The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-03-20
SOUTHERN NEWS.

The political contest in Kentucky is
triangular one.
The voice of the mud-turtle is heard
around Louisville.
Farming in Delaware and Virginia is
much retarded by constant rains.
Persons in Mississippi who neglect to
pay pon-tax are reported as vagrants.
Mrs. jeff, Davis, in a letter to friend
in Philadelp phia, announces that she has
been blessed with another son.
An attempt was made in st. Louis to
kidnap a boy, heir to $4,000. Certain
parties were desirous of handling his
estate.
Two of the railroad robbers in Ken
lucky who were recently tried and con-
victed, are to be hung on the 22d of this
month.
The loss by the fire in Albany, Geor-
gia, on Saturday, is estimated at $780,
600. The whole business part of the
| town was burned.
5. II. Rowland, hotel clerk i'll Mem
phis, has fallen heir to an English es-
tate, said to he worth q number of mil
| lions.
The Louisville journal, 9th inst,
speaks of the gradual recovery of Hon.
Jas. Guthrie and the prospect that he
will soon be able to resume his seat in
! the United States Senate.
In st. Louis, Mo-, man wishing to
end the suffering of a sick dog. struck
it on the head with Il revolver, which,
going off, shot the man dead or the
spot.
General Schofield has suspended the
municipal election at Fredericksburg,
Virginia. 1t is probable that he will
do the same all over the State, and that
the old officers will hold on until the
election. ...
The new bridge to be built at tSt. Louis
to connect that city with the Illinois
shore is to be 2,7O0 feetin length, 30 feet
above high water mark, and is to cost
five million dollars.
4 little three year old girl of Mr..
Samuel Hardy, of Winchester, Va, was
burned to death on Friday. She got
hold of matches, while left alone for a
few moments, and set fire to her cloth
ing, f.r- .{r .. wE.t
A theatrical company controlled by
Miss Hudson, from the Front Street
Theatre in Baltimore, will shortly open
! the Opera House In Norfolk and
commence the season by playing Ma
Zeppa. 90 .'7--
The Savannah Republican says that the
important work of clearing the channel
of Savannah river of the distractions,
will soon be commenced. The gunboat
Tatnall has been raised and towed to the
city. ~ I~-
A Mississippi editor writes that he re-
Gently saw two or three white boys
tchopping wood, aud he therefore has
hopes for the rising generation Of the
State. r
The Richmond Enquirer says the Mil
itary bill destroys the State of Virgin
in, and, of course, destroys her public
debt, for which Congress now becomes
responsible"
The st. Louis newspapers are much
| exercised over the mysterious disap-
pearance of prominent lawyer in that
city. We beg to suggest rs a solution
| of the matter, that he may have taken
passage on Mississippi steamer.-Chi-
dgo Times.
A fire occurred in Memphis on Satur-
day night, which destroyed $4,000
worth of property, one-half Of which
was insured in Northern offices. Hume's
bakery, the grocery of Cox and Hum
phreys, Carver's liquor store, Ruftin Il
Co.'s commission house, and Watts
i agricultural warehouse We're all con-
sumed.
The negro troubles near Williams
burgh, Va, which recently grew out OF
refusal on the part of the freedmen to
pay their rent, have been adjusted by
the shipment of some pieces of artillery
to the scene. The presence of infantry
did not trouble the anti-rentefs in the
least. z ~ l]af = - .
Mrs. Rossin, living about fifteen miles
from Waldo, Fla, was killed by negro
. few days since. 1t appears that the
negro was reprimanded by Mrs. Rossin
for cruelty to his wife, and he to be
/ irevenged, raised the window and shot
her in bed with her husband. The ne
gro escaped. ,Fis syi