The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-08-10
FROM WAYNE COUNTY.
AUGUST 5, 1861 i.

| nau SOInt uue buoWcIoJ anu Boiu0h "A
field crops are looking much better than
they did two weeks ago. In some parts
of the county even now, there will be
extremely light crops of corn, SO light
as to hardly pay for gathering 1 no
tice that corn on old land is generally
good for nothing now, and that all the
fields on new ground promise an abun-
dant crop. The citizens of this section
do not plant Irish potatoes to any great
extent, although on the right kind of
ground, and well cultivated, potatoes
will pay three times as much to the
acre as corn will. Wheat and oats were
rather better than common this year.
Showers have been plentiful this year
all around US. They came in streaks
and spots, very provokingly lodging
some of us.
| PROSPECT OF IMPROVEMENT.
Railroad meetings have been held in
Cabell, Mason, Kanawha, and Wayne
I and other counties, to encourage and
offer solid aid to the companies propo-
sing to build the railroad from Coving-
ton to the Ohio river. In the Kanawha
Valley substantial assistance is prOmis-
ed by leading men, and the subject is to
be brought before the voters in all the
counties in a few days. suppose the
tax payers will not have n voice in that
matter. 1t is "lawful to take the sense
| G.l x,ntaroc tha onl.ianf
but those who pay large proportion of
the tax are disqualified by the registra-
tion law and the ignorant or incOmpe-
tent or willfully dishonest men who ad-
minister it. As for myself, l am in favor
of the road, and would like to see
the work ON it commence at
once; | do not have heavy
tax to pay and am not
disqualified, but do not see any JUS
tice, or propriety, or honesty, or decen-
CIV, in this mode of raising money for
| internal improvement out OF men who
cannot have a vote on the subject. But
il must be endured little while longer.
Undoubtedly IA majority of men of prop
erty would vote for subscription, but
is il unconstitutional for men to wish
| to he protected in their property rights!
| suppose it is in view OF the cheering
prospect ahead that several enterpris-
| ing citizens in this and the adjoining
county have built and are building this
summer. A handsome church building
and other houses have been erected in
Guyandotte, some in Barboursville, two
or three in Ceredo, and in Catlettsburg,
Kentucky, large number of new build
I. ,N,,f nd fyvn M N m
featuring establishments started within
the last three months. Roads and
bridges have had more attention this
summer than last, and in localities
where there are competent road super
visors, roads are in good condition. \
good many small bridges have been
put up in this county this summer.
TIE FREE SCHOOLS.
We cannot boast much about our
schools. While the law makes provis-
ion for establishing and continuing the
schools to the advantage of the citizens
without being burden, it is made un-
popular and almost useless by the han
kering of incompetent men for the
small offices and their mismanagementl
after they get the places. In some
townships new school houses have been
built, but no schools started in Others
heavy taxes have been levied, but only
n small portion collected, and that Is
gone the way of all money that gets into
dishonest hands. There is no doubt but
that all the dislike of the free school
system and the unwillingness to pay
the necessary taxes, is caused by
incompetent officials and disfranchise-
ment of property holders. In the
'.good time coming" we have read
of so much that will all be correct
ed. While talking about schools,
NAV as we'll mention that Mr.. Oily
Cannon Israel and his companions
have been in this county and swlndled
the boards of education out of orders
amounting to more than one thousand
dollars. think the orders Will be re-
undated, but that will no' do any good,
and won't help the credit of the town
ships. The scoundrels have got the
greeubacks and gone, and left for the
money, maps and keys for schools, some
thing we don't need and couldn't pay
for If we did. The boss thief called
himself Israel, (I added his unchristlan
name) the names of TIE other two are
unknown to me.
4 MOB IN KENTUCKY.
Three weeks ago, Il negro in Lawrence
county, Kentucky, twelve miles above
the forks of Big Sandy, committed dis
gusting outrage upon the person OF
Young married woman, whose husband
was away at the time. The incensed
neighbors gathered and went to the Jail
where the negro was confined, and de-
manded the keys, which the jailor
would not give up. After breaking
down the Jail door, the mob desisted, on
the earnest solicitation of some OF the
most consery ative citizens at the county
seat, Louisa, and dispersed without ac.
complishing their purpose. A squad OF
soldiers was stationed Just across the
river, and it would not have been bad
Job Just before election, if the Radicals
could have got the military mixed up in
the affair, and called for more soldiers
to put down the rebellion in Lawrence
county. The negro will be tried and
punished without the aid of mob or
military OF freedmen's furo.
SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE SAUCE FOR 10th
FIR sen.
Last fall, the Board OF supervisors OF
WAYNE were induced to throw out the
poll lists of four townships on account
of informalities in holding the elections
or making the returns. The result was
satisfactory to the radicals, and accord
ing to we'll arranged plan, as it gave
them the offices, when the vote of all
was for the other ticket by about fifty
majority. This spring the same infor-
maiities were discovered, when the Su-
pervisors met to ascertain the result of
the election, and the poll lists from four
townships were thrown eut. This was
not satisfactory TO the radicals, because
il left some decent men in Office who
were not Of their party. They hewled
and muttered and grunted and
held their gar meetings to see what
could be done about it, After a time,
they managed TO persuade one member
of the board to resign, and then induced
the balance to vote for resolution de-
claring all the township offices vacant,
aud had their men put into the oftces!
G-a-r-est is Radicalism. Tney havesnow
got faithful-to the party-men IN OIL
fee. 80,