The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-08-19

place on Saturday last, made the follow
ing nominations:
For Legisla' Billmyer and
Edward Chambers. 81
FoE County Superintendent OF Free
Schools-Capt. J. w. Grubbs, OF Har-
per's Ferry.
The Senatorial Convention nominated
Joseph A. Chapline. --,1
From the Romney Intelligencer.l - e
We were blessed in this section with
fine rains, giving the parched earth
good soaking, on Wednesday night and
yesterday. 80
g BITTEN BYA RATTLEsNAKE,-The par
ticulars of the biting by rattlesnske
OF a little girl, ten years old, daughter
of DR.. T. W. Wall, at Cloomery, in this
county, heve been communicated to the
editors of the Winchester Times. The
child was in the garden at play, when
she observed a rattlesnake in close
proximity to her. Whilst reaching for
a stone with which to strike the snake,
the poisonous reptile sprang at her
distance of five feet, inserting its fangs
in the hand of the child between the
thumb and fore e-fnger. The alarm was
at once given, and the Doctor summon
ed from an adjoining field. In five
minutes the arm had ewollen to half
dozen times its natural proportion, and
the child became deathly. sick. The
Doctor Immediately bandaged the arm
tightly near the shoulder, and then cut
out the portion of the flesh where the
fangs had been inserted. Then cupping
the arm was resorted TO, as well as the
administering of liquor very freely,
which had the effect to sta the spread
of the poison, and the child is now out
of danger. r
From the Ritchie Press.
The Postottice at MiddlebOurne, the
county seat of Tyler, has been discon-
tinued for want of Postmaster, the
Postmaster at that point having resign
ed on account of all insufficient salary.
We have been reliably informed that
the "highest market price" paid for
Postmasters over there is Sl6 a year.
A MEAN TRIcK.-Some malicious in
dividual, in order to avenge themselves
of some imaginary wrong, visited the
premises Mr.. I. d. Gorrell, in Peasants
county, near Hebron and after burning
all the grain standing out including
some two hundred shocks of wheat, &c,
proceeded to peal and destroy some two
hundred young apple trees hanging full
of fruit. Mr.. Gorrel had his barn burn
ed during the rebellion.
From the Parkersburg Gazette.l
DR.. Coles, of this city, was returning
from visit to patient at Gales Fork,
in crossing the railroad track, his horse
fell through "cattle-stOp" and was run
over by q freight train, killing him in
stantly. The doctor escaped without
any injury.
FIRE.-Last Sunday, about o'clock
in the afternoon, a fire was discovered
in the drying kiln of the barrel factory
of DR.. Everett, on Avery street. We
learn that the fire originated in the
roof, doing very little damage TO any
thing else. Mr.. Welch, son Of tho
gentleman who is the manufacturer of
the machinery used in the factory, was
badly burned on the neck and face.
A fire broke ont again in the same
building at o'clock yesterday, but
was put ont before much damage was
done.
From the Buffalo Independent.
ACCIDEST.-Mr. Marcellus Cash, liv-
ing oil Mr.. Sam Alexander's farm, while
engaged threshing wheat, on the morn
ing of the 18th inst, ran his hand too
low while feeding the machine, got his
wrist caught and tore bare all the mus
cles, tendons, integum.nts, and from the
inner side of the wrist, through the palm
of the hand to the fingers and crushed
bones and mutilating the hand to hor
rible extent. Some hopes are enter
tanned that the hand may possibly be
saved; at least, chance will he given,
risking a secondary operation of ampu-
tatiOn.
The Independent describes base ball
match between the Putnam County
Club and and rival association from
Point Pleasant. 1t says: Putnam Clnb
were winners by nearly three TO one.
Putnam Club made one hundred and
six rounds to Point Pleasant thirty
eight.
The playground was not over 400
yards square, hence quite number of
the neighbors had to close their shutters
or suffer the consequences of broken
windows. We took back seat out of
danger, but the first we knew, the ball
came whiz, buz, cochuck against little
male boy baby, and DR.. Burbee was
called upon. Then Henry j. Fisher had
thumb dislocated. George j. RUS
ankle sprained and an old maid with
several twins, found three Of her chill
dren crying badly wounded. Three
female school marms left the ground in
disgust. Two editors and one reporter
tainted at the sight of three large wa
terfalls which they imagined were bruis-
es on the school marms' heads.
From the Kanawha Republican,
SUICIDE.-We are panied to learn that
DIR. w. E. McKim, of Peytona, commit
ted suicide on Saturday last, by taking
laudanum and chloroform. There is no
cause assigned for this act. He left a
note stating that he committed the deed
of his own free will, and hoped God
wonld forgive him. He leaves a wife
and child, who have the sympathy of
the entire community.
RAID oN THE ToBACco.-Last Monday,
the Internal Revenue effioers Of this
District, acting under direction of
special agent of the Internal Revenue
Department, seized all the tobacco
recently sold in this place by Mr.. An
drew Hurt, ON account of some irregu
larity Of the Inspectors brand, which
afforded grounds for suspicion that