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a number of times. One arm was broken all to pieces, one leg was broken in two places and his head was terribly cut and bruised by hitting the ground in going over the shaft. John Woods, a young man about 17 years of age, loaded a gun at Blackville on Friday evening and forgot that he had done so. On Saturday morning at 11 o'clock he loaded it again. When be found he had two loads in, he asked his father to shoot it off, and the latter told him he would not and for him not to do so. He then stepped off a few feet and fired it. The gun exploded, part of it going through his head. He lived about twelve hours. A young man who has been here some time and who owed several bills decided to leave one day last week. Among his creditors was Mr. O. G. Harman, who followed him up the Canaan road and disrobed him of a suit of clothes he had forgotten to pay for, before he was permitted to go on his way. -Davis Times. Four indictments have been returned in Wert county against James Britton, Wes. Britton and Wade Sheppard-the last named getting two-for the atrocious outrage upon the daughter of Nelson Ratliff, mentioned last week. Charles S. Thompson, a B. & O. brakeman, whose home was in Martinsburg, was run over by a train and killed at the Relay House last Saturday. He was twenty-three years old. There are now about 175 boats running on the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. They carried 9,632 tons of coal from Cumberland last week. William Weikle died near Salt Sulphur Springs, Monroe county, October 2d, aged ninety-two years. This season the Greenbrier Cannery put up 2,060 cases of tomatoes-being 48,000 cans. The Weston Savings Bank is winding up itsaffairs.