The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-04-26
FROM HARRISON COUNTY.
Sales of EaRd-DeaIhs-M Marriages
Shooting ARRAY Registration


ROMINE's MILLS, WEST Va,
April 23d, 1866
Editors of. the Register
Quite number of farms have changed
hands in this vicinity since my last
Mr.. John White sold farm Of one hun.
dred acres to Mr. VIM. Bodkip at S35 per
acre. Mr. Joseph White sold a hill farm
to Mr. S. L. Queen at Sl5 per acre Mr..
Vincent Caster sold to Mr.. Joseph White
and Mr.. John Thresh farm of one hun
dred and forty.fve acres at S32 per acre.
The heirs of John Denison sold to Mr.. |.
Blake one hundred and seventeen acres
of land for $4,000. Mr. Fielding Reed
sold a farm of twenty six acres to Mr..
Rollins for $1,000 Mr.. Bayles sold a
small farm to Mr. J Post. terms not
known
Mr.. John Maxwell sold has Gnatty
Greek steam mill property to Mr. John
Martin and Youngs for $1,000
There have been several deaths in this
neighborhood Mr. Cornelius Queen,
died about the first of March, aged 20
years Mrs. Catharine Romine, widow
of Joseph Romine, decd, died on the 3rd
inst, aged about 80 years. Mrs Edith
Davis, wife of Mr. Isreal Davis, died on
the 9Th inst of Dropsy, aged sixty five
years
Cupid has been playing some OF his
rare freaks among the lads and lassies,
apparently regardless OF age Mr., JOS
jenkins, aged 79 years, was married on
the 18th inst to Miss Eliza Dorman
about half his aye, Also, on the same
day, Mr.. Chapman johnson. to Miss
Bond, of Rockford, ia years of age A
shooting affray occurred near this place
on Monday, the 9th inst, between John
w. Buffers and Elias 8. Hickman, two
neighbo who have been at enmity
for years met near Buffers
house, when all alteration
ensued. Buffers finding Hickman in
toxicated, walked of towards his home,
and Hickman followed him to within
twenty-five steps Of the house Buffers
disco! cred that Hickman was armedj he
then drew a revolver and fred five times,
one of the shots taking effect in the
thigh and another in the back Hick-
man walked about one hundred yards
after he was shot and laid down by a
tree, from whence he was removed TO his
home, about a mile distant Some hope
is entertained of his recovery Buffers
gave himself up to the civil authorities
and has had an examination before a
Justice in Clarksburg He was acquit-
ted on the ground that he acted in self
defence
The registration OF voters Il, progress.
ing iu this township, and although
onr registrar is a radical dyed Ia the
wool, he s conducting the bnsine7s
smoothly aud according to the require.
ments Of the law. a, = matter If
course. the faithful Of like faith and 1r-
der are registered without being rr.
ouired to take the oath, but all cOnscrN
atives and democrats mnst cuss and pay
Eve cents, before they can be registered
So it would appear from the radicals
own estimate that there are only five
cents difference between a radical and a
conservative and if the estimate was
made bv 4 disinteTested party Who
knows but the scale might be turned In
favor Of the conservative 4 majority
of th. people of Elk township, are now
as they aiwags have been. democratic
They are not insensble to the vital pTin
ciples involved in the political issues ol
the times. they are fully alive to the in
portance of having their names register
ed You may, therefore, expect good
accoNh from them on lie Al 1hnr7day
in May
The wheat crop in this section is an
entire failure The wheat was all killed
by the hard freezing weather during the
past winter. Our wheat fields are as
bare as thestreets. not n vestige of vitali'
ty is peTceptible Many of our farmers
have ploughed their wheat fields and
sOwed them in oats aud others are pre-
pairing theirs for. corn. This is true as
preaching and no croaki ng abont it, and
very .nnwelcOme truth too to our
farmers FARMER.