most estimable gentleman.ββOne day last week, on the mountains, near Elk run church, in Rockingham county, Daniel Knighten killed. Wesley Dean.They went to a house-raising together, talking pleasantly. A short time aiter-ward Dean was chopping a pole, when Knighten reached over another man, who stood between the two, and chopped Dean in the head, splitting it open. Knighten ran away immediately, and no one knows what could have prompted the horribledeed.