel TitcheYille. Of Portlaud is pre-
pairing to slayta wintergtesn,. oil dis.
tillsry. .7.s 49, ls.
The Hon. G. D Camden has told
The Faitmons Inder that Clarksburg
will DO the next Capital Of the State,
That settles it.
On the 10th inst. tho residence Of
Chris. PetersLeim, near Aurora, Pres.
ton County was destroyed by fire.
Loss S., 900. with no insurance
On tho 18th inst:, a two.year.old
son Of Madison Lilly was burned to
death having been left alone in the
room with crate fre.
The West Virginia conference Of
the Methodist Church. met at Graf
ton on Wednesday. It will probably
to in session s or 0 days.
The Charleston papers are busy dis.
cussing the CnpitRl question, and the
Ciarksburgers are beginning to maui
fest some Interest 10 it. ....-,.
Eliza Butcher. aged Is years, A
resident Of Clifton, Mason county, was
burned to death on Tuesday lat, her
clothes having caught from the gf.'o
Goals 0., ......
A FIRE in Hartford City, Mason
couuty, few days since. destroyed tho
residence Of Homer Crosbic and Of Mr..
Aryiue. also damaging the house Of
]. ". Bogges. Total loss $4,000.
The Point Pleasant Register says
another ou.erprising man who is enga.
| ged in tho liquor traffic, is around SO.
lioiting funds for The purchase Of .
new bell for The old Presbyterian
Church. a''ata .
Mr.. Robert T. Brown, died in Char
lestown, W. Va, last Wednesday, after
an illness Of several weeks. He was
Clerk Of the Circuit Court Of Jefferson
county for over fifty years, except
during the latter part Of tho war and a
few years after lis close.
The Keyser Echo is informed that
Mr.. sprigg Lynn. Of Black Oak Bot
tom. a few miles below that place. has
found on bis farm q vein Of silver ore
&c has sent some specimens to New
York to DO analysed. He had it tes-
ted in Cumberland and il vas pronoun-
ced genuine.
Gu the 10th inst Robert Mason,
Jr., a resident, Of Eagle township, Har-
rison county, committed suicide by
bunging Hc was one oi.the wealthy
men Of that section. being worth about
$4,000, nld had the reputation 81 ba,
ing correct business man. and agood
citizen.
The Reporter mentions another big
will case for Marshall county, that Of
Ben nett Cockayue. which will soon be
tried in the court Of that county. The
amount Of property lou slvcd is probab,
y equal to that 10 the late McMeshsu
will case, while the number Of witnesses
will be equally large. The latter cost
the county $500
Look cut for counterfeit ten dollar
notes. Several Of them on an Indiana
National Bank have been passed in
the community. They may readily DO
known BY tho aimsy character Of the
paper, dim engraving. and the left
hand numb ers which are in deep red
ink, aud all numbered "1496." We
netice that tho same bill is in cireula.
ton in other portions Of the State
Fairmont lnde1.
At least one hundred drinking men
have been rescued BY the temperance
movement 10 Barnesville. They have
quit drinking aud will likely become
useful members Of society. This is a
genuine reform movement, and the
fruits are already being gathered
Surely the people who have labored in
this vineyard have cause to rejoice 10
The rich Understandable Enter.
prise
The PArketsburg Times wants the
church property d The STATE taxed.
Whereupou tho GhGrlsstOo Jownut
rather excisGdly renarkS; Yes by
I'll means, giva the State over to the
devil and bis angels. We will Wat,
rant, and prove, il need be. thAt lor
every dollar of tsx exempted to the
churches, tLty save $40 to tho State
in the matter Of criminal charges
alone.
A correspondent Of the Jouraalsay.
Of Preston county: III am sorry lt
learn that We are re.rograding SO for AZ
both sheep and cattle are concerned.
The Assessors books for last year show
that there were 10 the county but
10.SSS sheep, or LESS than one-half The
uuub,r we had in 1870; and bu
I7,727 cattle, against 10,949 in 1870
He attributes tho decrease 10 the feal
Of dogs.
Bishop White Of The Diocese 0
Virginia, has appointed conference
to be held at Trinity Chusch, Par
kersburg. on April IS, Of the prescn
year. 10 consider tho question Of essab
fishing as an Independent Diocese 81
much Of the Diocese Of Virginia, as il
included in tho State Of West Virginia
All Of tho Episcopal clergy and on'
representative Of the Laity from encl
Parish, have been invited to partici
pate 10 this conference. As the Dio