The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1868-11-30
STATE NEWS.

Hon. John S. Carlile for a place in
Grants Cabinet.
General Northcott is to be President
Of the Harrison county Bible Society
for the ensuing year.
The Conservative offers an extra in
ducement in the shape of "White
Chester Boar" to the person furnishing
the largest list of new subscribers, be-
fore February lst, 1869. FarnswOrth is
the best man we know of to take q pre-
MUM of that description.
Corn is plenty and cheap in Harrison
county, and the prices of beef and pork
in that section are tumbling.
Mr.. Steenrod Vsngilder, with the
aid of some dogs and big club brought
a promising young bear to grief, on
Pricketts Creek, Marion county, last
Thursday week. The people of Preston
county also have splendid specimen Of
"bar varmint" roaming through their
county,, bidding defiance," as cores
pondent felicitously says, to the shots
of the insatiate hantsman-
His native freedom to enjoy
Nor cares for dog, nor man, nor boy,
Berkeley county has had eight inches
of snow.
Miss Jennie Hunter, has been
voted the prettiest lady in Martinsburg
and awarded the chair by the authorities
of the Baptist fair lately held in that
place. She received one hundred and
fifteen votes. Ten fair rivals divided
ninety mine votes among them in com-
plimentary quantities, ranging from
one to fifty.
The dwelling of Mrs. Patterson, near
Walkers Mill, Berkeley county, was
destroyed by fire, on Friday night, the
goth inst.
Joseph Graham, colored, was tried
last week, before Judge Hall, at Mar
tinsburg, for the murder ofJas. Branson,
colored; the offence was committed
September 10th, 1868. Tke evidence
showed that deceased and the prisoner
had a quarrel that day, about some re-
port said to have been started by the
prisoner, relative To the stealing OF
by the deceased. 1t also
transpired that the deceased had pre-
viously accused Graham of stealing
corn. While the quarrel was in pro-
gress, Graham suddenly raised his axe
he was on his way to the woods to do
some chopping) and buried it in the
breast of Branson, who died instantly.
The jury found verdict of "gnilty of
murder in the first degree" A motion
for new trial WAS made and argued.
The Court held the motion for further
The Berkeley Union gives the follow
ing particulars of the escape, on tho
night of the 2lst, of James Montgomery,
confined in the Martinsburg Jail and
charged with stealing 4 horse in Min
eral county:
1t seems he requested the Warden,
Capt. Moxley, to give him some extra
wood, as his fire went out in the night;
the Warden, not suspecting, gave him
the wood-during the night he took the
legs from the stove and by heating them
burned through the door of his cell, aud
getting up stairs cut through three par
titions and reached the garnet window,
where he let himself out by means OF
rope made out of his blanket. He had
no shoes at the time of his escape, and
has not been heard from since.
On Saturday, 2lst inst, Washington
Mobly was found dead on the farm of
the late Major Thomas Briscoe, about
two miles from Charlestown, Jefferson
A coroner's jury rendered
verdict Of "death from intemperance
and exposure" Mobly was forty eight
years of age, aud leaves wife and sew
eral children.
The Parkersburg Gazette wants the
Convention, of which some
Of the State papers have been talking,
held in Parkersburg on December 10TH
Miss Maggie Rinohart, of Shepherds
town, had a narrow escape from death
by burning, on Sunday, 22d inst. Lying
down before the fire to read, her clothes
took fire, and before awaking, she was
badly barned. Running down stairs,
she was met by Mr.. Charles Knott, who
threw his overcoat around her and ex-
the flames.
Next day, as the little daughter of
Mr.. William II. Marmsduke, Of the
same town, was sitting before the fire
parching corn, her dress took fire, and
before help could come was fatally
burned. She died on Wednesday.
The Ednawha RepublicGn notices a
fatal accident which occurred in Elk
township of that county on the night
of November 10th. It appears that Mr.,
Napoleon Cavender, and several others,
were hunting, and cut down large
tree, which fell in a direction different
from that intended. Mr.. c. was hold
ing the light, and was undoubtedly
blinded by it, so that he did not see
the direction the falling tree was TAX
ing. 1t struck him, and he was in
stantly killed. Mr.. c. was a member
of the church, and a good citizen.
DistressinE Accident.
On Monday last lamentable accl-
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