The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-04-18
State News.


had fifty head of fine sheep killed by
dogs last week. Out in that section
they don't want any dog law.
The county court of Harrison
county has ordered the erection of a
new court house in Clarksburg, the
work to be commenced within a few
days.
The Nicholas County Chronicle
says: ave have genuine prohibition
in this county. You couldn't buy
enough alcohol or whiskey to dissolve
an. ounce of camphor to save your
life"
This is the year some of our ex-
changes say, for the regular peri
odical appearance of the destructive
seventeen. year locusts. Some Of the
farmers in the interior have ploughed
them up this spring.
THE GOVERNORS STAFF.-Governor
Wilson has commissioned as aids-de-
camp on his personal staff, with the
rank of colonel, the following named
gentlemen: J. w. st. Clair, of Fay
cite; B. F. Harlow, Of Greenbrier; z.
j. Vinsen, of Cabell; Charles S. Des-
pard, of Wood; A. A. Franzheim, of
Ohio; j. Gardner Hurst, of Jefferson;
and James E. Russell, of Hampshire.
The Register congratulates His Ex-
cellency on his happy selection.
DIDN'T WANT PRovIsIoNs.-A GER
tain man in Richie county spent a
day in opportuning A. P Hard
man, overseer of the poor for relief,
aud finally secured an order to the
sheriff for FIVE dollars. This indi-
vidual presented the order to Deputy
Sheriff Hall. The officers had been
paying school orders and were little
short of funds. "Dick" stated this
fact and directed the person to take
his order to any of the stores, where
he could secure provisions for it.
The individual objected to this and
after long argument settled the
case by remarking, 81 don't want any
provisions for this. l want the
money, so can go on visit to Ohio"
Gazette.
A LITTLE GIRL INSTANTLY KILLED
WHILE TRYING TO PROTECT HER
FATHER.-News come of terrible
and heart-rending tragedy at Penns-
bero, Richie county, this State, last
Sunday evening. 1t appears that
DR.. E. H. Martin, of Pennsboro, and
a man by the name of Timmons fell
out over difference of forty five cents
in the settlement of doctors bill.
They quarreled bitterly, and friends
of the parties endeavored to separate
them, but accomplished this with
difficulty.
Finally Timmons was. taken in
hand by two gentlemen who started
away with him. They had proceed
ed but few steps when Doctor Mar
tin suddenly drew his revolver and
commenced firing at Timmons. One
of the bullets took effect, striking
Timmons in the back part of the
leg, and coming out in the groin.
Timmons then pulled his pistol,
which was a seven-shooter, and be-
gan shooting at Martin, He fired a
number of times but missed his mark
each time. Martins little twelve
year old daughter, seeing her father
in danger, rushed in to protect him,
and one of the bullets struck her in
the bowels, death resulting almost
Immediately. 1t is said that Martin
was drunk at the time and provoked
the quarrel. Both men have been
arrested.
A GRAFTON MAN ROBBED OF A
LARGE SUM OF MoNEY.-Last Satur-
days Cincinnati Enquirer gives the
following account of the robbery of
West Virginian in that city: A
bold and successful robbery was per-
petrated at the Grand Central Pas
senger Station yesterday morning, in
which George w. Trahern, of Grafton,
w. Va, lost a pocket book contain
ing 81, 500 in bills of various demon
nations. He started from Grafton
on the Cincinnati, Washington and
Baltimore train, and remembers dis
playing his money while purchasing
his tickets at that point. He was on
his way to Kansas. His money was
in large leather pocket book, which
he carried in his inside coat pocket.
He is undecided whether parties who
saw the money at Grafton followed
him here, or whether he accidentally
fell prey to the men who have been
working the depots of the city for
some time. He remembers that as
the train was pulling into the station
and the passengers were getting up
preparatory to leaving the car some
one in the seat behind him attracted
his attention by touching him on the
shoulder, and at the same time an
other man in the aisle caught hold OF
the lapel of his coat to make him stand
aside, as he thought. 1t was not
until after he alighted from the train
that he discovered his loss. He re.
ported it at once to the depot police,
but could give no definite description
of the men who we're near him on the
train.
Shortly after eleven o'clock three
well-known circus fakirs who are not
above suspicion were locked up al
the Central Station by Detectives
Kushman and White and Officer
Dunn. They registered as Robert
Gerry, rs Concord Place; Frank Dorr
10 Belts street, and George Winters
no home. and were locked nm on Gen.