The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1871-11-27
STATE ITEMS.

all the members OF the paf Wefe III jail.
This looks bad for the profession, but
we presume they were only boarding
there, as it is the only house Of enter.
tainment at Grant Court House.-W
Va. Tribune.
The bridge at Shepderdstown across
the Potomac is expected to be ready for
travel by December 10th. 1t is claimed
that it will be one of the finest on the
river.-Berkeley Union.
TIE President Of the Chesapeake and
Ohio Canal Company has ordered the
water drawn off the canal on Wednes-
day, December Goth, throughout the
line, in order to make the necessary
winter repairs.-Brksley Union.
CLOSE RACE-At the late election, q
close race was had in Mercer between
the two candidates (both Democratic)
for the House of Delegates. Mr.. VIM.
L. Bridges received three hundred and
sixty-seyen votes, and Mr.. John II.
Peck received three hundred and sixty
three. Courier.
IMMIGRATION AGENr.-Dr. D. Mayer,
Immigration Agent for West Virginia,
left Charleston on Monday for Balti-
more and New York upon business con-
nected with his department. DR.. Mayer
has entered zealously into this work
and will labor diligently to make his
influence beneficial to the State and
people,-Courier.
KEROSENE AccIDENr-The wife Of
Mr.. William Long, residing on Union
Hill, was seriously if not fatally burned
on Friday night last by the accidental
explosion of coal oil lamp. We learn
that the lamp was sitting on table,
and the explosion took place at time
when no one was near it except
Mrs. Long, who was sitting by the
table engaged in sewing. Her body
extremities were badly burned. She is
still living and may recover.-Ne0
Era.
MAN CRUSHED BY A FALLING Rock
The intelligence reaches US Of the hor-
rible death of a negro man named
Manuel Young, on Section lo4, Of the
Chesapeake and Ohio railroad, on Mon
day, 18th inst. He was engaged as a
laborer upon the railroad, and at the
time of the occurrence was working to
dislodge an immense rock from the bank
over where he stood Without sign
of warning it loosened, fell by its own
weight and caught Young beneath it,
crushing both legs in a horrible man
ner. He died in an hour after the acct
dent.-C0urier.
KILLED BY FALLING TREE. Mr..
Henry Campbell, very respectable
young man, came to an untimely death
on Friday last, by the falling of a tree.
The circumstances, as | learned them
through DR.. Rymer, who was called in,
are-these: Mr.. Campbell and young
man whom he had in his employ, were
out cutting wood, and each selected
tree to cut down. Mr.. G. succeeded in
telling his to the ground first, and pro-
ceeded at once to picking brush. He
called on the young man who was cut
ting above him to come down and assist
him in picking brush. The young man
answered him by saying, "the tree is
about to fall" but at once went to Mr..
Campbelrs assistance, and while there
picking brush, the tree came down with
one tremendous crash, striking Mr.. c.
upon the head, and crushing him TO the
earth. He lived but an hour, when
death released him from his suffering.
Mr.. Campbell leaves wife and two or
three children.-ManningtOn Letter in
LiberaLst.
The KANAwHA RIvER.-The long
drouth seems to have ended at last, and
business upon the river is showing signs
of revival. The rains of last week
succeeded in producing a navigable
stage of water in the Ohio, and this
enabled the steamers plying between
Cincinnati and the upper Ohio aud hs-
nawha to resume business. The Skill
linger and Hegler both arrived from
Cincinnati on Sunday, and will hereafter
make their regular trips.
A considerable amount Of coal has
already been taken out Of the ka-
nawha, and more will follow. The
immense quantities of salt that have
been accommodating at the Salines for
want of transportation, will also be
enabled to find a market. From these
two sources alone, a large amount Of
money viii be brought into Kanawha,
and the prevailing financial stringency
will thus be greatly relieved.
The large passenger packets between
Charleston, Gallipolis and Parkersburg,
have all resumed trade quite merrily.
We learn from the Ohio that the
transportation OF iron for the G. d o. X.
r. has already commenced, and that in
a very few days sufficient iron for the
completion OF the track from Hunting.
ton to the Falls of Kanawha will have
been obtained. As the gap between
this point and Huntington is only six
miles, we may safely anticipate the
appearance OF the first through train