The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-15
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west Virginia News.

-duTElSOu county NUS an ORGANIZED
Teachers' Institute, which expects to
hold a session sometime before the first
ofSeptember.
"A camp meeting is to be held Au-
gust 2Ist, on the farm of Rev. Aaron
Vincent, two miles South of Shinston,
Harrison county. Notice is given in
the Clarksburg Telegraph, by Rev. r.
NJ. Wallace, and the friends of Camp
meetings in adjoining charges, are cor
daily invited to participate.
The locusts have invaded New
Crek in force. The Banner says every
tree has its myriads.
The Clarksburg Conservative adVo-
Gates the nomination of "Gov." Benz.
Il. Smith, OF Kanawha, as the Demo.
cratic nominee for Governor. A Fair
mont geologist brings to light that ven
cradle fossil. BILLY" Brown, of Pres
tom and Parkersburg correspondent
of the Register favors Johnson n. Cam
den, ofthat city.
On Saturday, 9th inst, the house of
Mr.. James Smith, of Clarksburg, was
struck by lightning, knocking over
Mrs. Smith and her father. Mrs.
Smiths tongue was blistered and her
ear was slightly burned. The house
sustained very slight damage.
Peter J. Weaver killed rattle.
snake, on Monday last, upon the farm
OF Mr.. John H. Hoffman, near Nor
gantown. that measured four and a
half feet in length, and was supplied
with seventeen rattles.
An old lady some az years OF age,
was run over recently by freight
and being deaf, did not hear the train.
Her arm was broken and she received
other injuries, from which she died in
few minutes. No blame is attached
to the engineer, as he did his best to
stop the train, but could not.
"A Grant Club WIS formed at Nor
gantown last Wednesday.
The Masons of Hardy county, pur-
pose celebrating the approaching an
niversary of Saint John the Baptist
Wednesday, the oath day of the present
month, by an address, supper, &c.
The Taylor County Educational
Association held a meeting last week
at Grafton.
DIR. Loomis,. of The Wheeling Fee
male College, delivered lecture in the
NJ. E.Church of Grafton last evening,on
the subject of Education, and address,
ed the Sabbath School in the morning.
The graves OF deceased Union
Soldiers in the National Cemetery, at
Grafton, were decorated with flowers by
the members of The &. ~. r. on Sat
urday last.
During a severe storm Saturday
week VIM. DuSan, IA resident of Lu-
beck township, Wood county, while
passing along the road, driving an OK
team, sought temporary shelter under
bush of walnut underground, and
before lie had fully settled himself a
discharge of electricity struck him on
the head, passing down his boly and
both limbs, bursting his boots OF and
killing him Instantly.
The trial of Mayer for killing
Albert, in Braxton county, was con
cluded on the I'd inst. and Mayer sem
fenced to tho Penitentiary for fifteen
months.
The Democrats of Harrison county
hold their County Convention in
Clnrksburg to-day, to appoint delegates
to their State Convention which meets
at Grafton on the 10Th prox.
"A negro named Frederick Festic
was arrested at Martinsburg, on the 4th
inst, with stolen horse in his posses
sion, which he was Offering to sell for
$50. He gave his name as Jacob Dick
son, but was recognized by Sheriff Pit
ger, having been in Jail at Martinsburg
two years ago on charge of horse
stealing in Jefferson county. The
horse he was offering had been stolen
from gentleman in Harper's Ferry
the night before, who appeared and
claimed his property. The witnesses to
the former theft also appeared, and the
prospect is Frederick will get term
under our friend McFadden, at
Moundsville.
Thieves still infest MorGantown,
and they are still hungry. Their latest
effort was the capture of large tray of
fresh bread from the kitchen of Mrs.
Della NJ. Allen.
The Morgantown Post notes that 1t
has been almost year since there was
single death in that borough.