The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-06-28
STATE ITE MS.

In Brooke county the wheat prospect
is fine; corn is backward, potatoes are
doing well, but the hay crop will not
be good.
The Wellsburg cotton factory, for a
time, will run on oyery alternate
week.
The WellSburg Herald hears of duel
that was brought to au uutimely end,
in the Buffalo valley, but has no details
The Pan Handle Ne,r8 calls on the
soldiers of 1912 to organize for co-opera-
tion "in the movement now on foot to
obtain pensions for these old and battle
scared veterans. We think "battle-
SCARED" would be a more respectful
description.
The same paper notes the improve
ments now being made upon the Court
House at Wellsburg and thinks, when
completed, it "will vie with any sim.
liar building in the State"
The National says that the Odd Eel.
lows of Moundsville, in connection with
the Disciples Church, }" are about erect
ing q fine building in that town for joint
accommodation.
The Taylor County Advertiser learns
that little girl, daughter of Mr.. Locke,
in Grafton, was playing with a revol-
yer, supposed to be empty, when she
blazed away at her little brother, in fun,
and shot him in the arm near the
shoulder.
The Constitution rejoiceS over the
crop prospects in Monongalia county.
The same paper notes series of mis-
haps which have befallen the family of
Mr.. Moses Wells, of Morgantown, as
follows:
About two weeks ago his little girl
broke her arm; last week we mentioned
the shooting of his boy, and now we
chronicle the fact that the father him.
self is confined to the house. He acci-
dentally inflicted severe wound in his
leg, above the knee joint, with an adze,
one day last week, and it is probable he
will be unable to work for some time.
Mr.. A. C. Leach, "the West Virginia
merchant" whose mysterious disap-
pearanCe from Philadelphia has been
mentioned in the REGISTER, is from
Brandonville, Preston county. He had
some three Thousand dollars in money
at the time and it is supposed that he
was foully dealt with.
The Conservative says that Harrison
county's revenue tax is $4,000. That
of Lewis county $4,000
The Conservative also furnishes the
following items:
Wash Stalnaker, of Randolph county,
caught 300 trout the other day in the
Laurel Fork Of Cheat river.
lNCENDIARY.- Baughman's mill and
store house on Hackers creek, near the
line OF Harrison and Upshur county,
narrowly escaped destruction on Wed
nesday night, last week. Mrs. Baugh-
man was attending a sick child, and,
attracted by the light, locked out and
discovered both buildings burning.
She gave the alarm, and several men
being about, they succeeded in extin-
guished the flames. Shsvings had been
gathered by the incendiary, and fire
slndled ~ two points. The damage is
estimated at SIS. Our informant states
that suspicion was directed toward
Levi Quecn, on old man who has here
tofore borne a good reputation, by a
youHg man who said that Queen had of.
fered him Sl0 if he would do the deed
| Queen then confessed the act to Mr..
Baughman, and tried TO settle the mat
ter, but was arrested and lodged in Up
shur Jail.
THE Town COUNCu-Met Monday
evening, and were III session until mid
night. They resolved TO McAdanize
the Weston road for distance of 500
wards from Main street, and the North
western turnpike from Elk bridge to the
bridge acress Still. house Run. The tax
levy was fixed at 80 cents on the SlOO.
Last spring the Democrats tosk the
reins from the RAIDS with debt of $1,000,
and fixed the tax at 90 cents which was
zrowled at amazingly, and was this
spripg the cause of Conservative de-
feat. The Conservatives paid the $1,000
debt, made more Improvements than
any previous Board, met with an une1-
pected expense of more than 500 by
the wash at Elk bridge, and turned q
balance of more than s400 over to the
new Board. The Radical levy now OF