The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-06-20
STATE NEWS.

ering the short time il has been in ex-
istence
This being the regular meeting for
the election Of officers, the following
gentlemen were elected for the ensuing
year:
President-General D. II. Strother,
Berkeley Springs.
Nice-President-lst. w. X. Pendle-
ton, of Bethany; ID. E. 4. Summers,
of Kanawha C. H.. Sd. f. A. Hildreth,
Of Wheeling; 4th. A. F. Raymond, of
Fairmont; 9TH. John 4. Ollie, of Nor
gantown.
Treasurer-C. D. Hubbard, of Wheel
ing.
Curator. j. Stevenson. Of Nor
gantown.
Recording Secrctary-John j. Brown,
OF Morgantown.
Corresponding Secretary-S. G. Ste
vcns OF Morgantown.
After the transaction OF some other
business, and the election OF number
of new members, the Society adjourned
tomeet at the NJ E. Church. at : o'clock.
The next meeting OF the Society will
be held at Charleston, Kanawha coun-
", on the second Tuesday in February,
1S1l.-NorganfO,cn Post
We are panied to learn that young
man 10y the name of Draper
Williamson, of Barbour county,
was struck 10y lightning, on Friday, the
10th inst, and instantly killed He
was, at the time of the sad accident,
engaged in girdling a tree upon his
farm, and it is said was very estimable
Young man. Unmarried mtton
SlTtpci
On Saturday last portions of this
county and Grant we're visited by a
very severe hail storm In the odd
Fields much damage was done to the
growing crops On the mountain, in
the vicinity Of Adam Sions, the storm
was very destructive, almost entirely
destroying the wheat and Moore
field AdcHtiscr
Charles Heberly, formerly a resi-
dent of New Creek, Mineral county,
we learn from the Banner, fell dead while
at work in his garden, at Bloomington,
Md, on Saturday last
A few days ago the house Of Mr..
Gahrial Dennison, on Oil Creek, Lewis
county, was entirely cors Imed hy fire.
In the absence of the family something
became ignited from the fire in the stove,
and resulted az stated above. The smoke
house and other out-buildings were
burned to the ground Conservative.
On Sunday last a youth, aged about
fourteen years, son of widow Kline, &C.
cidentally fell off the railroad bridge, at
this place, distance of forty feet,
breaking one his arms and one Of his
legs, and otherwise bruising and iniur-
ing himselt-Berkcley Ir'"".
SUNDAY night, 9TH inst, during the
severe storm, the bridge over the West
Fork river at Weston was struck by
lightning, and some of the timbers were
riven into pieces The damage to tie
bridge was quite serious, rendering re-
pairs necessarily O"Sercdticc.
\ new and brilliant idea has been
put forth bv the Carpet-bag branch of
the Radical fraternity in this section. 1t
i thuslv expressed:
Rcsolccd, That the negro is the equal
of the white man.
Resolced, That W. are the equal of
the negro.
This latter as applied to the said
branch we douhr very much Vest
Ur;o" Htroii
On last Sunday one Of the sons OF
Adam Mason, OF this place place, met
with sad accident, by which he lost
his leg. The boy, with five or six
others, was riding on hand-car, about
mile below town, and while thus en-
gagged was knocked off by one Of the
levers, in front of the car. The wheels
passed over his leg just above the knee,
decorating the flesh and crushing the
bone so badly that amputation was ne
cessary. He stood the operation quite
well, and is now in fairway to recover
minus leg-Mannirgto" I"dpe"d-
Crt
4 correspondent informs us that a
lead of copper and silver has been dis
coyeed bv Mr.. John Clemans on kinch-
Toe creek, in this county. He invites
Ms all to call and examine the mine, all
of which we would if he had any con-
tidence in West Virginia Gold mines
C2mksJng Telegraph.
The Kanawha Republican, says 1t is
understood that Judge Ferguson will
resign. Captain c. W. Smith, of ka'
nawha, will probably be appointed his
successor for the mexpired term.-Ib'd
We have the pleasure of announcing
that the arrangements are finally and
fully completed for placing Charleston
in direct telegraphic communication
with the rest of the world. Contracts
have been awarded for building a tele
graph line along that part OF the Chesa
peake and Ohio road running from the
Falls of Kanawha to Guyandotte. The
conditions of the contract are such that
the poles are to be mp and the wire,
hung by July 10th. Within a little
over month, therefore, Charleston ant
Charleston people will have complete
telepraphic facilities, enabling them t.
hold immediate and constant inter
course with all other parts of tn
county, West Piryi"io Courier.
! For the satisfaction of the Radica
marty of Harrison, which is taking $