West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1892-06-23

Everything Gone Republican and the
Ball Is Now open.
lie Roy shaw, for Sheriff. 1--WE Told
You So.' Facts and Figures on
the Clean Sweep by the e.. u.
i. Last Saturday.

county that took place last Saturday
surprised some of the faithful and
loaded down the Salt River Packet
with. defeated candidates in o way
that will make trouble for the next
generation.
We cannot give tabulated state
mcnt and as full an account of it as
we would like, as the returns were
not all IN till yesterday and the can
vass not completed by the County
Committee till near midnight, and
we were therefore unable to get the
official figures till to-day. For
Prosecuting Attorney David Mel
ancthon Wotring wins over Neil j.
Fortney by 1877 votes. the total vote
standing, Fortney 1119 and Wot-
ring 1856. 1t was all done two or
three days before the election.
Fortney was ahead till then, and the
Wotring men saw they were beat un :
less they got III some fine work,
which they did, the particulars of
which we haven't space for here.
Ii Fortney had worked as hard as
Wotring, he would have had q
handsome majority.
For Sheriff, as we have said here.
tofore, Leroy Shaw is the man. He
went into the fight to win, and lie
has. The total vote for each can
dldate is as follows: Leroy Shaw
634, r. S. Hollis CLIO, j. A. Lenhart
565, l.. G. Shaffer 553, giving it to
Shaw by only "a votes.
For Assessors, w. +. Manear is
elected on this side by 1913 votes
and Gabriel Pulliam on the East
Side by 81. The vote for each can
didate was as follows West Side,
W. f. Manear 1910, John S. Per-
kins 907, II. g. Hanaway 427. On
the East Side, e.. Pulliam no, Jos.
NJ. Shaw Csc, w. Il. Shroyer 494,
h. Scott FELTON, 249, L. w. For
man 1877.
DISTRICT OFFICERS.
There were two Justices, two
Constables. one Commissioner of
County Court and one member of
County Committee to be elected in
each district. In some case there
was no opposition and the names
marked with an are the ones nom
mated.
KINGwoOD DISTRICT.
Commissioner-*J. l.. Mckenzie
1G1; Elisha Thomas 116.
Justice-"J. NJ. Goodwin 278; 81.
A. Miller $50.
Constable-*Gco. F. Huffman
271, *Thos. d. Hawker 259.
Committeeman-*Dr. NJ. Il.
Powell 2S3.
VALLEY DISTRICT.
Commissioner-*Mason Watson
160; Homer Cobun 100.
Justice-*IIoward Martin 100;
"a. j. DeBerry 121; X. q. Zina %;
ID. q. linn ~.
Constable-*Emanuel Dixon 257:
-. F. Watson so; J. l. Taylor 43;
JOS. w. Feather 3S.
Committeeman-$S. Cobun II:
S. A. Dill SO.
LYON DISTRICT.
COmmissioner-*Dayid Jerome
Walls 169; Chas. Il. Ellis ~; Chas.
III. Smoot CO.
Justice-TJames McGee 2GO; 81.
r. Purinton 279.
8 Constable-+I. w. Criss 279; *W.
3. Taylor 277.
Committeeman-+Robert A. Orr
1856; Charles jenkins 90; Eugene
Lanham o.
RENO DISTRICT.
Commissioner-M. II. Sinclair
was elected without opposition,
receiving 4G3 votes.
Justice II. II. Wheeler, 374 /;
*Lucas Forman, 261 b. f. Wood
ward, 1872 George Chidester, 70,
and Allen Sharps, SO.
Constable-*F. NJ. Halbritter,
246 I'D. S. Pifer, $50; Il. s. w.
Harvey, IT'S; G. W. Piles, 143, and
w. +. Stafford, 90. e
Committeeman-*W. A. Watson,
343, and Harrison Zinn, 1873.
UNION DISTRICT.
Commissioner-@Page r. Nc
Crum, 233, and W. T. Birch, s.
For the other Offices there we're
no candidates. julius Scherr