The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1866-06-27
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STATE NEWS.

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Mr.. whaIey, our member of Con-
gress from the Third District, has adj
dressed Il letter to the PostmasteF-Gen-
eraI recommending the appointment OF
a special agent whose business il shall
be 10 open and arrange the post routes
in that District
The Petersburg TT1Ies reports that
two new wells struck oil on Saturday
nj Burning Spring-ihe Sandhill and
the Baltimore. Both are said to be
spouIing oil above the derrlcks but
have not vet been tubed and the oil is
running away. The Times says the ex-
element Is intense.
The Masons of Parkersburg held
their annusl pic mic last Saturday at
grove about Two miles from the city,
on The Ohio side.
The Parkersburg Times says Mr..
Curtis the Agent of the Parkersburg
BrSneh Railroad AT that place, found
sWsuEy-ons pairs of shoes and CATERS
Al ase railroad depot after the tire on
ETr1sT morning The police promptly
<eE3 In faii fpro Of the Cooks al the
EeslssEaas ihsne, and another young
n1En-
-EScHoI.As CoUsTr.-A corresPon-
s,sra u,szstEE from Nicholas 70 the Ia
Ezslh1 -ySEgSdf says:
SIbs psor,le hers are already talking
as.sa5 esodidaies for the fall elections.
His EzceIleRey, Gov. Boreman, is the
sElF nan spoken Of in connection with
E1ss EUbsEEstorial office; John r. Me-
CoGci1eu, @. Slack, and n few others,
STATE Senator; james r. Ramsay, John
GTaves and T. g. Putnam, for House
of Delegates; and Judge Harrison and
DIR. Rucker for Congress.
--wAYNE CoUUTY.-The Circuit
Court, Judge Samuels presiding, was
in session all last week. The
Grand Jury made about forty-fiye in
dtctments, most Of them for nisde-
meanor. Many, or nearly all the par
ties indicted at former terms for retnil-
ing, appeared, confessed, and paid the
zines. 1t Is the cheapest way 10 get
out OF such scrapes, generally Sew
ernl horse cases, resulting from the
operations Of scouts, bushwbackeTs,
and honeguurds during The war, were
trikd during this term. The people
appear 10 be more interested in these
e5sses than in any other, for there Is
hardiy n IaDdhoIder or even a renter in
the county who has not lost a horse or
IN some way interested in n horse case.
The cases now tried will encourage
others, ard q the next term we may
have mlny more of-them. One man
was tried for shooting, and she jury
could not nRree. They hung" as 1t
II eailed, three days aud nights. The
accused WIS drank and went 10 the
house Of one OF his peighbors, threaten
ing 10 shoot two young men who were
not there. Subsequently on the sume
day. while the young men were there.
some one Tired three shots NJ the house,
but the nccused WINS seen going ont no
the road some two hours before.
III seems there was violent storm
at ParkeTshnrg on Saturday night, and
the lightning pinyed the very deuce.
Brother Wharton tins graphically de-
scribeth it.
s.On Saturday night ut about % We
retired to our virtuous couch from
which We conld SEQ the western hoEi-
xo1; and q little cloud, NO bigger than
. MANS hand appeared in the west, and
IL nntused US 10 sec its increase until
III had spread like q qutltoYer the whole
led of the heavens. In the meantime
our poor feminines had nestled away in
their cribs.
Then the thunder begun to gFowl
and fhe IighInings dart. Harder,
brighter, louder, quicker, until one
came where YOU could scarcely tell
S-iIfcl, was FIRST. the thunder or light
ming. We concluded to set at the win
dow. and we saw tho. balance OF the
hotifehoId. with hands oyer eyes and
: 4 ss.sis,,eI scream lifting about In |
lanofheT unomsnt, amid the pregnant |
flashes Of lightning; we saw a steady /
fire. ygeenveioped ourself, and going /
down found thai the stable of Mr.. i.
ID. Gauibfin Wne struck ana was iasl
burning 70 the ground. The lightning
flashed thicker and faster, until u re-
minded an Of the night before Cesar |
WIS Killed. This was It's first hit, II
next struck the railroad depot, shntter-
ins the dag pole aud Cupoia, running
70 the dEst floor and tiiktng of by the.
gas pipe--ln 4 hurry we suppose IL
4 Id not 70 ont on the railroad ON ae-
count OF the high price Of local freight
Another bolt struck the house OF MI
Mcintosh 1t the upper end OF Nor
l-ei alreet, shatfering L considerably,
IN, iujurine no one. The chimney OF
Mr. =. P. Cbapceior WIS struck and
considerably injured. The rain was
intense Tor 4 Few hours.
~ t.le last term OF the Kanawlia
Siseutt Court, two suits, brought by
eii i-}n9 % Atquroe county to recover
e ...,',A - ief the nrrest and inprispn-
.,s9' ~ .1s pia.ntifIs By the defeud- ,
anti Who without isln Z connected with /
any tntiitaft qfeurtzatIon, had banded :
lp4l,s.ner ~ pefaerute ard imprison {
Union citizens, were decided IN favor "a