The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-11-29
STATE ITEMS.

The Wellsburg Neos hears that a
dreadful murder has been committed in
the upper end of Brooke county. 1t is
reported that two villains entered the
house of Mr.. Griffin and beat him to
death with poker.
The Methodists of New Cumberland,
Hancock county, are erecting new
church. .4-.
Tbonas Everett, Esq, has quail
fed as Justice of the Peace in the town
of Wellsburg. ra ..-r.
The News calls attention to the dis
graceful condition of the Brooke county
Jail, and demands that the proper au-
thoriti,s abate the evil ..,,,.
Court commences in Hancock Decen-
Der 7th, aud in Brooke December l4th.
A correspondent in the National 7sle
graph wants the old "Usury Law" re-
enacted .....
A number Of private residences will
be erected in Clarksburg next summer.
The Harrisville Star says that one Of
the parties at work upon the new jail
at that place was thrown to the grouId
from window of the second story, by
the giving way of platform on which
he was standing. He exhibited the ac-
tivity of a cat by lighting on his feet,
and he remarked to those who gathered
to see il he was hurt, that "be was just
settling his breakfast" *.
Hulls store, Parkersburg, was robbed
of lot of pork on the night of the 23d
inst.
Thirty-fve thousand barrels Of oil at
Burning Springs await rise in the
Little Kanawha. The daily production
is three hundred barrels.
On Wednesday evening the steamer
Allegpa attempted to pass between the
shore and The first pier of the new rail-
road bridge over the Ohio at Parkers.
burg, when her smoke stacks, pilot
bouse, &c, came in contact with the
rope guys that are swung over the
stream to hold the pier derrick in place.
1t made a clean sweep Of everything on
the hurricaue deck. The pilot, although
Sc verely mixed up in the ruins, escaped
uniujured. The boat tied up at the
wharf for repairs.
The Writ County Democrat says that
Oh the 18th inst, Daniel Boon, (colored)
in attempting to drive fractions mare
belonging to Alfred Beauchamp. Esq,
of Elizabeth, was thrown from the
buggy and had his leg broken between
the knee and the ankle. He was car
ried from where the accident occurred
to the hotel of s. P. Barnes, where bis
leg was set by DR.. f. NJ. Cox, and is now
doing as we'll as could be expected.
The Democrat says thirty barrels of
oil are produced daily at Oil Rock,
with the prospect Of much larger
yield as soon as the water is shut off
from the non. producing wells.
A colored school will be opened ct
New Greek, Mineral county, to. day.
The Mineral County Ga:ette says that
Mr.. I. II. Head, agent of the Harnden
Express at New Creek, on Monday and
Tuesday nights shipped East nearly
twenty hundred pounds OF vsnisoD. If
the killing of deer continues al the
present rate there will be few left in
the county, by another year.
Pork is selling in Romney, Hampshire
county, at Sllas12 per hundred.
Mr.. James II. Blue, of Hampshire
county, was severely injured by being
thrown from q horse few days ago.
From the Martmsburs New Era.l
Best family -four is now selling here
at $3.50. ..rf.
The old worn out brick floor of the
market house is being taken up and a
new one substituted. gsr
Best beef is now selling in our mar
ket at II cents per pound.
Some sales of pork have been made at
Sl2 and Sl3 per hundred. The ruling
price is not yet established.
Splendid winter apples were sold on
the street last week ut 75 cents per
! bushel.
/ Farmers are busy gathering corn.
! Venison is beginning to come into
our market.
Three of our old citizens, the young
est being 73, have passed from amongst
as during the past week.
The watch at the Lutheran Fair was
voted TO Mr. A. S. Chamb hers, Jr. 1t
brought s2O5, Miss Lizzie Cuttings got
the bracelets, ~-.
Mr.. William Walker has sold his mill
property near this place to Mr. d. Dan
iels, of New York, for $4,000.
The kearsley farm contain.
ing 2S acres, advertised at Commission
er's sGle in this paper, was sol1 TO DR.,
Richard McSherry,, of this place. at S45
per acre.
The new Southern Methodist churches
in course OF erection at Bedington and
-FDarkesville, this county, are being rap
idly completed.
sriBBrNo AFFRAT.-A difficulty took
place between two negroes Saturday
night last at the Lime Kiln. A negro
named Dick Tollyver stabbed a negro
named Ellis. The negro Ellis was pretty
badly cut, and it Is the opinion of o
physician that his wounds will prove
fatal. Tollyver was arrested and COM
mitted TO jail to await trial.
A special term of the Greenbrier Cir
cult Court WILDE commenced on Thurs.
day, December 9th.
A hog weighing five hundred twenty
pounds, gross, was sold in Grecnbrier
| E L. for 49,