The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-08-26

w. w. HoLLowAY's grounds have
been much improved by cutting away
two old trees in front and resetting tho
fence.
We undertook to interview well
digger yesterday, on the subject of the
witch-hazel water test. He was at the
bottom of hole twenty.seven feet deep,
and We at the top. From his answers
the inference that he was about halt-seas
over, was Legitimate. He said he'd be
id if he had any faith in the Cd
id thing; that the Only way to get
water WAS to dig till you it, by q d.
We wondered if there wasn't little
work for q home missionary in these re-
gions. 1t is rumored that there are sew
eral other men whose language is equally
choice.
MARTINS FERRY.
Thursday evening this section was
visited by one of the severest rain storms
for twenty years. For about two and Il
half hours the rain came down in tor
rents. Cellars were flooded in all the
lower parts of town, and the Cleveland u
Pittsburgh railroad, in the upper part of
town, was covered with gravel, lime
stones, ETC., in some places to the depth
of three or four feet. One house in
Clarksburg was SO flooded that the only
way the family could get to high ground
was by persons swimming in and carry,
ing them out. The railroad bridge
at Deep run, and the county
bridge at Glenn's run were
both washed away. Accompanying the
rain was some very heavy thunder and
lightning. One house on Front street
was struck, the lightning passing down
the chimney, tearing oil the mantel and
tearing clock standing on the mantle
to pieces. Fortunately none of the fam
lily were at home. The NJ. K. church
was also struck, doing considerable dam
age to the front of the building. VIM.
Clark, Esq, made a narrow escape from
being drowned, while attempting to cross
ravine to secure some cattle. He
lost his footing and was swept some
rods down tho stream before he
could succeed in making high ground
The most singular freak of the lightning
was the killing of seven pigs on Fifth
street. A SOW and nine pigs were in one
end of q covered pen and two hogs In the
other. The lightning struck the end
containing the pigs and killed seven, the
remainder of the pigs and the hogs escap-
ing. Considerable damage was done on
Jefferson street, washing out some fifty
feet of fill. All trains, yesterday Fri
day. were detained till after II NJ We
learn the storm was equally destructive
out in the country, Glenn's run tor miles
being stripped of fences, &c, some Of
the farmers along the run estimat-
ing their loss from $500 to $1,000.
A good deal of damage was done the
Ohio Valley pike, near the Wheeling
Steel Works. The flood disconnected
some Of the Ohio CIty's water pipes, and
as consequence the mill WAS not run
ming yesterday.
THE good people of Scotch Ridge and
vicinity held their annual Harvest Home
Thursday. The company was large,
music good and dinner excellent. All
seemed to enjoy themselves, notwith.
standing the excessive heat. The only
drawback to the occasion was the attempt
of one man to make speech. He Sue
ceeded only in one thIng-in convincing
all who heard him that he was a 5ore as
speaker.
KEN. ROBERT A. BLACKBOARD and
family, who spent few days early in the
week visiting friends in this section, left
for this home in New York,
AT the meeting of the Tildcn and
Hendricks club last week, DR.. \. A. Al
lison on behalf of Jas. III. Drenncn,
Esq, editor of the OHIO Valley News,
presented the club with splendid
iithogrspb OF Tilden and Hendricks, for
which he (Drennen) has the thanks Of
the club
The Democrats here are very much
disappointed IL the nomination for Judge
in this district.
THOSE in the country and great
many in town are very anxious for Judge
Chambers TO run rs an independent can
didste for one endorse most of what
Iuc OTtO futtty %tNo vi Vile "tCh F'HJ
on the subject, particularly IN regard to
what was done at the primary election in
Pease township.
WE hope the father of that resolution
and who was ashamed to be present
when it was presented is satisfied with
the result.
Some Democrats who opposed this pri-
mary trick and who don't propose to aid
the prime mover in carrying out little
personal spite against one who is every
way his equal, if not vastly his superior
in every point, will not likely forget it
soon. Let Judge Chambers come ont
land we hope he willy rs an lndepen-
dent Democratic candidate, and we will
insure him large Democratic as well as
large Republican vote in old Pease.
WE learned this afternoon that Mr..
John Woods, who lives three miles back
of Bridgeport on the Cadiz pike, had two
valuable horses killed by lightning on
Thursday.