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Our Own State.


He's guue.where they dOn't take old cans
And tie 'em 20 his tail.
lie will NOT Isht with billy goats,
Nor snap az bugs aud lies
Some fellow flied him iull OF lead,
And grim death shut his eyes.
Sueak thieves are operating in Wheeling.
Turnips ave rpe.-West Tirginia journal
o. ). Long. Esq tavnrably known here, is
a mca,ber OF the B iari of Directors Of the
Wheeling Library Association.
The Charleston Courier suggests the reno
val of the West Virginia University from
Morgautown.
a little hoy named Smith, was run over by
a wagon loaded with stone, near the Central
glass works. Wheeling, and injured to such ~
extent that he died Sunday.
4 negro mau and. woman who desired 10
mjsceseuate. could not obtain the services Of
"A squire or parsuu in Wheeling, and went to
Was iugton. Pa, where they were united by
a negro preacher.
George Beaver. Esq, Of North River,
Hampshire County, drowned on Sunday week.
tie was an e>jmable and much respected citi-
zen, ia about the Seth year of his age.
Nine hundred aud sixty different lois of land
are L, he sold by the sheriff tor taxes, in Kama
wha County This comprises house lots and
agricultural lands many thousand acres.
The store of q. W Brown at Pennington
was entered ON Tuesday night of las, week.
The burglar turned out TO be- tramp, who
Wa, arrested aud the stolen goods found in his
pus>essiuu.
john Rowland, aged 90 years, was killed by
the cars near Huntington uu Saturday night
week lie was intoxicated at the time, aud
walking upon the railroad track. He leaves
wife aud three children.
There was a fashionable wedding in German
circles in Wheeling ON Thursday evening OF
Iast wtek-the contracting parties beng Mr..
Henry Z1rcler aud Miss Title Hoffman, daush-
ter Of j C. Hootfmau, Esq, the weIl-kuown
manufacturer.
The Prkershurg Times says: We are
informed by one of our wide-awake ciuzenS
that about 100 mechanics have lett our city
within the last four months for different parts
Of the country to seek employment which
they could not get here.
Edgar Raymond, son Of Luthur D. Hay
mend. formerly of BraXtou County, but now
residing in Bedford County, Virginia. was APP
p.iutrd "a, cadet from Virginia to tie Naval
Academy at Annapolis. The boy Is only IA
years Of age, aud he succeeded among many
candidates.
The following is a copy Of an ordinance
adopted by the City Council of MurgautOwn
last month:
SEC. >. If person arrived at the age OF
discretion prulauely curse or swear get drunk
ur use indecent or obscene language within the
limits of said town, he shall be iiued not less
than one or mere than ten dollars.
On Saturday the Pad inst. a daughter of
Abraham Iugram, about twelve years OF age,
living uyar Cameron, Marshall County, WAS
outraged by a man named McLAue. Her pa
re Is were at the Jlcktown Fair when the
crime WAS committed.
The Kryspr Tribune tells strange story of
the death of man named VIM. Champ, by
exhaustion aud cold With ueighhor bee had
b.eu uupu mountain for wboulrberreS, got
lost and persisted from cold II is tuo bad that
, man should freeze t. Il a,h while out after
hayk,eherrics
Ia the election held in the first district. COM
p,s,d Of Ohio. Brooke aud Hancock, Oh
Thursday week. Alfred Caldwell, Esq, the
re,ultr Democratic nominee was elected over
Capt. Andrew Wilson, ind pendent, to bill the
vacancy Ia the State Scuate caused 10y the
death ct Geu. Pauuell.
On Saturday week. as the wagons contain
ing the circus aud meua-rrIe Of Bauum 5
sb.w were on the way from Morgantowu t.
Bhck>ville. this county, the elephant scared
tu death a horse A man Icy the name oi
Hradley wa, riding a spirited horse. aud meet
iug th, c.epha,t ou the road, the horse became
frightened aud threw Mr. llyadley. So great
WIS the fear experienced 10y the animal that u
was frightened tn DEATH The horse stopped
90 the ground, utterly helpless upon seeing u e
elephant. AID died in few miruteS.-Her-
ggatS'Cu Post
The report Of Colone's Craghi'l and Albert
% Geuera, Humphreys, chief of the engineer
co,u,. contains the following estimates for river
aud harhur improvements In Virginia, West
Vir-irl and the District Of Columbia for the
ensuing fiscal wear Washington and George
town. ID C.. S5G4 600: Great Kauawha river.
" Va 81 COO 600; james river. Va $50
600; Apprua,tox river, Va. Sis 600; Aero
tuk creek. Va. Sl4 600; Orcoqwu river, Va ,
$40 OOO; Elizabeth river, Va. IS 500.
Hon Andrew J Sweeney Chairman Of the
State Board of Centennial Mauaeers transmits
the f, lowing note for publication.
Nessrs Ediors Please note the fact that
the State b ard at Centennial Managers are IN
receipt of au official order from the Director
General Of the International Exposition of
1876. that an appNcatons for exhibitors space
must he made 90 him not later than October