The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-09
STATE NEWS.

Ihs elections over, General Nortn
colt wants the Capital at Clarksburg.
The National Telegraph says that Gen
eral Harris will not be candidate fol
the United States Senate. Has the ae'
quittal of John Surratt anything to dc
with this declinationH
The same paper says that Clarksburg
is improving with great rapidly.
A little girl in Taylor county lost hel
arm in cane mill few days ago.
The Knottsville people had bear
hunt lately. No bear found.
The Republicans of Marshall county
are modest. Grants majority is only a
'leetle risin'" seven hundred.
The hog trade is brisk in Brooke
county. The Ners notes some transac'
tions at seven cents, and one Farms,
worth operation near Bethany. Three
thieves performed the latter, and de-
csmped.
On Wednesday last, Mrs. William
Hooper and Miss Shaffer, while taking Z
drive rear Martinsburg, came near
being crushed by locomotive, which
happened along as they were about
crossing the railroad track. Their horse
took fright, their carriage was upset,
Miss Shaffer was unhurt, and Mrs. Hoop
er badly injured.
John Gleason was killed by the cars
at Martinsburg, a few days ago. Trying
to avoid an engine upon one track he
got in the way of IA train upon the 9th
er, was run over, and instantly killed.
We learn from the Spirit Of Jefferson
that Mr.. Newton Elsea, an estimable
citizen of Jefferson county, lost his life
a few days since by going down into a
well in which there was foul air.
From the same source we learn that
the store of Mr.. John W. Neer, of Har-
per's Ferry, was entered by burglars and
robbed of some tobacco and whisky and
about so in money. Two men have
been arrested, charged with the rob-
berry, and committed to Jail.
From the Morgantown Constitution.
The Corn CROP.-Our farmers say
while the corn crop has yielded fairly
the grain has not matured perfectly ,and
much of it. will be unfit Tor keeping OF
any use save feeding to cattle.
NEGRO SUFFRAGE IN MoNONGALIA.-
"Loil Cheat Neck" had the HONOR OF
inaugurating negro suffrage in Monon.
gala county on the Sd inst. A well
known mulatto named Frank Woody
was permitted to register by the Board
of Registration, and the first negro vote
cast in Monongslia county was given al
Bowers on last Tuesday.
Judging from the following, from the
same source, there was fan in Morgan
town on Saturday:
Fun NAHEAD.-Several weeks since I
P. Reay and George Hall made an agree
ment to the effect that if Seymour
should be elected the former was to
wheel the latter upon wheel-baIrow
through our streets; and ifGrant should
be elected, "vice versa" Two dozer
plates of oysters were to be the penalty
in case of failure of either party tC
wheel OF be wheeled. The wheel. bar
row, headed by the Morgantown Bras:
Band, will start from the Court House
Square at 3 o'clock Saturday 7. NJ, anC
proceed up High street to the head there
of, and down the same to the Presby
terian Church aud back to the Cou
/ House,
We learn from the Union Register tha
William F. Clarke, a young man o
Monroe county, attempted to blow ou
the light of a kerosene lamp a few
evenings ago. The result was the ex
plosion of the lamp and the seriou
burning of young Clarke.