The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1868-06-08
WEST VIRGINIA NEWS

Z OF the 4th inst, and nine men were 90
ofI riousIy injured. Three others were
Il killed by another cave in on Friday
!. morning.
+ The Odd Fellows at Morgantown
: are making preparations to celeoFaee
the Fourth of July.
+ The Board of Supervisors OF Mo-
IA nonpaIIa County has refunded over
= 40 ono bounty tax paid by soldiers.
~ The Republicans OF Preston County
have nominated the following county
, ticket:
n Prosecuting Attorney, Charles HOoton;
tfor House of Delegates, Francis Heer'
mans and Joseph a. Gibson: for AS
SCISSORS, +. NJ. Huffman and James ~.
Chidesfer; for Surveyor, EDWARD u:
Morris.
AS far as we are acquainted with the
gentlemen the ticket Is a good one. Mr..
Heermans has served two or three
terms in the House, and is a most eff
fcient member Of the present House.
Mr.. Gibson was a very capable mem
Der of the House in 1867.
The Shepherdstown Jefferson Coz
Register says the locusts in countless
numbers are now in full blast in that
region, rendering day hideous by their
cries of .'Pharaoh." The cats there eat
the insects with considerable gusto.
| The ooIored Free Baptists recently
held II quarterly meeting at HarPer's
Ferry, which has become, by reason of
the Normal Free School established
there for the Freedmen, quite an i'm
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tons. Among those in attendance from
Martinsburg, rs representative OF the
; Free Baptist Church there, was John
} Brown. When the preacher called on
"Brother John Brown" to lead in pray
! err, the very name seemed to startle the
denizens of the Ferry, as If an old snake
] had made his appearance in new skin,
and tho body of Old John Brown were
/ no longer "mouldering In the grave"
r -Clarksburg produces Strawberries
i so large that only eight go in pint
measure. We vote for Clnrksburg.
"A large number of New Workers
are summering at White sulphur
; Springs. in Greenbrier.
The annual examination Of the
( several classes in the West Va. College,
+ at Morgantown, will begin on Monday,
4 June 10th, and continue forenoon and
6 afternoon, until Thursday, the 18th.
= On the evening of Wednesday, the 18th,
.e the annual address before the College
e Societies will be delivered by Senator
g Hoke.
:, Judge Ollie has been renominated
i by the Republicans of the Second Cir
a cult
Col. J. Il. Gather OF Flemingtor
!: received the Republican nomination fol
State Senator in the Sd District. a
/ good nomination.
, We hear That Miss Bessie Reed, o.
: Fairmont. has been appointed G. w
: V. Il. of the United States
. --Alleaat fifty houses are going up at
! Mnrtinsburg at this time.
: "A boy ut Grafton, the other day,
WIS fishing in the Tygart's Valley for
; "chubs" when. greatly to his surprise,
: he hauled from the water an eel Two
: and half feet long. It is believed to
! be the hrst ever caught In that river.
Harmon Hesser, quiet unonsnd-
Ing citizen OF Taylor county, was muir
dersd last Sunday, at Mr.. Ambrose
sniveIy,s saw mill, short distance
East of Grafton, on the B. & o. Rail-
road. 1t appears that Hesser and a
man named Clever, employees OF Mr..
Snfvely, had difficulty about a grind
stone. Some angry words ensuedr and
the difficulty was thought to be ended.
Some three quarters OF an hour after
the quarrel, as Hesser was passing to
T his work, Clever approached, and with
large hand spike, struck him n blow
on the head, from the effects of which
he died in few hours.
The murderer escaped, and was pur-
sued to the vicinity of Smokers Ferry,
near the Pennsylvania line, in which
neiehborhood, it is said, his parents
live. All efforts TO find him
have thus far been fruitless. The
murdered man leaves wife and three
small children.
The State Normal School at Guy
andotte will be opened on the 18th inst.
Professor S. r. Thompson, of the State
Normal School at Edinboro, Pa. has
been elected Principal, and Miss H.
Evans one of the assistant teachers.
Others teachers will disappointed at an
early date. The Normal Department
is intended for the preparation OF teach
ers for their profession. Tuition will
be free to teachers of this State. Another
department will be devoted to those not
desiring to be teachers. but who wish
10 receive an academic or collegiate
course. esq
The people of Morgantown circuit
recently presented their pastor, Rev. S.
Kitchens, with an excellent COW. 1t
only remains for them now to present
the COW with some excellent pasture,
and all Will be well, .,l5..7 5rs
1T Is understood that a base ball
match is to come off between the Fair.
mont and Morgantown boys, on the
college grounds at the latter place, on
the 18th inst. as Il.
Lewis Runner, the old fisherman
who caught fourteen pound pike at
Morgantown, a short Time ago, has
hooked another of precisely the same
weight, supposed, by the Post TO be "a
twin brother' of the first.
The Kingwood Journal says that
some eight or ten days since William
Cation, n lad about sixteen years ofage,
carrying the mail between Brandon
Vile and Portland, robbed the mail
. bag OF all the registered letters, con-
4 tanning about two hundred dollars. The