The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-10-16
State IteMss

State Items. .srei"
COLONEL JESSE TETER of Barbour
county, has been, nominated for State
Senator in the district composed of Bar
bour, Tucker, Randolph, Braxton, Lewis
and Upshur counties. ID. DIT Farms
worth remains at home, it is supposed, to
sell Grape and fatten his hogs -
ksDR. PINNELL has been repominated to
represent Upshur county inthe House of
Delegates. ~ $50
, DANIEL. RAYMOND, of Richie, county,
is a candidate for the State Senate in the
district composed of Peasants, Tyler,
Richie, Doddridge and Harrison coun-
Hties 9gE
.--, The editor of the Morgantown Post
mentions q stalk of corn only FIVE feet
high. which contains six well'developed
ears of corn. s.tr,.y
THE people of Monongalis and Marion
counties are becoming greatly interested
in the construction Of railroad to con-
meet with the Pittsburg and Councils
Vile road at Uniontown, and the Gov
ington and Ohio road at Lewisburg, and
the Virginia and Tennessee road at Chris
tiansburg. The board of corporators at
Fairmont made arrangements TO hold
general Convention of all the counties at
t,rmont, on the first Thursday in No
y,mber next, and in the meantime coun-
~ meetings are to'be held along the pro-
posed line for the purpose of getting as
much private subscription as posi- BILE,
and also to see whether the people are
willing to take stock by way OF county
subscription. rsts 81 So
. OKEY JOHNSON, ESQ, Democratic can
didate for the House of Delegates from
Wood county, publishes In the Parkers-
burg Gazette of last week very able
and dignified address IA, the voters, in
which he takes strong ground against
the test oath and prof. osed constitutional
amendment and pledges himself, ifelect-
ed, to oppose these impolitic measures.
Mr. Spencer, the Republican candidate,
refuses to openly express his opinion
upon these questions, but it Is generally
understood that he is in favor of the radi-
cal schemes, ua.g
THERE is considerable disturbance i'll
the Wood, Jackson, Gilmer, &c, Sena-
torial district, concerning the nomination
of X s Brown, Esq, for State Senator.
Some of the Republicans, dissatisfied
with Mr. Browns record have nominated
NJ RI al ha
war between the rival factions is very
bitter and will doubtless result in the
complete division of the party The
election of Mr.. Shoemaker, the Demo
cratic candidate, sufficiently certain be-
fore, is rendered doubly sure at this dis
cord among the Republicans.
JAS. w. WILLIAMSON is the Republi-
can candidate for House of Delegates
from Peasants county.
The circuit court of Wood comfy be-
gins to-day. Brown. Mahon, johnson,
and Others are to discuss the political
issues of the day in public meeting to
he held at tie court house this after
noon.
THE Parkersburg Gazette of the 18th
inst, says: Two men named George
Thurman and st. Clair Vincent, on the
night of the 4th instant, stole two horses
in Kanawha county, took them to Jack
son county, and sold them, and then
came up the river. They We're followed
to Parkersburg and were seen in this CITY
on Saturday evening, where they are now
supposed to be concealed Thurman is
represented as a man of dark aud rather
bad countenanee: has a wooden leg
fright leg) and is about five feet six inch
es high. When last seen he wore soldiers
clothes. Vincent is man of fair com
plexion, somewhat lower than Thurman,
and is also lame in one leg, and is dis
charged soldier 1t is said they have
stolen four horses within the last three
weeks.
MEssRs. Gof, Fleming. Northcott and
Moore, are stamping" Harrison county
in behalf of the Republican nominees.
The Clarksburg Telegraph SAYS that
last week the shop of Messrs Reed &
Helmick was broken into by burglars and |
two pairs of boots stolen. On Wednesday
night last they repeated the experiment
and stole one pair Of fine boots, and al