The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-27
STATE NOTES.

Two MEN have been arrested at Lib
ertv, Bedford County, Virginia, supposed
to be the Huntington Bank robbers.
TuR "colored folks" of Fairmont had
good time Wednesday, celebrating
the Emancipation proclamation. Several
| speeches were made. The behavior was
very good.
II is reported that Captain Jacob
Smith, of Doddridge county, while out
with hls son hunting for deers, was acci.
dentally shot by his son, on the 10th IN
slant. They were separated, and the son
mistook his father Tor deer.
Ir is said that there are only six news
papers in West Virginia that have cir
/ cuiation of 1000 copies or more, and none
over 5000. State Er.
\ grave mistake; the REGISTER can
sec that and go long ways Better.
A CURIosITY.-Mr.A A. T. Batson, of
Pruntytown, left an ear of corn-or six
ears. we should say--at our office on Fri
day morning, that beats anything Of the
kind We have seen published. The curl
osity consists of one large eur of corn,
surrounded by five smaller ones, making
six ears on the same stem, and covered
with the same husks. Who beats that
Grafton Sentinel.
The Keyser Tribune comes tothe front
with another snake story, which literally
takes the rag OIL the bush, However it
begins with this remark" ,,"Mtnd We don't
say we saw it, The story is as follows:
An Allegheny correspondent writes us
that some hands sprouting for Joseph
Blackburn, near his residence, in this
county, on the l4th inst, killed snake
Is feet inches in length and II! inches
in circumference, with mammoth head
to match. Now let the AdUert,Ser, the
Pendleton Ne,vS or any other man trot
! out their snakes.
a SAD accident occurred AT Tacott,
in Summers county last Saturday, by
which Mr.. q. w. Jones, young man OF
tine promise lost his lite. 1t seems that
he wgs examining pistol to find the
number of charges it contained, by bring
itg the hammer TO half cock, and turn
inc the cylinder, into which he was look
ing. when the hammer slipped and fired
the weapon. The bullet took effect IN
the head, killing him instantly. His
death is regarded as a real misfortune 10
the community.-ErchaHgc.
Mrs. SARAH RICHMOND, of Raleigh
county, in this State, has just lived out
her three score years and ten, and, as tho
fruits of her life in "rnultiplying and re-
plenishing the face of the earth, she has
iiving-children IL; grandchildren, 9Ji
crest.grandchildren, IA; total, l24. Dead
children, 2, grandchildren, 10; great
grandchildren, 5; total, y. But few
mothers of her age can boast of such an
array of posterity. Should she he per
mttcd to attain to 100 years we Will
venture the assertion that then she will
not be able to enumerate her progeny
Grsenbrlcr independent.
TIE jackson County Nc'rs tells OF a
desperate aud cruel affair which occurred
near Ripley, that county, one day last
week. a man had been talking
about woman in way
she didn't like, so she armed herself
with II club, and taking It large and vic
ious dog with her, waited for the man by
the side Of a road where she knew he
would pass. She did not wait long until
the man made his appearance on horse
back: she met him in the road, and with
ou, asking any questions, dealt
the Young man heavy blow
with the club, and then hissed
the dog. who seized him by the hip and
dragged him from the horse 10 the ground,
and held on to him, while the enraced
woman beat him in fearful manner
with - club, and had it not been for the
timely assistance of gentleman who
came along, and knocked the dog sense,
les and made him loosen his hold, and
took the woman away, there is no telling
how the affair would have ended; but IN
all probability it would have terminated
in the death of the young man, AS she
sworc she would Kill him.