The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-02-08

paugh, John H. Hoffman and L. S. Lay.
ton.
The Board was organized as follows
w. Wagner, President; NJ. Hays, VicC
President; S. Grove Chadwick, Record
ing Secretary; w. w. Dering, Cores
ponding Secretary; William A. Han way
Treasurer.
Tie subscriptions already amount tt
$4,000. Fair grounds have been selected
and Fair will be held next Fall.
Monongalia county exports annually
S1OO 900 worth of horses.
The arching of the Clarksburg tunnel
is completed.
A man named Childers, living on
Isaac's Creek, Harrison county, eloped
with his wife's niece last week.
The Conservative mentions the escape
of luuatic from Weston. 1t says:
Jack Bratton escaped from the lunatic
asylum Wednesday noon, last week, by
leaping ont of window which was
about "a feet from the ground. He said
the asylum was shell l-hole, and be
wasn't going to stay there" and that he
followed the West-fOrk river i'll all It's
windings, distance of about 50 miles
He arrived in Clarksburg on Thursday
night about 10 o'clock. He came bare
footed, and his feet were sadly lacer
ated and his face scratched and bruised
He was returned to Weston.
A correspondent of the Weston Demo
crat reads the editor of the REGISTEF
out of the Democratic party. The cor
respondent inadvertently Omlts to sign
his name to his bull of eXcOmmunica
tiOn.
The Parkersburg Times has q new
dress. The Improvement is decided.
Sundry correspondents of Radical pa
pers throughout the State complain that
the members of the Legislature are not
taken into society by the people of
Wheeling. Considering what a don of
copperheads our city is, some surprise
is manifested that the "loyap should
want to mingle with this generation of
vipers. 1t is said that one of these cor
respondents, who is also a delegate, is
preparing bill to admit the members
of the Legislature to the private par
lors of the Capital. Some of the more
modest would be satisfied with the
run of the kitchen, but this gentleman
is ambitious and determined to improve
his present opportunity for exploring
the land of uppertendom.
The Martiusburg Building Associa-
tions are flourishing finely.
The Berkeley county farmers h ave
commenced their spring ploughing.
On Friday multitudes of people pour
cd into Martinsburg to witness the exc
cution of Joseph Graham, set for that
day. The entertainment having been
postponed, there was great dissppoint
ment. Joseph was about the only man
who expressed no dissatisfaction.
The Martinsburg New Era says that a
man by the name of John Nertney, q
resident of that place, was killed on the
railroad bridge below the depot, Oh
Wednesday ut noon, by an engine. H,
was passing over the bridge, and in get
ting out of the way of one engine, ht
stepped in the way of another he did
not see, and was literally crushed tC
pieces. He leaves a wife and severa
small children.
The same paper states that the fellow
who entered the sleeping room of Thos
Paxton, Esq, ct Piedmont, recently
and stole suit of clothes, gold watch
and $1,000 in money, was arrested il
Woodstock, Va, last week. The watch
clothing and part of the money wer
found in his possession. The fellow
name is Clark; he was Jesse Scout il
the Valley during the war. He ha
been plying his old vocation, on peac
basis.
The Charlestown Free Press says tha
youth, aboSt Is years of age, name
Turner, son of an employee on the tarr
of Mr.. Kemp, near Rippon, in Jefferso
county, was instantly killed on Monda
afternoon of last week by the falling c
temporary straw shed, about whic
he was playing. When fonud, heav
timber was upon him-his neck an
back broken.
Alta recent meeting of the citizens @
Charleston, it was agreed to offer tn
Legislature ten acres of land AID $50
600 in money, upon condition that tn
Capital be located at that place. Th
West Virginia Journal is of opinion