The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-08-28
STATE ITEMS.

son OF Mr.. John vines OF TINS county,
fell down whilst wading in the river to
shoot duck. The gun was discharged
the contents entering his bowels, in
fiicting a severe, il it does not prove a
fatal wound.
Since penning the above we have in
formation of the death of the young
man.-Frce Press.
ELECTION DAY.-The full colored vote
of the county was polled on Thursday
in addition, We believe, TO some from
the adjoining counties. All, with very
few exceptions, voted against the Con.
vention. At the Charlestown precinct
one white man is known to have voted
with the negroes against the Conven-
ton. Four or five colored men voted
for the Convention ticket-one of whom
the negroes attempted to mob for his
conservatism. He was saved only by
the interposition of the white people
Free Press
An OUTRAGE.-On Tuesday last Will
liam Shank, a Justice Of Wagner
township, gave judgment against Mrs.
Price for debt owing to Messrs. Au.
miller & Yuspen, and because she
would not or could not pay the debt the
Justice committed her to Jail for
fraud" Our worthy jailor refused to
accept her under the commitment, but
gave her one OF his private rooms in
which foreman Tuesday night. Where
the learned Justice got his law to "im-
prison for debt we can't say. Very
likely the parties concerned in this
matter will be made to suffer for their
Ignorance of the law. Point Pleasant
Register.
ACClDENTs.-A gentleman by the
name OF O'Neal, in the employment OF
Mr. II. L. Gallaher, on Section ll3 OF
the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad,
while engaged in rolling logs, on steep
place, was run over by a very large log
and terribly mashed up, breaking his
cheek bone and MASKING one OF his
his eyes nearly out of his head. AT
last accounts he was not expected to
live.
AT Bowyer's Ferry. or near there,
last week, six men were doomed to a
watery grave by not knowing how to
paddle canoe in the first place, and in
the second place by going on these rapid
waters without knowing how to SWIM
Charleston Journal.
AcCIDENr.-On last Monday after
noon at the Foundry of Messrs. Davis
Il Moore, in the "West End" the EN-,
ployers after having finished moulding
for the day, stopped the blast prepare
tory to cleaning out the cupola to let
the iron and dross out; and there being
some water under it, and considerable
melted iron still remaining, falling into
the water flew in every dlrectlon by
which Mr.. Sodom, the foreman, and a
gentleman from the country, whose
name we could not learn, were badly
| injured. thdrlcSt0n Journal.
A GOOD APPoINTMENT.-Dr. D.
MAYER, of Brownstown, has been ap-
pointed by the Board Of Public Works,
Commissioner of immigration. This
appointment recognizes in proper
manner the labors and merits OF de
serving man, and will, no doubt, tend
greatly to advance the immigration IN
terests in West Virginia. DIR. Mayer
is one Of the most intelligent, practical
and energetic of our German fellow
citizens, and will discharge the duties
of his position with efficiency and fidel-
ity.-Coricr.
SHOT HMsELF.-A son of Mr.. George
Rodaheifer, residing about four miles
south of Brandonville, while holding a
loaded gun, succeeded in getting shot.
Two dogs were fighting close to him,
when they came against the gun, dis
charging it, the load, composed OF buck.
shot, striking him under the chin and
passing through his cheek, inflicting a
irightful wound. 1t is supposed he
will recover.-ConStitution.
ONE of the enjoyments Of the noun
tains in this season is the unusual num-
Der of rattle-snakes to be seen and
killed. On Saturday, the 18th Instant,
Mrs. John Keister, of Pendleton coun-
ty, while hunting for eggs in her stable,
discovered a large rattlesnake slowed
away in the horse trough. She went
out to get something to kill it with, and
on returning found that No. had been
Joined by another, still larger. She
gave battle to both, and succeeded In
killing them. One OF the monsters had
seventeen rattles and the other eighteen
rattles and button. They measured
nearly five feet in length each. During
August these reptiles are considered
more dangerous and venomous than at
any other time. They will not get out
of the way, but are ready for a fight at
anv time, often making the attack, and
travellers through the mountains are
compelled to be very careful, always
ready for a conflict with them. Not
withstanding they are 50 plentiful very
few persons have been bitten by them up
to this time.-MoOrefc!d Adrsrtissr.
Rich IRoN-ORE IN PENDLEroN,-Ihe
existence of very rich bed of iron-ore
in our neighboring county Of Pendleton
has long been known to many OF Its
citizens, but unknown to the outside
world Were the attention Of capitalists
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