The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1869-09-27

October ioth, ana VIII continue ior
three days.
DAsTARDLY ACT.-On Tuesday night
last some mean wretch, or wretches, en-
tered the pasture lot of Mr.. VIM. NJ.
Basnett, and with some sharp instru-
ment cut all the hair off the tails of
two of Mr. BIS fine work horses, up to
the bone. A halter is too good for such
Williams.
AcclpENTs.-Onesday last week Mr..
James C. Wallace's little daughter Ella,
aged about four years, fell down the
steep steps leading down the bill near
the middle bridge on Decker's creek,
and Injured herself internally. She is
now lying in a critical condition.
On Saturday last Clarence McVicker,
son of Sheriff McVicker, fell out of an
apple tree to the ground-a distance of
about Is feet-bruisiRg and-stunning
him badly.
A correspondent of the National Iele-
graph noninates C. F. Scott, Esq, late
of the Rtchie Press, for State Senate
from the Harrison county District.
Hon. John S. Carlile continues to be
nominated for the House of Delegates
from Harrison.
The editor of the Telegraph mentions
the following described curiosity:
A CURIosITY.-Af few days ago, Mr..
William White, of Doddridge county,
this State, showed us a curiosity in the
shape of tooth of some monstrous
beast. The tooth was found by him IN
Cabin Run, Doddridge county, where it
had probably been washed out by the
July freshets. IL measures seven inches
! in length on face, four inches in breadth
and weighs abOut three pounds.
! We invoke the prayers of the public
for Cooper, of the Parkersburg Gazette.
He is responsible for the following:
1 The steamer Ajax was coming up on
Monday afternoon, with twelve barges
IN front. When u few miles below here,
with steam shut off for moment, two
countrymen who called each other Bill
and Joe, came up in a skitf, and just as
the wheel turned attempted to jump on
the rear barge, Bill made il, but Joe
and the skiff were thrown under. As
the wheel was not stopped until Bill
had reported ts the engineer, the fleet
doomed ah cad, and just as he came to
the sage conclusion that Joe was a
goner, there was a shout at the forward
barge, and Joe was lifted in. He had
swan over $40 feet up stream nnder
water. "Whar's the skitf," said Bill !
"Uuder there-will be ont in minute"
| q. ha oh
up, and Joe jumped in again and swan
ashore with it. He said, "as he was a
little wet, he would go up to a house
and stay all night" True as preaching
The CabeH County Press says that Hon.
James II. Ferguson has finished the re-
vision of the Code of West Virginia,
and has sent all the chapters to the
printer. He is now at work on the In.
dex, and will complete it by the first of
October.
From the Greenbrier, Lewisburg, independently
SIGNS OF IMPRovEMENT.-Weo observe
that preparations are being made for the
erection of several new residences in our
town. There is life in the old Burg
yet
COMMITTED TO JAIL.-Wiatt Hopson,
Richard Epps, Abby Murray and Martha
Gearing, all belonging to the colored
persuasion, were brought up before Jus
tice John Bowyer Calwell, of the White
Sulphur Springs township, a few days
ago, charged with being the parties who
were guilty of perpetratlng the late
/ ,ha W bita Sulphur Snrinpa
The evidence against them was OF such
a character that the Justice sent them
on for indictment at the next term OF
Greenbrier Circuit Court.
WOLVES DEPREDATING.-Ag gang OF
wolves have invested the Irish Corner,
in this county, during the past spring
and summer, and have played sad havoc
with the sheep in that section. Mr..
Samuel Ceffman informs US that at least
one hundred head have been lost by the
depredations of the pestiferous wretches
during the past four months. The coun-
ty allows fifteen dollars for each scalp.
Here is an opportunity for somebody to
make little pocket money.
GREENBRIER BAPTIST ASSOCIATION
This body met at Hopewell Church, in
Fayette county, on Friday, September
10th, and continued in session until
Monday evening. The crowd in attend
ance ranged from 800 to 1900 persons.
The weather was very fine, the deport-
ment Of the people orderly and atten-
tive, and the hospitality of the neigh
borheod liberal in the highest degree.
Some fifty congregations were repre-
sented by regular delegates.
From the Mineral County Gazette)
DEDICATIoN.-On Sunday, 18th inst,
the new Methodist Church at Piedmont,
was dedicated with appropriate cere-
monies. The attendance as very large,
crowdlng this spacious editice to its full
capacity.
Big YIELD OF GRAIS.-Mr. VIM. K.
| Paris threshed five hundred and thirty
dozen of wheat that yielded three hun
dred and thirty-six bushels. Some of
tnis same wheat was weighed and aver
aged 6S pounds TO the bushel. Who can
! beat thisi He also threshed four hun
dred and thirteen dozen of oats which
measured him four hundred and forty
two bushels.
| COSNENTlON.-Ne q see our Dem0crat-
ic-Conservative friends have called their
convention to meet October 5th, 1869.
KILLED.-Mathias Thompson, a
watchman on the Baltimore & Ohio
railroad, at the bridge in this county,
was run over by the passenger train on
Thursday morning last, just below
town, and instantly killed. A burden
train was passing at the time, and it
seems he stepped off the track on which
il was coming in the way of the passen-
per train. He was sober, hard work.
ING man, and good and esteemed citi-
ze1. He leaves a widow and seven
small children to mourn his loss,