The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1885-06-27
State News.

of the best people Of the county for
playing cards in private apartments.
A few Of the Jury on their return
home have been invited by some of
their neighbors to leave the county.
The final outcome is hard to pre-
dict.
Richards circus appeared at Char
lesion on the 18th. AT 2:30 P. NJ. a
balloon started up having in it the
aeronaut, Patterson, of Wellsville
Just before its ascent it caught fire
from the furnace which had filed it
with hot air. After ascending sever
al hundred feet it collapsedand Pat
terson fell and was instantly killed,
The people of the little town of
bennington, Taylor county, and the
adjoining community have had their
patience almost exhausted by a
band of thieves who are located in
their midst. Quite large quantities
of corn and meat have frequently
been stolen. Everything that is of
value is readily accepted 10y the
gang. 1t is no longer question of
doubt as to who compose the party,
but no evidence sufficiently strong
to convict has yet been acquired.
1t is no longer matter of doubt
that some of the poor people of the
central portion OF the State are in
very embarrassing circumstances
The fact has been asserted too often
by men who are entitled to an opin
ion because of their opportunities,
for anyone to question that the cir
culated reports have arisen from
misapprehension of the situation.
1t is gratifying to note the action of
the city of Wheeling in this matter.
The people of the mail city being
convinced of suffering on the part of
some of the poor in the central por
ton of the State, dispatched mes
senger to see where aid was needed
and who needed it. These two in
quiries answered, many of the citi
zens of the city will contribute will
ingly toward relieving the sufferers.
The reason why reports Of hard times
coming from the interior of the State
have been so often contradicted by
men from that section is attributable
mainly to two causes. One is that
real estate dealers and men who are
decidedly business men fear that if
these reports are established it will
exert no small influence in turning
the tide of immigration from that
section and consequently will injure
them personally. Another very po-
tent reason for such conflicting re-
ports is the feeling of pride on the
part of some, as though the drouth
is something for which the people
ought to feel ashamed
A CHILD MURDERED. We learn
that a ten-year-old boy died on
Brushy Fork in the eastern part of
this county, on Saturday, the goth
ult., at the house of his uncle, An
drew J. Hoffman. The child was
son of Hulda Losh. 1t seems
she, from some reason, was not
able to keep the child, and he lived
with this man Hoffman, who had
married an aunt Of the child. 1t
is said Hoffman and his wife did
not want to keep the child, and
that Hoffman had told his wife if
she did not kill the boy he would.
1t is known that no one was sent
for until after the child died, which
was on Sunday morning-Hofman
and his wife say an hour before
daylight, or they supposed, as they
had no time-piece. Some of their
neighbors came, and the child was
buried on Monday. From contra
dictory and conflicting statements
made by Hoffman and his wife
about the child it was feared that
he had been cruelty treated. The
man and wife said that he had been
running the pigs out Of the yard,
and that he had fallen on a snag,
which caused a wound in his bow
els, from which he died. They
further stated that the boy was
hurt at II A. M. Saturday, and did
not complain until late in the eve
ming of the same day; that he
had worked in the cornheld during
the evening. From the above
threats of violence, and from the
uneasiness and excitement mani.
tested by the man and wife, and
also from the fact that had he been
hurt SO fatally it would have been
impossible for him to have worked
on the evening before his death, as
inflammation would have set in be-
fore this time, on Saturday, the
9th inst, Coroner w. R. Keister
summoned jury of inquest, who
went upon the premises and had
the body of the child exhumed
and an autopsy made by DR.. H. H.
Jones, when it was ascertained that
an incision extending upwards and
backwards to the spine had beer
made in the abdomen, just below
the navel. From the evidence and
circumstances the jury rendered
the following verdict: eve, the
jury, find that the deceased came
to his death from a penetrating
wound in the abdomen, caused by
some sharp-pointed instrument in
the hands of some unknown per
son or persons. "-Hghland Re
cvaey.