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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-04-23
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NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS - ESTIMATES
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pavilion at end of Madison street for the Madi-
son street Gable Railway Company, up 10 noon
April ~. 1880 The right is reserved 10 reject
any or all bids Plans are at ONCE of H. Stein
man, architect
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NOR SALE-L0DGtNG HOUSE OF l. Rooms
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DR- cARPER, NJ d. HAS REMOVED HIS
IL orire from North Sestfle 70 sQS. Front
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NOR SALE-MEAT MARKET IN CITY; FINE
Il trade; good location. Address 2. o. box
los.
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chinery, boiler and engine: all new: on very
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care Post-Ipteligencer.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03
THE DUNN MURDER CASE.

This case has excited n great deal Of attention
from the prominence of the family OF the defen-
dant and the circumstances surrounding the
matter. Tho Dunn family Is one OF the most
prominent of Rowlesburg, and bear n good rep
utation among their fellow men.
Thomas Dunn, the accused Is next tho youngest.
we believe, is very genteel, and well bred and
rather mild looking young man. Does not look
like a bad man by any means and has hereto.
fore born n good reputation, until this unfortu-
nate occurrence took place. The facts i'm the
matter were about ~ follows: Friday night,
October II, 1889, at Rowlesburg. Dunn, the pris-
oner, who had charge OF the pump house Of the
u. q q. railroad, on the night turn was there on
duty, pumping water Mug Calhoun and Geo.
Moore got jug Of alcohol and started out To
have n iamboree. They went TO the pump
house AMI tried 20 get Dunn TO drink with them
IL seems That Calhoun and Moore got pretty full
and about midnight Moore and Dunn got into an
alteration Moore interfered with the working
of the machinery, threw the belt off several
times, etc. Dunn tried to get him to 60 away,
and they finally came to blows and clinched and
Dunn tried TO put him ont. Calhoun went after
Martin Dunn, brother Of the accused, who was
at work at the coal chute Martin came and
parted them and Moore went out and got stones
and throw 81 Dunn several times, etc, came very
near striking HIN in the head, and II he had,
would probably have killed Dunn, who then
drew his pistol and shot Moore, killing him in
stantly. Dunn was badly frightened that he
fed O the country, bet came back and gave
himself up. lie was brought to Jail at KingwOod
hut released ON bail. He was indicted for muir
der by the grand jury last fail and came up for
trial this term lie pleaded Not guilty" and
sets up the Plea q self dcfen:c. Ills attorneys
are Hon b. r. Martin, Of Grafton, ard p. j. Gro
gan uf the Kingwood bar. Prosecuting Attor-
ney Fortrcy Is assisted by Henry Clay Hyde
The evidence was all in TuesdGy evening and
Wednesday and to-day the lawyers are speaking
on nc case. Hyde opened for the prosecution
with very brilliant speech of about an hour
Crognn followed for the defense with speech
that lasted over three hours and was n very
able effort. lie quoted law and read extracts
bearing on the case and summed up The evidence
I'm very convincing manner for the defense
lie was followed by Hon IL. +. Martin, who
spoke for the defendant also and who made a
splendie legal argument, but not a. brilliant an
oratOTical speech as the attorneys who prece-
ded him, as the Colonel was not well and not
able 20 30 justice to him self. After Mr. Mar
tins speech, court odiOurned till this morning
when Prosecuting Attorney, Fortney, spoke FOR
the state aud closed the argument I'm his usual
able and efficient manner
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03
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CIRCUIT COURT.

Circuit Court convened Monday
of last week. his Honor, Judge J..
Il. Hokc on the bench. The Grand
Jury was impaneled and after
being duly instructed repaired to
the jury room. The following
named freeholders composed the
grand jury Of this term S. w.
Hartley, Foreman Samuel Wot-
ring, Jacob Bower, Isaac j. Welton,
Miles ii. Orr, Silas Sinclair, b. +.
Conley, Marshal Davis. Joseph j..
Jenkins, W. IL. Whetsell, George
W. Bucklew, John J. Ringer, Rob
ert Splkcr, Lee Cuppctt and j. NJ.
Chichester.
Tuesday evening the Grand Jury
returned the following list Of in
dictmcnts:
For Felony-Charlcs Article, en-
tering Frank jenkins store at
Evansville.
Misdemcanors--Cato Banks, keep
ing gambling place.
John Bennett, disturbing school
Bert Bickford, indecent exposure
Of person.
Joseph Castle, indecent exposure
Of person.
William Trout, disturbing school.
Richard Craig, destroying prop
erty.
j. VI. Hartman, trcspassing on
lands Of +. NJ. Shahan.
Charles Nethkin, trespass-cut-
ting timber on lands OF Benjamin
Miller.
Indictments for violation Of rcyc-
nue. laws
William NJ Dent.
f. NJ Dent, Nos. to Q.
Also indictments for misdemean-
or against Charles Nothkin, Arthur
Meth kin, Harry Ncthkin, Frank
Nothkin, Andrew Gauk and Simon
Whetscll.
j. T. Mitchell, Esq, an attorney
at law from Oakland, Md, was
admitted TO practice in this court.
STATE CASES, MIsDEMEANORs.
John Elsey, Jr., confessed jude-
ment Of $l.00 fine and costs.
klsey Hileman, confessed iudg-
meUt Of $500 fine and costs.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03
AN ECHO OF THE CAMPAIGN.

a friend who was present aud
vouches for the facts in the matter,
related to us the following little
story, the other day
While q crowd Of republicans
were loafng in the bar-room Of the
"Rlyer House" at Morgantown, not
long ago. a rad" from the ban
ner county entered and asked for a
pint Of whiskey, the bar keeper
handed it out, the "buckwheat"pu put
1t in his pocket and started off,
when the mixer Of sings and
cocktails called TO him and said.
"Herc you havn't paid for that yet.
"Paid for what ?" said the buck
wheat from Preston, az the amber
colored fluid gurgled in his pocket.
Bar-keeper-That liquor, Of course.
Republican Now look here Mis-
ter, ] may be q durn tender feet from
the Buckwheat County, but / know
more than that Wasn't Harrison
elected?
Bar-keepor Yes.
Republican-Havn't wc got both
houses Of Congress
Bar-kceper- Ycs.
Rcpublican-In fact everything?
Bar-kecpcr--I guess go.
Republican Well wasn't we
free whisky then?
Bar-kecper-I believe 50.
Republican-And now you want
TO charge me for this little bit. the
first I've had. Not much you don't
and he stalkcd on ont, leaving tho
6ar-keeper to scratch his head and
think while the other republicans
looked very sick.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03
PROMPT OFFICIAL ACTION.

A prompt case of official action
was that Of Richard Mays, which
took place last week. Wednesday
Mr.. Mays, who lives at or near
Newburg, having been a6judged
insane, was brought to Jail here.
Sheriff Jackson forwarded his pa
pers on to the Supt. of the Hospital
that day, and Friday Mr.. Charles
NJ. Thorn, warden Of the Hospi-
tai arrived in Ringwood and re-
turned to Weston Saturday with
Mays. This is right and proper
mode of procedure and quite diff
fercnt from the old time state of
affairs at the Hospital, when patients
were sometimes left to languish in
the jails until they died or were
beyond medical skill and had be-
come hopeless lunatics before they
were admitted to the Hospital,
There are poor unfortunates confn-
ed there now, who will remain there
until released by death, who might
have been cured if taken to the
Hospital for treatment in time.
Action in u matter Of this kind
should never be delayed, for as soon
as anyone is adjudged insane they
should at once be taken to the Hos
pital for the insane for treatment.
The longer the matter is put off the
less chance for cure. We are in
formed that Mr.. Mays has been
insane for some time and is now
very wild and violent and but little
hopes are entertained for his recov-
cry. He is man near so years of
age and has a family.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03

Ex-SPEAKER Carlisle thinks the
Lodge Federal election bill one Of
the most Objectionable measures
ever before Congress, and considers
that it would be practically impossi-
BILE to hold legal election under
its complicated provisions. In
speaking of the bill, Mr.. Carlisle
said, Suppose we do little figure
ing on it to start with. IL this bill
was law there would be at each of
the 10000 election precincts of the
country, at every Congressional and
Presidential election, seven Federal
officials, making total of $50, 900
men, and costing ten or fifteen mill
ions Of dollars every two years.
This estimate is based upon the
present number of voting precincts,
but the complications of this bill
would make the process of voting
such slow one that the number of
precincts would have to be largely
increased. perhaps doubled, in order
to give the voters an opportunity to
deposit their ballots" The bill has
not been much better received by
the republicans than by the demo-
Gratis.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03

THE House has passed the annu-
al pension appropriation bill. 1t
was for 1913. $780, 900, and every man
who voted for it knows that it is not
enough, and that there is bound to
be big deficiency at the end of the
next fiscal year, but that does not
stop the demagogues from getting
up and bowling for additional pen
sion legislation. One of them in a
spec CHI advocating a service pension
said, as coolly as if he was speaking
of buying an apple, that the total
cost of such bill would not exceed
S64S, 900, 900.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03
WE CALL BRO. STARKEY ON THIS
PAIR.

The two items below we clip from
the Terra Alta Times, of last week.
Gentle reader, you can make your
own comments
con Monday morning the freight
depot was crowded with Al kegs
and -four barrels which had encom-
passed the o be joyful /; and it was
funny to see the people of the town
gather about to take IA farewell sniff. "
The lodge Of Good Templars at
this place is i'll n flourishing condi-
ton fifteen candidates were init
ated on Monday night.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03

CS NJ Hooton and III III Wheele
Ben Dayis-Henry Cool and
Daniel Wiles
BuSSalo-Daniel FELTON, and Jas
Daily
UNION DISTRICT
Aurora-Charles L Lawton, Al
Ian Forman, Milo Trotter, ID S
Wilt, + p King, l. G Shafrer and
4 a McCrum
Eglon-F A Fortney, George
Giessman and Julius Scherr
PORTLAND DISTRICT
Albrightsville-A G Mason, J b
Cressaler and G Il Feather
Rodamers-P J Hardesty
Terra Alta ID Rigg, VIM III
Glover. A } Elliott, T. ID Benson,
Charles Forman, Dennis Glover, 9
& Lee, 5 b Lee, J A Friend, w B
Freeland, Elijah Messenger, W III
Whetzel and BENZ Arnold
PLEASANT DISTRICT
Chidesters-Alfred Kelly, W A
Crane, ID @ Feather, Joseph NJ
Shaw and Jchu jenkins
Millers-J j Martin, NJ l. Fitch
ncr, r Protzman, Joseph n Liston
and j a Lenhart
GRANT DISTRICT
Bruceton-S + Conner, l. ii
Smith and Il S Cunningham
Glade Farms--E + Cuppett and
A VI Robinson
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03
SATURDAYS sIDEsHOw SEQUEL.
THE CONCERT A DISCORD.

THE CONCERT A DlSCORD.
The republican eide show here
last Saturday passed off quietly and
in fact did not amount to much,
but little interest being taken in the
matter by the general public. Court
was in session and the trial of DIR.
Sutton was going on, and this being
rather spicy case, it absorbed most
of the attention of the people. A
little band OF the faithful gathered
in the court house hall about 2, p.
m, and proceeded to elect five del
egates to the convention to be held
here next Monday. Prof. G.. G..
Showalter was elected Chairman
and j. w. White, Of the Era, Sec
rotary. DIR. McMillen and George
Walls were appointed tellers, and
the assemblage voted by ballot for
delegates. The five who received
the largest number of votes were
declared elected and were as follows:
Neil j. Fortney, ID. NJ. Wotring,
George Hoffman, W. +. Menear
and George w. White, jr. 1t was
left to any delegate who could not
be present, to appoint his own al
ternate. After the ring perform
ance was over the colored concert
took place, Horace Tucker being
the leading man. Horace came in
and kicked like n steer because, as
usual, he nor his race had received
no recognition whatever. 1t seems
that he expected and perhaps had
been promised recognition as one of
the delegates, and gave the whole
thing away by saying that now he
had no chance to get anything out
of it, and that he had served his
party all his life, but was at last
getting his eyes open, and really
seemed to be fairly on the stool OF
repentance. Some of them tried to
comfort Tucker by telling him that
there was some talk of electing Jim
Terrill delegate, but such chaf as
that didn't catch Horace, he is too
old black bird for that, and it will
take some very fair promises and
considerable "soap" to still keep
him IN the traces Of political slavery.
Poor L k er h az b een a
slave all his life. Before the war
he was the slave Of master who
provided for him at all times. Since
thewar he has been thepolitical slave
of party that claimed to have freed
him and owned him body and soul,
but allowed him to kick for himself
and be id, just so he turned
up on election day and voted the
straight republican ticket, after
which lie could go to the devil, just
so he got back III time to vote at
the next election, but verify, the
colored man is getting his eyes open
and black face is no longer Il
badge Of republicanism.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03

The real work of the census emu
meration will begin June 1 and the
time allowed by law to complete the
enumeration is thirty days for the
country districts and fifteen for towns
and cities, so that the principal
results ought TO 5e known by Au-
gust. Assuming that the increase
in population will be the same in
the past ten years as in the ten years
previous, which was thirty per cent,
we feel safe in estimating our pres
ent population at 65, 900, 900. OF
this, it is estimated that the whites
will number $4,000, 1000 and the
colored contingent 100000 The
cold figures may reduce this a very
little, but the actual result will place
US above 1000, 900, so that we have
more than doubled our population
in the last thirty years.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
won't have the usual opportunity to
twist, cover up, misinterpret and do
away with the evidence and bam-
boozle the jury till they lose sight
of the case altogether.
William Johnson, the mine boss of
Irondale, whs was indicted for criminal
neglect Of duty and tried last fall and
found guilty, but got new trial on some
ruling OF tie court, ia sick in bed and
unable to come 10 court this term and
was granted continuance so States
Attorney, Fortney inf rms us.
Marcellus Staley, VIII o stands indicted
in his court for felony, and who was
under $500 bond to answer at this term
for trial, has concluded tina. a change OF
climate would bs better for his health.
and so left for parts unknown. and has
so far neglected TO send his post Office
address to his bondsman, c. q. Craig.
who is very anxious to know in regard
to his present whereabouts Craig still
thinks he will come back and stand his
trial, and is asking for more time.
The court room has been frightened by the
presence Of n good many ladies this week, at
tending the trial of Dunn for the shooting Of
Moore, and in particular to hear the speeches Of
the attorneys In summing up the case.
one Of the short hand reporters taking down
the evidence in the murder trinl Is a young Mr..
Davis nephew OF Ex-senator Henry G.. Davis.
lie IS learning short hand and stenography, and
is merely here for practice.
The jury on tho Dunn case is q pretty solid
looking set Of men and represent all sections of
the county.
The Rowlesburg people are over
in full force this week attending
the Dunn murder case. 1t is the
most important case of this session,
and considerable feeling is maui
tested among the friends of the
different parties. Dunn's friends
are determined to stand by him to
Il man, and use every honest effort
in their power to clear him. They
claim the shooting was done in self
defence and that there was nothing
malicious or premeditated about it.
Moore 5 friends believe Dunn guilty
and are determined to have him
punished to The full extent of the
law. The defense do not deny the
killing, but claim that Moore was
the aggressOr, and that Dunn was
| justified in shooting him. There
are not very many witnesses in the
case, as it happened at the dead
hour of night when everybody was
asleep except the railroad men on
duty and these carousers, who were
all too drunk to give any reliable
and definite account of the matter,
or at least it would seem that way
to Fisinterested observer. There
were four men present, Thomas
Dunn, the defendant, George Moore
the victim, Martin Dunn, brother
Of the prisoner and main witness
for the defense and "Mug" Calhoun
the main witness for the prosecu-
ton.
We had intended to publish the
evidence in the Dunn murder trial
for our readers, but the court re-
quested the papers of the town not
to publish the evidence this week
anyhow,as the jury had not brought
in verdict, and # they should full
to bring in one and the prisoner get
a new trial, it would be hard mat
ter to get q new jury, as nearly
everybody would have read the evi-
dence and formed some kind of an
| OpiuiOu
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03

So general has been the complaint
against the paper used in the postal
cards, that the Post office depart
men was compelled to get after the
contractor, and that individual has
promised to use better quality of
paper hereafter.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03

We do think that there should be
some law or power to prevent law
yers taking up the time Of the court
and worrying jurors and annoying
witnesses and disgusting everybody
generally with such idiotic and
scnseless questions as are commonly
propounded to the witness by the
average lawyer. For instance, in
court last Saturday afternoon, we
listened for on hour or two (as long
as we could stand IT'D to the cxami-
nation Of several witnesses IN a
little, petty, trifling case arising out
OF a church quarrel and a whole
neighborhood being at loggerheads.
and dragging the matter INTO court
to clog the wheels Of Justice and
offend the nostrils Of the public.
airing the local scandal Of a con-
'entious community. Some wit
mes had made a statementIn regard
to a crack in the east end Of the
house where the crime unlawful
cohabitation) should have taken
place. Thereupon the attorneys
took it mp and proceeded TO cross.
examine several witnesses az to the
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03

1T HAS been suggested that the
women should have representa-
among the census enumerators, and
we are rather inclined to think this
good idea, for they would certain
ly find out more facts and figures
about family than a man would,
and they would allow no woman on
the shady side of thirty to go on
record as beng on the sunny side
of twenty. So we believe that 80
far as family history is concerned.
they would get it down much finer
and more accurate than the men.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03

A GREAT many of our friends
have called during court and gave
rs words of encouragement and left
some more solid reminders of their
supportin the shape of Uncle Sans
collateral. TO one and all we re-
turn our thanks for this an evidence
of your appreciation of our labors.
However, there are still a good many
others who are behind OH subscrip-
ton, and as court will last some
time yet. you have an opportunity
to come in and pay us, or send the
money by some neighbor, if you are
not coming to court.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1890-04-03

THE bill placing John G. Ere
mont on the retired list OF the Army
with the rank of Major General, has
passed the House.