The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1891-04-09

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sixth year Of his age. Mr.. White
was one Of our best citizens and
had a host Of friends. He leaves
wife and four children.
At the municipal election mi
Huntington Ham Dickey, Repub-
lican, was elected Mayor by 106
majority. The Democrats elected
the Recorder, Collector, Treasurer
and Street Commissioner and six
out OF the ten Councilmen.
D. r. Henderson, ON Monday,
let to contract the keeping in re-
pair OF the Guyandotte river road
from the Philadelphia line to the
Chapmansville. line. We hope
that something viii be done on
the road at once, as it is nearly
impossible.
D. J. Pancake, of st. Adams,
is in town selling the Improved
Singer Sewing Machine. He ex-
poets a boat load Of machines in|
few days. 1t is the best ma
chine on the market, and Mr.. Pan
cake is a pleasant gentleman with
whom to transact business.
The road from this place to-
=Dingess, was notlet to contract on
Monday as all the bids were too
high. The highest estimate made
for the building of the road across
the mountain, two and one fourth
miles, when the Court agreed to
undertake the work, was $4,000.
The lowest bid for this work on
Monday was 1876, more than
double the estimate. The Court
agreed to postpone the matter
until the May term of the Court,
and Commissioner Shnmate will
receive sealed bids until May
18th. See his adj. in another col
unln. 7=z54
Rev. John E. Edwards, Of the
M 4 Church, South.died at his
residence in Lynchburg, Va, on
March 31st..No man in Virginia
was better known than DIR. Ed
wards. For fifty-seyen years he
was a Minister of the Methodist
Church in North Carolina and
Virginia, and was regarded as one
of the strongest men in the Vir-
ginia Conference, which is noted
for its stpng men. But aside
Efrom-hiG reatnesss=he was pre-
Eeminentlya- good zman,-and his
Ememorwilllbee herishedIithe
hearts of many persons, who have
been made better by his influence,
as that of any other American
divine.
On Saturday DR.. NJ. F. French
made an examination of Mr.. j.
A. Peck, who was confined in Jail
here as being insane, and report
ed to Justice Morgan that his
mind was restored, whereupon the
Justice ordered him to be released
and he started for his home that
evening. His many friends will
be glad to hear Of his restoration
to sanity, and we hope that there
will be no recurance of the ma
lady in the future. He purchas-
ed. farm some three weeks ago
on the Ohio river in Cabell@coun-
ty and expects to move to it in a
few days. We hope that his new
associations will be pleasant, and
of that kind which will make his
restoration permanent.
Joseph Hatfield, of Ben Creek,
will assess the value OF the real,
estate of this county. Mr.. Hat
field is a farmer and fully compe-
tent to discharge the duties of the
Office, which we think he will do
honestly and without fear or fav-
or. Imbued, however, with the
Jeffersonian idea of local self gov
eminent, which we have always
been taught to believe to be the
fundamental principle of Demo-
eracy, we had hoped that some
consideration would have been
given to the gentleman unani-
mously recommended by the
County Court for the position.
We are satisfied, however, that
Mr.. Hatfield will discharge the
duties of the Office, as, well as
they would have been discharged
by Mr.. Trent. We find no fault
with the man, but with. the tend
ency toward centrilization in the
manner of the appointment.
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