West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1888-07-20

Hampshire has instructed for Wilson.
Mai. A. s. Nornent of Grant Is likely
10 be nominated for the Senate.
Mr.. John J. Chipley of Moorefisld viii
probably be returned to the House.
1t seems Jackson will defeat HOgg for
Congress in the 4th district.
The Huntington street car lineis now
running.
Frank Clark, colored, is wanted at
Point Pleasant for burglary.
Berkeley county holds precinct meet
ings on the LIST to appoint delegates to
county convention.
The Wood county Republicans have
endorsed Hon. A. /. Foreman for the
bench in the Fifth district.
L. w. Brown and E. b. Parsons are
nominated for the Legislature in Jack
son.
Green McCardell of Tyler county COM
United suicide on Tuesday morning last
by drowning himself.
Or. Newton Pierpont Of Santa Barba-
IA, CAL, brother Of ex Gov. Pierpont OF
this State, is dead.
Senator Kenna has secured clerical
appointment in the Treasury for Miss
Juliet Donnally of Kanawha county.
A fire broke out in Point Pleasant on
the evening of the 18th and destroyed
every dwelling and place of business on
two squares.
Hiram s. Mcmillan, assignor of one
half to r. NJ. Harper, Falling Springs,
has been granted a patent for an i'm
proved corn planter.
The twelfth reunion of the Army of
West Virginia will be held in Columbus,
o.. beginning Sept. 18th and ending OH
the 18th Of the same month.
The present indications are that the
Republicans will nominate Mr.. Hartman
of Grant county as their candidate to
run against Congressman Wilson.
A writer in the Intelligencer says:-
Wilson's tariff record will defeat him.
1t is this that will elect him. He comes
nearer being right on the tariff than any
man we have at Washington.
It looks as if Col. J. r. Mclean, of
Putnam, would be the Republican NOM
inee for Governor. He is by all odds the
strongest man they could nominate and
would give us the most trouble.
There was great flood last week west
of the mountains in this State. The loss
exceeds Sl,OOO,OO0. Clarksburg, Rowles-
burg, and the low lands in Richie, DOd-
bridge and Wood have suffered most.
Mr.. C. l.. Brown of Jackson has de-
clined denomination for the State SEN
ate, and Jackson county has instructed
for Mr.. Geo. b. Grow. Mr.. Crow served
in the last House with great credit to
himself.
Geo. Burgess and Henry Whitaker,
prisoners confined in the city Jail at
Charleston, endeavored to make their
ascana On Tnasdou Loot hnf xvara n conu-
cred before they succeeded.
Tariff Tract No. II, headed FARMERS
and the Tariff" and consisting of a
speech made by Hon. II. III. Dudley of
New Jersey, is being circulated by the
thousands in this State.
The Huntington fire department will
compete for $500 prize with the depart
ment of Ashland, Lexington, Winches-
ter and Catlattsburg, KY, and Ironton,
o., at Ashland, some time in August.
Mrs. Theis. the wife of farmer living
near Waverly. Wood county, gave birth
to triplets one day last week. At last
accounts the mother and babes were get
ting along very nicely.
John Norman and John b. Dotson, par
Elephants in the Hatfield-McCoy trouble,
have been arrested i'm Pike county and
lodged in the Logan county Jail. One
hundred dollars reward for each was Of
fered by Cove nor Wilson.
A young man named Jim Chinn, liv-
ing in West Grafton, attempted to COM
NIT suicide by drowning on Friday last
He had been sick for several weeks, and
the supposition is that he was delirious
at the time he made the attempt on his
life.
Unless something intervenos between
now and the Huntington Convention,
Attorney General Caldwell will be re-
nominated. We can testify that he has
been the most efficient Attorney-Gener-
al this State has ever had.
A mass meeting of the Democracy Of
Braxton to appoint delegates TO the con-
vention seems to have broken up in a
row. The fight was between the friends
of Bennett and the friends of Higinboth-
am, rival candidates for the J ldgeship.
We Judge from what comes to US from
different parts of the State that the only
candidates before the Huntington Con-
vention for Governor will be ex-senator
Davis, Judge Brooks Flemming and
Judge Morrow.
The first train on HuntingtOn's new
road from the town Of Huntington to
Cincinnati was run on the 10th as far as
regularly from Huntington to Maysville.
1t will take about two months to finish
the line to Cincinnati.
Rev. II. c. Holland. for number of
years pastor of the Lutheran Church Of
Martinsburg, has accepted call to the
Second Lutheran Church of Charleston,
S. c.. His resignation will take effect
Sept. Ii.
The Democratic county convention
held at Parkersburg on the 18th nomi-
mated Congressional, Judicial and State
delegates. The delegates were instruct
ed for j. NJ. Jackson for Congress, Judge
Okey Johnson for the Supreme Court of
Appeals and j. G. Mcclure for Judge.
A company has been formed by a num-
Der of prominent Pennsylvania and Vir-
ginia capitalists, under the name of the
Guyandotte River and Huntington Rail-
road Company. to build railroad from
Huntington, Pa, to Logan Court House,
w. Va. The company owns vast area
of coke territory along the Guyandotte
river and its tributaries. which the road
is intended to develop.
The Secretary of State Of West Vir-
ginia has issued certificate of incOrpO-
ration to "The Cumberland Lumber
Company" which will keepits principal
OlllCt az bOuCONCitC3 SOuhey .
w. Va, and is to expire January l, 1918,
The sum of $50, 900 has been subscribed,
and $1,000 paid in on said corporation.
Shares are 500 each, and the privilege ,
to increase the stock to 100000 is reserv-
ed. The incorporators are Daniel Amman,
Alex. Adams, John T. Dixon, Robt. X.
Henderson, Cumberland, Nd. and Dun
can Sinclair, Frostburg, 100 shares each.
A sad feature of the Soldiers Reunion
which closed at Point Pleasant on the
18th was the misfortune Of VIM. Carpen-
ter in losing his arm. The cannon was
hauled down to the harfpreparatory to
shipment, and as they were waiting for
the boat Mr.. Carpenter decided to give
two farewell discharges. The first was
made successfully and it was being load
ed the second time without swabbing
when, by some unexplainable cause il
went OFF, tearing all the flesh off of his