The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-11-18
STATE ITEMS.
[From The Spirit Of JetEenon.l

an from the spirit OF Jeuehon-l
The weather still continues remark
able for the season, and at sits gem
ial sunshine is as balmy as spring. Old
boreas, however, in the nature Of things,
will sosn assert his prerogatiye, ana
with cold, chilling blasts scatter the
"snow flakes like ashes" ~
The fly is said by some of our farmers
to have seriously injured the growing
wheat, but we hope not to the extent
that is represented. We are all prone
to be rather croakers of evil, than grate-
! full recipients for the manifold blessings
bestowed.
LAND SALEs.-Colonel John M. Coyle
has recently purchased the farm near
Summit Point, in this county, the pro-
perty of Rockenbaugh's heirs-paying
for the same $4,000, or near $50 per
acre. Mr.. S. Howell Brown has also
purchased the farm Of Mr.. Daniel Mo-
ler, near the old furnace, at what price
we have not learned. sF.-Fy
BERKELEY ITEMs.-Our attentive
agent at Darkesville, Berkeley county,
has sent us the following items:
The farm belonging to Mr.. T. T. Van
metre, one mile northeast of parkes-
vile, Va, was sold last week, by land
agent Luce, of Martinsburg, for the sum
of SIG, 900, being about sa2 per acre.
Mr.. Vanmetre has since purchased the
farm in Jefferson county, formerly own
ed by Samuel Bryarly, deceased, for
Sl5 5,500-about S57 an acre.
Some scoundrel broke into the toll
house of the Martinsburg and Winches-
ter turnpike company, in Darkesvills,
on Saturday night week, and stole
therefrom fine suit Of clothes.apd o
Colts revolver, the property Of Mr..
George f. Voorhees,, and few dollars
in copper coin, the property OF the COM
pany. As Mr.. v. is dependent on his
own exertions for = livelihood, and has
but one arm with which to battle with
the world, he has our sympathy and best
wishes that he may be able to ferret ont
the thief and bring him to justice. Mr..
Y. was on visit to a sick mother when
the robbery was committed. -
From the Berkeley Union.l r
DULL.-All our merchants are, COM
planning about the dullness OF trade.
This is singular for the season of the
year. The months of November aud
December are generally brisk, active
months in all branches of business, and
especially with clothiers; yet they CON-
plain more than the grocer.
From the Elizabeth Gazette.I
DEER HUNT.-On Saturday last a
number of our hunters were out after
deer, and succeeded in killing o very
fine one in the bend of the river about
mile below town. This is the second
one that has been killed in the same
locality this season. Game seems to be
az plenty in other parts Of our State
this fall as it is in our immediate neigh
borhood. By our exchanges we see that
in Webster county there is an abund-
ance of all kinds of game, and bears
are represented in extra numbers.
[From tho Weston Expositorl
THE INSANE AsYLUM.-Ws have been
requested to publish the following dedi-
cation to pamphlet addressed to the
Legislature of West Virginia, which
will shortly appear:
To the Legislature Of WeSt Virginia:
The following appeal is made in hopes
that state of affairs so perniciors to
morality, so destructive of the material
interest of the State, so fraught with
peculations from the pockets of the tax
payers, as exist within tho sacred re-
cesses of the Hospstal for the Insane at
Weston, where helpless virtue is out
ragged, where peculation riots in extrav-
agant luxuries in violation of official
oaths, where money drawn from the tax
payers of our State, the mon of horny
hands and melting hearts, is used for
sectarian purposes, where the lustful
desires of hypocritical employees are
satiated OH the helpless persons of the
insane.
In a word where hypocrisy, luxury
and licentiousness run riot at the ex-
pense of true religion, of the honor of
the State, and of helpless chastity that
an investigation will follow and a
cleaning out of the Aug@n stables be
made, that the innocent may be protect
ed and the guilty punished, is the desire
of the author of the following lines.
From the Buffalo independents
K. c. Bates, Esq, Superintendent OF
the United States Burial Corps, passed
up the river on the 5th inst, On the
Kanawha Belle to Charleston with 335
cofiins for the purpose of gathering up
the remains of the Onion soldiers who
were buried during the war in that
vicinity, and removing them to the
cemetery at Grafton. He viii visit
Goals Mouth, Scary, Winfield and Buff
falo in short time for the same pur-
pose. -s ? Ia. ~
FEMALE swINDEiNe.-Madame After
berry, from Missouri, representing her
self to be very wealthy young widow,
recently visited our neighborhood and
claimed to be niece Of our friend and
fellow citizen, Alonzo Ford, near Buf.
falo. Finding him in moderate cir
cumStances, she proposed that If he
woald sell out and 60 with her to Mis-
souri, she would make him free simple
right to several hundred acres of the
best land near Kansas City. She made
the same proposition to Mr.. James Cum
ningham, of Kanawha, son-in-law Of
Alonzo Ford, and both Ford and Can
ningham straightway went to work
settling up their business and selling
off their crops, stock, etc. Meanwhile
this charming young widow took to
herself the proceeds Of the sales from
both Cunningham and Ford. and when
she had succeeded in getting pretty
respectable purse, affected to have busi-
ness up the river prior TO her making
headquarters. Messrs. fFord and Cum
ningham began to suspect that they
were about Tn he svrindledz lnad chat