The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-09-01
FROM LEW ~.
Defective I.und Titles. tie Curse a
the ir-IiisccllancOuS Items
H., Loom Ascension.

Editors OF the Register.
West Virginia III era OF square
miles. is So, down on our maps Ms 10000
Il small State yet could you but gather
together the Commissioners books of
each county. it would make a sum total
of lands therein, on which taxes are paid
and unpaid, OF State equal in square
miles To- OHIO or Indiana Let Us hu;
smaller couuti"s-W Webster. You will
find one million or more acres charged
on the Commissioner books than l. t'rro
Hr,vu in the bounds OF the county. BraX-
ton, Gilmer Calhoun and other, make II
like showing II not 50 great, yet nearly
SO. All tins, IS your intelligent readers
will readily attribute :" defective land
Titles. Our State, with it. vast resources,
i; rich in everything that constitutes
wealth in embryo, though this. and Il"
this cause can be attributed largely her
slow growth in population
Two years ago the writer, in company
with one occupying high and bonora.
bic position as Il State official, stood upon
the drcl, oi an ocean steamer of the Bre-
men line, jus, arrived in the port of Ba'-
timore. Nine hundred emgrants seek.
ing homes were among the passengers
They were hardy and thrifty Germans
| noted Maryland agents Of emigration
buSiIy working and placing their claims
before THE people. Oar State official WAS
50 uniutcrc.trd in the interests of his
State. that 30 honorcd him by the elc-
waited position he occupied, that was
bold enough to demand the cause of hi,
apparent careles>ne>S in II matter OF 80
much Importance to his State His re-
ply was frank and truthful: Il know not
where To- send these honest people that
they may purchase homes in our wllds
and be secured in tito. Through this
cause | am dumb, when | should, aS Il
representative OF ou' State, be other
wise
Can we expect prosperity and rapid
growth in population so long as the evil
of defective Titles exists? The Federal
Court. now IN session at Clarksburg, is bur
dcncd with law cases growing out of such
evil, existing. All thctnkcrIng to mend
the curse hu, only more myStltied and
brought fresh troubles upon the settler,
Our legislation touching this species Of
legislation has been Il gcrry-mander
engineered by the herds OF land sharks
that curse the State. am not surprised
To learn that in some sections OF our State
t ehonc,t occupant oithc land having pre-
vicu,!y paid for the same twice or thrice,
now is driven to defend his claim by the
unerring aim OF hi- rifle. 1t is the duty,
ven demand of the masses that our ieg,S-
ia;ive body Of the State DO something to
relieve the people from the harra>slngs
that has cursed Us from time immemorial,
and it i the duty Of the press to awake
and for the people and prosperity OF
the State. demand redress OF grievance.
Much sickness is prevailing III our
town; typhoid fever Of Il mild typ, and
in ,ptc Of the sanitary measures. most
rcr:ectly practiccl to insure health. the
ASYLUM minutes are not free from the
>cougc. .,
Our County Fair, which will be held
on September - and -, will, Is hereto
fore. prove Il success. Among the many
other attractions Professor ----- aud
lady. of Cincinnati will make "a balloon
ascension from the Fair Grounds on the
second day of the Fair. y seat in The
,a,isI ear will be- reserved for "I'mcA' OF
the REGISTER. Ion.