The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-03-08
STATE ITEMS.

izens of Wellsburg, had his leg broken
by a fall few days ago.
The ice men all ever the State are
giving thanks for the last cold snap and
expect to gather a full crop.
MOrgautown has prodigous scandal
case. The Post tantalizes its readers by
withholding the details.
The annual Conference of the NJ. E.
Church in West Virginia meets in
Clarksburg on the 18th.
The National Telegraph is still discuss
ing the Capital queetiOn. From sheer
force of habit it hits as hard as ever.
We quote:
The mileage of the members of the
Legislature from Jefferson county to
Charesto will be Sl90. They will Re
forced to travel 400 miles in West Vir-
ginia, and, if the river be frozen, 100
miles in Ohio. The members from Jetfer-
sou, Berkeley, Morgan, Hampshire,
Haidy and Mineral will have to travel
through two other Ststes-Maryland
and Ohio-ere they reach the seat OF
government.
Our State is rather small, bnt its peo-
pie can boast of having to travel a
longer distance to reach their seat of
government than any other people in
the United States. What a tour frem
Harper's Ferry to Parkersburg, from
thence to Gallipolis, Ohio, by railroad
or stage, then across TO Point Pleasant
on skates, and then to Charleston over
frozen roads on horseback, on foot or by
any chance conveyance that can be
picked up.
The Supervisors of Lewis county have
decided to purchase the farm of Judge
Edmiston, near Weston, for Poor House
purposes. The farm contains 300 acres,
and costs $500.
The Harrisyille StT states that man
named Higgins was killed, few days
ago, about four miles from that place,
by the falling of tree. The Star gives
these particulars
The tree he was engaged in falling
was situated on a steep hillside and IN
clined very much down the bill. lie
had cut it about half way of, and was
sitting close above it smoking, when
suddenly the tree started to fall, and
being a very brashy piece of timber, it
split up from the stump, the bait end
flying back and string him in the fore
head, mashing his skull terribly. The
deceased leaves large family.
The West Virginia NerS is tho title
of new paper, of the "lOyal" persua-
sion, Just started at Ravenswood, Jack
son county,
The Capital having been "located"
at Charleston, the Martinsburg Ne'c
Era suggests that the Legislature 90
cate" Charleston.
The Berkeley Union gives the follow
ing account of the recent Jail delivery
in Martinsburg:
ESCAPE OF PRIsoNERs.-On Saturday
night last, five prisoners escaped from
our county Jail, viz: James Clasby,
confined for grand larceny; Joseph Gra-
ham, colored, under sentence of death
for murder; Albert Berry, colored, await
ing trial for murder; - Kelley, await.
ing trial for petit larceny, and Robert
Silvers, awaiting trial for grand larceny.
Clasby, Graham and Berry were con-
fined in the streng cell, and had, prior
to their escape, made several attempts
to get out of their cell, but failed; they
were hobbled with ankle bracelets ;
Kelly and Silvers, with three others,
were confined in the front cell, which
! has only thick wooden door, covered
with sheet iron on the inside. The
nails were drawn from the sheet iron, it
turned up, and q square piece of the
door burned out with the poker, by Kel-
| ly, he taking care not to burn through,
so as to keep the front of the door in
tact. We suppose this work was done
in the night and In the morning; all he
had to do was TO turn down the sheet
iron, and the door would look as though
it had not been tampered with ; having
done sufficient burning, all he had to
do on Saturday night, was to kick the
burnt block out, crawl through, taking
q stove leg, with which he broke the
screw lock on the strong cell door,
(Which could only be done from the out
side, and released his confederates, went
up stairs, kicked the lath off of two
thin partitions, made a rope of their
blankets and went out the garret win
dow.
The Charleston Free Press thus chron'
icles a recent attempt at rape in Har'
per's Ferry:
We understand that an outrage upon
the person of little girl of ten years ot
age-daughter of gentleman of Har'
per's Ferry, was attempted on Thursday
! last by a negro boy about l9 years o.
ace. The cries of the child brought tc
its rescue members of the family. The
negro was arrested, and after an exam
lining trial, sent to Shepherdstown'