The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1865-05-09
CITY ANDSTATENEWS.
The Gold and Other Markets, and
miscellaneous Matter, 60 be fssna On
she Fourth Page.

CIRCUIT COURT-Jadge T.. H. CaldlpeH
Presiding.-In this Court yesterday the
case of Mary Powell, charged with grand
larceny, was taken up and tried. From
the evidence it appeared that during the
illness of his wife Mr.. Louis Lickers, of
Fulton, employed the prisoner to take
charge of his house While thus employ
ed she stole dresses and other articles of
clothing amounting to over twenty dol
lars i'm value. J. G. Chandler, Esq, APP
peared for the State and G, L. Cranmer.
ESQ, for the defence. Aftey an absence
of some fifteen or twenty minutes, the
Jury returned verdict of guilty, and
fixed the time of Imprisonment at one
year.
The case of Mary Draden. (colored),
charged with grand larceny, was taken
up. From the evidence it appeared that
the prisoner, while in the employ of IL.
Renner, had from time to time stolen ar
ticles of clothing from his house, the
whole amounting to between thirty and
forty dollars worth. J. G. Chandler,
Esq, appeared for the State, and u. l..
Cranmer, Esq, for the defence. After
short absence, the jury returned a YER
dict of guilty, aud fixed the time of i'm
prisonment at one year
$500 e nanp, ,,-oa leo
tried. The prisoner was charged with
stealing clothing from the boarding
house of Mrs. Rebecea Witten j. Ct.
Chandler, Esq, appeared for the State,
and j. Habermehl, Esq and G. L. Gran
mer, Esq for the prisoner. The jury af-
ter an absence of about five minutes, rec
turned verdict of mot guilty" and the
prisoner was discharged.
The swindling case of Eldridge, Bovar
& Co. will be tried to-day,
THE FRUIT AND CROPs.-Inquiry
among the fruit growers and farmers at:
fords very pleasing information as to the
prospects of the season in their import
ant departments of industry and produc-
ton Fruit of all kind most cultivated
hereabouts promises well. The trees
have withstood the winter and have bad
ded in promising manner. May has
opened mildly and there is reason to
hope that no frost will blight the tender
fruit Bountiful crops of peaches, ap
Piles, pears, cherries, plums, grapes and
strawberries will yield those who cult.
vate in this section many thousands of
dollars, and afford pleasure to all who
consume these luxuries that Providence
permits us to enjoy in this favored eli
mate.
The reports from the fields are no less
favorable than from the orchards The
farmers began their spring work pretty
early, and accomplished more in the way
of planting and sowing in April this year
than in any that has preceded for a. long
time. The weather and season has been
opportune. Owing to the scarcity of help
more time was requisite. But little
ground will go uncultivated for want of
labor, as the hoeing haying and harvest
ing times scome along when there will
be plenty of returning laborers from the
army The fall sown crops, wheat, rye
and barley promise well. The winter
and the spring were as favorable as the
farmer could desire. We may safely con-
graduate our farmers and our readers
generally upon the fruit and crop pros
pects-as they all promise well.