The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1881-09-10
State Clippings.

MARY Brown and Mary Johnson,
of Tunnelton Preston county, were
arrested this week by W. K. Alexaa-
der, Deputy L. 5. Marshal, charged
with engaging in the business Of re-
tail liquor dealers without T. license,
They were brought before j. " Ma
son, L. $. Commissioner. Mary
Brown gave bond for her appearance
ut the L. 5. Court ut Clarksburg, in
October, and Mary Johnson not Civ
ing bond was sent to the Clarksburg
Jail. Both have milies.-Edgle.
THE fashion of the world is to be
praise everybody and everything
find fault with nobody and nothing
let everybody so his own way--hop-
ing thus to gain the good viii Of ev-
eryhody and 10 rise in the world.
Everybody seeks to rise and to curry
iavors with others for selfish purposes
and he who conseienciously speaks
the truth and exposes the faults and
foibles of society is pretty sure to
have n sorry time of it, and be cried
down as GROWER and grumbler.
Let everybody so his own way ard
the devil take the hindmost is the
way of the world Hchte Gazette.
DEATH OF Mis-. ANN LEwIs.--On
Tuesday, Aug. 30, 1881, Mrs. Ann
Lewis died, aged 10 years. Mrs Lew
is was the widow of the the late Chas.
Lewis, a lawyer Of considerable repu-
tation, and the father Of the late
Judge Chas, S. Lewis, Mrs Lewis's
maiden name was Paxton, aud her
parents came here many years age
from Monongalia county. She was
the second wife of Chas. Lewis and
survived him fifteen or sixteen years.
She was Christian lady of great
worth esteemed by all who knew her,
and was a devoted member of the
Methodist Church all her life. She
was the mother of Mrs. John Basel,
at whose residence she died, after n
long and suffering illness,-Clorks-
barC Ners
Ar the recent session of the Su.
preme Court of Appeals in Jefferson
county negro was granted license to
practice law in this State. HE name
is Thomas IL. Hill and he is rather a
prepossessing and intelligent negro.
After the war while he was yet u
mere lad he attended Gen. White.
more, of the u. S. Army, to Maine,
and took up his residence in his fam
lily. The boy was sent to school
whore he learned rapidly and was
prepared for Bowdoin College in that
State. Relinquishing the idea how
ever, Of going to College he turned
his attention to the study of law and
in due time was admitted to the bar
He came back to this State some two
years ago where he has been various
ly employed ever since. There has
been an interest of peculiar signif-
canoe about the case of Mr. Hill when
! it is remembered that he is q negro
man, and was admitted TO practice
law in the same county and in the
same town in which John Brown was
arrested, tried, convicted and hanged,
and this circumstance was the topic
Of conversation among the Justices
for some time. Mr. Hill will begin
the practice Of his profession in
Lynchburg, Va.-Rogister.
For several years some people in
this county have entertained the idea
that many of our public officers are
susceptible of being bribed. An at
tempt was made in this direction last
week, the result Of which was calcu-
lated to disabuse the minds Of those
persons Of such erroneous opinions
of our county officials. On last Tues
day morning while Circuit Court
Clerk Wellman, was absent from the
office, one Jas. Lewis approached w.
l.. Mansfield who was writing for Mr.
Wellman, and after some cautious
preliminaries, offered him ten dollars
to make such changes in two indict-
ments as would vitiate them upon
trial. Mr.. Mansfield referred him to
the Clerk, and while Lewis was search
ing for him, sent for Mr.. Welrman
and informed him Of Lewis proposals.
1t was concluded to see how far he
would venture upon the project with
out reproof or encouragement. Lew
is soon returned and made similar
proposals to Clerk Wcllman, and made
tender of the money, whereupon
Wellman took warrant for his arrest
He had preliminary trial next day
before Justice Christian, and was
bound over to answer TO an indict-
nent at the next term Of the Circuit
Court Waync Adcocate.
KILLED BY A TTBREsHING MACHINE
OK Wednesday week ago, Mr..
Jacob L. Snider, of Franklin county,
Pa, was the victim OF frightfnl and
fatal accident, in attempting to oil a
threshing machine. The Chambers
burg Spirit says: whilst the ma
chine was in motion young Snider,
in accordance with a practice too
common among men at work about
machinery Of this kind. attempted to
oil some Of the parts Of the separator
climbing up the side Of the machine
to do so. When at the side of the
receptacle for unthreshed grain one
of the feet of Mr. Snyder caught in