The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-03-22
STATE ITEMS.

Wellsburg is sgitated over an impend
ing municipal election, and the vita
tissue is "license or no license"
The MorgaAtown Post is informed
that Mr.. James Faulkner, of Clinton
township, MonOngalia county, raised
last year ten bushels very fine Early
Goodrich potatoes from planting one
gallon.
The same paper says that, on Tuesday
last, as Mr.. Omar Snider was crossing
Cheat river in the ferry boat with two
horse wagon filed with hay, the weight
ofthe horses being too heavy IN front Of
the boat it sank to the Bottom, drown
ing both horses.
The darkies are drilling in Harrison
couAty. The Conservative says:
For some time past the scholars OF
the negro school in Clarksburg, tOgeth.
or with some full grown blacks, have
been regularly drilling themselves in
army tactics. The other evening one OF
our citizens found dozen men drilling
in his yard. He ordered them off and
they refused to 60 until persuaded by
the sloquence of a navy revolver. They
declared their Intention TO "be white
folks" and threatened to come back.
He locked hvs gate and posted printed
notices warning persons from trespass-
ing. The bills were tern down every
night and sometimes in daytime, the
gate taken off the hinges, and other
acts of violence committed. Legal pro-
ceedings have been commenced against
several negroes.
Thieves do much abound in Clarks-
burg. General Northcott, in the Ma.
tiOnal Telegraph, gives the following
summary of their operations
Mr.. Joseph F. Osborn last week lost
nearly one hundred dollars worth of
bacon. Rev. Mr.. Gather lost quantity
of chickens. The editor of this paper
lost above twenty chickens-real blood.
I'd ones. Brahma Pootras. What de-
pravity exists somewhere, when thieves
will steal from poor editors. A good
portion of our worldly wealth since the
loss ofour chickens consists of a small
Quan ity of hog meat. We fortunately
are acquainted with the manner of set
ting spring guns, and flour smoke house
is invaded, funeral will be the result.
The size of Dan. Farnsworth's soul
is shown by one of the small mean
nesses that he perpetrated while acting
as dd interim Governor. This was the
removal of Mr.. D. S, Peterson, of Lewis
county, one of the Asylum Directors.
Paterson is sound Republican, but had
the temerity to oppose Daniel at the
last election, for the office of State Sen
ator. Hence his decaptation. The
Weston Democrat very properly insists
that Daniel vacated the SenatOrship
when he dOnned the cast-Otf official
garments of Boreman, the Constitution
proyidiu. that 20 mau can hold office
in more than Que department of the
State Government at the same time.
The Democrat tells how respectable
citizen of Lewis county, sixty years of
age, lately decamped with his "hired
gal" He leaves many friends and rela-
tives to deplore the loss of himself, his
character and about S25OO in cash which
ne carried with him.
Mr.. Sol Thornburg, of Berkeley coun-
ty, lost 1900 pounds of bacon on the
night of Friday, 18th inst. The thieves
tried their hands in other localities but
failed.
Martinsburg wants manufacturing es-
tablishments.
The same town is divided against it.
self on the post master question. An
election, in which none but the trooly
loip shall take part, is suggested.