The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-06-17

The nrairies of Northern Texas nave
been literally covered with Stra"oe'' ~
this season.
Miss Voolfolk, the new PostmlstL.1nsss
at Jackson, Tenn, has entered up0n 'D'
duties of her Office U.s.
David NJ. Leatherman announces hltD-
self as an independent candiudVe l0t
Governor Of Tennessee.
A grand wolf hunt came of In Cald-
well County, Mo-, last week, during
which six wolves were killed.
A small black worm has now come In
for its share of Texas cotton. 1t Is
moro harmless than the caterpillar.
Andrew johnson was arrested in
Nashville theOther day for assault and
battery. He is colered individual.
The Democrats of the Sixteenth Sena-
torial District of Ohio have nominated
Hon. j. r. Hubbell, of Delaware, for the
State Senate.
Mrs. Sprague is not in Atlanta, nor
has she been there on an eleetlsneerlng
or any other kind of mission, except TO
pass directly through.
The AMY worm is doing vast amount
of damage in the northern part of Knox
county, Indiana, destroying thousands
of acres of meadows.
On Saturday night and Sunday four
attempts were made to burn lumber
yard and building at Syracuse, all of
which were unsuccessful.
A woman of bad repute in Louisville,
named Ada Gertrude Wilson, Monday
put an end to her earthly troubles by
taking an overdose of morphine.
Mr.. Matt. johnson, a young man of
Water Valley, Miss, shot himself
through the heart a few days ago, and
died within an hour. All for love.
The grab worm has made its appear
ance in some portions of st. Joseph
county, Indiana, and many farmers eu
Jertain fears of serious damage to the
corn crop.
The excitement in Fontaine county,
Indiana, over the CovingtOn tragedy
continues uuabated. No satisfactory
causes for the bloody affair have yet
been made public.
An insane girl named Regan, who was
imprisoned in Huron Street Police Sta
tion, Chicago, attempted suicide by
fastening her feet between the bars of
the cell and hanging head downward.
When discovered, life was nearly ex-
tinct
A duel was fought on Sunday morn
ing at Lundy's Lane, Canada, between
an editor of a Spanish newspaper, of
New York, and a Cuban. The latter
was shot through both legs. The wounds
are serious. An article styling the Gu
bans towards was the cause.
f. A. Nesmith, street railroad projec-
tor, Monday assaulted Richard Smith,
editor of the Cincinnati Gazette, with a /
riding whip. The latter grappled him
before be could use it, and sharp scuftle
terminated the affair. The cause was
editorial structures on his management
of the street railroad route.
1t is but sixty six years since the Eng |
lsh took possession OF Van Dleman's
Land, and the last of the abori ginal in
habitants is dead. An account of his |
obseuuies says: His head was cut OFF
and sent to London, his feet and hands
cut off for exhibition elsewhere, while
the burial service was read over the
poor wretch's trunk, footless and hand
loss, and furnished with another mans
head.
General Cary feels quite sanguine of
obtaining the Democratic nomination
for Governor of Ohio. He says, upon a
platform of opposition to negro suffrage, |
payment of the national debt in green
backs, he can carry Ohio by fair ma
iority, and beat any candidate the Re
publicans may nominate. His nomina-
tiOn, he thinks, is sure, unless cheated !
out of it by Jealous Democratic politi-
clans.
Jesse Edwards, the negro who com
mitted rape on Miss Susan Pyle, 4 res
pectable young lady of ROCkbridge
and then murdered her, was
taken out of the county Jail at Lexing
ton, Va, by four men, and hung to a
tree six miles from Lexington. The
lynchers gained admittance to the jail
on the rretence that they had desper-
ado under arrest and desired TO imprson
him. The negro had previously confess
ed his crimes.
A special from Springfield, Illinois,
saws: Information which is deemed au-
theutic has been received here that |
purse of money is being raised by the
ladies of Jacksonville, TO be used by |
them in furnishing w. A. Robinson,
recently tried for the murder of General |
Mcconnell, with stock of goods with
which to again commence in Jackson.
willie. 1t is also asserted that the men |
generally are very much opposed to this
aud advise Robinson that 1t
will be we'll for him t. leave Jackson.
willie and not TO return.