The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-02-10
STATE ITEMS.
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EARLY SPRING.-Wild ducks have
made their appearance in large num-
bers along the river at Cross Creek.
This is sign of an early spring.
INTERESTING STATIsTTCs.-A friend,
who has taken some pains in collecting
them, furnished us with the following
interesting statistics of our town: Wild
overs, 80: widows, So; old bachelors,
80; old maids, go; children from three
months to ten years, 300; dOres, not in-
Gliding black one that is said To take
tri-weekly "fits of insanity $50.
DRAWING To A CLOSE.-We learn that
the revival which has been going on at
the Methodist church, in this place, for
the past two or three weeks, is about to
close We have heard it intimated in
religious circles, that the "colored brig
ade" under the command of one Of the
brothers in the Church, has had much
to do With danpening the ardor exhib-
ited at the opening of the revival, by
their plantation exhibitions in the
church on each evening aftsr the ser
vices were closed. Fyr fear that some
hotheaded fanatics may cOnstrne this
notice into z siur on religion, We take
the present occasion TO SAY that no liv-
ing man has greater Difference for reiig-
ion than We, but We are far from favor
ing the turning a church into negro
concert hall.
From the Martinsburs New Era
Robert Kimel proprietor of the Union
Hotel, was shot in the lower portion -t
the thigh by an accidental discharge of
pistol on last Thursday evening. The
ball lodged Immediately under the
knee joint, and was cut out by DR..
Hamill, the following morning. We
are informed that the patient is doing
well.
Que, at least, of the parties who have
been carrying on their burglarious Op.
erations in this place for several weeks
past, has come to grief. A young man
ndu'Cu No" udb, was aiiSotcu vi CdluI- =
day last charged with having sold, and
offering for sale, certain articles which
had been stolen from the store of Mr..
George Sharer. After considerable
evasion aud prevaricatiOn about the
matter, he finally plead guilty" aud
was committed to await trial in the
Circuit Court.
SELF-DEScRIPTIvg.-J. 7. HOke, of
the Berkeley Union, now in this city,
writes himself down a cowardly, lying
blackguard in one portion of his paper
and in another modestly describes him
self rs "a man who beat their (the Dem
ocratic) champion knights OF the quill /
and is able, in any newspaper contro-
versy, TO beat all the Democratic editors
in the State"
From the Charlestown Spirit Of Je6ersoul
NARROW ESCAPE FROM FREEZING
On Thursday night last, Isaac Fisher,
an aged colored man, better known as
DR.. Fisher, came very near death by
freezing. He had been in town during
the day. and late in the evening return
ed TO the premises of Mr.. George Eich-
elberger, where he has been making his
home since the war-he being an old
servant ef the family. No one knew or
thought of his absence, as be is accus-
toned to come and go at his pleasure,
and it was not until Friday morning that
it was found he had not slept in
the cabin during the previous night,
and when found in the barn yard, near
the stable door, he was so Eearly frozen
to death as to be speechless and unable
to move muscle. Under the applica-
tion of restoratives he was TO some ex-
tent restored, but is yet unable to artic-