The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-10-11
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of Brooke county at the approaching
election will be larger than usual.
The Hancock county Republicans
have nominated Daniel Donehoo for
House of Delegates and George B. john
son for State Senator, the latter subject
to the decision of the Senatorial Con-
vention which meets at Wellsburg to-
morrow. ~
Some of the Wellsburg Republicans,
in order to escape the payment of their
school. taxes, have enjoined the collec
tion of the same, and the Public Schools
are closed in consequence. The "loyaP
folks are great friends of education,
save and except when they have it to
pay for
The people of Taylor county will vote
at the approaching election upon the
question of subscribing. S200,0 to the
West Virginia Central railway.
The Moundsville Odd Fellows will
demonstrate grandly some time in No
vember.
w. NJ. Welch is "anominated" in the
Mineral County Gazette for the House of
Delegates from that county.
(From the Martinsburg New Era, Oct. -
Thomas Paine, residing near Little
Georgetown, in this county. had his
stable broken open and a fine horse
stolen, last week.
WONDERFUL EsCAPE.-We learn by a
passenger that the fast line yesterday
morning encountered rock on the mar
row slip between Paw Paw and Little
| Capon, which threw the engine, tender
and baggage car into the river. No
| lives lost.
A large bass, weighing four pounds,
was captured in the river at Little
Georgetown last week. A correspond
ent gives us the following particulars:
"Mr. Miller, while fishing, saw some
thing floundering about in the middle of
the river, which he supposed to be a
string of fish that had broken loose
from some one. He got into boat and
went out, and found it to be four
pound bass, with sunfish, fully as
broad as your hand, sticking in its
throat. 1t had attempted to swallow
it, and it had fastened at point where
it would neither go up nor dewn."
From the Clarksburg Conservative
Toothaker, it is said, will shorty retire
from the Telegraph in order to make
room for Carlile,
\ We are told Of very loyal man of
Romine's Mills, who recently drank lot
of concentrated lye in mistake fer whis-
ky. The timely arrival of doctor saw
ed his life.
ACCIDENT.-On Sunday, near Pros
pect Valley, this county, a boy named
Drain, aged about l3 years, fell from q
chestnut tree, distance of 40 feet, and
had both arms broken below the elbow.
One arm, it is thought, will have to be
smputated. DR.. Flowers attended the
sufferer. The accident was was caused
by the boy dancing on limb until a
miss-step hurled him down.
DISSATISFACTION Cunningham's
Run, this county, a disease called ty-
phoid hux has been making terrible raw
ages.
From tho Clarksburg Telegraph
The Board of Education of Sardis
Township, at a late meeting decided
that il was q violation of the School
Law to permit the School Houses to be
used for any other than School pur.
poses.
A few days age Mr.. James Lynch, of
Grant township, this county, sold six
head of three year old cattle of his own
raising, to Parker B. Goodman at one
hundred dollars per head.
WooLEN MANUFACTURING COMPANY
"A Wooden Manufacturing Company,
with a capital of $4,000, and which
will, probably, be Increased to slO0, 900,
has been organized in this place by
Clarksburg citizens in connection with
a gentleman from Steubenville, Ohio.
From the Weston Democratl
PERsoNAL-Pork Farnsworth, the
Rajah of Buckwheat, was in town
last week. Not hog, save himself,
was to be heard during his stay in the
place.
Mr.. Robert McCraig, an old gentle,
man residing Oh Sand FORK; IN thls
county, was born in 1765, and is couse-
ouenty 104 years old. He has not been
IN weston for So years. He is hale and
hearty. and last spring rode on horse
hack TO Glenville. His mind is as COED
as ever.
From the Writ County Democrat
The Little Kanawha Navigation Com
uany commenced work at Wells Ripple
on Friday morning, with small Iorce :,
This company want iorce os.;hie oa Sths! WSt W.
have bsen informed that it is their in,
tention to place one hundred hands al
work at Wells Ripple and Palestine, as
soon as they can be had.
From the rarkersburg Times, Oct It'll
A young man about twenty -hve years
! of age named John Lyons attempted V