The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-11-04

getting too close for Lewis. he sought
refuge in house-car at the depot. Mr..
Peter Cav observing him enter, imme-
diately closed the door and the "bird
was Gagged" but with all this Lewis
swore that no ten men could take him;
he, however, knocked under" to Ward
en- Moxley and a small Colts revolver
and walked back to Jail.
The editor of the onion misses the
Wheeling REGISTER, or as he severely
styles it, "this pot of Night Blooming
Cereus," from his exchanges. The mat
ter has been rectified, and we will con-
tinue to "throw a perfume on the vio-
let"
/ From the Charlestown Free Press.
WILD CAT KILLED.--A Wild Cat,
weighing nineteen pounds, and four
and-half feet long, was killed on the
oath inst, on the farm of s. Howell
Brown, Esq, one mile below Charles
town.
SENTENCED.-Absalom Gray, of this
county, has been sentenced by the Cir
cult Court, late in session, to one years
imprisonment in the penitentiary, for
shooting, with intent to kill, ID. T. Arm
strong.
PURCHAsEp.-The congregation of the
NJ. E. Church, South, of ShepherdstowD,
has purchased the brick building and
lot, belonging to John E. Schley, Esq,
on New street, known as the "Shugart
Property" for Parsonage, for the sum
of $3.50.
The CONSERVATIVE CANDIDATES.
Messrs. James T. Reed and E. w. Will
son, the Conservative Candidates for
the Senate and House of Delegates, are
subjects of cengratnlation upon the
fattering vote obtained, notwithstand-
ing the Radical manipulation of the
registration lists. 1t will be seen by
the table elsewhere that Mr.. Reed lost
the county by IL, whilst Mr.. Wilson
was within a votes Of an election. Mr..
r. was not generally known to be in
the field-having only been announced
three or four days previous to election
day.
From the Weston EIpOsitor.I
FATAL ACADEMIA YOUNG LADY
ACCIDENTALLY KILLS HERsELF.--We
have been seldom called upon to record
a more sad and fatal accident than that
which occurred in this county on last
Thursday. A young lady, daughter of
James Morrison, Esq, who resides on
Glady Fork of Skin Creek, some four
miles from Weston, saw squirrel run
ming through the yard, and took down
her fathers rifle to shoot it. The gun
had not been used for long time, and
in erder to ascertain if it was loaded or
not, she pushed back the hammer with
her foot, and applied her mouth to the
muzzle, when her foot slipped off, and
the gun was discharged-the ball
entering her mouth and killing her in
stantly.
This sad accident has cast a gloom
over the whole neighborhood. Miss
Morrison was about nineteen years old,
and universally beloved by her assO-
ciates, aud her untimely death will be
deeply felt, not oaly by her bereaved
parents, whose only daughter she was,
but by large circle OF friends.
From thc.Union Monroe Coz Rcgister.l
The Pocahontas silver mine, it seems,
is no humbug. Workmen have for sew
eral weeks been engaged in working 1T
and with successful results.
The hog cholera, which has been
dreaded for some time by our citizens,
has at last made its appearance in the
county. Its ravages beginning in Bote-
tourt and Craig, have now extended to
the Gap Mills and Potts Creek region
of this county. The farmers in these
sections are suffering greatly. Some
have lost their whole stock. We were
told by Mr.. Abner Neel, of Gap Mills,
that out of fifty fattening hogs he
would not have twelve left, and prob
ably not so many as that. The disease
spares none, attacking hogs of every
age and condition, with the exception
that those kept in a dry pen and well
tended, seem to be somewhat less liable
10 ltS atUaCKS.
The Register is earnest and vigorous
in its adherence to unadulterated Dem
ocratic doctrine. Its article on that
subject it concludes as follows:
We find therefore Democracy armed
to-day in its ancient principles, with
redoubled strength. Present events are
daily vindicating the truths Of its arti-
cles of faith. Upon them and upon
them only do we rest our steadfast con-
viction of its final triumph. Its prin-
ciples have come through the furnace
and have their truth attested. They
are intrinsically and eternally just, and
no earthly power can prevail against
them. Let Democrats lift their banners.
Under Democratic rule we shall yet
have q united, prosperous and glorious
country.