West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-06-30

Shaw carried kingwood and Lyon,
the former by SO over ali and the
latter by ~ over Shaircr. He got II
good vote all over the county except
in Union aud this, was one secret
of his success. The vote by dis
tricts is as follows
KINGwooD.
Shaw, 157 Shafrer, SO; Lcnhart,
~, and Hollis, &c.
VALLEY.
Lenhart, los; Shaw, 50; Shafrcr,
40, and Hollis 20.
lyon.
Shaw, 40 Shafrer, 70 !; Hollis,
~, and Lerhart 10.
RENO.
Hollis, $40 Shaw, 104; Shafrer,
40, and Lenhart, 10.
UNION.
Shaffer, 1872 Hollis, 81 [; Shaw,
q, and Lenhart, 4.
PORTLAND.
Hollis, 12l Shaffer, 11S Len
hart "a, and Shaw, 80.
PLEASANT.
Lcnhart, 1876; Shaw, %; Shafrer,
6, and Hollis, 3;
GRANT.
Lenhart, ISL; Shaw, 80; Shaffcr,
%, and Hollis, 2.
Well the boys all made a gallant
race and may get there some time.
Shakespeare says that call things
come to HIM who waits although
in this case, it brings up the famous
remark of the Governor of North
Carolina to the Governor of South
Carolina.
BY some oversight. the vote for
Legislature was left out of our
report last week and we give it here.
There was but one candidate on
this side Of the river, Mr.. Amos
Hartley, and he received 2311 votes.
the next largest majority to Mr..
McMlllen, so that Masontown
should congratulate herself on be-
ing strictly III it" this time, as
no one could be found bold enough
to buck against these candidates.
On the East Side Mr.. Chris Hart
meyer. of Bruceton. got there in
great shape with a majority of eco
over George Bruce Burke, of Terra
Alta, whose total vote was $50,
while Hartmeyer got 1913, carrying
every district in the county although
1T was very close in Reno, Hart
meyer 237 to Burke 235.
There was good deal of fun
connected with the nomination of
candidates for Commissioner of the
County Court. In this district, it
is said shat Ex-Sheriff Elisha
Thomas, was beaten because he
worked against LEROY Shaw and
the latters friends resented this
and gave Mr.. Thomas a rebuke.
Up in Valley, genial Mase Watson.
the Reedsville merchant. tried to
dodge the office again and let it 90
by default. The CLOVER Gladers."
thought they saw a chance to steal
march on the Upper Gladers "
and trotted out young Homer CO.
bun. This stirred up Watson's
friends and they forced him to run
again at the last hour and beat
Cobun badly in spite of the fact
that the whole of Masontown turned
out and beat up the red brush and
huckleberrY bushes all over that
mountain down there to scare out
votes for Cobun. They thought
they had Masses scalp dangling at
their belt, but when the returns
came in, they crawled into their
cellars and packed themselves on
ice. They wi ! probably get DR..
Cox to write petition to the
County Court, praying for writ of
haDeaS corpus, against Watson, as
they can't get him any other way
and If this fails they will get Alsi-
Mas McMillcn to survey a line be-
tween them and the upper end of
the district and start an indrpen.
dent state Of their own. Over in
Lyon, there is more dissatisfaction
than anywhere in the county. and
we will bet our Cleveland hat
(Which VIC think u great deal Of inst
now that the nominee never makes
connection with tho Office. tic
wouldn't know County Levy
from a Chinese PRAYER. II he met II