The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-05-25
STATE ITEMS.

! STATE ITEMS.
On'the 5th inst. Stephen Dix, a we'll
known citizen of Harrison county, had
his leg crashed by log rolling over it.
He died in consequence, on the 18th.
Henry Dering, Esq, an old merchant
and leading politician of MonoAgalia
county, has for some months past been
afflicted with mental alteration, follow
ing a paralytic stroke. His friends have
applied for his admission to the Asylum
at Weston. "s-E
Ollie Ollie, son of Judge Ollie Of
Morgantown, while at play with other
boys in the College grounds on last Fri
day, received severe tall, breaking his
right arm.
A correspondent of the Constitution
proposes Colonel b. H. Smith, of Ka-
nawha county, for the Democratic Cub
ernatorial nomination, and that paper
editorially endorses the nomination.
Monongalia thieves are stealing bacon.
This is an improvement on the practice
in Upshur, where they take the hog in
the rough.
The iron works in Preston county,
known as Virginia Furnace, with 700
acres mineral lands, have been sold for
$4,000. The Post says the establish
ment will be put in operation as soon
as practicable.
A pike weighing fourteen pounds was
caught few days ago near Morgan
town, by Lewis Runner. y
-Four thousand dollars worth of books
were borrowed during the war, by per-
sons connected with the Federal army,
from the citizens of Romney, Hampshire
county. The owners are anxious to
have the property returned. No ques-
tions asked.
The Martinsburg NclC Era urges the
nomination of J. n. Camden, Esq, of
Wood county, as the Democratic candi-
date for Governor. 1t says: We will
give a hearty support to the candidate
whoevever he may be; at the SAME time
our preference j. n. Camden, of Wood
county, gentleman of culture, refine
meut and wealth, whose life has not
been spent scrambling for office, and
who is not dependent upon official oftal
for subsistence; a consistent, ilrm, de-
termined and able opponent of Radical
ism in all its horrible forms and phases;
a man whose honor and integrity can
not be impeached; who will be Gov
ernor of the State of West Virginia, and
not of his party, as Boreman is. But,
best of all. he is both competent and
willing to meet on the stump the Rad
ical Richmond"
The Radical Berkeley county Couven-
tion on the 18th inst, Instructed the
delegates to the State Convention to
support Kitchen for Congress.
DROwNED.-We learn from the Spirit
of Jefferson that on Thursday night, the
l4th inst, during the prevalence of the
high water, a carpenter in the employ
of the B. IL. o. K. r Company, fell off
the bridge at Harper's Ferry and was
drowned. His name was John Booth.
He is represented to have been steady,
| opin nd In xp Ia
and two children.
A Jefferson county correspondent re-
grets to state "that his county contin-
ues under Radical rule, simply because
the opposition leaders make no effort
to redeem her. Except few, who read
the REGISTER, the people Of that region
have not yet been informed by their
county papers that Democratic and
Conservative State Convention is soon
to be held"
The Shepherdstown Register says that
/ during the freshet in the Potomac last
week, we understand that three mules
attached to a canal boat and the driver
were swept from the tow-path into the
canal and drowned, short distance
above Honcock. o.
The crop reports in Wood county are
unfavorable.
The Parkersburg Times has string Of
telegrams relative to a "big strike" at
Volcano in the West Virginia oil re-
gions, last week. At last accounts, the
Warner we'll was flowing one thousand
barrels and on fire.
In Greenbrier county the wheat, oats
and grass look well, but owing to the
wet weather, the corn prospects are un-
favorable.