The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-07-08
STATE ITEMS.

the Burial Corps at Winchester and
were freighted with boxes for the Fed
eral dead yet being gathered in the
neighborhood of Harper's Ferry.
MELANCHOLY GAsUALITY.-The feel.
ings of the community were greatly ex-
cited yesterday, by the unexpected IN
telligence that Austin NJ. Lock, a young
man of much promise and greatly en-
deared to his schoolmates and acquaint-
ances, had shot himself with pistol
ball through the forehead, about 20
o'clock, A. N. 1t has proved, alas, too
true, and though he is still living at the
time of penning this notice, his ply
sicians, as we learn, have no hopes of his
recovery. Whether by accident or de-
sign this melancholy occurrence result
ed, no means of knowing may now
ever come to light.
OUR Harvest is now fully under way,
and the weather of the last few days
quite propitious. The effects of the
rust, it is believed, will not materially
effect the crop Of this county, and it is
to he hoped Providence may favor our
farmers until this important crop has
been safely stored. The amount OF
"reapers" introduced has very much
lessened the amount of labor necessary
for the wheat harvest, and it is believed
no serious difSculty in this respect will
prevent the crop from being secured, as
hands are being found adequate for the
work. The price ranges from - 5O to
SO 10 for Graders.
CoNFIsCATED.-Ourc citizens have fire.
quently noticed of late a most unseem-
ly sort OF wagon passing through our
streets, large enough in size to have
held the stores of quartermaster i'll the
late Confederate army, with its bed
loaded nearly as high as hay rick. A
United States Collector of Revenue
CHANGING to be in town as the freighted
was quietly passing, had seen
the suspected craft before, and ut once
brought it to anchor. On examination,
its cargo was found to be fifteen bar
rels of whisky, in transitu to the cities,
and nary legal stamp, save the old bar
rels which had been gathered up for the
occasion. 1t was said to have come
from the distillery of Mr.. Eddy, on the
Opeou0n, near Winchester, who had
been similarly detected i'll trying to
make railroad connection at Martins
burg, by which two or more loads were
oooEanatad apd want up1nr
From the Martinsburg New Eral
Our farmers are now in the midst OF
-..,f
The cornerstone of the Methodist
Protestant Church at Harper's Ferry,
was laid on Thursday last.
"THE SCHoOLMAsTER ABRoAD."-on
the door of school house in Opequon
township, is the following notice, placed
there, in the absence of the accom-
plished teacher, by one of the School
Commissioners for that district:
"Do not open this Doar with no other
key or you will Receive the contents OF
the Law"
We pity the luckless wight who dis
obeys that injunction-especially II the
penalty be enforced, and receive "the
contents Of the law"
(From the Union Register.l
We notice that a public meeting OF
the citizens of Grenbrier is called to-
day at LIE xisburg, to appoint delegates
to attend the Radical Convention at
the White Sulphur Spri ngs, on the 10th
of next month, and to initiate the neces-
sary steps for ascertaining the amount
which the county will subscribe to the
work.
The crops will from present appear
ances be considerably more than an av-
erage in this section, the present season.
Wheat is now nearly safe. Some is al
ready harvested. The yield will be
larger than has been known for years.
We have noticed o good deal of pale
corn but there is in general but little
cause of fear for this crop. AS to grass
it is rare that the pastures and meadow
lands are covered with . more luxuri-
ant crop of this staple, than we now
have.
CIRCUIT CoURT.-The only case of I'M
portance up to Thursday was that OF
Riley Ballard rs. A. T. Caperton, in
which the plaintiff claimed SO, 900 dam
ages of the defendant as Provost Mar
shall for false imprisonment during the
war. We have neither the inclination
nor the ability to go into heightened
account of this case, and will only say
that it consumed the whole of Tuesday
and was decided for the time, by YER
dict which gave Sl400 damages to the
plaintiff. The case was continued from
the last term of the Court, when the
jury were unable to agree upon 1t. Ii
now goes upon appeal to the Supreme
Court. t.t. .....
From the Romney Intelligencer)
Mr.. James Rees, of Mineral county,
OH Tuesday afternoon last, in attempt
ing to cross the South Branch at Col
Gibsou's ford in the vicinity of this
place, with his carriage, containing his
wife, her sister, child and servant girl
one of the traces broke when about the
centre of the river, which placed the
occupants of the vehicle, the water run
ming through it several inches deep, in
quite an unpleasant situation--but, hap
PLY, they were relieved, after being
thus situated about half an hour.
From the Parkersbnrg Gazette
4 The Circuit Court, Judge Hoge pre-
siding, adjourned last Saturday. In the
case of State rs. John B. Creel, indicted
for the murder Of Gallup, the jury was
not ont but q few minutes, when they
brought in verdict ofnOt gaiity. This
decision was generally received as q
proper one, warranted by the facts
elicited in the evidence.