The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1869-09-18

WEST VIRGINIA NOTES AND NEWS.

THR case OF John Charleton, arrAIgn.
ed for the murder Of a negro man on
the steamer Thompson in January last,
was TILED at the recent term OF the
Wood county Court, and CharIetOn
cleared.
FREDERICK DOUGLASS has been Invl.
ted to attend the celebration Of Eman.
clpatIon Day by the colored people at
Clarksburg on the 2S!h.
A NRw PAPER 10 TO be started, we
hear, Rt PRrkersburg. It 10 10 be an
Organ and will be conducted 'on the
European PLAN
THg Republicans Of Harrison will
hold n nominating Convention ut
Clarksburg on the 9Th proximo.
VIZ LEAHN from the, Yves! Virginian
that the good people OF Marion have
brought forward the name OF Governor
PeIrpolnt for the House OF Delegates
and that he has consented 10 run. This
Is good move.
REsoLuTE AFFRCrIoN.-D. W. Wat.
kins, convicted on his own confession
at the recent term Of Wood County
Court, OF stealing cattle from J. T.
Cook, and sent to Penitentiary for ak
years, was married last Monday, after
his sentence, by a woman who pre-
seuted him a suit Of clothes aud pro-
cured the minister.
oRsTRuCTINI NAvIGATIoN.-Th ef-
feet Of the proposed railroad bridges on
the navigation Of the Ohio Is illustra-
ted already by the fact that as the
steamer j. r. Gilmore was passing
down tho river on last Tuesday morn.
Ing with several barges in tow, one OF
them struck against Of the piers Of the
new railroad bridge at Parkersburg,
and was 80 badly damaged that II sunk
Just below the ferry across the river.
Mud WALL JACKsoN.-The Parkers-
burg Gasctte states, as a matter Of his
torical fact, that mud Wall Jackson"
was not, as popularity supposed, Gen.
VIM. l.. Jackson, who before the war
was Circuit Judge at PArkersburg.
Mud Wall" was cavalry officer ofthe
name Of Jackson who hailed from Mis-.
siSsippi, and was distinguished by,
that soubrlquet because he was not
made OF such stern stuff as his name
sake "Stonewall." The Gd=ette Is good
authority In matter Of this kind, and
Its statement Is 10 be accepted US cor
rect.
TUE United States authorities m ade
Nraid on two Illicit distillerieS In Frank.
fort township, Mineral county, on the
4th, and closed them up.
THE editor Of the New Creek Gazette
says last year he planted what was rep.
resented 10 be the seed OF very supe.
rIor cucumber and raised what he con-
siders very inferior melon. A mel.
oncholy mistake.
RoDDERY AND ARRESTS AT FAIRNoNr.
Three parties were arrested at Fair
mont on the 9Th inst, charged with
having robbed the store Of William
Rldgeley the previous night. Their
names are Robert Foster, Charles Saw.
yer and George Hughes. Hughes con-
fessed and implicated the others as his
confederates. In default Of bail the
parties were sent up for trial at the next
term OF the Circuit Court. The goods
stolen by them consisted largely OF
clothing, and the rogues stole no less
than eight carpet bags TO carry them
away.
WIN. Il. HOWE, Joseph Turner and
Capt. VIM, NJ. Tredway, are announced
In the National as candidates for the
House Of Delegates In Marshall county
the two latter subject to a primary
election.
THE Republican Convention OF Min.
eral county met on the 11th and on &C.
count OF meagre attendance adjourned
to the FIRST Saturday Of October.
THE Democratic Senatorial Conven.
tlon for this district, held at Wellsburg
Wednesday, renomlnated Lewis Apple.
gate; and the Brooke county delegates
present renominated James Hervey for
House OF Delegates.
LITTLE KANAwHA IMPRoYEMENTs.-
The recent rise In the river has OBJ.
structed operations on the locks and
dams for Stacking the water on the Lit
tie Kanawha river, and It iB feared th at
the works will not be completed this
fall. There seems to be mlsappre.
hension In regard 10 the size OF the
locks, which we will correct by stating
that they are to be l60 feet long, and q
feet wide.-ParkersbUr9 Gazette.
BASE BALn,-The Eureka Club, oi
this place, have accepted a challenge
from the Baltic Club, Of Wheeling, to
play a match at this place, on Friday.
September p. We, anticipate q lively
time, and hope our boys will be vlcto
iious. We know they will do theIl
'purteyest' to beat the Wheellngites.