The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-08-09
STATE NOTES.


The population Of MartinsburS is put
at G,l95, making il the third city in pop
utatIOn in the State.
THE enumeration for 1875 shows an
increase of 2o3 in the youth of Mineral
county.
TUE people OF Ravenswood, Jackson
county are extraordinarily pious. They
will not light their street lamps on sum
day afternoon.
The wheat crop in Monroe county is
said to be a total failure. The little that
was worth cutting has sprouted in the
shock. The oat and grass crop Is also
badly hurt by the continued wet weather.
The Huntington Aarsr{isersa The
wealthiest and handsomest Young lady of
this county is but eighteen, and has an
income Of 5000 per annumi 90 for her
boysl
The Board of Overseers Of the poor Of
Monongalia county have contracted for a
poor-farm of twenty acres near Cassviil"
ior $1,000. The contract cannot be exc
cuted, however, until approved by the
County Court.
THE West Virginia Journal of last
week, says that iftbe raj 5 were over, the
corn crop Of the kanawbs Valley would
be immense also, that if they continue
much longer, the wheat, oats and hay
would be ruined.
The following is given as list Of
aged citizens of Lincoln county: Thos,
Hawkins, 81; James Ballard, 81; James
Hager. SO; Nicholas Messenger, 50;
Leonard Burchett, 81; Thomas Eagles
ton, 80; James McDildy, l04; Silas
Cooper, lO7. Average, %! years.
THERE is family of children in green
brler county, eleven in number bearing
the following remarkable christian
names: Ledona, Livaro, Livega, Lorena,
Lualzo, Leancy, Lsctea, Luduro. Leoni-
das Lsyuna and Lydaho. Of these six
are BOYS and five are girls; but which is
which. is hard to be determined by their
names. The Hinton HcrdH says that
strange to say, their parents are alive and
enjoying good health.
A NEW specimen of destructive worm
has appeared among the oats in Taylor
county. 1t close resembles the cutworm
and crawls upon the stalk and musticatcS
the heads Of the oats with wonderful ra-
pidlty. There are millions OF these
worms infesting the oat fields in this sec
ton, and it is feared that their ravagrS
in connection with the extremely wet
weather will almost, if not totally, de-
>troy the crops. IL j. source of evil
never before known. and farmers are
wondering over it.-GrCttln Sentinel.
The survey of the upper Monongahela,
from Morgantown to Fairmont. has been
completed. 1t was found that the dis
tancc between the two places is ,wenty-
eight miles, and the fail OF water
only about fftv.two feet. Therefore, in
order to make the river nayigablc, 1t is
said that it will be necessary to build
four dams. the cost of which will amount
to 100000 or 100000. The corps of
engineers was engaged about three weeks
in making this survey, the weather being
disagrecabIe nearly the whole time.
WE have all heard tell of snake stories.
Hr,c is the latest. The keyScr Tribune
II
is responsible: w. :. Purgett, of Pur-
cett.yillr. informs Us that on the Sd
,nslh n. p. High killed near that place,
garter snake" measuring ) feet :
inches in length, and inches in clrtum-
ference. On opening the reptile @t'ro-
bite dicfu, he found 81 young snakes
averaging about 8 inches in length each,
making n total Of over 81 feet OF snakes
in one pile.