The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-10-05
From 81. Louis.

ST. LOUIS, October 3.-The Democrat
has a telegram from Little Rock, Ar
kansas, which says: B. P. Upham,
member of the Legislature, and Z. A.
Mcclure, President of the Board of Reg
istration, were assaulted by the Ku-
Klux in Woodruff county, to-day, from
thes brush, while travelling through
the country. Upham was badly WOMB rhi
ed in the head; Mcclure slightly. Inns
makes four members or the Legislature
and two Registrators that have peen
assaulted by the Ku-klux Wlthin oiA
weeks. two of whom were klliea.
A CHEYENNE dispatch says; Iniol ina
+;on from Fort Laramie says tna'
Uion Lnndred Sioux under Man
s Sess.ooidiof.bis- Horses" and other cnlelS
AiIa. tbere are ready to 60 on their res >.
nov t ~ "a soon as transportation Is
furnished. -, rs. The Union
an rs;iwav was finished yesterday
20 Green river, to which point passen.
" o .rains viii commence running next
GER ger u 90 Owing to the failure of the new
"v for clearing the overland
conS 20 comply with the terms of his
contract, and the expiration OF the time
Nth Wells, Fargo IL Co, there has
been a stop of the carriage of mails be,
tween the terminus of the Union and
Central Pacific since yesterday. This
must continue till the Paymaster Gen.
eral makes new arrangements.
A special from Little Rock, Arkansas,
to the Republican, says: The Regis,
traitors who were appointed for Brad
lev county, where the vote would al
most unanimously be Democratic, re-
turned yesterday, having refused tc
continue the registering of voters IL
that county. The post offices and mall
routes have been discontinued IN many
counties, so as to have the effect to stel
the circulation of Democratic papers
and the people are consequently almost
without mail facilities.
The Republican of this morning pup
fishes a version of the shooting affair al
Martinsburg, in this State, which DIR
fers from that telegraphed from Wells
Vile. Yesterday. This statement say:
that a young lad was allowed to stand
by the registering officers and indicate
who should be rejected. ms oc
casionsd much dissatisfaction, and the
ANONYMOUS letter, previously referred
to, was handed to him, the reading o,
which led to angry discussion. Samuel
Fletcher taking prominent part, the
Sheriff ordered Fletcher to be quiet
but he refused and was arrested by the
Sheriff and taken away. A dispute
then arose between brother OF Fletch
er and q man named Purdy, and both
parties drew revolvers; neither
had fired, however, when Gal
lloway shot and killed Fletcher
The Marshal then fired at Galloway
and Galloway killed the Marshal. The
Sheriff and Sam Fletcher then returned
and Galloway seeing Fletcher approach
ing fired and shot him in the side, IN
ficting a wound from which he died IL
twenty minutes. Galloway is said Il
have then tlourished his pistol auC
called upon some one to take up the
fight, after which he went to Mexico
and when warrant was issued for hi
arrest he could not be found.
Right Reverend II. ID. Juncker, Cath
olic Bishop of the Alton diocese o
Illinois, died at Alton yesterday.
General Grant was serenaded at TIN
house of General Sherman last night
He thanked the party, but declined t.
make a speech. General Sherman alst
declined to speak.
The number of registered voters IL
this city fOots up nearly 32,OO0. ADou
600 names are on the rejected list.