The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-12-12
MARION COUNTY ITEMS.
We find the following local items in
the Marion County Journal:

DShcOL lOOoE FUN SoLOhEb
pREN.-Mr. e. Franklin hasjust COM
pleted the School House built for the
colored children of this district. Its
cost, ready for occupancy, was $40, OF
which, we understand, the Freedmen's
bureau pays $500, leaving $40 to be
paid out of the township building tnnd,
BALD EAGLE KILLED.-We are in
formed by Mr.. Vim. r. Hawkins, OF
Robinson township, that John Nc
Daniel killed bald eagle on the farm of
Major John NJ. Eckhard, week before
last, measuring from tip to tip Z! feet,
while its claws measured : inches. IL Is
said to be one of the largest eagles of
the kind ever killed in this section.
NORMAL SCHooL.-We learn from the
West Virginia Journal that the Nor
NAL School at Marshall College, Cabell
county, is to be opened for pupils on
the first of January next. The building
is being remodeled and will be ready by
that time. Wehope many ofour teach
ers will take advantage of term or
two at this school. To be able TO hear
recitations" is one thing, to be qualified
to teach school is quite another. A few
months instruction in a good Normal
School will make the services of almost
any of our teachers Cfmuch more value
to their schools"
TEACHERS INsTITUTE.-TheK Kanawha
county Teachers Institute will meet on
the 26th, 9th and 2sth inst, at Charles
ton. An interesting and instructive
programme is arranged for the occasion,
and it is to be hoped that the teachers
and friends of education generally in
Kanawha county and the Valley will
lend their aid in making the session q
successful and instructive one. Moth
ing tends more toward the elevation of
the profession of teaching and the ad-
vancement Of the cause of education
than these Teachers Associations, aud
we conceive it to be the duty of every
friend of popular education to give
them all the assistance and encourage
ment within their power. Is it not
time the officers of the Mason County
Teachers Association announced the
date of its next meetingi -
ROBBERY AND ALMOST A RIoT.-The
quiet and good order of Point Pleasant
is rarely, if ever, disturbed by the e1-
citement of robbery or riot, but We
are sorry to say that on last Thursday
the public equilibrium was somewhat
disturbed by a robbery, which almost
led to a riot. We will briefly relate
the circumstances as far as We could
learn them:
On Wednesday night W. L. Wilcher,
while quietly walking along the street
in company with two members of the
U. S. Burial Corps, named Jack Harper
and - Flanagan. was knocked down
by them and robbed Of all the money he
had, amounting to about $50. The next
morning Wilcher went before Squire
French and swore out n warrant for the
arrest of Harper and Flanagan, which
was placed in the hands of John l..
Charles, special constable, for service.
Wilcher and Benjamin Clagg accOmpa-
MED Mr.. Charles to the camp Of the
burial corps to assist in the arrest. They
found the two men named in tie war
rant, and were in the act of arresting
them, when Harper and Flannigan
showed resistance, and, by the aid OF
their friends, succeeded in knocking
down Mr.. Charles and Clagg, inflicting
several painful wounds on the head of
each. Mr.. Charles then came dewn
town and collected posse of a dozen or
more nlen, armed with guns and pistols
to assist him in making the arrest, but
before reaching the camp it was dis
covered that Harper and Flanagan, to-
gether with man who had assisted in
their rescue from the officers, were cross
ing the Kanawha in skiff, and rush
was made for the river bank, when sew
eral pistol and gun shots were discharg-
ed at them to compel their return, but
without the desired effect. In the
meantime the excitement ran high in
the camp among the friends of the
escaping men, who threatened to "clean
ont" the town if the officer and his
posse did not cease firing at them, but
no doubt superinduced by the determin-
ed .manuer of our citizens and the
threatening looks of their firearms,
they thought discretion the better
part of valor' and abandoned the idea.
Several citizens crossed the river in
pursuit of those who escaped, and suc-
ceeded in capturing two of them, viz (:
Shields and Harper. Shields was set at
liberty and Harper sent to Jail. The
officers and his posse then proceeded to
the camp and arrested four or five 9TH
CAS- on charge of resisting an officer,
but all but one-Tom Ber ton-prOved
themselves innocent and were released.
Benton, however, was released the next
morning upon his entering into bond
to keep the peace for twelve months.
Harper was tried before Squire French
and Mayor Shaw; first, upon the charge
of robbery; second, for assault and bat
terry with intent to kill. On the first
charge he was found guilty; and on the
second charge he plead guilty, and
was committed to Jail until the next
term of the Circuit Court in default of
$500 bail. Flannigan made good his
escape and has not been heard from
since, but we understand officers are on
the lookout for him, aud he may yet be
brought to justice.
This is not the first instance of the
disgraceful conduct of this same body
of men that we have heard of, but, in
part, only a repetition of their lawless
conduct while in the Valley. There is,
of course, some peaoeable and lsw-abid-
ing men among them, and we do not
wish to be understood IS casting a stig-
ma upon their characters; it is only
those who, by their disregard Of law
and order, have merited it.
1t is but justice to Mr.. G. W. Bates,
who was in charge of the Burial Corps,
to say that he was in no way IespoRsi-
bic for the bad conduct of his men on
this occasion, as he was not in camp
when il occurred, and when he arrived
used his best endeavors to quell the
excitement and deliver up the guilty
parties.
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