The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-12-14
STATE ITEMS.

n. omitn. Jr., OF LOWS county, haC
twenty-five sheep killed by dogs on the
night of the 22d ult. On inquiry it wa.
found, says the Democrat, that tIevery dog
within a radius ef ten miles, had SLEPT
in his owners house that night.
Two handles of cotton, two pairs o.
boots, aud large double-shawl, were
the net proceeds of a hop-liftiug raid
made by thres men upoa the store o.
Mr.. Joseph Darlington, of Weston, or
Thursday week. Two of the men
named Hereman and Roam, were ar,
rested and the goods reeaptured.
The Weston Democrat has corres-
pondent who meditates suicide. The
editor generously prefers the melan.
choly youth the papers heartfelt sym
pathy for his large circle of friends and
the neatest obituary he ever had in his
life"
Mooreield has negro school. 1t
also wants a railroad, either to the Bal
timore & Ohio, to Alexandria, to Wash
ington, or in any etheridirection that will
furnish an outlet.
A man named Carter fell from win
dow, at West UAion, the other day,
Ratchet in hand, and in the tumble,
says the Gazette, " cut about one inch off
the end of his nose."
The editor of the Writ county Gasette
takes about twenty-five lines in which
to tell his readers that he killed rat.
The soldiers for some time stationed
at Fairmont have been returned to
Washington. We learn that they will
not be needed in this State until the
next general election, unless the Leg
islature should be peryerse enough to
want anybody for U. S. Senator but
Boreman. In that event, the malig-
nants will be suppressed by the bayonet.
PArkersburg is to have a skating
rink.
The Morgantown Post is illustrated
with vigorous picture of the Grecian
Bend. The cut looks colicky.
The "Direct Tax" paid by Berkeley
and Jefferson counties to the Govern
ment is to be refunded. Senator Chap
line is disburser, getting five per cent.
on the whole amount, which is, we be-
lieve, about S27 900. In accordance
with his notice the farmers of Berkeley
were in Martinsburg last Monday and
Tuesday to receive their scads. Joseph
didn't come to time. He was sent for
but could not be found. The Ne'c Era
says:
The supposition is that the immacu-
late Joseph is in "cohoots" with some
sharpers and spectators, and hopes by
battling and Disappointing the holders
of claims, to induce them to sell them
at a heavy discount, and in this way
he can make nice little sum in addi-
ton TO his five per cent. He is the pink
of honesty.
Certainly he is. His absence proved
him a non est mau.
The gable end of q Methodist church
in jefferson county yielded to the
pressure of a hurricane last Tuesday
and there was much smash. The dam
age was considerable.
Venison is plenty in MOrgantown /;
the Monongahela is at a boating
stage, and DER all her billowy hills, IN
that region, mature has thrown a
snowy robe" two feet thick.
The Presbyterians of Morgantown
have a new church, costing 5000. 1t
was dedicated on Sunday, 9th inst
Some of our State papers are making
a noise about the shipping port busi-
ness in Delaware. Seeing that it is only
about a year since West Virginia dis
pensed with the same institution, it be-
comes we-uns" to "shut pan" for
while, anyhow.