The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-12-19
STATE ITEMS.

The people Of Jefferson county are
greatly aaitated on the County Seat
question. One portion wants the Court
House 10 be located ri Charlestown,
where it was until since the war ;
another portion desiring it to remain al
Shepherdstown. The discussion Of the
question will probably become as am
abe az those local questions usually
give rise to.
A CORRESPONDENT OF the Parkersburc
Gazette has new candidate Tor u. S.
Senator in the person Of Major Phil.
PerdlSton, Of Morgan county.
The Clarksburg Conservative Of last
week. contains handsome likeness Of
General Lee.
MAJOR j. 4. BESxTTr, the Auditor
Of State elect, is on visit to Kansas.
4 NEW Methodist Church South is to
he erected in Mann'nSton. Marion
county.
A teacher in this county in the 9th
district was presented with a note re-
guessing him to furnish them Gas they
called ~ five dollars worth OF gooddies
or else be taken to the creek near by,
and ducked. The teacher, upon leEus-
ing to furnish his kind scholars with
the goodies the latter proposition was
carried out. We certainty do not envy
that teachers position, being Under the
control of his scholars.-F0rmont Lib
erahSt
A SERIOUS AFFAIR.-We learn that a
difficulty occurred in Grant county be
tween a man by the name Of Parker
and Hamp Shrout which resulted In
/ Il ,ht. 1t seems that Shrout rather got
the better OF Parker-when they were
parted by some other parties pre-. emit
after they were parted, Parker slipped
ND behind Shrout, and struck him on
the back OF the head with an iron cudgel
of some kind breaking in his skull,
thereby PRODUCING, it is thought, q NOR
tai wound. At last accounts Shrout
was still alive, but li;lle hopes are en-
tertaincd of his recovery .-.N'aeral
County Gazette.
ToUR thousand head OF turkeys passed
through Elk City, Barbour county, a
short time since, snr0ste for the
slaughter pens.
STOCKHOLDERS Of the Northern and
Southern West Virginia Railroad Com
pany will hold meeting at CiaIks-
burg, on Tuesday, January Sd, 1871, at
lOo'c clock 4. NJ.
Col. CYRUS Ross was robbed Of mp
wards OF four hundred dollars at
walkers hotel on Tuesday night by a
strange negro he had hired during the
day. The telegraph aud the Baltimore
police helped him off the cars in that
city, and his pockets were ligh'ened OF
the greater part Of the funds. And now
he pineth in solitude for reqnisitlon
TO Garry him back to O,e Virginia
shore. "-ClarksL.rg Conservative.
A NEW county is going to be asked OF
the coming Legislature, to be formed
out OF portions of Harrison, Marion,
Wetzei and Monongalis.
! THE Democracy Of Cas- township,
Monongalia township, are going TO
celebrate the glorious victories achiev-
ed by the Democracy Of Yves. Virginia
al the late election by an oyster sup
pcr, &c, on Christmas eve
! A NEW bank was organized in Charles,
ton. the other day, called the West Vir
GINA Savings Bank, and the following
officers were chosen: President, r. \,
! Pool; Vice President, P. II. Gallagher
Cashier. Joseph D. Moore; Directors
P. w. Morgan, P. II. Gallagher, j. 81
Hulipg, George Davis, D. II. Estill
DR.. J. T. Cotton, R. @. Laidley, anc
Henry s. Walker The journal says
the gentlemen above named are all sx