The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1870-12-13
STATE ITEMS.

home for our State Oflcers.- "eS' a.
Journal
PROF. j. II. McMechen, on -accout
of infrm health, and the heavy work
of a Proiessorship in the University
has resigned his chair and returned to
prof McMechen, by his uniform
courtesy and great excellence as a
christian gentleman and minister, has
made hosts of friends in our : midst
whose sympathies and best wishes FOL
low him to his Observation-Disclosures.
THE STATE USIvERsIrY.-Prof Solo
mon has arrived and entered upon bis
duties as Principal of the Preparatory
Department. Many Of our citizens re-
gret the withdrawal of Prof. McMechen,
whose too brief residence among us had
produced a most favorable impression
Of him as Christian and gentleman.
His infirm health, and the exactlng ma
ture Of his duties as Professor, are, We
understand, the causes assigned for his
retirement. We are glad to see several
new students arriving, in addition TO
those present at the close Of last Term
MOrgant0s0n Post.
We are informed by DR.. Hall, that
on last Friday, little SON OF j, NJ.
Mckinney had his foot severed BY
some means he got his foot on log
Just as an older brother had a sharp
ak raised and when the Ak descended
it cut through the front part OF the
childs foot, even severing the inner
sole of his shoe. He IS now dong
well.-Ritchic Star. .aHs
New FURNAcES.-Mr. Geo. Hardman,
of Gladeville, whose enterprise smacks
strongly of the go ahead West, has
built another blast furnace at Glade
yille-making a third within a short
distance of each other-which cost
$4,000 Five miles of railroad con-
meet his furnaces with the Baltimore
and Ohio Road, so that the nearest
point from Morgantown to the road Is
now only ii miles. If the Uniontown
and West Virginia road is ever built,
this route would be probably the near
est and best and cost less money than
any other, Mr.. Hardman is prepared
to assist in the completion, we under
stand, to the best of his ability.-Con-
Stitm't0n.
ARSENIC SeRING.-.A company OF
responsible Parkersburg gentlemen
have as we learn, leased Of Mr. John
Summerville tract OF land near the
left Fork ofSandy, in Jackson county, on
which there is spring strongly impreg-
mated with arsenic. The company
have employed competent man 10
mine for that article at the spring, who
will commence operations Immediately.
Prof. Noble, distinguished scientific
gentleman of New Jersey, having ana
lived the water of the spring, pro-
nounces it rich in arsenic. Mr.. Sum
merville has kept fence around 1t Tor
some years TO prevent the cattle from
drinking the water and thereby poison
ing themselves to death. Grea: results
we learn, are anticipated from the
new enterprise.-We West Virginia Nacs.
! NARROW EscAPE.-On Friday even
ing, December ID, as DR.. j. B. Della
plane, OF Hancock, was returning home
from his farm, and while assisting
Mrs. D. to alight, both standing up in
the buggy at the time, the skirts of a
lady passing frighten ed the horse, and
he started suddenly, throwing the DR..
and his wife out against the store OF
Messrs. Bridges & Henderson, and the
buggy coming in contact with the corner
of the opposite building, wheel was
broken to pieces, the buggy was thrown
over, and the horse dashed down the
alley towards the canal, when a..colhslon
with wagon about finished the buggy,
the horse plunging into the canal, where,
becoming entangled in the harness, he
was in great danger Of drowning.
After struggling about twenty minutes,
colored boy swan in, cut the harness,
when the horse scrambled TO terra
trina, without having received any
apparent injury. Beyond bad fright
and some severe bruises, Mrs. D. we
are happy to state did not suffer serious
injury. The DR.. escaped unhurt.-
Morgan Mercury.
ANOTHER FIRE.-About seven clock
last Tuesday night, the alarm OF fire
was sounded which proved to be in q
stable belonging to Mr., D. j. Ford,
situated to the rear of his store and
near the Moore Hotel. 4 few moments
after the fire was discovered the stable
was in solid flame, and it was with
some difficulty that they succeeded in
getting out his two valuable horses.
At one time it was feared that the
Hotel stable would take fire, but the
night being calm, SO early the hour,
and the large force present, prevented
the flames spreading. This is the
seemed stable Mr.. Ford has lost within
the last seven months. There are
several conjectures as to the origin OF
the fire but nothing reliable. Five
stables have been burned in Lewisburg
during the last year.-Border Journal.
MURDERER LODGED IN JAIL.-A col
ored man, named Henry Harris, from
Richmond, Va, was found murdered
near the White Sulphur Springs depot,
on last Thursday night, by Bill Ross,
colored, of Salem, Va. 1t is supposed
that money was the object of the deed.
Search was Immediately instituted by
Mr.. Wilson and others, who succeeded
in finding Ross in negro cabin in the
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