The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1886-09-21
AxURDER AND A LyNCnING.
4 Religions Lunatic Causclessiy Shoots
Ed White and Is Lynched.

PIEDMONT, W. Va! September Ia.
"A most distressing murder, sue
ccedcd by the lynclling of the mur-
derer, occurred here to-day. At IL
while Ed White, employed
1T the i. & O. Company's boilor
shops. VAS going arross to Western
port, he was shot and instantly kill
ed by David Johnson.
Mr.. White WAS crossing the bridge
to go home to dinner and Was about
to climb the lal'lc: which leads To
the main road, when Johnson, who
had been waiting FOR him, lcveled
his gun and fired two shots, one tax :
ing effect in his check and the other
tearing about one-third of his head
away. johnson was at once arrest
ed.
johnson came very near killing a
man in the shops the other day by
striking him On the head with q
piece OF iron. He was formerly en-
ploycd at the B. & O.. Co.'S shops
here. and was known to be crazy on
religion. Mr.. White was well liked
by every one. and no cause isassiSn-
ell for the shooting. He leaves a
family. The towns on both si'les OF
the river became wildly excited over
the affair, and when it became gen,
orally known party was organized
to lynch Johnson. They marched
to the Jail this evening, oycrpowerrl
the iailcr, and taking the murderer
to the outskirts of the town l,nn.
him.
This evening at half-past s wa'
the time of the lynching. a party
of citizens attacked the building
where johnson was confined. They
i quietly took him to the bridge across
the Potomic, tied a rope around hi
neck and made him walk OF. Hi
neck was broken by the fall, and af
1 ter allowing him to hang for fev
: moments the rope was cut and tn
body fell into the river, where tn
swift current carried it out of sight
!
A Happy Country.
The American people can fclicitat
, themselves. The crops have bee
gathered and have proved to be abun
dant. We shall have more whea
and cotton than last year, thong
not quite so much corn. All sort
of business looks prosperous. Th
G rates for the use of money arc risins
: which is good sign,-railroad carr
+ ings arc increasing, and consequent
ly the price of good securities al
: advancing. The most interestin
: fact of all is that the year 1856 vi
c witness more house constructio
n than any past year in our histor
G Last year. fer instance, about S45
7 0Q0,G00 we're spent in the city of Ne
G York in new structures. In the fir
r seven months of this year there W.
c expended SAL 100000, and exper
e in tbe,building business say that Il
s total will foot up s20,000,000 mo
$, then last year. Nor is this an is
IT lated fact, for the building moycmcl
o is quite as pronounced in other ce
q tcrs of population, large and smal
Il These new cdifices will be nccdc
II for we arc growing marvelously
n population and wealth. We numh
e now about 6l,o00,00o people, and |
r and by the close of this century
y say within little over fourte,
d years-we shall have between 81 ar
y 90,000,000 inhabitants in this .ni'
l. of ours. The prospect ahead is
y magnificent that he woull be Il mca
le spirited fellow, who did not feel
n Just pride in the splendid progre
'f and future of his conntry.-Demo
IS ests' Monthly for October.
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= How Cleyoland's Decisions Are Mad
G. Washington Critic.
: Said General Ewing, hppointme
W Clerk of the Department of Jnstir
n ''The President is certainly the !la