The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-08
STATE ITEMS.

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Friday, October 29th, as Mr.. John Green
of Buffalo township, was travelling home
the horse he was riding took fright
thro wing the rider upon the ground and
tramping on his leg, breaking it below
the knee.
The Mineral County Gazette is informed
that ground hog weighing seventy
FIVE pounds was lately killed near Hun
ter Springs.
From the Martinshurg New Era
At least one third of the wheat sowr
in this county 10 hot up yet, and the
present cold snap is likely to freeze
the ground so that it will not gel
through.
An interesting meeting and revival OF
religion has been in progress in the NJ. f.
Church at Scrabble, during the past two
weeks.
Two fine horses were stolen in this
county last week; one from Mr.. Teter
M. French and the other from Mr.. w
Bender. Farmers had better be on the
lookout.
SERENADE.-Messrs. Kitchen, Lamon
and Luce were serenaded at the Court
House Friday night last in honor of the
gallant fight which they made against
Prescription and in favor of the Right,
during the recent campaign.
The Martinsburg Star chroHicles the
following:
SINGULAR ACCIDENT.-Harry Arm
strong, aged about eleven, son of John
Armstrong, during the noon recess OF
the Graded School on Monday, by jump
ing from stable to the ground Caused
his teeth to close an his tongue with
such force as to completely sever one
third of it or more. His grandfather,
Wm. H. Matthews, placed him under
the care of DR.. Newcomer. The surgeon
succeeded in sewing up the gaping
wound; but it 10 probable that, owing
to its location on that "unruly member"
and the impulsiveneSs natural to chlld.
hood, it will be unusally difficult to
keep the edges together until they
heal.
The Charlestown Spirit notes early
winter weather in Jefferson. That pa,
per says:
The past week has given us a chilling
foretaste of the approach of dreary win
ter. The heavy trosts on some morn
inss covered the frozen ground to a
depth almost equalto suow squall In
December.
From the Mason County Journal.
Gen. Powell, we learn, is still confined
to his room from theiniuries he recently
received by being thrown from his bug
gy while out riding.
One thousand dollars have been rails
ed in Cabell and Boone counties to-
wards removing the Dusenberry dam
in the Guyandotte river at Barbours-
vile.
G. b. Stump, Of Waggener township,
recently fell while picking apples, a
distance of twenty feet, and broke his
arm just above the wrist.
The question in Graham township in
the late election between the Super
visors, was license or no license. The
no license fellows had il. New Haven
voted for it. Hartford City voted against
it
A HORRIBLE CATASTROPHE.-We are
informed by II. II. Purgayne of Pendle-
ton county, that on the night of the
21th of October last, Felix Meyers who
resides on the North Fork, in Grant
county, went with his wife aud his
Youngest child, to attend a prayer meet
ing some where in the neigh borhood,
and while they we're absent their house
took fire and it with everything they
had, was entirely consumed. Four small
children, the eldest eight and the
youngest three years old, were burned
TO death in the house. When the bodies
of the children were taken from the
ashes they were burnt into a crisp.
How the fire originated is not known.
The children were directed by their
parents to 90 to bed when they become
sleepy, and il would seem from the fact
of all their bodies being found in pile,
that they were in bed ut the time the
fire occurred. Our informant states that
the mother was on the verge of insanity
when he left the scene. This occurance
should be a warning to parents about
leaving their homes in the care OF small
children.-MinerGl County Gdse'te'