The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-16
STATE NEWS.

Isaac Hull, brakesman on the B. g. o
r. r., was seriously injured, near Clarks'
burg, on the Sth. He fell from his train
and the carspassed over his foot, crush
ing it badly.
A man named Haddocks, from Bar
bour county, attempted to drive two
horse team acr oss the Railroad track al
point between Grafton and Webster a
few daysago, and in so doing came in
contact with q passing train which ran
over the whole concern, killing the dri'
yer and his horses. Haddocks was
very drunk at the time.
The Morgantown Republicans had q
torehlight procession on the evening OF
the 10th, and "jollified" generally over
the success of Grant.
The house of Samuel Marshall, on
North river, Hardy county, was entered
on the oath ult., in daylight and robbed
of $40 in money, a watch, q rifle, pair
of boots and some jewelry. Two men
from Romney are suspected.
Martinsburg wants water-works and
gas "fixin's."
The Nep Era notes the recent occur
renee of six weddings in Berkeley coun-
ty, and infers cold winter.
The Spirit of Jefferson has the follow.
ing summary of the Charlestown mar
ket:
But little wheat or new corn is COM
ing in, but we hear of few sales, the
former at 2l0 and the latter at A 90.
Potatoes 1 %; cabbage Sa10c per head;
turnips SOC; chickens 25c; butter 40c;
eggs 20c, and other articles of consump-
tiOn in proportion. The meat market
is fully supplied, and sausages, &C.,
have a tendency downward, in more
ways than one.
The Vanguard notices the progress ef
"the winl-work ofanother large furni-
ture factory in Fetterman.
The Fetterman ladies' hold a fair in
December for the benefit of the NJ. E.
Church. A gold-headed cane is to be
voted to the most popular gentleman.
The candidates selected are Messrs.
John Adair and A. D. Casteel, of Graf
ton, and B. F. Martin, Esq, of Prunty-
town. Twenty-Five cents buys the priv
ilege of vote, and the registration law
don't count.
Mr.. McArthur, civil engineer at Par
kersburg, had his arm broken at
Petroleum last Tuesday, while attempt
ing to get aboard passing train.
A little daughter of Mr.. Miles Rice,
of Ravenswood, Jackson county, was
burned to death in his dwelling, which
was consumed by fire on the night of
the 9th. The child was locked up in a
room when the house took fire.
The Kanawha Republican thus states
it's views of the late elections:
We have met the enemy in county,
State and nation, and they amt ours. We
haven't routed them, "horse, foot and
dragoons." We haven't sent the enemy
up .Salt river" bat we think some of
going up ourselves. The "coming man"
has come, and we can't help it. Our
rooster is "dead cock in the pit"-fOr
the present.
The same paper chronicles
HIGHWAY RoBBERY.-On Sunday, the
lst inst, as James Green, colored boy,
bearing message to Mr.. Goodwin, Su-
perintendent of the Peytona Camel
Coal Company, on his way from this
place to Peytona, was crossing the
at the head of Lens Creek,
he was stopped by two men armed with
revolvers, who made him dismount,
searched him and took from him the
letter to Mr.. Goodwin and all the money
he had about him, amounting to one
dollar and thirty cents. After satisfying
that he had nothing more of
value about him, they compelled him to
remount and start back toward Charles
ton, with the assurance that if he did
not "make time" they would kill him.
To give more force to their argument,
one of them gave him few rounds
from his revolver; after he had started,
but without injury to the boy. We ua-
derstand that a liberal reward has been
offered for the miscreants, who are de-
scribed as follows: One was short,
thick-set man, with red face, wear
ing Burnside hat, cavalry jacket and
black pants; the other was tall, with
long hair, and wore jacket made of
country jeans.