The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1866-03-01
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RRAETOE COURT HOUSE,
February 90, 1866.
Editors of the Register:
4 though we are some little behind
time in the way OF news yet it comes
around lin the course Of time" and by
the last mail the good people of this
county learned for the first time that the
neiphboriug town OF Buckhannon was
designated by the Legislature as the
seat Of government for the State of West
| Viz mia. The less important villages of
Wheeling, Parkersburg, Charleston, Gc ,
to ne contrary notwithstanding (aspi-
rant for that honor we mean No other
selection outside of this county would
or could have been better adapted to the
wishes Of q majority of the people of
| BEi,ton. With the capital located at
| BnckhaunUu We are SaHGaine of the con
| stn:ction Of railroad at no distant
! dnN from that rla"o ~ charleston, .
| project that has long been in contempla-
| ton. aud an investment that can be
made remunrrative TO all concerned
There is no more praCticable route in
the state for the easy construction Of a
railroad than down the Elk river valley,
a vast scope of rich territory, both in
minerals aud soil, that has always been
dated and eliectually eat off from CIV.
ililatiOn, or the rest of mankind, or the
| cultivation incident Ia public improve.
menI
Ihongh'this is one among the first
I grain and live stock growing counties in
| Wet Virginia, still peoples attention
Ia never been tGrned 10 the improve
mcnt Of their farms, simply from the
| fact that 40 surplus market can be found,
| and ~ Il consequence, many valuable
| farms are neglected, and allowed to grow
mp in brers and grubs while the own
ers pick up preCarlous sort Of living
10y usidg their rail timber for saw-logs
aud cooper.stufl; finding an irregular
| MAJ ket for such lumber in Charleston -
! TIN. long standing custom and suicidal
cOu Sc can alone be remedied by the
construction of railroad through this
| county
Pursuant to adjournment Of January
9Th the Board Of Supervisors ofBraxton
county met the l4th inst, and allowed
the following claims, viz:
P B. Berry, for furnishing wood for
the Clerk and Recorders offices 50.
VIM II. Morrison. for stationery, :.
Isaac Boggs i Co, for furnishing
books for the county, s59,9T4,
Claim of Commissioners foI district
ing and laying of the county into town
ships, s26,55
Colonel William Nevlon. for four
months services a. States Attorney
$4,000
Wm !, Gillespie. Tor Ulacksmi ch,ug
80 10
Felix SkilAJre tor extra services As
Commissioner Of the Revenue, siOO.
Aud passed the following resolutions
and ordinances
Essolrsi, That the resignation of John
D. Sutton, Constable in Franklin Town.
ship, be accepted, and that James "
Morrison. Jr, be appointed to fill the va
canCy
Benjamin Skiimore. on application !
was granted the privilege of obtaining
license to keep private entertainment
James J Williams, having produced !
proof TO the Board Of his moral charac-
ter. &c, was granted the privilege of OBJ
tanning license for the retail of ardent
spirits
John With, iistiilor on Little Kama
VIVA, vas also granted the same privi-
lege,
8 : ordained. That the SUN u 20 cents
on tie SlOC worth Of real estate and
personal property. be levied to defrsy