The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-08-12
STATE ITEMS.
From the Clarksburg Conservative

| From the Clarksburg Conseryative.l
A Basket MEETfNG.-The NJ. Z
Church, South, viii hold a Basket Meet
ing at Sycamore Dale, on Saturday th'
18th and Sunday the 18th insts.
HAIL SToRM.-A friend writes III
that a severe hail-storm passed over the
vicinity of McElroy creek in Doddrids'
county, on the 22d ult., doing mucl
damage. Hail stones fell as large a.
hens eggs, killing a number of geese
chickens, &c. Garden vegetables were
destroyed and leaves stripped from the
timber Many of the corn fields were
entirely destroyed and have since beer
plowed mp and sown in buckwheat
Hail remained upon the ground for three
days after the storm.
IMPRovEMENTs.-If any persons en-
tertain the opinion that Clarksburg is {
finished town, they will change theil
minds by making it a visit. Notwith
standing quite number of fine build
iDgs were erected last year and the year
before, at no period in the history Of
our town has such evidence of progress
and improvement been given as during
the present. Many excellent new build
inrs are going up and many others are
being remodeled and repaired. This
speaks volumes for the permanent pros
perity of the place, when it is recollect.
ed that even in these hard times these
improvements have been made to &C.
cOmmodate our increased business and
is not the result of any inflated expec-
tancies.
From the Clarksburg Teregraph1
THE CROPs-DRoUGHT.- some
portions of West Virginia crops of corn
ara suffering much by drought. In this
immediate vicinity, though we have had
no exceedingly dry weather, yet the
earth has not been thoroughly wetted
since the first of Ma, and just now
Wednesday, corn crops are suffering
very much. Corn is at stage in its
growth to be seriously affected by
drouth. In addition to the dry weather
we have for some weeks had exceeding
" cool nights which have retarded the
growth of vegetation very much.
From the MorsantOwn Post
HOME HARvEsT.-The farmers OF
Monongalia have been very busy in cut
ting and securing the crop, which is
considered on the general average to be
Us heavy as any that has been raised IN
this county for many years. --...
R. & J. Powell, ale brewers, of'this
place, are busily engaged making black
berry wine. During the past week they
have made over 100 gallons. enough to
float fat boat.
MORE THAN BRUTAL.-We learn that
two very valuable horses belonging to
Mr.. Lewis w. Runner, of this county,
we're attacked in a field by some un-
known person or persons, on Saturday
night last, and wounded very severely
by deep cuts and gashes inflicted with
some sharp instrument by the hands OF
the fiend or ficnds in human form.
From the Martinsburg New Era.
The Sabbath School children of the
NJ. p. Church, at Little Georgetown,
this county, are to have a grand pic mic
on the oath inst.
A camp-meeting, under the auspices
of the Methodist Episcopal Church, is
to be held near Bunker Hill, cOmmen-
cling on the 10Th inst.
We are sorry TO learn that John P.
Kearfott, Esq, was one day, week be-
fore last, thrswn from a wagon, and
had his knee-cap injured to such an
extent as to oOnfine him to the house
ever since.
From the Charleston Spirit Of Jefierson.]
Coop YIELD.-One of our machine
men informed us that he had threshed
the larger part of the wheat crop of one
of our farmers, raised on land by no
means the best OF the county, and It's
average was twenty-five bushels to the
acre and weighed sixty-four pounds to
the bushel.
A bush meeting, we learn, is to be
held on Sunday next, on the south side
of the Shenandoah and near Mannings
school house. The Presiding Elder of
the District, Rev. Mr.. Baird, is expected
to be present. The assemblage no
doubt will be large one.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Inconvenience,
and in many cases positive loss has re-
suited, from some sixty to eighty pages
of the County Judgment Docket Book
being destroyed. 1t occurred during
the war, but in what way is not Known.
Our informant thinks the missing pa
pers contained the judgments for the
years - and '53.
The rains of the last week have i'm.
proved the prospect of the growing
corn wonderfully, and great hopes are
entertained of the season continuing
favorable to its maturity. We have
heard several gentlemen speak OF q field
of seventy acres on the home place oi
Mr.. X. b. Washington, as of extraordi'
nary growth for this or any other seas.
on, and which is said to rival in appear
ance the "corn patches" of the rich
prairies of the west.
From the CharlestOwn Free Press.l
ACCIDENT-One of the men connected
with the Railroad tripped and fell al
the depot, on Tuesday night, dislocat,
ing the arm at the elbow. DIR. Richard.
son was called, and promptly rendered
the necessary assistance.
DISTRESSING ACCIDENT.-Thos. New
ton Llewellen, a youth of II years
nephew of John Humphreys, Fsq-
met with a severe accident on Tuesday
morning last. We understand he wa:
riding in an OK cart, and when within
three miles OF town, on the Berryville
and Char.estown turnpike, the oxen
became frighteS suddenly turning
and upsetting the cart-the cart falling
upon the youth, seriously and severely
| Iinjuring him. 800 = . -.
At the time of penning this paragraph