The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-09-18
STATE ITEMS.

Win appropriate ceremonies.
The negroes Of Fairmont, Grafton
Clarksburg. Morgantown and other
towns in their vicinity are to celebrate
the ODD OF September, Emancipation
Day, at Fairmont. Wiley, Pierpoint
and others are to speak.
A VOTE is to be taken at the several
voting places in Grant county, on the
fourth Thursday in October next, on
the question of subscribing 100000 to
the capital stock OF the Washington and
Ohio Railroad Company,
HOUSE BURNED.-The residence of
Mr.. Edward NJ. Carnifx, situated on
Greenbrier river, near Col. Clay's mill
with its contents, was consumed by
fire on Saturday night last, between the
hours Of eleven and twelve o'clock.
The burningof the property is supposed
to have been the work Of an incendiary,
though no clue has as yet been OBJ
talned.-Gresnbrier Border Journal.
Mrs. HALMoN SlNsEL, of Pruntytown
was stung on the arm by a small bee
about week ago, from the effects of
which she soon felt peculiar pain,
when it began to be much worse, and
in a short time she was blind and was
thrown into violent fits sand spasms,
which lasted nearly the whole night,
and it required the combined strength
OF three or four men TO hold her in the
bed. She is now better, and is getting
well.-Grqfton Sentinel.
LOST AN ARM.-On last Saturday, Mr..
Jos. Allen, an employee on the Balti-
more and Ohio railroad, while near
Clarksburg, had the misfortune to lose
al arm. 1t was caught between the
bumper castings, while he was in the
act of making a coupling, and crushed
so badly as to require amputation. DR..
J. w. Ramsey, of Clarksburg, per-
formed the operation, and the limb was
alnputated just above the elbow. We
are informed that he stood the opera,
ton with remarkable iortitude, and that
he bears his severe loss with great pa
tience.-Grafton journal.
SENTENCED.-On the 9th day Of Au-
gust, 1870, over a year ago, Jehu and
Amos Raber and James Youst were
concerned in the robbing of the store Of
Geo. w. Swisher, at McCurdysville, in
this county. They were arrested and
confined in jail, but were subsequently
released on bail at two different times,
their trial having been postponed. They
were at last brought to trial on Wednes-
day last, the 9th inst, and were found
guilty and sentenced to ten wears i'm
prlsonment each. The sentence was
richly deserved, as they had been the
terror OF the vicinity in which they
lived, and all breathe freer now that
they are put out of the way Of doing
more mischief.-NoryantO'cn ConStitu-
ton.
SEVERE AccIDENT.-Mr. John Boiler
brakeman on the Parkersburg divis-
ion OF the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
on Saturday last attempted to examine
a hot journal while the train was run.
ming. He suspended his body from the
car in order 10 see what condition the
journal was in, the train at the time
running at the rate of about fifteen
miles per hour, when he got his head
out of bounds, and in passing the up
right lever Of switchball, his head
struck the lever, which came near rails
ing the scalp. He was thrown from
the train, violently. and received other
severe injuries, and when picked up was
in an insensible condition. He was
cared for by his fellow employees, and
his wounds dressed by DR.. Campbell, OF
Parkersburg He is now improving
rapidly, we are informed. This should
prove warning to many of our rail
road men, as leaning from car must
be a risky business while in motion.
The friends of Mr., Boiler live in
Waynesburg, Pennsylvania.-GrattOn
Sentinel.
THE trial Of George w. Smith, for the
murder of John Jenkins last February,
commenced on Monday last. A jury
was empanneled and the case opened
on that day, and on Tuesday the exam
iuation of witnesses commenced. A
great deal of interest is felt in the trial,
and the court room contained a goodly
number of eager spectators. The wife
of the prisoner appears daily in Court
accom- panied by her two interesting
children, and considerable sympathy Is
manifested in her behalf. We will, as
soon as possible, give fuller particulars
Of the trial.
At the present writing "wednesday
morning) the testimony against Smith
looks very bad, and the probability Is
that a verdict of murder in the first de-
gree will be brought in. The witnesses
for the prosecution have all been exam
ined, and what little rebutting testl-
mony the defense may offer we fear VIII
have very little weight with the july
Morqantopn Constitution.
A DANGEROUS BLow.-On Tuesday
morning last, between nine and ten
o'clock, Jacob Slime, youngest son OF
D. II. Slime, aged about thirteen or
fourteen years, had some words with a
colored boy, somewhat younger than
himself. The colored boy called Jake
some hard names, or something OF that
kind, when Jake picked up a stone or a