The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1874-09-10
LETTER FROM HANCOCK.
The Radical Congressional Nomiha-
tion-Democratic County eohs
tion-News Items.
FA1RvIEw, HANCOCK Co,
September Z, 1874.

Editors of the Register.
When the Rad ring-masters, after the
usual "cat doth play" diversion INDUCED
on such occasions, came into the Wheel
inc Convention with, &c off here all you
no account chaps and let our man in"
land they all proceeded to Goft), they
sufficiently showed their own potency.
Yet they acted with great worldly I'M
wisdom. Perhaps there were other men
of less capacity than Gen. Golf proposed
to the Convention, yet there was absolute
" none named, or possible to be named,
more distasteful to the "trOoly loll' Fan
Handler than that self-same Gen Con.
Was not he the principal party to the
disreputable bargain whereby real,
fighting soldier Gen. Duvall) was liter
ally swindled out of denomination, four
wears ago? Did not that dirty swindle
entail defeat, where victory was possible
probably? And shall the slaughterer of
Duvall and the assassin of his partys
hopes, receive honor at our hands, now?
Thus queries troo loilty in the Pan Han
die. Nor is it difficult to divine whittier
such questions, sclf-asked, lead indignant
honesty.
Besides, the general style of Cen
cral Goff, is not such as to have produced
pleasing impressions upon the Hancock
iovalist, who, after all, is, at the average,
a man of brusQue hard sense, desplslng
fuss and fummery. By these latter |
have heard references to the General in
mutterings in which were mingled the
articulate words, stuck up" "Stylation,
etc. They struck Inc as ominous OF ut
least want of Zcal-such Il want, III
short, as might make it very dead pull
between General Golf and general
apathy.
The adjourned Democratic County
Convention assembled here to-day, and
placed in nomination for the House Of
Delegates, William NJ. Lee, Esq, of Hol-
lidav's Cove. Mr.. Lee is an acting justice
of the peace, farmer, well informed, OF
excellent business qualifications and pos
sessed of the very highest character for
integrity and honesty. He is gentle
man who would be of great service not
only to his immediate constituents, but to
the State. should he be so fortunate As to
be elected to the legislature. The voters
of Hancock will do honor to their repu-
tation for good sense by electing him.
The regular fall term Of the Circuit
Court met here this forenoon, Judge
Melvin being present. In the absence Of
District Attorney Daniel DOnehoo, Jas.
q. Marshal, Esq, acted as assistant.
Only two bills have yet been found, both
against Peter Davis Pugh, for assault'and
battery, upon John f. Stevenson i'll one
case. and w. c. hurry, Esq, in the
other. The grand jury reassembles on
Wednesday, to further consider and in
vestigate the outrage perpetrated several
months ago, for which the crusaders got
credit in breaking into, and destroying
the contents of Jas, d. Evans drug store
in New Cumberland.
A camp meeting is in progress at Hol-
low Rock, across the river three miles, IN
Jefferson county, Ohio. 1t is attended
immensely. There must have been 5000
people present on Sunday last.
Wool skipped up last week to 80 cents
per pound, the result of which is that the
crop is going off briskly, and money is
getting easier.
Mr.. John Flowers, of New Cumber-
land, last Thursday was married to Mrs.
Mary McConkey, of Wellsburg.
School teachers salaries were, at
meeting of the Board of this District to-
day, lowered Ito correspond with the
times) So on each grade, making the
wages payable $40 for the first, and So
lower each grade downward.
CAMILLUS.