The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-01-14
STATE ITEMS.
From the Clarksburg Conservative

From the Clarksburg Conservative
ACCIDENT.-Mr. Geo. A. Cammack, a
young man who lives with his father
about three miles east of Clarksburg,
accidentally shot himself with q navy
revolver on New Years day. The ball
entered his leg below the knee and was
extracted by DR.. Bradford just below
the ankle. He is now doing well.
FoRCIBLE II NOT ELEGANT.-A cores
pondent of the Conservative touches up q
"gay, guiltless pair" of prominent Radi-
Gals, in the following feeling manner:
West Virginia has again been brought
to shame by "the shining light" of her
"God and morality" party-wench-lcv-
ing Senator Wiley. He votes to estab-
lislI negro suffrage in the helpless, mis-
governed District of Columbia. We sup
pose he is again sacrificing himself for
the good of his country, as he did in '6l
when he promised to lend helping hand
to his old mother Virginia, and stipula-
ted for colonePs commission in the
army then forming under Gen. X. Z. Lee.
But when Mr.. Wiley comes again to
West Virginia he will change policy as
he always has done. He will find niger
voting unpopular here.
1t is not Pharoah that afflicts our
land to-day, but worse than Pharoah.
1t is dandy brigadocio, baboon, bam-
boozling, little A. I. Boreman, Governor
of West Virginia, "so-called," who,
through the trickery of mean, one
horse politicians and defunct class
leaders that sold themselves to the
devil for two dollars per day, and un-
dertook to do the small jobs for the
mongrel disunion party, succeeded in
making himself Governor, "sO-called," }"
against the actual wish Of two thirds
Of the people of West Virginia.
From the wellsburg Herald.l
The First National Bank of Wellsburg,
declares a semi-annual dividend of D
per cent. clear of all taxation, and in
addition, has laid aside over 81 900 to
the credit of the surplus fund, being a
toral earning of II per cent. on the
capital stock for the year just ended.
A project is on foot, we are informed,
in Ohio county, to Macadamise the
Wheeling and West Liberty turnpike
as far as Liberty, the effect of which, if
successful, will be to direct some of the
trade that now reaches Wclsburg to
Wheeling, unless corresponding i'm
provement be made On the Bethany
road to that place.
An impression prevails that legisla-
ton is necessary to authorize the Pitts
burgh and Steubenville railroad compa-
ny to make branch road, via. Wells
burg, to Wheeling. The charter under
which the company is now acting, pass
ed in 1923, already grants them the
privilege, whenever they see fit to
avail themselves of it.
The parties in New York having the
coal shaft project in charge, have been
heard from very recently, and report
everything favorable. A final conclu-
sion may he expected about the first OF
February, after which, if no drawbacks
are encountered, operations may be eX-
pected to commence forthwith. Releases
of coal rights have been obtained from
seven-eighths of the property holders,
and the other eighth, refused, will be
left underground for pillars. In the
Nendenhall shaft ut Rush Run, the coal
has been reached at depth of 263 feet
the vein nine feet thick, pure desul-
pnurized coal and about one foot of i'm
pure. The depth here is estimated to
be about 235 feet, and the vein not quite
so thick.
Navigation up, down or cross ways OF
the Ohio river continues in q very
much demoralized condition, as it has
been for some three weeks. Crossing OF
passengers is effected by means of q
large sliff without any very great diff
Guilty, but freight and heavy packages
generally arc blockaded. Bales of tow
for the paper mill have been brought
across, bale at time, and the cotton
factory has been kept running by sled
ding cotton mp from Wheeling. The
stock of flour has dwindled almost to
famine proportions, and other provi-
sions and goods likewise: through plcn-
ty are on the road, weather-bOund.
From the Moundsville Nationall
A SERIOUS MIsTAKE.-On Tuesday last
whilst suffering from the effects of bad
cold, our young friend Mr.. John P. Bow
ers, requested his mother to give him o
powder that had been some time before
prepared for him by his physician. 1t
so happened that the powders were mis-
placed, and in their stead was dose OF
strychnine, put up in a paper so nearly
answering the description of the calo-
mel packages that it was brought forth
and taken before the mistake was dis
covered. Alarming symptoms were soon
manifest and made known to the ply
sician, who by administering powerful
emetics succeeded in rescuing the life
of one Of our most estimable young
friends.
From the Martinsburg New Era.I
The Potomac river is bridged over
with ice, and teams are crossing on it
in perfect safety.
PoRK.-Large quantities of pork were
brought into town last Monday, by the
farmers living in the upper part of the
county. 1t was all, or nearly all ship
ped to Baltimore for sale. The article
Is very dull in this market. 1t has been
sold as low as 81 so per hundred-and
dull at that.
From the Preston Comfy Jounal.l
Mr.. S. Allen, of Newberg, West Yir-
ginia, had, on the night of the Goth ult.,
valuable mare stolen.
On Thursday night, of last week, the
wife of Richard Dewitt, of Portland
township, this county, became the
mother of three bouncing boys.
FIRE.-On last Thursday night the
residence of Michael Conner, about four
miles north Of Tunnelton, was entirely
consumed by fire, together with NIL
his household goods, the family barely
escaping. 1t is supposed that the fire
originated from defective chimney.
From the Morgantown POST
Wednesday, January 9th, the free
holders Of Morgantown voted on the