West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1878-11-16

been her request to be placed in
colin and box after death, and not
to be buried, under penalty ofhaunt.
ing her husband forever aftsrward.
This request has been sacredly kept.
and the body has since been under
rock In the wood ,adjoin,'g the house,
protected only by a cofi and box.
-Charleston League.
The Monroe Register says that on
Wednesday an arrest for illicit dis
tillation was made on Bluestone at
Mr.. Lilly's house, by deputy U. S.
Marshal, ]. r. Shaver, and his assist.
ant, Robt. Maxwell, Of Raleigh couu-
ty. AS the posse passed down the
river, with their prisoner, two shots
were discharged from the bushes
near them, but nobody hurt. Mr..
Shaver thinks he knows who the
would-be murderers are.
On Tuesday morning, the 22nd
ult. two men with two horses, went
to the barn Of J M johnson,
of Peasants county, loaded up
40 bushels Of wheat which BELONGED
to Mr., Johnson, and drove with it
TO Parkersburg, distance Of 10
miles, sold it and got the money
On their way to Parkersburg,
about 3 o'clock in the morning, they
went in to the field of Elk Gov. Ste
venson, husked out two bushels of
corn, fed their horses, and proceeded
on their journey. The robbers were
pursued early on the morning Of the
theft and although they were met by
several persons, no one has yet been
able to identify the thieves. sever
al persons are strongly suspected,
and one arrested.
Charleston seems unhappy about
the Capital aud some of the newspa-
pers published in that city recently
asserted that some Of the citizens of
Clarksburgisare at work trying to
reopen the capital question. AS
far as we can learn nothing of the
kind has been attempted or contem-
plated by any citizen of this place.
The Charlestonites sort of wiped us
out on the Capital question, and our
position now is similar TO that of a
little boy who once on time chad
nothing to say" We once thought
the Capital was a big thing, but since
it has taken such en- Internal long
leap Charlestonwards, we have con-
cluded that it's darned poor meat
anyway. We have a good corn crop
hereabouts, the wheat is exec lent,
our cattle fatten by the thousands
on thousand hills, GOALS cheap and
plenty, and "trodsrs alley" is -four
ishing. Charleston can have the
Capital, we have plenty without
it, C5orksburg Ne,OS.
The Clarksburg News tells the fol-
lowing stOry Of "bulldczipg" which
tout Herod's Herod himself"
There are several parties in the
neighdorhood of Bullto Rnin Braxton
county, who have been engaged In
the illicit sale of liquors and tobacco
for some time, at least there is pref
ty strong evidence of that fact. One
day tho latter part of last week a
man named Claypole, who is said to
be a quiet inoffensive citizen and
who Is a neighbor to the parties en-
gagged in the illicit sale Of the ardent,
had business in Weston and psid
that town visit. u. S. Court be-
ing in session at Clarksburg the VIC
lators Of Uncle Sam laws conclude ed
that Claypole had gone to Clarks-
burg to inform on them, and upon
his return TO his home these men
and several of their friends went to
Claypole's house and took him to
the woods where they thrashed him
with hickory withes and beat and
kicked so brutally that he was unable
to walk home. So severely did they
thrash him with withes that his clothes
we're literally cut to pieces. They
then fred his hay and straw stacks
and burned them to the ground, fred
rife balls through his house and did
other injury TO his property. Clay
pole is 80 severely hurt hat he may
die Of his injuries. not Satisfied
with this, the mob accused others Of
sending Claypole to CIarksburg to
indict them and inaugerated a reign
Of terror in The neighborhood and
put many in fear Of their lives. The
officers Of the law in Braxton county
we're appealed to but we're afraid to
attempt the arrest Of the mob. As
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