The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-04-05
STATE ITEMS.

ortire ticket at majorities ranging from
seven 10 twenty-five. The familiar
oamplaint of "side issues" is made Oy
the local Republican sheet.
The people of Cameron are organizing
a Kansas colony" Another result OF
the Radical policy that runs our STATE
and also runs the pesple out OF IT.
MorgantOwn was visited by two steam
boats last week. That town reVlVes
her ancient claim to be "the head OF
navigation"
The Monongalia salt works, conduct
ed by Thurby, Kidd & Co., are making
from Is to 90 barrels of prime salt per
day.
The Clarksburg municipal eleotion
occurs on Monday, May Sd.
William Maddox, of West Milford,
Harrison county, aged ga years, died on
Sunday, 25th ult., of congestion Of the
heart. He was i'll about Ten hours.
Isaac Hull, of Bridgeport, same cOun-
ty, had his leg crushed by the cars a
few days ago and amputation was ne
cessary to save his life.
On Friday week, Mrs. Atkinson, liv-
ing near Clarksburg, administered a
large dose of laudanum to sick child,
aud Sunday following the child was
buried. She supposed she was givisg
it soothing syrup.
The Clarksburg Conservative thus re-
cords a recent out-cropping of intense
"loyalty" in the conduct of citizen of
Harrison county:
A former registrar of Union township
| has been creating sensation by run
ming away from wife and children to
take bed and board with certain un-
married mother of two children. Said
registrar is about sixty years old, and
has in days gone by distinguished him
self by sending his ncighbors to Camp
Chase, where one, his nephew, remain
ed till death released him. Last fall
this old pimp served BoTeman faithful
ly and tyrannized over his neighbors as
only a mean man will. He is member
of church. We spare his name for the
sake OF his wife and relations.
Three or four citizens of Charleston,
arriving at Parkersburg the other day,
registered their names as from the
"Capital City of West Virginia" The
Times is intensely disgusted.
The Parkersburg Times of Tuesday
says:
Mr.. William T. Dulin, of Calhoun
county, leaves in a few days for New
Orleans with two barges containing be-
tween $4,000 and $4,000 staves, five feet
long. They are to be taken to France
| and made into wine barrels. He owns
1000 acres of land in Calhoun county,
and uses the timber for wine barrels.
These slaves are made at little place
on the Kanawha river called French
town, about ninety miles above Par
kersburg. His boats arrived last Sab
bath afternoon, making the trip in about
thirty six hours.
The Monroe Republican states that
warrant has been issued for the arrest
of man named Lawhorne, living in
that county, charged with violating his
cousins wife. Lawhorne disappeared,
and the warrant could net be served.
From the Charleston Republican,
DRowNED.-Last Saturday even
ing, while engaged in winding up"
the wharf boat, a cOlored man
named William Hill fell overheard
and was drowned. Uncle Billy"
had an excellent reputation for honesty,
sobriety and industry and was univer-
sally respected, and his fate cast a
gloom over the entire community.
NARROW ESCAPE.-On Monday last,
while preparing for a ball at the st,
Albert, Miss Betty Wood, daughter of
Mr.. H. II. Wood, came near meeting
with fearful death. Miss Wood was
crossing her room, carrying a kerosene
lamp in her hand, when her foot caught
in the carpet and tripped her. In her
endeavors to regain her equilibrium she
struck the lamp against a bureau, broke |
it, and spilled the burning oil over her |
clothes, which instantly took fire. Her |
screams brought several gentlemen to |
her assistance, and they succeeded in |
extinguishing the flames before she was
dangerously injured. We understand
that her hands were badly burned. Mr..
J. L. Binkley burned his hands quite
severely while extinguishing the flames.